He complains about Doctor Who

[brixtonbrood]

I think that today, Doctor Who went the way that Green Wing went a few weeks ago.

Those who read my occasional rants here will know that I have a real problem with annoying fictional characters. Even though I know that they have been written to be annoying, I still find them so annoying that I can no longer extract any pleasure from a book/film/programme with them. For example, Cordelia and later Faith from Buffy (couldn't watch it); Mr Drawlight from Strange & Norrell (couldn't finish it); a few weeks ago, Dr Secretan from Green Wing (can't watch it any more).

And now, Rose in Doctor Who. I don't care that it's obvious that the whole series arc is Icarussing her up to a melted wings/ocean splatter scenario; I just can't stand to watch her any more, she just irritates me so much. (I suppose it might help if she was acted better, but I suspect that all of BBC Wales' planks of wood got used up on making David Tennant.) Oh well, I'm the one who's going to miss out.

Still. Lego Star Wars II comes out on 12 September; only four months to go for some proper (and well-acted) SF.

(LJ's spellchecker suggested "cretin" and "scrota" for Secretan. I thought I should share that with you.)

Comments

[sparkymark.livejournal.com]

I thought Guy was one of the only characters not to have degenerated into a cartoon of their season 1 persona. And I like the Guyball bits.

She says

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

I don't think they've gone too far with the other characters, but I do think they've improved Guy - they've made him slightly deeper without giving in to the temptation to make him likeable or forgiveable; something like a more successful Rimmer.