I had the complete opposite reaction to Christina. I found her to be annoying, lacking in personality, and very wooden. Her lines were painful to listen to as well.
~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@lycos.com>wrote: > Hopefully, in a week's time, I'll be able to comment further on this, as I > hope to be Comcrap-free. > > Martin (*everything* crossed) > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > > Subject : [scifinoir2] The Doctor is In (Planet of the Dead) > > Date : Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:33:03 -0000 > > From : "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com> > > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > > I enjoyed the Dr. Who episode "Planet of the Dead." The episode was > influenced by several works: a little bit Indiana Jones, a little bit > "Flight of the Phoenix," a little bit "Pitch Black," and sixties' films such > as "Charade" and "Topkapi," which included Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn > "being witty and sophisticated together, and then running for their lives." > > Michelle Ryan (late of the "Bionic Woman") is bright, perky and evanescent > as Lady Christina de Souza, a totally British cross between tomb raider Lara > Croft and Harry Potter's Hermione Granger. Headstrong and willing to dive > headlong into any situation, Christina is,ironically, the perfect companion > for the expiring and suddenly companion-adverse Doctor. Her cat burglar's > kit bag was a perfect match for the Doctor's all-purpose sonic screw driver. > > Also, British stand-up comedian Lee Evans is a hoot as the Doctor obsessive > Professor Malcolm Taylor. > > To beat my personal drum, let me give shout-outs to Noma Kumezweni as the > pragmatic and by-the-book Unified Intelligence Task (UNIT) force leader, > Capt. Erisa Magambo, Daniel Kuluuya (as Barclay) and Reginald Tsiboe (as > Lou). As people in their fifth decade drop dead all around me, I am pleased > to have lived long enough to see names like "Kumezweni," "Kuluuya" and > "Tsiboe" in the credits of an episodic television program, albeit a British > one. > > "Planet of the Dead" is supposed to be the "last time the Doctor gets to > have any fun." If so, I enjoyed the ride. > > ~rave! > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal > http://blackplush.blogspot.com > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
