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Post by Claire Voyant on Dec 16, 2006 16:29:18 GMT
I thought Fear Her was a OK story, but nothing special. It was another "nobody dies" story.
What I thought was interesting was the Doctor admitting he had once been a father: "I was a father once". The show has rarely referenced the Doctor's family since Susan left. What's next? A visit with Susan?
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Post by Cornelia_Africana on Dec 18, 2006 10:05:27 GMT
It wasn't all that brilliant a story, was it? I thought the underlying idea, of the pod creature that desperately needed affection was quite good, but it was very disjointed, and the three themes of the creature taking over the little girl, the Olympics and the monster dad in the cupboard, did not gel together very well.
I can't imagine that Susan will appear in a future season. At the end of Dalek, in the first season, he said he was sure that all of his people were dead, and if any of them were alive, he'd know about it. I suppose it's that telepathic link they seem to have with each other. Also, in the empty child, he seemed to imply that Susan was dead - when Constantine said: "before the war I was a father and a grandfather, now I am neither.." and the Doctor said "I know how you feel". Still, in Doctor Who, almost anything's possible, so who knows?
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Post by Claire Voyant on Dec 21, 2006 2:31:20 GMT
... Also, in the empty child, he seemed to imply that Susan was dead - when Constantine said: "before the war I was a father and a grandfather, now I am neither.." and the Doctor said "I know how you feel". Still, in Doctor Who, almost anything's possible, so who knows? I had forgotten that line. The fact that RTD has let that slip into the scripts twice make me wonder whether there will be a story about that aspect of the Doctor. He does seem to like foreshadowing long story arcs. (Bad Wolf, Torchwood, etc.) |
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Post by mindmatters on Jan 28, 2007 18:21:34 GMT
I'm with the consensus on this one. I didn't think that much of the episode either. The most interesting thing about it was that line about Doc having been a father and Rose's reaction. Other than that, the show was a bit disappointing. To date, the best creepy episodes of the new Who series has been the Empty Child and then Tooth and Claw.
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