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The Eighth Doctor Adventures #4.07
Doctor Who: Relative Dimensions
Christmas is a time for family, they say – which is why the Doctor has invited his grand-daughter Susan, and great-grandson Alex for Christmas dinner in his time and space machine. But who, or what, is the spectre at their yuletide feast?
Venturing deep into the dark heart of the TARDIS, Susan uncovers her past, Alex is told his future – and the Doctor finds himself caught in a deadly dangerous present!
Venturing deep into the dark heart of the TARDIS, Susan uncovers her past, Alex is told his future – and the Doctor finds himself caught in a deadly dangerous present!
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Marc Platt
111 books48 followersMarc Platt is a British writer. He is most known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC. He wrote the Doctor Who serial Ghost Light based on two proposals, one of which later became the novel Lungbarrow. That novel was greatly anticipated by fans as it was the culmination of the so-called "Cartmel Masterplan", revealing details of the Doctor's background and family.
After the original series' cancellation Platt wrote the script for the audio Doctor Who drama Spare Parts. The script was the inspiration for the 2006 Doctor Who television story "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel", for which Platt received a screen credit and a fee.
He lives in London.
After studying catering at a technical college, Platt worked first for Trust House Forte, and then in administration for the BBC. He wrote the Doctor Who serial Ghost Light based on two proposals, one of which later became the novel Lungbarrow. That novel was greatly anticipated by fans as it was the culmination of the so-called "Cartmel Masterplan", revealing details of the Doctor's background and family.
After the original series' cancellation Platt wrote the script for the audio Doctor Who drama Spare Parts. The script was the inspiration for the 2006 Doctor Who television story "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel", for which Platt received a screen credit and a fee.
He lives in London.
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July 24, 2022
"Everywhere you turn it's always Daleks smashing things up!"
October 15, 2014
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December 19, 2025
why 5 stars?- Because it is a Christmassy story and I love Christmas and then throw in the 8th Doctor, Lucie Miller, granddaughter Susan (Carol Ann Ford)and greatgrandson Alex (wickedly played by Paul McGann his real son, Paul McGann being the 8th Doctor).
So it is Christmas and Susan and son come aboard the TARDIS to celebrate this festive season. Lucie Miller is there too to help the Doctor with a perfect Christmas.
However the Doctor has a secret agenda concerning his great grandson when something stalks the hallways of the TARDIS and the Doctor needs his relatives to solve this little problem.
This story has been recorded in August yet oozes Doctor Who and Christmas.
you do learn more about the manipulative side of the Doctor and his living relatives.
A very enjoyable tale from Big Finish.
So it is Christmas and Susan and son come aboard the TARDIS to celebrate this festive season. Lucie Miller is there too to help the Doctor with a perfect Christmas.
However the Doctor has a secret agenda concerning his great grandson when something stalks the hallways of the TARDIS and the Doctor needs his relatives to solve this little problem.
This story has been recorded in August yet oozes Doctor Who and Christmas.
you do learn more about the manipulative side of the Doctor and his living relatives.
A very enjoyable tale from Big Finish.
October 30, 2014
From BBC Radio 4 Extra - Extra Debut:
The Time Lord invites his grand-daughter and great-grandson to have Christmas dinner aboard the TARDIS. Stars Paul McGann.
The Time Lord invites his grand-daughter and great-grandson to have Christmas dinner aboard the TARDIS. Stars Paul McGann.
May 26, 2025
2024 52 Book Challenge - December Mini Challenge - 3) Features Festive Flavours
The Doctor invites Lucie, Susan and Alex to have Christmas on the TARDIS, in our second Christmas episode of the season. Of course everything has to go wrong, and it's all a statement on letting go of the past and moving on.
The Doctor invites Lucie, Susan and Alex to have Christmas on the TARDIS, in our second Christmas episode of the season. Of course everything has to go wrong, and it's all a statement on letting go of the past and moving on.
