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Warning: Ahead there be spoilers so mild the water barely stirs from the force of their passage. Or something. I'm kind of doing a weird wind-metaphor thing with spoilers, but it's just getting more bizarre as I go, so let's just get to the actual action, shall we?
Also, I'm not meaning to be offensive with my opinions. You're completely free to have your own. I just tend to get a little passionate about stuff I love, and Doctor Who was (and possibly still is...my brain's still trying to work that one out) my favorite show. Hence the rant warning.
Oddly enough, I'm still pleased. Despite my ranting. ....*shrug*
Glass Maiden/Crystal Blaze and Persona 4
Well, this is fun. I recently started watching a new anime, Glass Maiden/Crystal Blaze (why the two names?) The evil organization so far comes off as sort of the type of conspiracy group from Persona: Trinity Soul (from what I understood...mostly from Akihiko's exposition), only I hope it will make much more sense than that. And not require exposition from a character, no matter how awesome said character is. And a noir thing, complete with some jazz-type music (mostly for the ending, and if I'm not mistaken, it's by the same people that did the ending for Cowboy Bebop. That or I'm just crazy.) The characters are fun again-the monotone secretary (Ayaka), Akira (who's funny and has a good heart and a believable relationship with his brother-that is, you can tell they're siblings and it's realistic), and Manami. Oh, Manami. It's going to be so depressing when I get back to school and suddenly can't watch ANYTHING... :(
I have a new headcanon. Manami is fem!Yosuke Hanamura, from Persona 4. Just think about it. They look very similar, and even have a lot of the same mannerisms. I literally squeaked when she winked and gave a thumb's up, because the resemblance was uncanny. (Also, similar things in the first episode-...er, bathroom troubles...and the episode brought to you by Yosuke or Manami's butt. Not as bad in Glass Maiden, but still. ...Okay, it's kind of weird typing that, but it needs to be said!) Probably more important is personality-both have a tendency to get overexcited and have a desperate desire to prove themselves. In consequence, they can tend to be a bit rash and run into trouble without thinking. They can also be a bit boastful, but it's just as much a promise (because I said this, I have to do well) as it is just talk. They can perhaps be a bit insensitive, but don't mean it. They really do want to help others, just are a bit...clumsy in general (with situations too). And Manami has a motorcycle, just like Yosuke wanted and kept saving up for. (I'm glad she has a helmet, though, or I'd be worried about her safety...Yosuke's bad enough on just a bike...) The only difference I've really noticed is that I haven't seen Manami wearing headphones everywhere. But given that I'm only two episodes in, maybe it's just that she doesn't wear them when on her motorcycle or something. ;)
Doctor Who
Yeah, somehow I managed to rant a TON with minor spoilers and a truckload of analysis. If you want to skip it, I'm separating it for cuts!
On another note, I wasn't watching Doctor Who because it's annoying me and I'm not sure when I'll get to continuing on. Before the end of the summer, hopefully, but still, urgh. When you're dreading watching something, you know the writers are doing something wrong (either that or it's just really, really not your cup of tea.) I mean, I was feeling more hopeful after A Town Called Mercy, but then came The Angels Take Manhattan, and I just really.
Seriously.
Sorry, I feel a rant coming on. (Actually, I could tell how bad it was when two of my characters were having a perfectly normal conversation and then Doctor Who was mentioned and the next thing I knew my character was monologuing about exactly went wrong. The funny thing is, I had no idea that was going to happen, and got a bit confused when it did. And also realizing that I guess I need to get this out, huh?)
The Daleks Take Manhattan was so much better. Plus I got 'Back in Time' stuck in my head today, and was hit by a sudden wave of nostalgia for Mr. Pinstripe Doctor. Ten, I miss you. What's worse, really, is that for a while, I was actually liking Moffat, and then he revealed his true nature or something because he'd been there long enough it'd be harder to get rid of him. Or something. And it's almost like he named the stupid Angel thing to try to piggyback off the success of the previous one and maybe erase it from people's minds? Like he wants his stuff to be the only/definitive version of Doctor Who, the only thing people think about when they hear those words, and sadly, it's kind of working. I've kind of been turned off Doctor Who and instead have been going through a bunch of anime from the disappointment. :( his evil plan is working...
