Wow, they wasted no time in bringing back the Yeti. This is another very recently recovered episode, probably found lost in the depths of the African jungle, guarded by poisonous frogs. However, chapter three remains uncovered, much to the anger of many a Doctor Who fan I'm sure. The poisonous frogs do not claim to be competent. The dingo took my film cans. I was actually kind of worried about this, as it has a similar title to The Web Planet, my arch nemesis. Not the Zarbi!
I had a few issues with The Abominable Snowmen and the Yeti as you know, so I was a little peeved that they brought them back so quickly. One thing that I liked even less about the Yeti this time around, is that there were Yeti in the middle of London. WHAT. It made sense for the Yeti to be near a Tibetan monastery in the middle of Himalayas, but it made less sense for them to be wandering London's train stations. Does the Great Intelligence have such little imagination and even fewer props? Does he really like Yeti?
I get that Professor Travers brought one of the Yeti back with him and inadvertently brought the Great Intelligence back with him as well, but someone had to run around making clones of the first. Or were there other Yeti in people's houses all over London? As before, I don't understand how the Great Intelligence makes these robots. Where did he find all that fur in the middle of London?
This time the Great Intelligence has turned Dalek-like, and hunted down the Doctor through time and space. He wants the Doctor's mind, naturally, because he's the most intelligent being in all creation in all of time and space. Nothing like having an overly developed sense of self-importance. This time it's a little more clear that the Great Intelligence wants to rule the world using the Doctor's brain. Can he do it?
This is the first time we meet the Brigadier! I've heard so much about him, so I was delighted to finally meet him. I think he really brought a good atmosphere to this episode. I know his lines weren't much better than any other's, but he's got a carriage about him, a bit of humor, and I am in love with his voice. It's so unique. Of course he's only a Colonel in this one, but I know that he will come back in future episodes, though I do not know the specifics. I can't wait to see him again! I don't think he ever becomes a companion, but I guess the Doctor meets him a few more times while on Earth.
We get to see Travers back, but as a really old guy because forty years or something have passed. He even has a lovely daughter who puts up with him because he's her father. Travers is a little angry that even Jamie and Victoria have not aged a bit. Travers is Victoria's real father. The passing of time is such a bitter potion. He feels pretty awful about the whole thing, as he unwittingly helped the Great Intelligence to come back. It's so inconvenient when you're a non-entity, and have to wait around for people to arrive so you can take over their bodies and eat their brains.
Driver Evans' character was very strange. I don't know much about the Welsh, so my expert viewer had to explain that the Welsh are generally stereotyped as being slow and stupid. I thought this strange to have a stereotyped Welsh character in Doctor Who, and as an American I didn't really appreciate the nuance. I have a great disgust for stereotypes in TV shows, like the strong female character, the handsome guy with few brain cells, or the mathematical Asian genius. So having 'the stupid Welsh character' did little for me.
The ending to this story was very odd, I thought. The Doctor was very angry when his plans went awry, and that Jamie used the human controlled Yeti to destroy all the other Yeti, as well as the Great Intelligence. The Doctor had re-wired the little brain cap so that he could destroy the Great Intelligence once and for all, without telling the others. I beg your pardon? Then what was the purpose of the human controlled Yeti that they went out of their way to re-program? There would have been no reason to use it. Well, the Great Intelligence slips from his grasp and presumably will return in a future episode. I hope not any time soon, though. Ye gods, not the Yeti again.
I'm a dumpy old woman, but I still believe in a lady's modesty. I hated the length of Victoria's skirt. Put on some leggings my dear and lengthen the skirt a few inches. I'm not saying that women have to run around looking like nuns, but there is a happy medium. They're trying to make her more appealing to the viewers, I suppose. But there's no need for that in Doctor Who. This isn't exactly Daisy Does Dallas and the audience is mostly eight year old children. I'll stop with the preaching, and it only shows what a fuddy duddy I really am, but I protest. I don't want my 10 year son watching Victoria's navel. Sometimes Jamie's skirt twirls a bit too much and I want to barf. Now Patrick Troughton in a thong......that's a different story. HAH! E-yikes...
I want a Yeti hand for Christmas.
Next Up: Fury From the Deep
No comments:
Post a Comment