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Post by sparacus on Dec 30, 2012 15:25:14 GMT -5
Lets hope that Moffat does the decent thing and just leaves the Sontarans and Silurians alone in future. He seems hell bent on destroying them as scary Dr Who aliens.
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Post by Bernie Fishnotes on Jan 3, 2013 12:46:22 GMT -5
Wasn't the design of the Sontarans based around the joke that Lynx took his helmet off and his head was the same shape?
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Post by sparacus on Jan 4, 2013 16:06:15 GMT -5
Wasn't the design of the Sontarans based around the joke that Lynx took his helmet off and his head was the same shape? Tangental point. My point is that the Sontarans were depicted as quite serious and unpleasant enemies in the classic series not as a comedy turn. |
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Post by mandii on Jan 4, 2013 17:29:56 GMT -5
Of course the comedy turn is that Strax is NOT as serious and unpleasant as other Sontarans, which is why the Doctor is friends with him. That's the entire point. This is a wonderful thing as it teaches the audience not to judge by appearances and even a hideously ugly troll is not monstrous because he looks different. Indeed, having the Doctor best friends with "monsters" like Silurians and Sontarans promotes tolerance and equality, rather than a crude xenophobic 'destroy all foreigners' that is typified by Ben Chatham and Operation: Delta.
If only the shite you wrote was as forward-looking and instructive.
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Post by whazzup on Jan 21, 2013 4:18:07 GMT -5
Oh come off it. I didn't mind Strax so much, but Spara has a point. And the mayaswellbehuman lesbian Titlurians are so far from the original monsters and the entire point of them it's a joke. Malcolm Hulke must be spinning in his grave.
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