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jemck at 09:52am on 11/06/2007
jemck at 09:52am on 11/06/2007Back in the day, when I was at primary school, there was a bit of playground wisdom confident that if every Chinaman jumped into the air at the same time, there'd be an earthquake somewhere on the other side of the world when they landed.
Well, I don't know about that but I really do wonder what the seismic measurements must have been during the broadcast of this most recent Doctor Who, coz at That Particular Point* absolutely everyone in our lounge, of the seven people from 11 to 48 years old, jumped with physical startlement along with a squeal or yelp depending on age and gender. Real hiding behind the sofa stuff!
An excellent episode - so utterly different to Human Nature/Family of Blood - yet both of them quintessentially Whovian. Which shows the breadth and flexibility of the scenario so well.
*not wanting to spoiler it for anyone who hasn't yet seen it. When you have, you'll know what I mean!
Talking of Human Nature/Family of Blood, we, that's myself, sons and husband, had the great good fortune to watch both episodes back to back two weeks ago, courtesy of writer and pal Paul Cornell who invited us - and many others - to a broadcast party at his house.
A fabulous time was had by all. Notably by my sons, for whom seeing the second half a week before all their mates at school was, to quote my youngest 'impossibly cool'. And being asked, as everyone was, please not to post any spoilers or let anyone know what was going to happen, really put the icing on the cake for them. Being sworn to secrecy by the actual writer!
Only how to prove to their pals that they really had seen it? That this tale of exalted connections and privileged access to such stuff wasn't simply some fabrication? Much concerned debate ensued.
Ultimately what they said to their pals was 'there's a bit where Baines pulls the arm off a scarecrow and it looks down and then looks up at him'. They reckoned this was specific enough to clearly not be guesswork, and non-plot-crucial so not giving anything away.
Ah, the trials and tribulations of being a writer's child.
Well, I don't know about that but I really do wonder what the seismic measurements must have been during the broadcast of this most recent Doctor Who, coz at That Particular Point* absolutely everyone in our lounge, of the seven people from 11 to 48 years old, jumped with physical startlement along with a squeal or yelp depending on age and gender. Real hiding behind the sofa stuff!
An excellent episode - so utterly different to Human Nature/Family of Blood - yet both of them quintessentially Whovian. Which shows the breadth and flexibility of the scenario so well.
*not wanting to spoiler it for anyone who hasn't yet seen it. When you have, you'll know what I mean!
Talking of Human Nature/Family of Blood, we, that's myself, sons and husband, had the great good fortune to watch both episodes back to back two weeks ago, courtesy of writer and pal Paul Cornell who invited us - and many others - to a broadcast party at his house.
A fabulous time was had by all. Notably by my sons, for whom seeing the second half a week before all their mates at school was, to quote my youngest 'impossibly cool'. And being asked, as everyone was, please not to post any spoilers or let anyone know what was going to happen, really put the icing on the cake for them. Being sworn to secrecy by the actual writer!
Only how to prove to their pals that they really had seen it? That this tale of exalted connections and privileged access to such stuff wasn't simply some fabrication? Much concerned debate ensued.
Ultimately what they said to their pals was 'there's a bit where Baines pulls the arm off a scarecrow and it looks down and then looks up at him'. They reckoned this was specific enough to clearly not be guesswork, and non-plot-crucial so not giving anything away.
Ah, the trials and tribulations of being a writer's child.