Time Lord opens the Tardis to a new generation of Prom-goers - Times Online
Caitlin Moran reports on the Dr Who prom held at Albert Hall.
Dr Who continues to be silly fun, marred only occasionally by Russell T Davies slipping in his hints to impressionable youth that being a sexual libertine, across both gender and species borders, is oh-so-cool.
Has anyone else noticed how important the music is to each episode of the re-invented show? It's loud, often annoyingly so, but there is no doubt that it sells excitement. It's really like Star Wars, where so much its emotional hold came from the score.
This article makes an interesting counterpoint to the Joe Queenan article you linked a while back. I agree with you that the show could do without Davies boring libertine agenda.
ReplyDeleteThis bit is interesting, too:
Here, David Tennant delivered, to a rapt audience, one of Russell T. Davies’s trademark homilies to self-expression and joy.
“Music isn’t all Proms and rock guitars and orchestras,” the Doctor said, leaning into the camera. “You’ve got music in your head, too. Next time you get a moment, sit still and listen to it. Everyone can write a song.”
Ugh! The old doctor would perhaps give a homily to some boring worthy cause like family values or helping one another or maybe even adventure and discovery. Not narcisisstic self-expression!