charliejanehttp://charliejane.kinja.comen<![CDATA[Fair enough. ]]>http://io9.com/fair-enough-im-glad-you-enjoyed-it-i-thought-it-was-508828812Fair enough. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I thought it was similar to Iron Man 3 in that the person you think is the villain is actually not the main villain, it's this other guy pulling the strings from behind the scenes. But I never got what Marcus' plan actually was.

]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:16:40 GMT508828812<![CDATA[Fair enough...]]>http://io9.com/fair-enough-honestly-the-only-plot-hole-in-the-firs-508823265Fair enough...

Honestly the only plot hole in the first movie that bugs me is the one where Kirk is marooned on the planet that happens to have Old Spock. That one I just can't get my head around. Red Matter is just a plot device like Dilithium Crystals. The notion that a mining vessel from 100 years in the future would be incredibly powerful made sense to me, because technology would have improved a lot. As for the plot holes in Wrath of Khan, I'm not really seeing it — it's explained in the film that they thought the planet where Khan was marooned was destroyed by solar flares, so they assumed Khan was dead.

In any case, like I said in my review, there's a lot of fun stuff in this movie — but it plays better if you turn your brain off. The first half of the movie is great, and the second half has some great bits.

]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:54:22 GMT508823265<![CDATA[I liked bits of the episode a lot. ]]>http://io9.com/i-liked-bits-of-the-episode-a-lot-i-thought-it-was-pre-508822981I liked bits of the episode a lot. I thought it was pretty fun. It was pretty much what I expected it to be.

]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:50:24 GMT508822981<![CDATA[They want to prevent the question being asked... the question being "Doctor who?". ]]>http://io9.com/they-want-to-prevent-the-question-being-asked-the-qu-508799863They want to prevent the question being asked... the question being "Doctor who?". And it was asked in this episode.

]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:43:30 GMT508799863<![CDATA[Yeah, if you think of this episode as pure setup for the 50th anniversary special, then it might act]]>http://io9.com/yeah-if-you-think-of-this-episode-as-pure-setup-for-th-508799620Yeah, if you think of this episode as pure setup for the 50th anniversary special, then it might actually wind up looking good... It really really depends how powerful that story is. It's going to have to pack a hell of a punch at this point.

]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:40:41 GMT508799620<![CDATA[I don't see why that would get in the way of a good story... a good story is when you make things di]]>http://io9.com/i-dont-see-why-that-would-get-in-the-way-of-a-good-stor-508799343I don't see why that would get in the way of a good story... a good story is when you make things difficult for the characters, not easy for them.

]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:38:20 GMT508799343<![CDATA[In one of the DVD special features, there's a scene where the Doctor meets himself briefly and he's ]]>http://io9.com/in-one-of-the-dvd-special-features-theres-a-scene-wher-508756637In one of the DVD special features, there's a scene where the Doctor meets himself briefly and he's just about to give River the sonic screwdriver.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:22 GMT508756637<![CDATA[Yeah, except that lots of other events in the Doctor's past already included the Great Intelligence ]]>http://io9.com/yeah-except-that-lots-of-other-events-in-the-doctors-p-508756467Yeah, except that lots of other events in the Doctor's past already included the Great Intelligence and Clara interfering — like the Dalek Asylum episode, for example. Why is this different?

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:56:18 GMT508756467<![CDATA[I'm sure that was just budgetary reasons. ]]>http://io9.com/im-sure-that-was-just-budgetary-reasons-they-already-h-508756110I'm sure that was just budgetary reasons. They already had the set.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:54:30 GMT508756110<![CDATA[I really, really hope they turn the Doctor's limited number of lives into the basis of a story. ]]>http://io9.com/i-really-really-hope-they-turn-the-doctors-limited-num-508754285I really, really hope they turn the Doctor's limited number of lives into the basis of a story. Because watching a hero struggle against his final death is more interesting than having him snap his fingers and say, "Oh, the 12-regeneration limit was sorted ages ago." What's the point in sweeping a potential great story under the rug?

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:43:29 GMT508754285<![CDATA[Only to save him from poison — didn't give him extra regens, as far was we know.]]>http://io9.com/only-to-save-him-from-poison-didnt-give-him-extra-re-508754064Only to save him from poison — didn't give him extra regens, as far was we know.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:42:04 GMT508754064<![CDATA[I thought of that too!]]>http://io9.com/i-thought-of-that-too-maybe-he-said-larfleeze-508753902I thought of that too!
Maybe he said "Larfleeze?"