Moffat's problems with canon, I think, can be shown by the fact he's restarted the universe three times in his seasons, as if he's trying to completely wipe the slate and write a completely different show. (Which is honestly not that far off the mark.)
Small spoilers here. I'm going to do my best not to spoil too much though.
The only good idea in the entire episode, really, was the whole 'book that predicts the future and if you read it it fixes the future in front of you' deal. Which they dropped just about as quickly as they could, which is both stupid (since they could have done a lot more with such an awesome idea) and leaves the rest of the episode to go downhill. Okay, semi-spoiler here: Miss Mary Sue returns. I refuse to call her by her actual name, because her actual name is just a cover-up for her Mary Sue status. ALSO SERIOUSLY WHY ISN'T SHE TRAPPED? The whole thing at the end of Forest of the Dead had her trapped, unable to escape. I was so excited when we finally reached the Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead part of the timeline because I was like 'that's pretty final, and a good ending, and it will so completely destroy it if he brings her back, and even Moffat has to be able to realize this, right?' I guess that's asking too much, though. The really stupid thing is that, from what I could tell, they didn't even BOTHER to come up with a decent explanation for 'how in the world are you here?' If it was a really well written and awesome explanation, the kind that makes you jump up and grin and jump up and down, despite the reintroduction of Miss Sue, I could forgive it. But it was badly handled. 'You're out!' 'Yep.' move on with 'story' Some of the concept, story, was kind of cool. But again, it was badly mishandled. I think the whole thing was basically written so that they could have the Statue of Liberty as a Weeping Angel (again, not much of a spoiler if you've seen the trailer/first five minutes). The biggest stupidity of this part? The Angel of Liberty does practically nothing except stare menacingly and pose. Terrifying, I'm sure. The whole thing, just for a stunt like that. And again, it would be completely fine-some people write entire books off a single painting-but you have to be able to do it well. Not really in this case. Cool character that would've been an interesting guy to hang around through the one episode? Nope, he can't appear further along in the story because he's too cool.
The last part of the episode is...heavy-handed, I guess. The annoying thing about this season is that you can tell exactly what tropes Moffat's using and how exactly he hopes it'll affect the audience. Using tropes and writing methods and what have you is not a bad thing. It's expected, and really cool when you can write a trope with a twist that surprises and pleases your audience. The problem comes when it's too obvious. And too many of the moves used this season are so obvious. It's like he didn't even bother trying to make the events blend in at all with the plot. You want to try to do stuff without the audience noticing, or getting pulled out of the story by noticing how glaring it is that this world...is fake. Is written by someone, and by someone who isn't bothering to obey the basic conventions of writing, something that even a novice should notice. (Of course, a lot of Moffat's problems may stem from lack of sleep...that does all sorts of nasty things to the brain and he's been taking on far too much for a normal human, so I kind of doubt his sleep schedule is anywhere near what it should/needs to be.)
Also, it could have been easily fixed, as far as we're aware, because they have a TIME MACHINE and would not be crossing their own timelines. Not that any Reapers (from Father's Day) have been seen recently, so maybe that doesn't even matter anymore. It'd make sense that the Angels would have some sort of defense mechanism to prevent their victims from escaping, but this is never mentioned. No, they're too busy explaining things that just make things more stupid and nonsensical.
The way Moffat has treated the Weeping Angels should showcase sort of what he's doing with the series.
The first time he brought in the Weeping Angels was really good. Blink is one of most people's favorite episodes of Doctor Who. It's his original creation, adapted from his short story What I Did on My Christmas Holidays By Sally Sparrow (which I have read and was really good and really well adapted). Since then, he has managed to (in the words of my mum, which pretty much sum it up pretty well) "make the Angels stupider every single episode in which they appear". They were a brilliant, terrifying villain, one that proudly stood next to Daleks and Cybermen.
