tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post1091976220226894277..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: Why Smallville Is Not Doctor WhoJohn Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-55576684694241183522014-07-04T02:33:23.101-07:002014-07-04T02:33:23.101-07:00A slight mistake -- what you are describing is NOT...A slight mistake -- what you are describing is NOT the difference between Doctor Who and Smallville.<br /><br />What you are describing is the difference between serious British television series and serious American television series.<br /><br />Read interviews with British actors who have worked on both British series and American series, such as Hugh Lorie, and you will get a sense of the small yet deeply significant differences between the British and American approaches to dramatic series in general and to serious SF/fantasy series in particular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-49055591381411238172011-05-28T05:35:12.526-07:002011-05-28T05:35:12.526-07:00Absolutely yes. The idea that it was the TARDIS wh...Absolutely yes. The idea that it was the TARDIS who stole the Doctor, rather than the other way around, is a radical reinterpretation of the text. It has been assumed, all this time, that the Doctor has been the instigator of his own actions--that the TARDIS, even if "alive", as has been assumed since the 3rd Doctor era, even if "sentient", as has been assumed since about the mid-to-late 80s, is essentially the equivalent of a faithful pet or a trusty steed. The TARDIS has been seen as KITT from 'Knight Rider', Silver from 'The Lone Ranger'...an accessory to the Doctor, nothing more.<br /><br />Whereas Gaiman inverts the entire concept. According to IDRIS, she's been the one who has been setting the destinations, she's been the one who's set the Doctor's path through time and space. He's still a hero, of course; he decides to walk out the TARDIS doors when she lands. But Gaiman's change is a fundamental and universal one.John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-34766644969053363382011-05-18T09:49:43.234-07:002011-05-18T09:49:43.234-07:00"that just happened to transform everything y...<i>"that just happened to transform everything you thought you knew about forty-eight years of the series"</i><br /><br />No. Nice episode, but "transform everything you thought you knew"?<br /><br />Not even close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com