Yes, I can see your point about the Sisterhood. But I think for me their over-blown rituals seemed appropriate for the very isolated and fanatical character of what they were doing. I liked the sub-plot about their flame dying down, and the cult leader trying to hide the fact from the others, too. I felt it helped to round them out and give them a bit of pathos.
And as you say - if there'd been desperation or regret around the killing of Solon, I'd have been perfectly happy with it. It was mainly the fact that it was totally un-commented on that bothered me, rather than the basic fact that it happened.
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Hmm - but I noticed the Doctor's tetchiness most of all right at the start, when there was as yet no real indication of what was at stake. It just seemed like he was grumpy to be back on Earth being involved at all to me. Although, to be fair, I did notice a bit of "I'm too old to work for UNIT!" angst (http://purple-pen.livejournal.com/258393.html#cutid1) at the start of Pyramids of Mars, too - so if that's what's supposed to be going on, at least it's consistent.
Amelia Ducat - yeah, she's quite cool! I'd probably really have liked her in the context of a story I'd liked more overall than this one.
And as for Marc Bolan - oh, I do hope so. Hell, it might even explain some of the weirder tripped-out hippy lyrics Bolan wrote if so.
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Yes, I can see your point about the Sisterhood. But I think for me their over-blown rituals seemed appropriate for the very isolated and fanatical character of what they were doing. I liked the sub-plot about their flame dying down, and the cult leader trying to hide the fact from the others, too. I felt it helped to round them out and give them a bit of pathos.
And as you say - if there'd been desperation or regret around the killing of Solon, I'd have been perfectly happy with it. It was mainly the fact that it was totally un-commented on that bothered me, rather than the basic fact that it happened.
Seeds:
Hmm - but I noticed the Doctor's tetchiness most of all right at the start, when there was as yet no real indication of what was at stake. It just seemed like he was grumpy to be back on Earth being involved at all to me. Although, to be fair, I did notice a bit of "I'm too old to work for UNIT!" angst (http://purple-pen.livejournal.com/258393.html#cutid1) at the start of Pyramids of Mars, too - so if that's what's supposed to be going on, at least it's consistent.
Amelia Ducat - yeah, she's quite cool! I'd probably really have liked her in the context of a story I'd liked more overall than this one.
And as for Marc Bolan - oh, I do hope so. Hell, it might even explain some of the weirder tripped-out hippy lyrics Bolan wrote if so.