tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post121654817532912853..comments2023-08-24T07:29:44.519-07:00Comments on Tea with Morbius: The Doctor's WifeMatthew Celestinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-17897731296292742662011-05-16T01:52:33.124-07:002011-05-16T01:52:33.124-07:00Thanks for joining in.Thanks for joining in.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-22979482623273287112011-05-15T19:48:01.644-07:002011-05-15T19:48:01.644-07:00Thanks for the referrals. I'm glad that we fin...Thanks for the referrals. I'm glad that we finally agreed on a new series episode. Too bad it was a negative, maybe next time it'll be a good story. Well, we can hope.<br /><br />I don't really see the POV of the other poster Steve H as you don't really approach the Doctor's Wife relying on Gaiman's reputation. That said, Gaiman being the writer of this one was one of the biggest pulls for anyone plugged into the comic book or general science fiction world. Additionally, Gaiman's authorship of the Doctor's Wife was HEAVILY over-hyped in Doctor Who media and most press articles refer to it as being more anticipated than a series finale. <br /><br />And for all that promotion, it was a shoddily constructed slapdash of plots and characters running around screaming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-68316419757660502542011-05-15T13:49:43.489-07:002011-05-15T13:49:43.489-07:00Thanks for the feedback. However, I find that comm...Thanks for the feedback. However, I find that comment a bit odd. I did say I had only read a few works by Gaiman. I am certainly not somebody who knows a lot about him.<br /><br />Notice I have not compared The Doctor's Wife with any other Gaiman work. The fact that I mentioned the writer's name a few times hardly means I am obsessed with who he is. I might just as easily have written 'The writer tries to do far too much in this story.'Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1284961058548237555.post-80847008398283466862011-05-15T11:56:54.555-07:002011-05-15T11:56:54.555-07:00You could always have tried reviewing this episode...You could always have tried reviewing this episode not from the position of someone who knew a lot about Gaiman. Too much of this review seems obsessed not with the writing but with who the writer is. <br /><br />90% of the audience won't have the vaguest idea who Gaiman is. And I think that is a telling point about your comment that this was massively overhyped. It actually wasn't that hyped at all in most media so I can only assume that it was being hyped in the sort of places which deal with Gaiman's usual genre. And, popular as he may be among people who like that sort of thing, that's a rather obscure genre.Steve Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992098012803570361noreply@blogger.com