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The glamour's the first thing that you learn when you take on the left hand path
If going through a red light, in the wrong lane, over the speed limit, and breaking a pedestrian's leg does not constitute dangerous driving, then what exactly does? Do you have to be smoking sticks of TNT while being fellated by a sabretooth tiger at the same time? Or did he maybe get off because he's a sporting celeb, and they must be excused the consequences of their congenital idiocy and aggression, just like the Victoria line's early closing is suspended when Arsehole are playing, because sport always gets special fvcking treatment?
"Russell T Davies was at a wedding recently when a guest complained about what he'd done to Doctor Who, an otherwise wholesome family drama. "She told me she was shocked because Captain Jack is bisexual and wouldn't let her children watch it," says Davies. "I had such a go at her. I said: 'You're an unfit mother. You're ignorant. Your children are cleverer than you.'" A handy reminder that, fundamentally, we should still consider the man responsible for the Slitheen and Catherine sodding Tate to be one of the good days.
(Though obviously nothing RTD writes is likely to compare to a Moffat-scripted meeting between the Fifth and Tenth Doctors, on TV November 16th. Why is the internet not more excited about this?)
"Russell T Davies was at a wedding recently when a guest complained about what he'd done to Doctor Who, an otherwise wholesome family drama. "She told me she was shocked because Captain Jack is bisexual and wouldn't let her children watch it," says Davies. "I had such a go at her. I said: 'You're an unfit mother. You're ignorant. Your children are cleverer than you.'" A handy reminder that, fundamentally, we should still consider the man responsible for the Slitheen and Catherine sodding Tate to be one of the good days.
(Though obviously nothing RTD writes is likely to compare to a Moffat-scripted meeting between the Fifth and Tenth Doctors, on TV November 16th. Why is the internet not more excited about this?)
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Hang on, I've gone home and I'm reading about you talking about Doctor sodding Who. Again. Retreat!
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Now I'm excited
:-)
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Dunno, but this is, let's remember, a world where setting fire to a handicapped man, beating him up, then throwing him in the Mersey to drown, isn't murder.
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http://truecrimebloguk.blogspot.com/2007/04/terroring-of-david-atherton.html
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Although obviously there would be a case for classifying all professional sportists as mentally disabled, and at least combining if not instantly solving the two problems.
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Could someone please tell these people this as well? Urgh.
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There are plenty of parents who won't discuss homosexuality with their children, but their children don't have to leave.
Seems very unfair on the foster children that they don't have the right to remain where they are placed because of a clash of opinion, when if they were the birth child then they could.
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Looked after children are usually punted around from one place to another - this child has been taken away from experienced foster carers and is now in a children's home because the council's beliefs and the couple's religious beliefs don't fit.
At 11, I think that some continuety and consistency are more important for him / her than anything else.
Also I think the council are stupid to just take them off the list. They should find a way to work with the couple so that everyone is happy.
There are many biological parents who don't want to teach their children sex education, and their children aren't taken away from them, why should this looked after child not be entitled to that?
No I don't agree with this couple's viewpoint but I think if foster carers are expected to be perfect then that explains why there is a shortage of them. Councils should work with them to make sure the child recieves the best care, rather than moving children in and out of care homes because they demand all or nothing treatment for them. I imagine the kid will come out of this much more damaged now.
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But what if he or subsequent foster children is gay? He would be brought up in an environment which is obviously not going to be exactly helpful in that situation. I agree that the council should engage with the couple and other parents to try and improve the situation rather than automatically disqualifying them, but ultimately if they are going to stick to their views then what can be done?
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I would worry about comparing human equality with superstitious bullshit.
Either way, foster carers have to sign an agreement, a de facto legal contract, which includes a commitment to promote equality. This agreement is reiterated every time a child is placed. DOH rules. They've broken that agreement. No, it's not ideal for the placement to break down, but if concerns about the placement overweigh the benefits of continuity then it has to happen.
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Look at what the depravity of Hollyoaks, Big Brother etc... has done to this once great nation.
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I almost wish I believed in Hell, just so I could be sure that Mary Whitehouse was there.
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Good!
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And while I like Davison in the audios, for me it's Colin Baker who was the real revelation, especially in the ones where he finally gets a decent companion in Evelyn. Though I noticed that even in audio, they felt they had to make a point of getting rid of that bloody coat...
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But if it's any consolation, it's not as if he's the only canonical Tenth Doctor; The Gallifrey Chronicles made clear that 'Curse of Fatal Death''s Richard E Grant counts too. And presumably whoever 'Scream of the Shalka''s Richard E Grant regenerates into, too...
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Name one Doctor where that doesn't apply.
Obviously I can't convince you that Tennant's suitably Doctorish if you're not feeling it, and besides, I suspect we may have had this one out before. But while I'd agree with your central argument - the show stands or falls by its Doctor - I increasingly find myself liking all the Doctors. There used to be a massive gap between my favourite (McCoy) and least (Fat Colin); now, there's barely a sliver, as I increasingly see them all as just...the Doctor. I think maybe Eccleston was the key to this; the first Doctor I knew as an actor before he was the Doctor, and I feared he'd be wrong for the role (Hell, I'd just seen him as Vindice, who'd blame me?). But once he was on screen, and even with the show somewhat repurposed (as it had been before, and doubtless will be again)...yeah, he was the Doctor, alright.
If you do try one from the last season, try 'Blink'. Not only is it Moffat being the best again, but the Doctor's not in it much.
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