OH MAN

[neveralarch]

Was that the most Gaimanest thing or what? If you've ever seen/read anything he's written, you can tell within a minute of the episode starting.

But more importantly - Ahahaha. GAIMAN. GAIMAN. YOU WROTE FUCKING CANON DOCTOR/TARDIS. (Almost) ALL IS FORGIVEN.

I'm sory, I don't have anything else useful to say about the episode, because there was no Earth history (next week's not looking good for that either. I guess the historicals kick couldn't last forever.) I did appreciate the tiny War Games shout out, though!

Comments

[bagheera-san.livejournal.com]

How odd, I thought it was much less Gaiman-y than I expected, but in a good way. I love quite a few of this works (Sandman, American Gods, his short stories) but I was afraid that he'd make it too much his own thing, and not proper Who, and instead he gave us the episode in Eleven-era that I find truest to the spirit of the show.

But you're right, now that I'm thinking it through, it had certain Gaiman trademarks - a bit of horror/gothic, a rather dark aesthetic, a hopeful ending, a personification of a usually non-human entity, figures with names like House/Aunt/Uncle/Nephew... okay, yes, it was very Gaiman.

[neveralarch]

I saw your post right after I finished this - you're right that it doesn't have the kind of high Gaiman mythos that I saw people worrying about. It's definitely Doctor Who. But the aesthetic and everything was what I was thinking of. Have you seen Neverwhere? The costume/set design for this episode and for Neverwhere feel so similar to me that I'm convinced Gaiman must have gotten really involved with the design staff on Doctor Who.

[sophia-sol.livejournal.com]

It was very Gaimany indeed! And the Gaimanyness was the bits of Gaiman that I enjoy, not the bits that I dislike, so that was awesome!

AND OMG YES CANON DOCTOR/TARDIS ALKDHFSDJKFLSKD

[neveralarch]

Yeah, that was pretty nice! I admit to being a bit skeptical of Gaiman's writing, sometimes, but this episode was basically as awesome as all of my friends (unapologetic Gaiman obsessionists) were telling me it would be.

I mean, Doctor/TARDIS has always been canon in hints and so on, but it's nice to have the most obvious confirmation ever possible ever.