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Dear flist, do not faint, but a non-icon related post about Doctor Who! Current Doctor Who! Minorly spoilery!

I have been meaning to type up some interesting things/snippets from old DWMs (as typing up practise and general altruism and stuff), as I have them going back to the 1990s. I did not intend to start with the current issue. However, it arrived yesterday and made me laugh twice on a brief glance through, so I thought I would share three things.

(Also, I still have only watched The Impossible Astronaut, so if you want to be more spoilery, please kidnap these quotes and take them back to your own LJ, thank you. Sorry, but I am working hard on being an ostrich.)

First, Steven Moffat quote on the story-arc this season, that I thought some people might find of interest/reassuring. (DWM is generally a reliable from-the-horse's-mouth source):

"That's what you should do with a first episode - funny, accessible sci-fi. The Impossible Astronaut was a departure from the norm, and that's good, that makes it exciting, but that's never going to be the paradigm. Never, ever. The fact that we're making people wait weeks for the story to play out is exciting to do once, but not every year."

And, under the cut: minor spoiler (the quote DWM have chosen as a teaser from Let's Kill Hitler), something else amusing, and a thought I had on the upcoming episode.


Let's Kill Hitler teaser quote:

AMY: We can't have saved Hitler!
DOCTOR: See? Time travel - never goes to plan.
HITLER: But this box - what is it?
DOCTOR: It's a police telephone box from London, England. That's right, Adolf - the British are coming!
[This made me laugh]

This from the editorial amused me, because I also enjoy Allo Allo as well as DW, and generally I'm the only one I know who tries to combine the two:

Let's face it, only Doctor Who could get away with something as breathtakingly bonkers as this [Let's Kill Hitler]. (Oh, and possibly Allo Allo. But only Doctor Who would do it with a time-travelling telephone box. Although Allo Allo would probably do it with a waitress disguised as a nun carrying an exploding knockwurst sausage. Oh, okay. Allo Allo wins. Then again, Allo Allo isn't on telly any more. So Doctor Who wins.)
[Beautifully silly crossovers happen in my mind.]

My thought on Let's Kill Hitler after seeing the two-page preview: I really like the look of that top Amy is wearing. ;-p



More DW excitement to come in between icons! (Well, maybe exciting is over-selling it, but I have found some interesting things.)

Date: 25 Aug 2011 05:44 pm (UTC)
ext_3965: (Unexpected Naked River S6)
From: [identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com
LOL at the 'Allo 'Allo stuff...

Date: 25 Aug 2011 06:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dbskyler.livejournal.com
*Determinedly does not look at the spoilery quote*

Part of me would love to get a subscription to DWM, but I would hate the spoilers, so I would probably have to lock it away so as to not look at it until the upcoming episodes had aired, which would drive me crazy. So your plan to share old issues is perfect for me! Feel free to start back in the 1980s if you like. *g*

Sadly, these lines did not appear in the episode.

Date: 27 Aug 2011 10:05 pm (UTC)
john_amend_all: (peri_stetson)
From: [personal profile] john_amend_all
Amy: Doctor, what are you doing in the arms of that serving girl?
Doctor: I kiss waitresses now. Kissing waitresses is cool.

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