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Hi All,
Just rewatched the amazing Turn Left again....Have been a DW fan since birth and truly think this episode ranks up there amongst the all time greats but it seems underrated. Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks it is awesome?
There are many reasons for this:
1. The Dr barely features and Donna carries it all.
2. The re-imagining of life after the Dr's death and the way everything changes
3. The allusions to past historical events e.g. labour camps etc
4. Wilf!
Let me know what you think...Let's get this into the top 10 episode list!
Wag Wag!
Just rewatched the amazing Turn Left again....Have been a DW fan since birth and truly think this episode ranks up there amongst the all time greats but it seems underrated. Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks it is awesome?
There are many reasons for this:
1. The Dr barely features and Donna carries it all.
2. The re-imagining of life after the Dr's death and the way everything changes
3. The allusions to past historical events e.g. labour camps etc
4. Wilf!
Let me know what you think...Let's get this into the top 10 episode list!
Wag Wag!
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Pull: You're right: there's pretty much nothing I would change - maybe only Donna's screams and Rose's teeth (something not quite right there!)!
She talks a but funny in it as well
His reaction to the family being taken to the labour camp is outstanding acting and makes me sob every time.
Can anyone confirm if the actress playing the fortune teller has also appeared in another episode? I think she was in the one with professor Yana?
Chan yes, she was Chantho tho.
Let me guess... because it wasn't written by your beloved Moffat?
interested to know why you think that
Youd have thought! Nah not at all. I pontificated at length about my reasons for disliking it. So wont repeat. I just think its so overrated. Compared to RTD at his very best its just poor. I would choose something like Gridlock or Love and Monsters over this all day long. Its got alot of flaws and thinks its alot more profound and serious than it actually is.
Its in my top ten.
I love it when you make a joke
For me it's the last episode I really loved - though I think there might be one coming soon that changes that.
I think Rose's return here was nicely understated, ahead of her bombastic return with a massive gun in The Stolen Earth. I really enjoyed exploring Donna's family a bit more, as she'd been a bit neglected at this point - what with the focus on River in the library story, and then her near-absence in Midnight.
Beyond Rose's return and the exploration of Donna, Wilf and Sylvia's characters there were also some great one-off characters thrown in here, the bleakness seemed relentless which was a good time to do it as we were heading into arguably the biggest finale the show had pulled off at that stage (and arguably since as well), there were references to Martha, Sarah-Jane, Luke, Clyde, Maria, Jack, Gwen, Ianto...it was where the Whoniverse felt so massive and huge.
and also have the dvd release with them on, so anytime i feel like it i can pop them in and delight in it again