December 30, 2024
I first listened to this (along with its finale Lucie Miller / To the Death) some years ago, but I've revisited this for the last two Christmasses, and I can see me coming back to it every year. It's such a good story - the Eighth Doctor and Lucie are an excellent pairing anyway, and Sheridan Smith is easily one of the strongest companions I've heard from the Doctor Who audios. It's so nice to hear Carole Ann Ford back as Susan, and exploring the complicated relationship she has with the Doctor - and that he has with her and her son - is so interesting. Even better, it's all done at Christmas.
There's a wealth of Eighth Doctor stories set at Christmas - like the First Doctor, he just seems to fit that time of year, maybe it's the Victorian clothes - but I tend to find the others lean into the odd Big Finish tendency to make Christmas stories really dark? I find 'The Chimes of Midnight' really isn't to my tastes - but this is exactly what I want from a Christmas Doctor Who story. And it's all set aboard the TARDIS, with a giant fish floating around, and the Doctor has a Monsters Inc-style holding ring of the doors to all his old companions' rooms. What's not to love?
This, also, doesn't shy away from the fact the Doctor doesn't have to be a fun, jolly figure at Christmas, or even a sad, lonely one. In this, he's kinda possessive and obsessive, determined to prove himself right no matter what he's being told by those around him. It's a nice strain to have running under the story, and this has so much character drama that really works for a Doctor Who story at Christmas.
There's a wealth of Eighth Doctor stories set at Christmas - like the First Doctor, he just seems to fit that time of year, maybe it's the Victorian clothes - but I tend to find the others lean into the odd Big Finish tendency to make Christmas stories really dark? I find 'The Chimes of Midnight' really isn't to my tastes - but this is exactly what I want from a Christmas Doctor Who story. And it's all set aboard the TARDIS, with a giant fish floating around, and the Doctor has a Monsters Inc-style holding ring of the doors to all his old companions' rooms. What's not to love?
This, also, doesn't shy away from the fact the Doctor doesn't have to be a fun, jolly figure at Christmas, or even a sad, lonely one. In this, he's kinda possessive and obsessive, determined to prove himself right no matter what he's being told by those around him. It's a nice strain to have running under the story, and this has so much character drama that really works for a Doctor Who story at Christmas.
December 4, 2022
Although she doesn't want to travel with him permenantly after Auntie Pat, the Doctor promises Lucie the Christmas she missed out on because of Death in Blackpool. He sets up Christmas dinner with Susan (the first companion) and her son Alex (played by Paul McGann's son Jake). The TARDIS gets attacked by a giant Alien fish.
This is such a change of pace after the epic three parter. Its a nice self contained nostalgic piece that's really well researched. Carole Ann Ford reprises her role as companion Susan, and I liked it that it was further on in her life - she has a son now, so she wasn't quite the same character. I loved how the Doctor has kept the rooms of all his former companions in the TARDIS.
I really enjoyed this one - I thought it was clever how the alien fish was released because The Doctor re-opened Susan's old room. Who knows what other aliens and relics might be in the other rooms - Its kind of a cautionary tale about holding on to the past.
This is such a change of pace after the epic three parter. Its a nice self contained nostalgic piece that's really well researched. Carole Ann Ford reprises her role as companion Susan, and I liked it that it was further on in her life - she has a son now, so she wasn't quite the same character. I loved how the Doctor has kept the rooms of all his former companions in the TARDIS.
I really enjoyed this one - I thought it was clever how the alien fish was released because The Doctor re-opened Susan's old room. Who knows what other aliens and relics might be in the other rooms - Its kind of a cautionary tale about holding on to the past.
April 26, 2023
3 Series with no Christmas stories. Now 1 Series with 2 Christmas stories. Anyway, this continues with the Doctor and Lucie having another Christmas adventure. The Doctor invites Susan and Alex from An Earthly Child over for a Christmas meal. One big mess is caused by the Doctor later and Lucie leaves with Susan and Alex, to travel across Europe with Alex in the 22nd Century. This was fun, exciting and hilarious in some parts.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 30, 2017
Due to its unusual release schedule, this is the second "Christmas Special" of the fourth season of 8th Doctor adventures. The Doctor attempts to have a Christmas uninterrupted by alien invasions and the like by the not unreasonable expedient of spending it entirely on board the TARDIS. Which, obviously, doesn't work.