Then came The Time of the Angels and Flesh and Stone, in which he completely contradicted his own canon as well as common sense. "Don't blink, whatever you do." The only defense against Weeping Angels. Yet, no, actually, anything that holds the image of an angel becomes an angel. Suddenly, they're an enemy more terrifying than the Daleks, because they're literally invincible. Also more stupid, because that just doesn't work. So, why didn't it affect Sally, or the Doctor, or Martha, or Larry? It comes across as a hackneyed attempt to make the audience freak out just a little because, oh, look, Amy's in danger again! DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, OH NO, WHAT SHALL WE DO??? And an invincible or perfect enemy just isn't interesting. (It should also be noted that this doesn't actually affect anyone in the last installment.) He managed to single-handedly ruin his own monster creation, and it's debatable whether he did it on purpose (or even noticed).
This last one (Angels Take Manhattan), they had a good sort of monster plan. But I'm sorry, the whole Angel of Liberty thing just killed any respect I had remaining. Just one touch sends you to the past, right? Presumably it can't do anything through clothing, but there were still moments...And my prey is escaping but I won't do anything, just stand here and look menacing and hope it scares them into not doing anything just doesn't cut it for a master plan from any self-respecting adversary.
My brother and I spent quite a while just yelling at the screen. And I eventually couldn't take it anymore and paused it so I could fetch my Sonic Screwdriver. (Unfortunately, it seems I have yet to find the 'improve TV Show' setting....silly fiddly thing. I have yet to find the 'Erase this last 45 minutes from my mind' setting either, and I have to say that's one of the first times I've felt the need for such a thing.)
*Sigh* /Trying to find center of calm, be back soon.
On another note, Moffat-seasons seem to have gotten worse from a thing that all of New Who suffers from. While the Doctor and companions were important, and so were back stories, it was perfectly fine for us to learn it slowly, absorbing it as a kind of back-story or episode every now and then among the more important thing-exploring the stars. The important part was the destination, the events and people there, the wonder and amazement at learning new stuff. It's kind of just turning into a relationship show...oh, yeah, and there might be some minor cover of science fiction, but it's not all that important. We really want to see the angst of marriage troubles, because that's why we turn in to watch Doctor Who. (Yes, early New Who, even Ninth Doctor, suffered from this to some extent-such as Rose and her attempts at gaining herself a harem of men and not feeling like she had any real need to choose right away, because leading people on and potentially hurting them is okay *coughDoctorJackandofcoursepoorMickeycough*. It's just gotten worse, to the point I can't ignore it because it's so glaringly obvious and am figuring out oh, I didn't actually like that in any of New Who.)
And it's not like Russell T Davies doesn't have his own issues. Killing off characters (Torchwood), the seeming need to get better and more over the top every single season finale (to the point where it got a bit ridiculous...though sometimes it's worth it, such as when Daleks and Cybermen argue). The thing is, even with that, he was good at immersion, not breaking you out of the story because of something ridiculous. (Honestly, I'd take great writing over even the most flashy special effects anyway. Old Who didn't always have the best stories, either. Sometimes they could be the cheesiest of cheese. But sometimes they were amazing, and it's depressing that a lot of shows recently are forgetting how to even write a good story.)
Old Who has its 'yell at the screen or better yet don't even watch' moments too. I still can't watch Six. (Can read books and comics. I think I can't stand Colin Baker. Though Sixth Doctor's sneering 'why does the world deserve to be saved and why should I even bother' attitude does bug me.) But it doesn't seem like it's the writer, or that the writer's going out of their way to...I don't even know what. And the fact that I can't understand whether it's unintentional, on purpose, and if so what purpose it's serving...well, it kind of scares me, to put it bluntly.
Er, yes. Sorry about the HUGE rant.
