I have that damned song stuck in my head now...

[drakyndra]

Brief, non-spoilery thoughts on The Sound of Drums: Like Human Nature, I am finding it really hard to judge this episode as a stand alone, and thus feel the need to see the second part. Like NOW.

However, unlike Human Nature, where what would happen in the second episode was pretty much entirely predictable, even if you hadn't read the book, this time I have no fucking clue what is going to happen next. And going by the fact they supposedly aren't sending previews out, neither do any of the normal spoiler sources.

Oh well.

On the few thoughts I had on the episode itself: Unlike Utopia, which left me on a great big buzz, I am less buzzy after seeing TSOD. This might be because whilst Utopia was (IMO) a good episode, with a made of awesome last ten minutes, the entirety of Sound of Drums was spent swinging between the sublime and the ridiculous. Utopia ended with it's best bit, whilst SoD ended with more questions than answers. Less satisfying is probably the way to put it, even though quite a lot of the episode was utter gold.

Maybe I just need to rewatch.

P.S. CAN IT B HAWT TEN TIEM AGAIN NOW, PLZ?

Another thought:

I have a theory on why a "family" show can be so much more filthy than the so-called adult shows. It's because adult shows get in trouble for having filth in - or at least get criticised. Whereas everyone assumes the filth in family shows is accidental. I SEE WUT U DID THAR, RUSTY!

Comments

[van.livejournal.com]

Was this show more filthy than Torchwood? I'm confused! :D

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Dude, the phonesex! "I love it when you say my name!"

Positively filthy.

I think it's possibly like that thing where hinting at dirtiness seems filthier than out and out crudeness.

Or maybe I just find subtext hotter than text.

[van.livejournal.com]

Or maybe you just have a smutty mind. XD

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

That too.

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

I totally got phonesex as well. Tsk tsk.

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

I had the same reaction as you the first time, but it does improve IMHO upon rewatch.

CAN IT B HAWT TEN TIEM AGAIN NOW, PLZ?
OMG I HOPE SO.

CLEVER, RUSTY.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Rewatching it shall go on my to-do list, then.

He's a sneaky bastard, that man.

[evilgeniuslady.livejournal.com]

MOAR HAWT TEN PLZ!!!

Also, subtext is generally more filthy than text imo, just like monsters are scarier when you can't actually see them.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I know there are at least two filmed scenes with young!Ten, so it isn't permanent, it's just a matter of how much old!Ten we get next episode.

...And people in underwear are sexier than nudes. (So long as it's nice underwear) IMO, anyway.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

Also, I think that the filth aspect is boosted by not being explicit, because it's only some people who recognise it for what it is. "I love it when you say my name" in itself is a neutral enough sentence. You've got to "get" it. - I did a double take. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. But there are plenty of people whose minds are not as corrupted as mine and who only hear a simple statement - which makes me feel as though I'm participating in an illicit, dirty secret, which makes it so much hotter.

In Torchwood, everyone can see the shagging. Nothing illicit about that.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Agreed on the illicit thing. Same reason things seem so much more fun after they've been banned, I suppose.

But that was the filthiest conversation ever.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was, it was. I couldn't believe they were showing it on a family show. Will no-one think of the children?! - It's nice to see how John Simm is totally loving his part. He probably hasn't have that much fun since getting off his tits in "Human Traffic".

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Human Traffic - the only other thing I've seen Simm in is Life on Mars.

[meester-bond.livejournal.com]

On the Toclafane, could it be possible that its the Gelth? Or even the Time Lords souls compressed into the spheres in a Dalek way?

Also, potential wank with the presidential assassination?

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I'm leaning towards the Time Lord souls thing, just because of the "hearts would break" thing.

And I'm not entirely certain why the presidential assassination would cause wank, but I'm neither American or British, so...

[sparkly-oats.livejournal.com]

Agreed on this ep just giving us questions. That's what you get with two-parters though. Man it was a hawt ep though, seriously I kept giggling at all of the double entendres. "Are you asking me out on a date?" teehee, and the bit where the Master started going on about if the Doctor felt like a God then watching 2 civilizations burn. He was so getting off on that. *giggles* Slash is awesome! Especially when it involves Timelords.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

There is a reason half of fandom has dubbed that conversation phone sex. Because it so was.

Doctor/Master is my new OTP. _{(Sorry Doctor/Reinette and Doctor/Martha)}

[magic-lilybean.livejournal.com]

I have a theory on why a "family" show can be so much more filthy than the so-called adult shows. It's because adult shows get in trouble for having filth in - or at least get criticised. Whereas everyone assumes the filth in family shows is accidental.

Indeed. In a family show, you can totally get away with lines like, "Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night?"

Also, is anyone else mystified by the take-an-8-year-old-and-put-'im-in-front-of-the-votex-thingy thing as I am? Some would be inspired, some run away, and some would GO MAD. But we kept doing it anyway. WTF? The word "some" implies that the Master isn't the first nutjob to come out of the experience.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

God bless kids shows, and their wonderful filth.

Someone described the vortex thing as being like a really fucked up sort of Sorting Hat.

[magic-lilybean.livejournal.com]

Well, I agree with them - in that it is really, REALLY fucked up. Especially at age 8 in a species that regularly lives into the several-hundreds.

But hey, the run that ran away and never stopped? Who can blame him. Damn.