IT CAN BE SPRING RIGHT NOW YES?!

[rj_anderson]

Okay, I shamelessly admit to skipping the entire S4 finale and I doubt I'll change my mind on that point, but this preview has me all pumped for S5, despite* the occasional romantic clichés we've seen in every season so far, such as Companion Unexpectedly Kisses the Doctor.

So do we have an actual date for the beginning of S5, or just this vague promise of "Spring"?

Note to self: Need Matt Smith icon.

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* Oh, all right, maybe BECAUSE of that part. What can I say, I'm an Old Skool Whofan, I still haven't got over the novelty of it.

Comments

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I still haven't watched the specials, even--I like to let a season get to the end before I start.

Actually, that has nothing to do with why I'm here. The actual reason is that I literally just put down Knife after reading it with a glee I rarely get from books--there are very few that make me have to put them down just so I can squee. I hereby give you the highest praise I can give an author, which is that I really wish I'd thought of it first.

Anyway, my point is, I would like to friend you, and it's always polite to let someone know.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Wow, high praise indeed! I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed KNIFE so much. Thank you so much for reading (and liking!) and welcome to the journal!

River Song

[cytowolf.livejournal.com]

I'm not happy with River Song. She's not Thea. If the writers of Dr. Who want to make me happy they need to make their wife half as cool as Thea. They married the Doc off once before in Family of Blood. I liked her for the Doctor better. I was forced to make a rather unflattering comparison about her when the Doctor made his offer and she rejected it because the feelings weren't real and she didn't want to deal with building a relationship. I compared this to Thea in Scent of Yesterday being all about a choice to love.

River simply struck me as an unspectacular character. After 11 generations I'd expect something more. Someone who could touch his soul. If a man's remained unmarried that long I wouldn't expect him to want to deal with someone who wasn't in some way his equal or a Joan who actually loved him enough to stay with him.

Until the writers understand Agape I'm afraid The Doc will be looking for love in all the wrong places.

Re: River Song

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Your comments are flattering! I appreciate the sentiment. But I don't really expect to find a profound understanding of agape love in the canonical Doctor Who (which is one of the reasons I wrote those fics in the first place) so I'm not surprised that it's so little in evidence. As with so many other things, there are flashes of light but no steady glow, as it were.

That being said, I don't think we've seen enough of River Song to really judge her clearly. Not that I don't agree with you to some extent -- I wouldn't have chosen her necessarily as a candidate for Companion The Doctor Actually Marries -- but I do think she gives indications of being potentially the Doctor's match in wits and courage, and certainly not in awe of him (which is a nice change from the hero-worship we got from some of the other New Who companions). Which seems to me a decent start, anyway. I guess I'll wait and see.