Doctor Who and the Caves of Androzani

[donutsweeper]

I just watched this with my kids, since they wanted to see more of Five after "Time Crash".  And they were curious about the celery.

All I have to say is...*wow*  Everyone dies. 

And the creativity of the deaths was astounding, there was death by bullets, random evil creature, poison, scalding mud bath, and even an elevator shaft! 

Okay, not quite everyone dies.  Peri survives, but since her whole purpose appears to be to get the Doctor into trouble that isn't surprising.  Oh, and the chief bad guy's female lackey/second in command makes it to the end... but everyone else?  Dead.  Bad Guy?  Dead.  Guy in charge on the home world?  Dead.  Pirates?  Dead.  Random evil monster?  Dead.  Army?  Dead.  Androids?  Dead.  Every single extra (including the guy who had two roles - as a Sgt. and as an android version of the Sgt.)?  Dead.  Even the Doctor dies (well, sort of).

And I thought the death count in "Parting of the Ways" was bad!

Comments

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

It's a very depressing story, isn't it? Especially watching it with the knowledge that Five is going to die at the end.

Also, I want to choke Peri.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I think my son described Peri best, "Wow, she's not very useful, is she?"

For the most part I enjoyed the story, but still *wow* what a death count! (We didn't know this was the end of Five though, until it happened)

I wonder if Moffat wrote about the bananas so much in vague reference to the celery?

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I lurved Cave of Androzani because it was so... yeah. The villain was actually truly Phantom of the Opera creepy, there was the MILKING OF A GIANT BAT OMG and there was *carrying*. (And, apparently, complaining about the carrying, snerk.) I was so peeved that the Doctor died and Peri didn't. But dude, if he couldn't figure out that he should drink some of the bat milk for himself before taking the rest to Peri... maybe he was just bound for it.

HEE.

This is my "love makes you stupid" icon.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It was a great story- we all really enjoyed watching it, but I wished the Doctor drank the stuff and let Peri die. Boy she was useless.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

I er think this was my fault??

*hangs head in shame*
I maybe should have warned you about that and not just mentioned the celery thing. I definitely would have if I'd known you'd be watching with smalls.
*offers chocolate as an apology*

The guy that had 2 roles played Peter Davison's younger brother in a really bad BBC comedy soon after...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

no apologies necessary, they liked it, and at 10 and 12 they've seen much worse.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

no apologies necessary
*sighs with relief*

they've seen much worse
I know my twelve year old has...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

also- the deaths in DW aren't bad or scary, more of the see the hail of bullets, then later see people laying down dead with nothing in between

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

especially in the classic stuff :D