The adventure elements of the story are fairly basic, with something nasty stalking the TARDIS corridors, but they're really only there as an excuse for bonding between the main characters, and to have a story that at least feels somewhat like a regular episode. The rather more significant focus is on the reunion between the Doctor and Susan, and on his strained relationship with Lucie and with Susan's teenage son (previously introduced in the free-to-subscribers bonus story An Earthly Child).
On this front, we go through the usual tropes of family arguments that one might expect in this sort of tale, as a result of which this is unlikely to appeal to those who just want action and sci-fi in their Doctor Who stories. Certainly, it's quite low key and small scale, with just the four actors, and no galaxy-spanning threat, but it's well done and believably written, allowing a glimpse into a different side of the Doctor than usual.
The adventure elements of the story are fairly basic, with something nasty stalking the TARDIS corridors, but they're really only there as an excuse for bonding between the main characters, and to have a story that at least feels somewhat like a regular episode. The rather more significant focus is on the reunion between the Doctor and Susan, and on his strained relationship with Lucie and with Susan's teenage son (previously introduced in the free-to-subscribers bonus story An Earthly Child).
On this front, we go through the usual tropes of family arguments that one might expect in this sort of tale, as a result of which this is unlikely to appeal to those who just want action and sci-fi in their Doctor Who stories. Certainly, it's quite low key and small scale, with just the four actors, and no galaxy-spanning threat, but it's well done and believably written, allowing a glimpse into a different side of the Doctor than usual.
October 22, 2020
A Christmas party in the TARDIS with the Doctor, Susan, Alex, and Lucie? Sign me up. I loved the domesticity and the depth of the relationships. After how rocky everything has been this season with 8 and Lucie, this episode was 100% needed.
I wish we had some adventures of Alex traveling with the Doctor and Lucie- maybe someday.
I wish we had some adventures of Alex traveling with the Doctor and Lucie- maybe someday.
January 6, 2020
I am very much a sucker for bringing in companions past and present, AND I'm also always game for the Christmas specials in any format, so of course I enjoyed this. I very much enjoy seeing (or hearing, in this case) how Susan has gotten on in her life on Earth. This was a great one for me.
November 16, 2021
Not me getting emotional over Relative Dimensions and the 8th Doctor really trying his best to make it a perfect Christmas, with Susan, Alex and Lucie. And he forgot to give Lucie her Christmas gift.
I also wonder if he and Lucie had plum pudding?
I also wonder if he and Lucie had plum pudding?
January 6, 2022
“RELATIVE DIMENSIONS”
Scritto da MARC PLATT.
Con PAUL McGANN, SHERIDAN SMITH, CAROLE ANN FORD e JAKE MCGANN.
Il Natale è un periodo per la famiglia, dicono - ed è per questo che il Dottore ha invitato sua nipote Susan e il bisnipote Alex per la cena di Natale nella sua macchina del tempo e dello spazio. Ma chi, o cosa, è lo spettro al loro banchetto natalizio?
Avventurandosi nel cuore oscuro del TARDIS, Susan scopre il suo passato, ad Alex viene raccontato il suo futuro - e il Dottore si ritrova intrappolato in un presente letale e pericoloso!
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Finalmente, ecco che arriviamo allo special natalizio che vede riunito l'Ottavo Dottore con la sua famiglia e con Lucie.
Dopo il tragico Natale di “Death in Blackpool”, il Dottore vuole dare a Lucie la magica festa natalizia che non ha potuto avere l'anno precedente, e approfitta di questa occasione per riallacciare anche i rapporti con Susan e Alex: questa volta non ci saranno problemi, se restano tutto il tempo nel Tardis, afferma.
Ma dopo aver comprato i regali, addobbato l'albero e preparato la cena, si rendono conto che c'è qualcosa lì dentro con loro, una creatura pandimensionale che mette in pericolo loro e il Tardis stesso.
