Children in Need Doctor Who things

[carmen_lj]

Y'know, I'm not sure...not *entirely* sure...but I *think* someone just might be MOCKING FANDOM in the opener to this mini-episode:

"The Doctor has just said goodbye...to Amelia Pond, the woman who will never be replaced in his hearts," says Matt Smith.

*camera pulls back*

"Hi!" says Jenna-Louise Coleman.

Here it is, and even unequivocably legal! It's a BBC upload to Youtube:

PROLOGUE, MATT SMITH AND WRITER OF THE TELEPROMPTER. This is a PROLOGUE. NOT A PREQUEL. You can't have a prequel WHEN THE 'PREQUEL' IS OUT FIRST. Star Wars: A New Hope is NOT A PREQUEL to The Empire Strikes Back. Raiders of the Lost Ark is NOT THE SEQUEL to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Jenny has a surname, hurrah! And a good one too: Jenny Flint. I WANT MORE OF THEM. I know we're getting more at Christmas, but MORE AFTER THAT PLEASE THANK YOU.

I might have mentioned, on occasion, how much I really don't like miserable emo Doctor. It's one variation of the tedious as fuck "dark Doctor" thing and is only marginally better than the crazed power hungry twat from Water of Mars. It's not darker and edgier, it's never been darker and edgier. It's just boring.

The Paternoster Row Gang, however, AWESOME.

And the bit afterwards with Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman. I HOPE HER COMPANION GETS LOTS OF COMEDY I LIKE HER TIMING LOTS.

And then there was a trailer for the Christmas ep:

YEAH THAT LOOKS V COOL. New Who hasn't had the best of records with Christmas Specials, but I think between Vastra & Jenny, introducing a new companion and LOLARIOUS EVIL SNOWMEN, this one might not be too shabby.

Comments

[iamrman82.livejournal.com]

I think Vastra and Jenny are coming back next year. Maybe even in an episode written by Neil Gaiman.

Moffat has a habit of making seemingly mundane things scary. He did it with statues and shadows, now snowmen. Wait. They all begin with an 'S'. What next, sausages?

[peeeeeeet.livejournal.com]

Jenna-Louise's comicness makes me happy in my innards also the Sontaran wants to SORT OUT THE MOOOOOON ♥. I hope it is the best Chrimbly episode EVER

[sabotabby]

I am excited. I want a Vastra and Jenny spin-off show so much! Also, the Christmas specials are so terribly cheesy but I love them anyway and most of them make me cry.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I think I squeed louder at the "never be replaced/Hi!" bit than I did at Great Detective, and I squeed a LOT at Great Detective. That's how a companion change is supposed to be!

If there's a fandom for the Paternoster Row Gang, I'm totally joining. They're the epitome of awesome and I'm thrilled that they're coming back.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Vastra and Jenny are coming back next year. Maybe even in an episode written by Neil Gaiman

That would be epic to the nth power.

[elisi]

'Twas all very brilliant. I even went and made myself a new icon! (I'm sure you can see why I am especially pleased with it. *g*)

The Companion is Mary Poppins, Vastra and Jenny are Sherlock and Watson, and Stax declares war on the moon.... EVERYTHING IS LOVELY! <3

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

I know why the Doctor settled in this era: it's the one time he's allowed to have a cool hat, and no one mocks him for it (or shoots it out of the sky).

Really, all he's wanted is a nifty hat since his first (on-screen) regeneration.

All doom and gloom, but at least he's got that hat.

(PS: As long as the gloom doesn't last longer than the first few minutes of the Christmas special I'm okay with it. After all, the First Doctor was allowed to be depressed in the first episode after Susan left he kicked Susan out. It's when the dark, mad, "edginess" casts a pall over a season or a tenure that things get bad *ahem* Six *ahem* Also, it gave Moffat a chance to mock all the implausible plots of the last 50 years...)

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

All signs point to Gloomy Doctor being a strictly temporary affliction, so I'm willing to grit my teeth and put up with it for now. The bit about Amy being irreplaceable was pretty hilarious.

[abates.livejournal.com]

I half expected the shadowy figure in the minisode to turn out to be someone else (the Master? I dunno) rather than the obvious, but all good fun. Glad to see Vastra and Jenny back.Thanks for linking to those!

[pedanther]

scarfman is predicting sofas.

With the mouths at the backs.