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Series Four
May. 30th, 2008 12:01 pmA few months ago I was ridiculously optimistic about series four. In fact, I’ve been ridiculously optimistic about series four since July of last year. But even with my optimism levels set at maximum, somehow series four has managed to surpass even those expectations. I always thought Donna was going to be a wonderful companion, but she’s surpassed Sarah and Barbara to become my favourite, and is rivalling the great CJ Cregg to the spot of favourite fictional character. The DoctorDonna TARDIS team have become my favourite and I even ship them. Do you know how long it’s been since I had the urge to write romance fic? A long time, and they’ve brought it back.
And even the episodes are great. The Helen Raynor two parter? Great. The Ood return? Great. The Doctor gets a daughter? Great (it has its flaws but with my batshit shipper glasses on I can see at the heart of it is Doctor/Donna baby fic so it wins in my book).
So now I’m terrified. Because if there’s anything the new series of Doctor Who has taught me, is that you cannot count on it maintaining quality. And, damn it, I adore Donna, I adore the Ten and Donna team, and I adore this season. I don’t want any of them to get screwed over in the finale.
Also, a hard learned lesson from Deathly Hallows and At World’s End is that however I think something may play out in my head regarding my favourite character is always far better than how it turns out in the end, which leads to massive disappointment for me. Then again, my favourite characters in HP and PotC fandom were secondary characters rather than main characters, so there is something of a difference. But let’s face it, RTD’s track record with female characters is not brilliant and it’s hard to put one’s faith in the writer who gave us TinkerbellJesus!Doctor as the season long arc resolution. And it’s becoming harder and harder for me to ignore those dreadful spoilers that have been floating around regarding another much beloved character of mine.
I can sit there and repeat the truth that no matter what the direction writing or the plot takes on Tennant and Tate, as well as the rest of the cast, will be brilliant, because they always are. But it’s not pushing me past the pessimism barrier. And those spoilers are not exactly hard evidence, but I still feel like I’m going to get screwed with my pants on.
So basically, I’ve swung from extreme optimism to extreme pessimism, one of the main causes of this is quality. And this is a bit of a deal for me since - as sad as this may sound - I’m so swamped with work at the moment, Doctor Who actually is the highlight of my week.
I want it my optimism back.
And even the episodes are great. The Helen Raynor two parter? Great. The Ood return? Great. The Doctor gets a daughter? Great (it has its flaws but with my batshit shipper glasses on I can see at the heart of it is Doctor/Donna baby fic so it wins in my book).
So now I’m terrified. Because if there’s anything the new series of Doctor Who has taught me, is that you cannot count on it maintaining quality. And, damn it, I adore Donna, I adore the Ten and Donna team, and I adore this season. I don’t want any of them to get screwed over in the finale.
Also, a hard learned lesson from Deathly Hallows and At World’s End is that however I think something may play out in my head regarding my favourite character is always far better than how it turns out in the end, which leads to massive disappointment for me. Then again, my favourite characters in HP and PotC fandom were secondary characters rather than main characters, so there is something of a difference. But let’s face it, RTD’s track record with female characters is not brilliant and it’s hard to put one’s faith in the writer who gave us TinkerbellJesus!Doctor as the season long arc resolution. And it’s becoming harder and harder for me to ignore those dreadful spoilers that have been floating around regarding another much beloved character of mine.
I can sit there and repeat the truth that no matter what the direction writing or the plot takes on Tennant and Tate, as well as the rest of the cast, will be brilliant, because they always are. But it’s not pushing me past the pessimism barrier. And those spoilers are not exactly hard evidence, but I still feel like I’m going to get screwed with my pants on.
So basically, I’ve swung from extreme optimism to extreme pessimism, one of the main causes of this is quality. And this is a bit of a deal for me since - as sad as this may sound - I’m so swamped with work at the moment, Doctor Who actually is the highlight of my week.
I want it my optimism back.
