Hmmm. Varos was about pandering to the population with violence on TV - bread and circuses for the masses. This was about manipulation of the media to control the populace's opinions and behaviour. Related, but different.
Simon Pegg is not someone for whom I'm ever going to be a raving fanboy. However, he was very good in this. I was greatly amused.
He kept it within the realms of a real character rather than making it too broad, which was appreciated.
The giant ceiling penis monster was a penis.
Sometimes a giant toothy monster is just a giant toothy monster, Sigmund. :-P Seriously, I certainly had problems with the creature in Doublemeat Palace, but this one was fine. Rather cool, even.
And it's yet more 'time isn't what it used to be!' stuff, with the human race being set back by 'about ninety years'.
When was the last "time isn't what it used to be" story then? Surely they haven't done one in the new series yet? Unless you count every alien invasion as an attempt to pervert the course of history, which is a very generous definition! I thought this episode felt fairly fresh and interesting.
Compared to the trailer for next week, where Rose intentionally alters history, I'm expecting time-travel!angst of the highest order. Why the Doctor can fiddle, and why Rose can't. That would be an interesting one.
But, as you say, a premise which is frought with potential difficulties since they need to be very careful about what constitutes changing history - every time the Doctor travels through time and then saves a life, surely that's the same thing? Or maybe you just can't change your own history? I await with interest.
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Hmmm. Varos was about pandering to the population with violence on TV - bread and circuses for the masses. This was about manipulation of the media to control the populace's opinions and behaviour. Related, but different.
Simon Pegg is not someone for whom I'm ever going to be a raving fanboy. However, he was very good in this. I was greatly amused.
He kept it within the realms of a real character rather than making it too broad, which was appreciated.
The giant ceiling penis monster was a penis.
Sometimes a giant toothy monster is just a giant toothy monster, Sigmund. :-P Seriously, I certainly had problems with the creature in Doublemeat Palace, but this one was fine. Rather cool, even.
And it's yet more 'time isn't what it used to be!' stuff, with the human race being set back by 'about ninety years'.
When was the last "time isn't what it used to be" story then? Surely they haven't done one in the new series yet? Unless you count every alien invasion as an attempt to pervert the course of history, which is a very generous definition! I thought this episode felt fairly fresh and interesting.
Compared to the trailer for next week, where Rose intentionally alters history, I'm expecting time-travel!angst of the highest order. Why the Doctor can fiddle, and why Rose can't. That would be an interesting one.
But, as you say, a premise which is frought with potential difficulties since they need to be very careful about what constitutes changing history - every time the Doctor travels through time and then saves a life, surely that's the same thing? Or maybe you just can't change your own history? I await with interest.