I want to end on a good note, but...I can't think of anything else to talk about from what I've been watching recently. Oh, yeah, I'm really looking forward to a couple things. There's a Persona 3 movie coming out sometime this year, which will be highly exciting. (Now they just need to get working on Persona 2 and/or Devil Summoner) *grins, thumbs up*. Also this year is a new series of Time Agent, which is on youtube (it still should be, that is) which is kind of like a fan-made Torchwood and explores one of the things I've been hoping anyone in the Whoverse would do. That is, explore stuff about the Time Agency. It doesn't pretend it's the same universe (probably an AU), but still. The promise, where it goes wrong. Series One is kind of silly, but introduces you to some of the main characters, and is pretty much a starting series. Series Two is when it starts to get good (Mortis is introduced, and one of my favorite episodes is still The Nightmare Forest even though I'm still a little confused about what the Circle is...) Series Three is a must-watch and comes highly recommended. Seriously. Just find the trailer for Series Three or watch just a little bit. From just the very beginning few minutes, you'd think it was recorded from TV. The music, the plot, the characters, even the special effects. And the length. It's not just a ten minute 'we pulled this together.' The username is Carroll13 or WellBilltProductions. I found this and just keep watching it. I'd probably order the DVDs they're putting together if I could figure out how. (Jamie Carroll, the one with the Carroll13 channel, also did a Doctor Who series that I also quite enjoyed, though it's not the professional quality caliber Series Three of Time Agent had. Partly because it's older and they didn't have quite as long of production times. Or such a group of people working on it.)
Why are you still reading? Go watch a little of it!
Also, I'm not meaning to be offensive with my opinions. You're completely free to have your own. I just tend to get a little passionate about stuff I love, and Doctor Who was (and possibly still is...my brain's still trying to work that one out) my favorite show. Hence the rant warning.
Oddly enough, I'm still pleased. Despite my ranting. ....*shrug*
Glass Maiden/Crystal Blaze and Persona 4
Well, this is fun. I recently started watching a new anime, Glass Maiden/Crystal Blaze (why the two names?) The evil organization so far comes off as sort of the type of conspiracy group from Persona: Trinity Soul (from what I understood...mostly from Akihiko's exposition), only I hope it will make much more sense than that. And not require exposition from a character, no matter how awesome said character is. And a noir thing, complete with some jazz-type music (mostly for the ending, and if I'm not mistaken, it's by the same people that did the ending for Cowboy Bebop. That or I'm just crazy.) The characters are fun again-the monotone secretary (Ayaka), Akira (who's funny and has a good heart and a believable relationship with his brother-that is, you can tell they're siblings and it's realistic), and Manami. Oh, Manami. It's going to be so depressing when I get back to school and suddenly can't watch ANYTHING... :(
I have a new headcanon. Manami is fem!Yosuke Hanamura, from Persona 4. Just think about it. They look very similar, and even have a lot of the same mannerisms. I literally squeaked when she winked and gave a thumb's up, because the resemblance was uncanny. (Also, similar things in the first episode-...er, bathroom troubles...and the episode brought to you by Yosuke or Manami's butt. Not as bad in Glass Maiden, but still. ...Okay, it's kind of weird typing that, but it needs to be said!) Probably more important is personality-both have a tendency to get overexcited and have a desperate desire to prove themselves. In consequence, they can tend to be a bit rash and run into trouble without thinking. They can also be a bit boastful, but it's just as much a promise (because I said this, I have to do well) as it is just talk. They can perhaps be a bit insensitive, but don't mean it. They really do want to help others, just are a bit...clumsy in general (with situations too). And Manami has a motorcycle, just like Yosuke wanted and kept saving up for. (I'm glad she has a helmet, though, or I'd be worried about her safety...Yosuke's bad enough on just a bike...) The only difference I've really noticed is that I haven't seen Manami wearing headphones everywhere. But given that I'm only two episodes in, maybe it's just that she doesn't wear them when on her motorcycle or something. ;)
Doctor Who
Yeah, somehow I managed to rant a TON with minor spoilers and a truckload of analysis. If you want to skip it, I'm separating it for cuts!