Con una trama tutto sommato leggera, anche se l'idea di un pesce elettrico gigante che può andare avanti e indietro nel tempo è a dir poco interessante, molto dell'episodio si incentra soprattutto sulle relazioni tra i personaggi. Da Lucie che deve riacquistare la fiducia nel Dottore, mentre nel frattempo deve cucinare un cenone intero da sola, a Susan che si ritrova di nuovo nel Tardis dopo così tanto tempo, ora una persona completamente diversa, ad Alex catapultato in questa strana dinamica familiare con un bisnonno alquanto peculiare, per finire con il Dottore, più concentrato a fare in modo che la festa sia assolutamente perfetta piuttosto che sul pericolo imminente, c'è davvero tantissimo da dire sul modo in cui si relazionano tra loro. Dipende tutto dal modo in cui si bilancia una situazione ordinaria con una famiglia che di ordinario non ha proprio nulla. E come in tutte le famiglie, si alternano momenti di armonia ad altri in cui si finisce per litigare.
Per fortuna, Alex è meno antipatico rispetto ad “An Eartly Child”, mentre Susan è più protettiva che mai nei suoi confronti, tanto da non avere remore nel rimproverare più volte il Dottore per i suoi comportamenti irresponsabili. Ma anche così l'affetto che li unisce è palese, con scene come il pranzo o lo scambio di regali che scaldano davvero il cuore (o i cuori, per chi ne ha due).
Non mancano poi i momenti di nostalgia, con diversi richiami alle avventure del Primo Dottore, e perfino le ultime parole pronunciate da Paul McGann, in cui augura buon Natale a chi sta ascoltando, rievocano quelle di Hartnell in “The Feast of Steven”.
Atmosfera magica è data anche da una colonna sonora impeccabile, che fin dal principio ti mette subito nel mood giusto con cori e canti natalizi, mentre si sente il tema dell'Ottavo Dottore nei momenti più emotivi e di azione.
Quindi è decisamente un ascolto gioioso, da ascoltare sotto una coperta con una cioccolata calda in mano, ma condito di nostalgia e giusto un filo di malinconia verso la fine.
Scritto da MARC PLATT.
Con PAUL McGANN, SHERIDAN SMITH, CAROLE ANN FORD e JAKE MCGANN.
Il Natale è un periodo per la famiglia, dicono - ed è per questo che il Dottore ha invitato sua nipote Susan e il bisnipote Alex per la cena di Natale nella sua macchina del tempo e dello spazio. Ma chi, o cosa, è lo spettro al loro banchetto natalizio?
Avventurandosi nel cuore oscuro del TARDIS, Susan scopre il suo passato, ad Alex viene raccontato il suo futuro - e il Dottore si ritrova intrappolato in un presente letale e pericoloso!
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Finalmente, ecco che arriviamo allo special natalizio che vede riunito l'Ottavo Dottore con la sua famiglia e con Lucie.
Dopo il tragico Natale di “Death in Blackpool”, il Dottore vuole dare a Lucie la magica festa natalizia che non ha potuto avere l'anno precedente, e approfitta di questa occasione per riallacciare anche i rapporti con Susan e Alex: questa volta non ci saranno problemi, se restano tutto il tempo nel Tardis, afferma.
Ma dopo aver comprato i regali, addobbato l'albero e preparato la cena, si rendono conto che c'è qualcosa lì dentro con loro, una creatura pandimensionale che mette in pericolo loro e il Tardis stesso.
Con una trama tutto sommato leggera, anche se l'idea di un pesce elettrico gigante che può andare avanti e indietro nel tempo è a dir poco interessante, molto dell'episodio si incentra soprattutto sulle relazioni tra i personaggi. Da Lucie che deve riacquistare la fiducia nel Dottore, mentre nel frattempo deve cucinare un cenone intero da sola, a Susan che si ritrova di nuovo nel Tardis dopo così tanto tempo, ora una persona completamente diversa, ad Alex catapultato in questa strana dinamica familiare con un bisnonno alquanto peculiare, per finire con il Dottore, più concentrato a fare in modo che la festa sia assolutamente perfetta piuttosto che sul pericolo imminente, c'è davvero tantissimo da dire sul modo in cui si relazionano tra loro. Dipende tutto dal modo in cui si bilancia una situazione ordinaria con una famiglia che di ordinario non ha proprio nulla. E come in tutte le famiglie, si alternano momenti di armonia ad altri in cui si finisce per litigare.
