- I've taken the liberty to move the topic to the public area. There's nothing to hide in it, and I wanted to celebrate page 42 on a geeky topic. Whatever.[1]
- I rewatched bits of the episode. I have to say, the French translator of Doctor Who does a really bad job. And she's being paid for that, I guess. Yesterday I saw a Big Bang Theory episode on French TV where Raj was saying he'd always be known as the guy who got a girlfriend *after* Sheldon. The subtitles read, 'as the guy who got fooled by Sheldon'. Oh, my. Seriously, I'm appreciative that French TV is starting to show original language versions with subtitles everywhere, but sometimes, I can really do without subs of that 'quality'... As a result, I had to fetch the BBC subtitles, and that was better.
So, basically, the French translation made it very clear that the Curator wasn't the Doctor. What I heard, and it was confirmed by the English subtitles, is that he IS the Doctor, at a very old age, 'revisiting' his old favorite faces. Holy cow...
The whole 'sand shoes' thing was also translated as 'baskets', which is French for 'atheltic shoes'. It isn't the same at all, is it..?! In France, we'd just say Converses. Plus his shoes in the episode were definitely not what we'd call baskets in France. More like 'tennis' (I need to have a better look to confirm). Or again, Converses. That kind of approximative translation happened all the time during the episode, it was a bit frustrating.
- A short 18-second deleted scene was also released on YouTube, but I didn't get the 'not since Richmond' line, so I guess the joke fell flat to me.
- I read criticism about the fact that Moffat often offers a deus-ex-machina to resolve his stories. That's true. That was the case here. But how many times have you watched a procedural where we find out at the last minute that the killer was someone we could never have expected because of a clue that the writer never told us about..? That's exactly the same. As long as it's a fun ride, it doesn't matter how it ends.
- All in all, it was a great episode, possibly the best in years (mostly thanks to all of the great cameos.)
- I rewatched bits of the episode. I have to say, the French translator of Doctor Who does a really bad job. And she's being paid for that, I guess. Yesterday I saw a Big Bang Theory episode on French TV where Raj was saying he'd always be known as the guy who got a girlfriend *after* Sheldon. The subtitles read, 'as the guy who got fooled by Sheldon'. Oh, my. Seriously, I'm appreciative that French TV is starting to show original language versions with subtitles everywhere, but sometimes, I can really do without subs of that 'quality'... As a result, I had to fetch the BBC subtitles, and that was better.
So, basically, the French translation made it very clear that the Curator wasn't the Doctor. What I heard, and it was confirmed by the English subtitles, is that he IS the Doctor, at a very old age, 'revisiting' his old favorite faces. Holy cow...
The whole 'sand shoes' thing was also translated as 'baskets', which is French for 'atheltic shoes'. It isn't the same at all, is it..?! In France, we'd just say Converses. Plus his shoes in the episode were definitely not what we'd call baskets in France. More like 'tennis' (I need to have a better look to confirm). Or again, Converses. That kind of approximative translation happened all the time during the episode, it was a bit frustrating.
- A short 18-second deleted scene was also released on YouTube, but I didn't get the 'not since Richmond' line, so I guess the joke fell flat to me.
- I read criticism about the fact that Moffat often offers a deus-ex-machina to resolve his stories. That's true. That was the case here. But how many times have you watched a procedural where we find out at the last minute that the killer was someone we could never have expected because of a clue that the writer never told us about..? That's exactly the same. As long as it's a fun ride, it doesn't matter how it ends.
- All in all, it was a great episode, possibly the best in years (mostly thanks to all of the great cameos.)
| 1. | Heck, there's nothing to hide in 99% of the private area. It was only 'private' because Wedge was a private project at the time. I would move everything to public, but I don't think I can do that on a whim. Especially as it may put Pete in a bad position with SMF, considering all he said about them... :whistle: |