On another note, I wasn't watching Doctor Who because it's annoying me and I'm not sure when I'll get to continuing on. Before the end of the summer, hopefully, but still, urgh. When you're dreading watching something, you know the writers are doing something wrong (either that or it's just really, really not your cup of tea.) I mean, I was feeling more hopeful after A Town Called Mercy, but then came The Angels Take Manhattan, and I just really.
Seriously.
Sorry, I feel a rant coming on. (Actually, I could tell how bad it was when two of my characters were having a perfectly normal conversation and then Doctor Who was mentioned and the next thing I knew my character was monologuing about exactly went wrong. The funny thing is, I had no idea that was going to happen, and got a bit confused when it did. And also realizing that I guess I need to get this out, huh?)
The Daleks Take Manhattan was so much better. Plus I got 'Back in Time' stuck in my head today, and was hit by a sudden wave of nostalgia for Mr. Pinstripe Doctor. Ten, I miss you. What's worse, really, is that for a while, I was actually liking Moffat, and then he revealed his true nature or something because he'd been there long enough it'd be harder to get rid of him. Or something. And it's almost like he named the stupid Angel thing to try to piggyback off the success of the previous one and maybe erase it from people's minds? Like he wants his stuff to be the only/definitive version of Doctor Who, the only thing people think about when they hear those words, and sadly, it's kind of working. I've kind of been turned off Doctor Who and instead have been going through a bunch of anime from the disappointment. :( his evil plan is working...
Moffat's problems with canon, I think, can be shown by the fact he's restarted the universe three times in his seasons, as if he's trying to completely wipe the slate and write a completely different show. (Which is honestly not that far off the mark.)
Small spoilers here. I'm going to do my best not to spoil too much though.
The only good idea in the entire episode, really, was the whole 'book that predicts the future and if you read it it fixes the future in front of you' deal. Which they dropped just about as quickly as they could, which is both stupid (since they could have done a lot more with such an awesome idea) and leaves the rest of the episode to go downhill. Okay, semi-spoiler here: Miss Mary Sue returns. I refuse to call her by her actual name, because her actual name is just a cover-up for her Mary Sue status. ALSO SERIOUSLY WHY ISN'T SHE TRAPPED? The whole thing at the end of Forest of the Dead had her trapped, unable to escape. I was so excited when we finally reached the Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead part of the timeline because I was like 'that's pretty final, and a good ending, and it will so completely destroy it if he brings her back, and even Moffat has to be able to realize this, right?' I guess that's asking too much, though. The really stupid thing is that, from what I could tell, they didn't even BOTHER to come up with a decent explanation for 'how in the world are you here?' If it was a really well written and awesome explanation, the kind that makes you jump up and grin and jump up and down, despite the reintroduction of Miss Sue, I could forgive it. But it was badly handled. 'You're out!' 'Yep.' move on with 'story' Some of the concept, story, was kind of cool. But again, it was badly mishandled. I think the whole thing was basically written so that they could have the Statue of Liberty as a Weeping Angel (again, not much of a spoiler if you've seen the trailer/first five minutes). The biggest stupidity of this part? The Angel of Liberty does practically nothing except stare menacingly and pose. Terrifying, I'm sure. The whole thing, just for a stunt like that. And again, it would be completely fine-some people write entire books off a single painting-but you have to be able to do it well. Not really in this case. Cool character that would've been an interesting guy to hang around through the one episode? Nope, he can't appear further along in the story because he's too cool.
The last part of the episode is...heavy-handed, I guess. The annoying thing about this season is that you can tell exactly what tropes Moffat's using and how exactly he hopes it'll affect the audience. Using tropes and writing methods and what have you is not a bad thing. It's expected, and really cool when you can write a trope with a twist that surprises and pleases your audience. The problem comes when it's too obvious. And too many of the moves used this season are so obvious. It's like he didn't even bother trying to make the events blend in at all with the plot. You want to try to do stuff without the audience noticing, or getting pulled out of the story by noticing how glaring it is that this world...is fake. Is written by someone, and by someone who isn't bothering to obey the basic conventions of writing, something that even a novice should notice. (Of course, a lot of Moffat's problems may stem from lack of sleep...that does all sorts of nasty things to the brain and he's been taking on far too much for a normal human, so I kind of doubt his sleep schedule is anywhere near what it should/needs to be.)