Per fortuna, Alex è meno antipatico rispetto ad “An Eartly Child”, mentre Susan è più protettiva che mai nei suoi confronti, tanto da non avere remore nel rimproverare più volte il Dottore per i suoi comportamenti irresponsabili. Ma anche così l'affetto che li unisce è palese, con scene come il pranzo o lo scambio di regali che scaldano davvero il cuore (o i cuori, per chi ne ha due).
Non mancano poi i momenti di nostalgia, con diversi richiami alle avventure del Primo Dottore, e perfino le ultime parole pronunciate da Paul McGann, in cui augura buon Natale a chi sta ascoltando, rievocano quelle di Hartnell in “The Feast of Steven”.
Atmosfera magica è data anche da una colonna sonora impeccabile, che fin dal principio ti mette subito nel mood giusto con cori e canti natalizi, mentre si sente il tema dell'Ottavo Dottore nei momenti più emotivi e di azione.
Quindi è decisamente un ascolto gioioso, da ascoltare sotto una coperta con una cioccolata calda in mano, ma condito di nostalgia e giusto un filo di malinconia verso la fine.
June 27, 2022
Big Finish enters the Christmas special category with one for Doctor 8. The Doctor takes Lucy to future Earth to pick up Susan and her son Alex. Everyone is to have Christmas dinner in the TARDIS. The Doctor insists that whatever strange noises and sudden temperature happens, he's going to ignore it until later because he wants nothing to spoil the occasion. This story has everything that the usual Christmas special has - the Christmas theme and setting, some mild danger, the Doctor left on his own, and of course a giant flying fish. We get some fun, we get some pathos. Nothing too deep or serious happens. It's just Christmas enough and just Doctor Who enough.
January 6, 2025
The Doctor tries to have a nice, cozy Christmas with best friend Lucie Miller and his granddaughter, Susan, and great-grandson, Alex. Needless to say, it doesn't go according to plan.
This one was pretty good! This is my first time listening to an audio featuring Susan and Alex, though I'm aware of The Earthly Child. I'll get around to it one of these days. Still, it was quite a bit of fun - and such an interesting tidbit about the TARDIS having a holding ring where it stores the Compansions' rooms.
This one was pretty good! This is my first time listening to an audio featuring Susan and Alex, though I'm aware of The Earthly Child. I'll get around to it one of these days. Still, it was quite a bit of fun - and such an interesting tidbit about the TARDIS having a holding ring where it stores the Compansions' rooms.
December 12, 2022
お別れの前に楽しい時間を最後にもう一度ということでクリスマスパーティーをすることにしたドクターとルーシー。ドクターはそのパーティーにスーザンとアレックスも招待する。
”クリスマスとドクター＝災難しかない“が定式なので冒頭から悲劇の予感しかしなかったけれどそこまで恐ろしいことにならなくてよかった。
思いがけずルーシーとアレックスが2人で地球を旅するということで意気投合。いいコンビになりそう。スピンオフあってもいいんじゃないのかとか思いながら。
ずっと保存していた歴代コンパニオンたちの部屋を消去するドクター。そのまま置いておけばいいのにとちらりと思ったりもしたけれど、let it goの方がメンタルにはいいのかもしれないと思い直した。
”クリスマスとドクター＝災難しかない“が定式なので冒頭から悲劇の予感しかしなかったけれどそこまで恐ろしいことにならなくてよかった。
思いがけずルーシーとアレックスが2人で地球を旅するということで意気投合。いいコンビになりそう。スピンオフあってもいいんじゃないのかとか思いながら。
ずっと保存していた歴代コンパニオンたちの部屋を消去するドクター。そのまま置いておけばいいのにとちらりと思ったりもしたけれど、let it goの方がメンタルにはいいのかもしれないと思い直した。
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 29, 2017
I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't get into this one.
February 10, 2018
Excellent. Really fun to listen to. They should do more with Jake McGann as Alex Campbell
April 4, 2020
Susan and Alex join Lucy and the Doctor for Christmas.
December 24, 2022
A great Christmas story about whether or not The Doctor should dwell on the past.
