Posted: November 11th, 2010 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
If you have not watched any or all of the episodes of Series Five, please note that this post does contain spoilers. If you don’t want the new series spoiled, go watch the episodes and come back. :)
Since receiving the Blu-Ray set of Doctor Who Series Five on Tuesday afternoon, I have just finished watching all thirteen episodes tonight. It took me about half-way through the series for me to warm up to both the new Doctor, though Amelia/Amy Pond broke through partially in the first episode. It also took me up to the final two episodes to like Rory, as it was his persistence towards the end that really made his character shine. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 5th, 2010 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
All that I can say is that the new introduction and theme for the new Doctor Who series (Series 5, Series 1, New Series, or whatever it is called) seems to have lost touch with its predecessors. While there still is the TARDIS zooming through the Time Vortex, as seen in Series 1 through 4 (Ninth and Tenth Doctors), and the base melody is there; but it does not seem to have the same depth and oomph as the one for Series 4.
The only thing I like about the new intro is that the TARDIS in the new logo morphs into the TARDIS and continues to zoom through the time vortex.
Maybe it will grow on me like the Series 4 theme, but only time will tell.
Posted: September 2nd, 2008 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
Just wanted to post up a short update to the list of depressing songs.
While listening through my collection of Dan Wilson and Semisonic albums and singles, the song “I Wish” from “All About Chemistry” hit me pretty hard. The following part of the song tends to make me feel like I’m imploding:
I wish I could turn into somebody far, far away
I wish I could make myself satisfactory in every way
I wish I could know whether you really know what you need
If I could only be somebody else
I wouldn’t be myself
And maybe you’d want me
The other song comes from the first soundtrack from the new series of Doctor Who called “Madame de Pompadour”. The instrumental plays very well towards the end of the episode in which the Doctor tries to return for the Madame, but she passed away between visits.
That’s about it for now…
Posted: May 12th, 2008 | Author: Linh Pham | No Comments »
Over the past year or so, I have been immersing myself into the new Doctor Who series (starting with the Ninth Doctor) and one of the songs from the last episode of Series 2 puts me into a brooding mood: Doomsday.
For those that are catching up on Doctor Who and have not gotten to that episode yet, ignore the rest of this post as there is a spoiler.
The song is played when the Doctor loses Rose as she is being sucked into the Void (though caught by Peter from the parallel world). Every component of the song, including the haunting vocal and the bass line, puts me into a deep, depressing funk. The emotional impact of the Doctor losing Rose does have parallels to some parts of my life, which does not help with the song’s impact on me.
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