Eheheheheheh, WIPEOUT!

[shadydave]

So, the latest episode of Doctor Who was made of 100% AWESOME, except for the bit where they mysteriously decided that Torchwood should fend off Dalek attacks to the accompaniment of SURF MUSIC, which means I 1) kept shouting "WIPEOUT!" at inappropriate moments, and 2) now have that surf song stuck in my head, you know, that one, which after exhaustive internet research I now know to be "Misirlou".

There was also a bit where the Doctor stared sadly into space to the accompaniment of SPAGHETTI WESTERN MUSIC, which was nearly as random as the time it started playing in the UC. Clearly, Murray Gold has been watching too much Torchwood Series One and has been infected with its musical FAIL.

Comments

[failing-light.livejournal.com]

Perhaps the music was meant to introduce a feeling of subtle wrongness into the mood. Like, OH NOES THE UNIVERSE IS OUT OF JOINT! THE WALLS OF SPACE AND TIME ARE COLLAPSING AND THE STARS ARE GOING OUT AND PLANETS ARE DISAPPEARING LEFT AND RIGHT AND OH, INCIDENTALLY, THERE'S THESE WEIRD MUSICAL CHOICES THAT KEEP FOLLOWING US AROUND!

You know. Like that.

[shadydave.livejournal.com]

Clearly, this ties into Sarah Jane bitching about Mr. Smith's fanfare! The laws of time and music are being shattered even as we speak! MAYBE THE FINALE WILL BE A MUSICAL!!!!!

[failing-light.livejournal.com]

That would be DEEP HURTING. Although we do know that at least some of them can sing . . .

[shadydave.livejournal.com]

I maintain that universe-saving karaoke is still better than DISCOBALL!JESUS.

[failing-light.livejournal.com]

Just because something is better than DISCOBALL!JESUS does not mean that it is GOOD. MANY THINGS are better than DISCOBALL!JESUS!DOCTOR, but that does not mean I wish to see Billie Piper crying off her mascara on a beach, or Jack being exterminated by Daleks (again), or the Doctor regenerating, or . . . You get the point.

NO DISCOBALL!JESUS. NO KARAOKE. If I keep my expectations low enough, I cannot be disappointed, right? Right?

[shadydave.livejournal.com]

Well, even if next week crashes and burns you can be all "At least there was no karaoke!" although I maintain it would be pretty awesome.

[failing-light.livejournal.com]

I suppose it would be awesome. But it would have to be VERY AWESOME INDEED to overcome my outrage at the lack of an actual plot. Of course, that's pretty much every episode RTD's ever written (with one exception - LotTL, I'm looking at you!), so . . .

[shadydave.livejournal.com]

It would have a plot!

ROSE: Oh noes, Doctor, I have traveled across universes to try to stop Davros from exploding everything, but he has already started!
DOCTOR: Wait a second... do you hear disco music?
DONNA: I thought it was Jack's ringtone.
SARAH JANE: Mr. Smith was playing odd music too!
DOCTOR: OF COURSE! The universes exploding has broken the musical barrier of technobabble!
MARTHA: But that means...
DOCTOR: YES! We can stop Davros with the power of SONG!
TARDIS: ::scrolls up Emergency Program 2: Karaoke!::
JACK AND ROSE: ::start singing "With a Little Help from My Friends"::
DOCTOR: Quick! They need backup!
EVERYONE ELSE: ::joins in on chorus::
DAVROS: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
UNIVERSES: ::stop exploding::

See? Plenty of plot.

[failing-light.livejournal.com]

. . . out of all the comments I could make on that piece of utter fabulousness, I must confess that I am completely distracted by this fundamental question:

What *IS* Jack's ringtone?

*ponders in awe*

[shadydave.livejournal.com]

"Stayin' Alive". Unless the Doctor calls him, in which case it's "Bad Case of Loving You".

[failing-light.livejournal.com]

"Stayin' Alive".

OMG. BEST EVER.