October 1, 2024
This one was amazing! I loved having Susan back!
December 5, 2024
A fun little story of the Doctor trying to have a nice family dinner with a flying fish interrupting everything. Loved the scene of Lucy trying to cook, and the emotional ending.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 15, 2025
A cosy Christmas audiobook (bonus killer fish). The Doctor doesn't get many cosy moments, so this was nice.
May 14, 2025
A fun silly story with some sweet moments between 8 and Susan.
Kinda of a filler episode but still a good time and a Christmas special to boot so I have an excuse to listen to it every year.
Kinda of a filler episode but still a good time and a Christmas special to boot so I have an excuse to listen to it every year.
December 15, 2025
Fun timey wimey Christmas special
January 2, 2011
Marc Platt delivers a fun Christmas story that sheds a bit of new light on the Doctor's character and throws another unexpected twist into the ongoing 8th Doctor storyline.
The plot is pretty simple: The Doctor wants to show Lucie Miller a good time for Christmas, and so he invites his grand daughter Susan and great-grandson Alex, and attempts to have a nice family Christmas in the TARDIS. And things, mostly things involving alien fish, go horribly wrong. And Alex and Lucie mostly get the job of setting things right.
What makes this story more than just an ordinary Christmas romp is its exploration of the Doctor's relationship to Alex. The TV series was always a bit coy about whether the Doctor and Susan were really genetically related, but in this audio it becomes clear that the Doctor certainly expects Alex to have Gallifreyan DNA, and has a lot of hopes for Alex - including the hope that Alex will one day inherit the TARDIS (and perhaps carry on the Doctor's work). It's rather novel to see the Doctor worrying about his legacy in this way. It's also interesting that Alex's presumed Gallifreyan traits have so far failed to manifest.
I was also quite surprised to see Lucie decide to go off traveling with Alex at the end of this story. Having failed to forsee her return in Deimos, I now failed to anticipate that she'd leave again so soon. Trailers for upcoming stories seem to indicate that Lucie will continue to play a pivotal role in the rest of the season, but not quite in the usual companion mold. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the rest of this season of stories plays out.
Jake McGann as Alex gets to broaden his acting range a little here. While his performances in previous audios mostly involved varying degrees of adolescent petulance, he gets to branch out into other emotions here. Unfortunately, while he is getting stronger as an actor, I think he's still very obviously the weakest of the four performers here - every so often he delivers a line reading that's noticeably flat. I think we're going to be seeing more of him this season, so I hope he's a fast learner.
The plot is pretty simple: The Doctor wants to show Lucie Miller a good time for Christmas, and so he invites his grand daughter Susan and great-grandson Alex, and attempts to have a nice family Christmas in the TARDIS. And things, mostly things involving alien fish, go horribly wrong. And Alex and Lucie mostly get the job of setting things right.
What makes this story more than just an ordinary Christmas romp is its exploration of the Doctor's relationship to Alex. The TV series was always a bit coy about whether the Doctor and Susan were really genetically related, but in this audio it becomes clear that the Doctor certainly expects Alex to have Gallifreyan DNA, and has a lot of hopes for Alex - including the hope that Alex will one day inherit the TARDIS (and perhaps carry on the Doctor's work). It's rather novel to see the Doctor worrying about his legacy in this way. It's also interesting that Alex's presumed Gallifreyan traits have so far failed to manifest.
I was also quite surprised to see Lucie decide to go off traveling with Alex at the end of this story. Having failed to forsee her return in Deimos, I now failed to anticipate that she'd leave again so soon. Trailers for upcoming stories seem to indicate that Lucie will continue to play a pivotal role in the rest of the season, but not quite in the usual companion mold. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the rest of this season of stories plays out.
