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|  Re: jphalt's Doctor Who reviews  |
|  08 Jan 12 03:42:03  |
 From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated From Address: el@tyg.notforce9.co.uk Subject: Re: jphalt's Doctor Who reviews > A rather good season of Doctor Who comes to a dismal end with Peter > Grimwade's Time-Flight. Why is it so bad? "I'll explain later." > > No, wait. That was the Doctor, waving away any need to provide a basis > for any of the proclamations he makes at any point in the serial. > Steven Moffat must have been thinking of Time-Flight when he wrote The > Curse of Fatal Death. At least there, "I'll explain later" was meant > to be funny. Here, it's just lazy writing, which is employed so often > across these four episodes that it practically becomes a catch-phrase. > So that is where 'I'll explain later' and variations of it, came from. It is used in the Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith and I always thought it suited the Doctor's habits/lifestyle. --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: rec.arts.drwho.moderated moderation hosted by Gweep Systems (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) |
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