Comments on: Fading like a Rose http://merbc.invigorated.org/archives/2008/05/05/fading-like-a-rose/ What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted. -- Eccl. 1:15 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Charles Sebold http://merbc.invigorated.org/archives/2008/05/05/fading-like-a-rose/#comment-4117 Charles Sebold Tue, 06 May 2008 14:43:14 +0000 http://merbc.invigorated.org/?p=1430#comment-4117 I think I find myself liking Donna Noble because they don't seem to be using her to show us just how great the Doctor is. Instead she's pointing out his weakness, at least so far. It doesn't actually say much for Donna but it gives the Doctor himself a bit more depth, and that is a Good Thing. I admit to not being a big fan of Catherine Tate on her own merit, but did I hear correctly that she was part of the RSC? We'll have to see if she lives up to it. I could see them killing Donna whether or not she falls for the Doctor. And there's a part of me that wants that for the show, just so that they prove that nothing is sacred. You've seen the next one ("The Fires of Pompeii"), right? I think she's toned down even further in that one. I think I find myself liking Donna Noble because they don’t seem to be using her to show us just how great the Doctor is. Instead she’s pointing out his weakness, at least so far. It doesn’t actually say much for Donna but it gives the Doctor himself a bit more depth, and that is a Good Thing.

I admit to not being a big fan of Catherine Tate on her own merit, but did I hear correctly that she was part of the RSC? We’ll have to see if she lives up to it.

I could see them killing Donna whether or not she falls for the Doctor. And there’s a part of me that wants that for the show, just so that they prove that nothing is sacred. You’ve seen the next one (”The Fires of Pompeii”), right? I think she’s toned down even further in that one.

]]> By: Valerie http://merbc.invigorated.org/archives/2008/05/05/fading-like-a-rose/#comment-4115 Valerie Tue, 06 May 2008 13:39:48 +0000 http://merbc.invigorated.org/?p=1430#comment-4115 Great review! Great review!

]]> By: N. Wolfson http://merbc.invigorated.org/archives/2008/05/05/fading-like-a-rose/#comment-4114 N. Wolfson Mon, 05 May 2008 23:05:52 +0000 http://merbc.invigorated.org/?p=1430#comment-4114 I don't think I will ever understand why people like the Donna character, or Catherine Tate for that matter. Her voice can be excruciatingly grating and ever since she fingernails-on-a-blackboarded her way through the Runaway Bride, my daughter and I have had an absolutely visceral dislike for her. (She literally makes us cringe when she appears on screen.) We've watched a few eps of the new series now and while she's toned down the annoying factor just a notch, we still find her intolerable. There are a couple of things we can agree on though - If she falls in love with the doctor, the gag reflexes will have to kick in, and killing her off at the end of the series WOULD be a proper companion death. (One that my daughter and I would find a welcome relief!) I don’t think I will ever understand why people like the Donna character, or Catherine Tate for that matter. Her voice can be excruciatingly grating and ever since she fingernails-on-a-blackboarded her way through the Runaway Bride, my daughter and I have had an absolutely visceral dislike for her. (She literally makes us cringe when she appears on screen.) We’ve watched a few eps of the new series now and while she’s toned down the annoying factor just a notch, we still find her intolerable.

There are a couple of things we can agree on though - If she falls in love with the doctor, the gag reflexes will have to kick in, and killing her off at the end of the series WOULD be a proper companion death. (One that my daughter and I would find a welcome relief!)

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