Jake McGann as Alex gets to broaden his acting range a little here. While his performances in previous audios mostly involved varying degrees of adolescent petulance, he gets to branch out into other emotions here. Unfortunately, while he is getting stronger as an actor, I think he's still very obviously the weakest of the four performers here - every so often he delivers a line reading that's noticeably flat. I think we're going to be seeing more of him this season, so I hope he's a fast learner.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 6, 2014
Lucie Miller ist immer noch sauer wegen der Ereignisse in “Death In Blackpool”, zumindest glaubt das der Doktor. Er glaubt, dass er ihr ein Weihnachtsfest schuldet, nachdem er ihr das letzte ruiniert hat. Aus diesem Grund lädt er sein Familie in die Tardis zum Weihnachtsessen ein, also seine Enkelin Susan und deren Sohn Alex. Doch plötzlich taucht da so ein seltsamer Fisch auf, der durch die Dimensionen springt und auch der Doktor ist gleich mehrfach vorhanden.
OK, zwei Weihnachtsepisoden in einer Staffel? Ich mag ja generell Weihnachtsepisoden nicht sonderlich, diese hat aber noch ein Problem. Warum lädt er seine Enkelin und deren Sohn ein? Er könnte doch auch sein richtiges Kind und dessen Mutter einladen und gleich mehrere Generationen seiner Nachkommen. Wie trifft er da die Auswahl? Das ist das Problem mit diesen ganzen Zeitreisegeschichten und das nervt mich die ganze Folge über.
Zudem ist der eigentlich ach so kluge Doktor manchmal einfach nur strohdumm. Er rettet Planeten, merkt aber nicht, warum Lucie sauer auf ihn ist. DAS muss sie ihm dann noch erklären.
Fazit: Eine Folge, die auch einzeln funktioniert. An sich macht sie zunächst den Eindruck einer Füllepisode, sie ist aber wichtig für das Verständnis der letzten beiden Folgen der Staffel.
OK, zwei Weihnachtsepisoden in einer Staffel? Ich mag ja generell Weihnachtsepisoden nicht sonderlich, diese hat aber noch ein Problem. Warum lädt er seine Enkelin und deren Sohn ein? Er könnte doch auch sein richtiges Kind und dessen Mutter einladen und gleich mehrere Generationen seiner Nachkommen. Wie trifft er da die Auswahl? Das ist das Problem mit diesen ganzen Zeitreisegeschichten und das nervt mich die ganze Folge über.
Zudem ist der eigentlich ach so kluge Doktor manchmal einfach nur strohdumm. Er rettet Planeten, merkt aber nicht, warum Lucie sauer auf ihn ist. DAS muss sie ihm dann noch erklären.
Fazit: Eine Folge, die auch einzeln funktioniert. An sich macht sie zunächst den Eindruck einer Füllepisode, sie ist aber wichtig für das Verständnis der letzten beiden Folgen der Staffel.
August 28, 2013
"look Lucie SOCKS!"
So at first I wasn't sure about Susan in a comedy Christmas adventure. But it really feels like after all of Susan's trauma she really deserved it. I normally don't like the comedy 8th Doctor episodes but this was quite fun. (Though could have done without the First Christmas narration!)
I liked how Susan kept reminding the Doctor that he left her and it wasn't her choice to stay,except in a way it was and that kind of removed her agency and it was probably better to have said in their previous adventure than in this one. It also took them far too long to pass the Bechdal test, and why was Alex the inheritor of the TARDIS and not Susan? Is it a male only line of inheritance?
I think it would have been a bit better with more personal drama and less worrying about the big fish! It was a bit odd the way Lucie went off with Alex having just returned. (And when they left them did they leave all together in future post-dalek Earth or 21st century Earth).
It was still quite a good episode though.
So at first I wasn't sure about Susan in a comedy Christmas adventure. But it really feels like after all of Susan's trauma she really deserved it. I normally don't like the comedy 8th Doctor episodes but this was quite fun. (Though could have done without the First Christmas narration!)
I liked how Susan kept reminding the Doctor that he left her and it wasn't her choice to stay,except in a way it was and that kind of removed her agency and it was probably better to have said in their previous adventure than in this one. It also took them far too long to pass the Bechdal test, and why was Alex the inheritor of the TARDIS and not Susan? Is it a male only line of inheritance?
I think it would have been a bit better with more personal drama and less worrying about the big fish! It was a bit odd the way Lucie went off with Alex having just returned. (And when they left them did they leave all together in future post-dalek Earth or 21st century Earth).
It was still quite a good episode though.
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