Gallifrey Falls NO MORE

So. If there IS someone in the world right now that hasn't seen "The Day of the Doctor"... Spoilers.
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RIGHT I think that's enough space!

• The Doctors (all THIRTEEN! YES you read that right! A blink-and-you-miss-it surprise appearance of our new and untested but eagerly awaited 13th Doctor!)- all represented in a clever mix of editing to provide us with 50 years of time travel!
• 13 Tardis's, Tardii (? ;D) no waiting! And no falling! Because Gallifrey Falls No More! Yes, the time war may be over but the Time Lords may still be in the game! And Capaldi's Doctor has a heck of a search and rescue mission to launch!
• John Hurt. The man takes no b/s from anyone, let alone his elders in the form of Tennant and Smith's Doctors! They may be older and wiser- but they are not going to stop an army with a screwdriver anytime soon! "What are you going to do, build a cabinet at them?".
• Name checks! Dozens of them! Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Jack Harkness (who's still knocking around the universe), Coal Hill School and Totter's Lane all get shown and named onscreen!
• No wonder Queen Elizabeth the 1st was so vexed at the 10th Doctor when she bumped into him at  the Globe theatre! 
• Zygons! Love the new look! (Or old look brought up-to-date at least).
• Handy having bits of Time Lord tech lying around. Also sometimes NOT updating your operating system is a GOOD thing!

Oh Moffat.. You trickster!

Can I first say, what a genuine pleasure it was to see Paul McGann back on-screen as the Doctor! 

The "millennium" special did little for Who in the late 90's (it could be argued that it was the final nail-in-the-coffin for the show on screen at the time). BUT it gave us a severely underserved Eighth Doctor, who was whimsical and pleasant and not-entirely sane (but in a dotty sense). Thank the Gallifreyan Gods for Big Finish then. Not only have they continued the adventures of his predecessors, but they gave McGann's Doctor a chance, not only to see what he could do but to shine as the beloved Time Lord. It is only a shame that we never got more screen time with him.. 

Until now..

Not only does it give us a little more screen time with Eight, it also makes Big Finish CANON TO THW WHONIVERSE. This could provide younger viewers an even bigger story to explore- if they're curious enough (and I can guarantee there are some real gems to be found). It also centres on the fabled Time War between the Doctor's people and the Daleks, which viewers are already familiar with by it's consequences on Christopher Eccleston's Doctor (and subsequent incarnations..).

As well it introduces us to John Hurt's mysterious "War Doctor", a man the Doctor will later be ashamed to have become. Even if he was necessary at the time.

So if you like teasers (and haven't already seen it), do. Because it means that Eight will get the attention he has always richly deserved..

 

Movie Rant Time

Oh spare me "2012".

This movie feels like a kick to the crotch of actual science.

It's bloody unbelievable is what it is! These MASSIVE cracks just start appearing out of nowhere (I mean mile/two mile/THREE mile cracks, hundreds of feet deep)! Where do the writers imagine all that earth is going? It's like the core layers are completely missing in their version of earth and the bloody planet's hollow!

God knows I'm no scientist, but this movie dares to present the planet seemingly missing several pretty crucial bloody layers!

I mean what. The actual. F*ck?!

AND THEN MASSIVE TSUNAMIS! Oh yeah- can't forget those- enough water to drown Washington D.C. and spread (no doubt) several miles inland. It's like some sort of sick joke. That thing is shown at what, a couple of miles high?! Not thirty foot waves. Nothing plausible. MILES HIGH. 

There's not much point in going on. I'm not qualified to and no doubt enough people enjoyed this movie for what it was to make me sound like an idiot but, just.. Please.

Oh wait there is one more WTF moment I have to speak out about. AIRLIFTING ANIMALS OVER THE MOUNTAINS!! From God knows where.. 

If PETA and Greenpeace hadn't recently been drowned, crushed or otherwise wiped off of the face of the North American continent they would have protested vociferously over the poor creatures treatment!