Doctor Who - Human Nature / The Family of Blood

It was truly a double corker of an episode…and i too had a lump in my throat.

Now that’s what I call multitasking, Em!

A great story, and it seemed to cover all of the bases of the post-NA format with aplomb. I thought the Owen Meany steal was a bit cheeky, but as it had a happier ending (and the septuagenarian wasn’t played by a child) I let it go.

I have no idea of this Owen Meany of which you speak. What’s the comparison?

I know one gentleman who was complaining that the ending was all American and glorifying the military and so on, but I did feel that he was rather missing the point. Remembrance is not the same as being pro-war, after all, and the entire episode was quite clear that it was a futile and awful thing.

A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving. Meany kills his mates Mum accidentally at a baseball game, and subsequently knows the date, time, manner and meaning of his own death. The book is also the key inspiration for M Night Shyamalan’s Signs.

I’m sure I have no idea what you’re talking about Simon…..;-)

I have to say I was very impressed by the family. The acting was superb, showing off the talents of the regulars and irregulars. The ‘mythic’ ending for the family… well, I have to say I’m not fond of the ‘Doctor as God’ bits in the New Adventures so it just annoys me when they skip the conclusion of the stories and just tell us something happened. I think I have a problem with the Doctor, under any circumstances, doing something so nasty. It might have been more convincing to me if there has been at least something leading up to it. However it’s a very artistic way of disposing of them so I can let it go.

And wasn’t Mother of Mine good?