Who is the Big Bad Wolf?
I can’t believe that it’s nearly the end of this series of Doctor Who. Bouncing around on the sofa to the theme tune (and then hiding behind it when things get scary) has become a bit of a ritual on Saturday nights that I’m really going to miss.
The past few episodes have been fantastic. ‘The Empty Child’ and ‘The Doctor Dances’ were wonderful mixtures of funny lines, outrageous three-way flirting between Rose, The Doctor and Captain Jack, and genuinely traumatising scariness. Gas masks are sinister and troubling things on their own, but coupled with a disembodied child’s voice saying “Are you my Mummy?”… Doctor Who gave me nightmares as a child, and now it’s doing the same all over again.
I love the way that the characters have developed over the series. This week’s episode, ‘Boomtown’ was also quite an interesting and serious discussion of capital punishment, and what should be done with people who do terrible, unforgivable things. It was also the first time that the frequent and almost subliminal references to Bad Wolf have been explicitly discussed. They built this up with very menacing incidental music, before the Doctor abruptly grinned and dismissed it as ‘just a coincidence’. But it isn’t just a coincidence, is it? I don’t remember the last time I watched something on TV that set up such intrigue so cleverly.
Next week’s episode is called ‘Bad Wolf’, and there were Daleks (lots of them!) in the trailer. I can’t wait, but I don’t want it to end.
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I must confess, I've only seen snippets (one day, weekends will be for relaxing) but the bits I've seen were quite, er, intriguing.
And I just caught the "Are you my Mummy?" scene without, of course, knowing what the hell it was about.
Very chilling, though.----- I haven't seen any Dr Who yet, must get around to that at some point...
by clair @ 06/06/2005 2:07 pm • Permalink •
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Mr. D.: The bit where the gas masks came out of their mouths and spread across their faces was even more chilling. Eeek.
clair: It's really worth a go.
by bsag @ 06/06/2005 5:07 pm • Permalink •
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I f you go on the website, www.badwolf.org/ it tells you about all the clues, theories and revalations of who or what "Bad Wolf" actually is. When you get on the website be wary of the music on the opening page.
by Kat @ 07/06/2005 2:07 pm • Permalink •
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I was completely confused by the Bad Wolf reference in the Cardiff episode, and that website has confused me even more...
by Matthew @ 07/06/2005 6:06 pm • Permalink •
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Kat: Do you mean badwolf.org.uk? That's the one I linked to in the article. And the music is trés creepy
Matthew: I'm sure that all will be revealed eventually. Basically, every episode has had some kind of overt or covert reference to 'Bad Wolf' which is never commented on, and---until you start looking out for it---quite hard to spot.
by bsag @ 07/06/2005 8:07 pm • Permalink •
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www.badwolf.org.uk - yes, music is very creepy; especially with the children's singing.
I'm really excited about this episode!
by Rosalind @ 09/06/2005 5:06 pm • Permalink •
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Er... "And the music is trés creepy
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It's not music. Open sndrec32 in the windows/system32 folder and record it. Then play it backwards. It's the exact same sound effect the TARDIS uses when it moves. The mechanical high pitched screech.
by Mindez @ 12/06/2005 10:06 pm • Permalink •
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It must be the "Master"
by Cliff @ 16/06/2005 7:06 pm • Permalink •
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Bad Wolf... 3 little pigs (The Doctor, Rose & Cptn. Jack) ?
by joe lambton @ 17/06/2005 8:06 pm • Permalink •
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To all: THIS IS IMPORTANT! I'm going out on Saturday night, so I'll have to record the last Dr. Who episode. Please don't reveal any spoilers until at least Monday :-D
by bsag @ 18/06/2005 1:07 pm • Permalink •
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Bsag: Have u watched the episode yet? I won't tell u anything but it is REALLY good!
U have to watch it as soon as possible!!!
by Kat @ 19/06/2005 10:06 am • Permalink •
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Kat: I have now.
by bsag @ 22/06/2005 4:07 pm • Permalink •
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Bsag:It is absolutly brilliant isn't it!!! Brilliant script by Russel T. Davies don't you think?
by Kat @ 23/06/2005 5:07 pm • Permalink •
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