Doctor Who Again
Posted in Linguistic Annoyances, Television, Doctor Who, BBC at 18:00 on 19 April 2010
Three episodes in and I’m magnificently underwhelmed.
It’s mainly bish-bosh action and rushing on. The dialogue isn’t coming over well, at least to me. Is it the actors’ diction, or too much background noise, or am I going deaf?
And Karen Gillan ought to have refused to utter the line, “Well, I’m still here, aren’t I?”
As a Scot she should have insisted on, “Well, I’m still here, amn’t I?”
Tags: Doctor Who, Linguistic Annoyances
Onebrow
19 April 2010 at 22:43
It’s not all bad though. The new Dalek design is cracking. Here’s hoping they can rescue both the Daleks and the Cybermen from Russell T’s awful versions.
Jim Steel
20 April 2010 at 14:49
And Philip K. Dick is now writing for the series.
jackdeighton
20 April 2010 at 22:33
I’m afraid you’ve lost me there, Jim.
Martin McCallion
20 April 2010 at 22:08
Hear, hear on the “amn’t” issue.
On the rest… yes, there’s something not quite… there yet. We’ll see next week, with River Song and Weeping Angels coming back, I guess. If that’s underwhelming, then the whole show is past its peak.