They'll grief porn it right up, and you know it.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 16:50, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Yeah, actually, based on the ending of the last episode,
I can see them setting up a crass and obvious "tragedy" for the finale in the hope of adding "poignancy" to what is otherwise just a daft bit of Gay Welsh Sci-fi.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

That's the annoying thing RTD always does
there was that one terrible episode of Dr Who which just tagged a "..and it was the night my mother died...boo hooo..." to try and make people care about it.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 16:54, Reply)

Well, quite - just look at the end of the Tate/Tennent series
Part 1 - set up a fantastic (if rather far-fetched) apocalyptic crisis scenario.

Part 2 - resolve said apocalyptic crisis in the first 20 minutes with some lazy magic-button-pushing so we can get on with another 25 minutes of mawkish sentimental "human drama."
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 16:56, Reply)

We want more aliens and less crying

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 16:58, Reply)

I'll second that.
I watch Dr Who for unconvincing aliens in crap rubber costumes, not badly-written soap opera!
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 16:58, Reply)