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:41:10 GMT508753902<![CDATA[Ruining every turning point in the Doctor's life would, of course, have the effect of killing him.]]>http://io9.com/ruining-every-turning-point-in-the-doctors-life-would-508753710Ruining every turning point in the Doctor's life would, of course, have the effect of killing him.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:40:21 GMT508753710<![CDATA[Except that he's popping up at every point in the Doctor's timeline, past and future. ]]>http://io9.com/except-that-hes-popping-up-at-every-point-in-the-doctor-508753658Except that he's popping up at every point in the Doctor's timeline, past and future. Not just the Doctor's origins.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:40:02 GMT508753658<![CDATA[That was sort of what I got from it, as well.]]>http://io9.com/that-was-sort-of-what-i-got-from-it-as-well-508747525That was sort of what I got from it, as well.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:03:50 GMT508747525<![CDATA[Sure, I get what you're saying. ]]>http://io9.com/sure-i-get-what-youre-saying-but-its-still-very-abstr-508747318Sure, I get what you're saying. But it's still very abstract.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:02:56 GMT508747318<![CDATA[That was probably just the Doctor joking around, if you watch the actual conversation with Clyde. ]]>http://io9.com/that-was-probably-just-the-doctor-joking-around-if-you-508747156That was probably just the Doctor joking around, if you watch the actual conversation with Clyde. OTOH I am sure when he reaches the end of his 13th incarnation, he'll find a way to get more — but hopefully they'll make a good story out of it instead of just handwaving it.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:01:34 GMT508747156<![CDATA[Well, she does know his name, because she uses it to open his tomb in this episode. ]]>http://io9.com/well-she-does-know-his-name-because-she-uses-it-to-op-508747017Well, she does know his name, because she uses it to open his tomb in this episode. And she says it to him in "Silence in the Library."

Also, she apparently knows it before the fields of Trenzalore — since the Doctor has never been to Trenzalore before now, and this is (appparently) his last encounter with River, since she's already dead.

So either she's telling the truth and she just found out his name by being persistent, or there was some adventure that they had before she died, in which he told her his name, and it's an adventure we never got to see which has nothing to do with Trenzalore.

In either case, River Song did not learn the Doctor's name on Trenzalore, and the business of there being "only one time" he could say his name (i.e., in the place where nobody can speak falsely or fail to answer) is probably poppycock. Probably.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:27 GMT508747017<![CDATA[John Hurt has basically said as much in interviews lately — confirming that he's a "lost" incarnatio]]>http://io9.com/john-hurt-has-basically-said-as-much-in-interviews-late-508745852John Hurt has basically said as much in interviews lately — confirming that he's a "lost" incarnation of the Doctor from around the Time War.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:53:00 GMT508745852<![CDATA[That was sort of what I was getting at the other day:]]>http://io9.com/that-was-sort-of-what-i-was-getting-at-the-other-day-h-508745162That was sort of what I was getting at the other day:

http://io9.com/the-central-pr...

I'd quite like to see the Doctor have some big adventures that aren't Doctor-centric.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:49:46 GMT508745162<![CDATA[I'm not sure I get that from the episode.]]>http://io9.com/im-not-sure-i-get-that-from-the-episode-were-told-that-508744335I'm not sure I get that from the episode.

We're told that the Doctor will go to the fields of Trenzalore, at the "Fall of the Eleventh" and will be asked a question — the question he's asked in this very episode. And the answer to that question, indirectly, leads to the Doctor's "greatest secret." i.e., John Hurt.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:44:13 GMT508744335<![CDATA[Undoing them how, though? ]]>http://io9.com/undoing-them-how-though-picking-a-random-story-when-508744074Undoing them how, though? Picking a random story, when the Doctor is in the middle of dealing with the Zarbi, what exactly is the Great Intelligence doing to mess up his game?

Not that I care. I'm fine with, "Oh, they put a curse on the Doctor."

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:42:55 GMT508744074<![CDATA[Sonic screwdriver is basically a magic wand at this point, I guess.]]>http://io9.com/sonic-screwdriver-is-basically-a-magic-wand-at-this-poi-508743277Sonic screwdriver is basically a magic wand at this point, I guess.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:39:03 GMT508743277<![CDATA[That already happens — in "Let's Kill Hitler." ]]>http://io9.com/that-already-happens-in-lets-kill-hitler-thats-ex-508742088That already happens — in "Let's Kill Hitler." That's explicitly the first time River meets the Doctor, and she doesn't know him. (Except that she's been brainwashed by the Silence to kill him when she first meets him.)

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:31:56 GMT508742088<![CDATA[And now, reading about Hurt!]]>http://io9.com/and-now-reading-about-hurt-doctor-im-imagining-a-hurt-508741608And now, reading about Hurt!Doctor, I'm imagining a hurt/comfort scene. Preferably with Tennant involved somehow.

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:28:50 GMT508741608