tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post7689154862373138437..comments2024-03-15T07:53:12.488+00:00Comments on Rullsenberg Rules: Best (Three) Nu-Who episodesLisa Rullsenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-4001292485008503182008-08-02T10:39:00.000+00:002008-08-02T10:39:00.000+00:00Think I'd have replaced 'Human Nature/Family of Bl...Think I'd have replaced 'Human Nature/Family of Blood' with 'Silence In the Library/Forest of the Dead', but your other two were spot on.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04181616393829854686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-73666707651880073552008-07-30T12:32:00.000+00:002008-07-30T12:32:00.000+00:00Anna - I do SORTOF just choose three in the end bu...Anna - I do SORTOF just choose three in the end but make the proviso that I will probably change my mind again just as quickly / slowly as I first decided!<BR/><BR/>Cheating? Moi?!<BR/><BR/>;)Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-760453728247792772008-07-30T08:34:00.000+00:002008-07-30T08:34:00.000+00:00May I suggest that this is cheating, just ever so ...May I suggest that this is cheating, just ever so slightly, Lisa?! ;)Anna Lowman (annawaits)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10063635970502440329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-55261502634670499272008-07-28T18:36:00.000+00:002008-07-28T18:36:00.000+00:00It also raises the quesiton of when is it a wholly...It also raises the quesiton of when is it a wholly kids programme, as opposed even to family viewing? I watched the Tom Baker serial, The Invisible Enemy, yetserday and that is, I think, the first time I could point at a Who story and say 'that's kids telly', no different from or better made than 'Rentaghost' and aiming for the exact same demographic as 'Take Hart'.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-82990204679625847552008-07-28T16:31:00.000+00:002008-07-28T16:31:00.000+00:00Don't worry Stuart I did get you were being funny,...Don't worry Stuart I did get you were being funny, but it IS an interesting debate because heck knows a lot gets exercised about what is an appropriate response/choice or reaction to episodes.<BR/><BR/>We can easily forget that it is not always/consistently intended for the adult viewer but instead for the subtely different family viewing...Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-60387537356127525912008-07-28T13:35:00.000+00:002008-07-28T13:35:00.000+00:00Jane: "Yes I'd have Fear Her, Boom Town and the Da...Jane: "Yes I'd have Fear Her, Boom Town and the Dalek two parters as my least favourite, but can report that my kiddies liked all three."<BR/><BR/>That's very true - I hated the Dalek two parter in particular, but both my boys thought it was the best story of the season. I must keep telling myself that Dr Who isn't actually written with grown men in mind :)Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-32715067180707709312008-07-28T13:18:00.000+00:002008-07-28T13:18:00.000+00:00Yes I'd have Fear Her, Boom Town and the Dalek two...Yes I'd have Fear Her, Boom Town and the Dalek two parters as my least favourite, but can report that my kiddies liked all three.<BR/><BR/>Lisa, am so glad I am not the only one procrastinating over three. I couldn't choose really either. And I didn't mention the Dickens one on my blog which I did really love, or Shakespeare, or the one with Cassandra in or.....<BR/><BR/>So I predictably went forJane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-62732475171277438132008-07-28T12:27:00.000+00:002008-07-28T12:27:00.000+00:00Ah, I was only kidding :)And I forgot 'Fear Her' -...Ah, I was only kidding :)<BR/><BR/>And I forgot 'Fear Her' - God that was awful stuff.Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-89950725147475110092008-07-28T12:25:00.000+00:002008-07-28T12:25:00.000+00:00See, I get where you are coming from, but there's ...See, I get where you are coming from, but there's a problem with 'unforgiveable' choices - it's the effort to say 'you cannot' to someone for their taste (I am reminded of a Blakean line "with 'Thou Shalt Not' writ over the door")<BR/><BR/>It's not that I don't think there are no faults, even lots of faults, with episodes like Boomtown, or the Cybermen two-parter etc, or even the much-reviled 'Lisa Rullsenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8308667.post-86641052739397502382008-07-28T10:34:00.000+00:002008-07-28T10:34:00.000+00:00So long as you didn't mention 'Boom Town' or any p...So long as you didn't mention 'Boom Town' or any part of the Cyber or Dalek kiddie two parters, you can't really go wrong. Those are the only unforgivable choices :)Stuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.com