Diggery Dum

[nmg]

• Just because you can see the deus ex machina resolution coming a mile off, doesn't make it any better. In fact, it makes it sloppy, lazy storytelling.
• Insane cackling while an unknown hand recovers the ring of the bad guy was cliched when it happened at the end of Flash Gordon.
• Linking the Tochlaphane with the human remnants from Utopia is a nice touch.
• "They called me the Face of Bo" - priceless

Comments

[john-callaghan.livejournal.com]

This wasn't an unsatisfying deus ex machina for me - the protagonists are using the villain's device against him and in a plausible way.

I've never got excited about all the messianic stuff, though. The final episode with Eccleston made the point: you can make a difference, whoever you are! Most Tennant stories have had the subtext: wait for someone magical to save you! Say a prayer! Not such a positive message...