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[PacificOcean]

Did anyone else notice that the one who played the cabinet minister who said that it should be none of their children, was also the sister in Cranford who would do anything for her "sisters health", including a dowry of four thousand pounds for the person to marry her sister?

What an actress! She was nothing like the character from Cranford!

 

[likesfish]

you'd think with the amount aliens fucking about with planet earth.
the news would get out its a bad idea a very bad idea.
456 about to get wacked

 

[gnoriac]

And it would be spun in such a way as to give the impression that the lovely aliens had taken pity on the poorest children in the world and were taking them away to give them a better life.

When they were talking about how they'd have to make a decision on who to send and then work out a way to spin it, that's *exactly* what I expected one of the cabinet ministers to come up with.

I think it says a lot about the way we view our politicians these days.

 

[Strumpet]

I'm going to set the projector up for tonights finale

PROJECTOR?!
I'm coming to yours to watch it!!

I'm disgustingly excited about tonight

Me too

The writers weren't being cowardly by going for the class rather than the race option; they were being realistic.

I agree.

 

[Iguana]

I wonder how my old secondary would have done if we had league tables in Ireland. My school had a policy of accepting all pupils who applied so it was a pretty large school which had some of the highest performing classes in the country but also some of the lowest.

 

[treelover]

I'm sure all this discussion on the perfidity of politicians, etc, was intended by the writer, but i imagine the 'hidden injuries' of class were even more central.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I'm still devestated about Ianto.

That is all.






*sob*

 

[London_Calling]

The writers weren't being cowardly

I don't know where "cowardly" comes from, I'm saying it was an interesting opportunity to set up a unique and challenging scenario that, even had the writers taken, the BBC likely wouldn't.

 

[pigtails]

I'm still devestated about Ianto.

That is all.






*sob*

there, there


*sniff*

I can't quite believe that's it.

 

[scifisam]

I don't know where "cowardly" comes from, I'm saying it was an interesting opportunity to set up a unique and challenging scenario that, even had the writers taken, the BBC likely wouldn't.

A unique and challenging scenario that's far less realistic than the unique and challenging scenario they have now.

 

[madzone]

A unique and challenging scenario that's far less realistic than the unique and challenging scenario they have now.

Exactly. It wouldn't have been half as engaging or believable IMO

 

[DotCommunist]

PROJECTOR?!
I'm coming to yours to watch it!!

change of plan. I'm going to a mates house to watch it.

ON HIS MASSIVE TELE.

Still not as big as my projector screen

But it's more fun with other people to boo and cheer with you

 

[madzone]

change of plan. I'm going to a mates house to watch it.

ON HIS MASSIVE TELE.

Still not as big as my projector screen

But it's more fun with other people to boo and cheer with you

No, it's not - I want to be completely ALONE. Everyone else is being locked out till it's finished

 

[scifisam]

If there's some sort of time-travelling reset to resolve it all, my scream of frustration will be audible in Norway.

(Well, actually, I've lost my voice, so it won't be audible to humans anywhere, but I imagine all the local dogs will cower in fear).

 

[Iguana]

No, it's not - I want to be completely ALONE. Everyone else is being locked out till it's finished

Yeah me too. Great tv is never as all absorbing if someone else is with you. If you are on your own it's much easier to pretend that it's real and throw yourself into it.

 

[Iguana]

If there's some sort of time-travelling reset to resolve it all, my scream of frustration will be audible in Norway.

Time travel resets are only good in Galaxy Quest.

 

[Mr Smin]

In the sixties they settled for a dozen 'units', one (human) generation later they insist on millions? Since this is for grafting, that's some population growth at their end.
Or perhaps, unlike new labour, they are improving social equality on their world - now a grafted-on-child is not just for the wealthy, it's for everyone.

 

[yardbird]

I want to be completely ALONE. Everyone else is being locked out till it's finished

Same here.
HD and 5.1 no one allowed anywhere near!

 

[scifisam]

In the sixties they settled for a dozen 'units', one (human) generation later they insist on millions? Since this is for grafting, that's some population growth at their end.
Or perhaps, unlike new labour, they are improving social equality on their world - now a grafted-on-child is not just for the wealthy, it's for everyone.

Maybe it's because they have more fearsome weapons now.

Course, they probably wouldn't stop at this 10% - they'd probably come back for more later.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

((((Ianto)))



(((10% of children)))



Only another 35 mins. I'm excited!!

 

[London_Calling]

"realistic"

 

[scifisam]

"realistic"

The human stuff has been really realistic so far.

 

[ethel]

drug addicts ace.

 

[feyr]

oh my god, i am in floods of tears with this episode so far

was that numbers on the bedroom door at the ministers house?

 

[BlueSquareThing]

Looked like a kids name. Ours have similar stuff on theirs...

Clever.

Dekker's a bit of a bastard.

 

[ethel]

fucking hell

 

[agricola]

I cant understand how two series of metrosexual Doctor Who-lite has turned into this, one of the greatest things I have ever seen on TV.

 

[ethel]

i'm glad that my raving about it after the BFI showing was justified

 

[madzone]

Anyone got John Barrowman's address? What a cunt.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Watched the last 20 mins of that to see what all the fuss was about, good stuff imo.