Also, it could have been easily fixed, as far as we're aware, because they have a TIME MACHINE and would not be crossing their own timelines. Not that any Reapers (from Father's Day) have been seen recently, so maybe that doesn't even matter anymore. It'd make sense that the Angels would have some sort of defense mechanism to prevent their victims from escaping, but this is never mentioned. No, they're too busy explaining things that just make things more stupid and nonsensical.
The way Moffat has treated the Weeping Angels should showcase sort of what he's doing with the series.
The first time he brought in the Weeping Angels was really good. Blink is one of most people's favorite episodes of Doctor Who. It's his original creation, adapted from his short story What I Did on My Christmas Holidays By Sally Sparrow (which I have read and was really good and really well adapted). Since then, he has managed to (in the words of my mum, which pretty much sum it up pretty well) "make the Angels stupider every single episode in which they appear". They were a brilliant, terrifying villain, one that proudly stood next to Daleks and Cybermen.
Then came The Time of the Angels and Flesh and Stone, in which he completely contradicted his own canon as well as common sense. "Don't blink, whatever you do." The only defense against Weeping Angels. Yet, no, actually, anything that holds the image of an angel becomes an angel. Suddenly, they're an enemy more terrifying than the Daleks, because they're literally invincible. Also more stupid, because that just doesn't work. So, why didn't it affect Sally, or the Doctor, or Martha, or Larry? It comes across as a hackneyed attempt to make the audience freak out just a little because, oh, look, Amy's in danger again! DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, OH NO, WHAT SHALL WE DO??? And an invincible or perfect enemy just isn't interesting. (It should also be noted that this doesn't actually affect anyone in the last installment.) He managed to single-handedly ruin his own monster creation, and it's debatable whether he did it on purpose (or even noticed).
This last one (Angels Take Manhattan), they had a good sort of monster plan. But I'm sorry, the whole Angel of Liberty thing just killed any respect I had remaining. Just one touch sends you to the past, right? Presumably it can't do anything through clothing, but there were still moments...And my prey is escaping but I won't do anything, just stand here and look menacing and hope it scares them into not doing anything just doesn't cut it for a master plan from any self-respecting adversary.
My brother and I spent quite a while just yelling at the screen. And I eventually couldn't take it anymore and paused it so I could fetch my Sonic Screwdriver. (Unfortunately, it seems I have yet to find the 'improve TV Show' setting....silly fiddly thing. I have yet to find the 'Erase this last 45 minutes from my mind' setting either, and I have to say that's one of the first times I've felt the need for such a thing.)
*Sigh* /Trying to find center of calm, be back soon.
On another note, Moffat-seasons seem to have gotten worse from a thing that all of New Who suffers from. While the Doctor and companions were important, and so were back stories, it was perfectly fine for us to learn it slowly, absorbing it as a kind of back-story or episode every now and then among the more important thing-exploring the stars. The important part was the destination, the events and people there, the wonder and amazement at learning new stuff. It's kind of just turning into a relationship show...oh, yeah, and there might be some minor cover of science fiction, but it's not all that important. We really want to see the angst of marriage troubles, because that's why we turn in to watch Doctor Who. (Yes, early New Who, even Ninth Doctor, suffered from this to some extent-such as Rose and her attempts at gaining herself a harem of men and not feeling like she had any real need to choose right away, because leading people on and potentially hurting them is okay *coughDoctorJackandofcoursepoorMickeycough*. It's just gotten worse, to the point I can't ignore it because it's so glaringly obvious and am figuring out oh, I didn't actually like that in any of New Who.)
And it's not like Russell T Davies doesn't have his own issues. Killing off characters (Torchwood), the seeming need to get better and more over the top every single season finale (to the point where it got a bit ridiculous...though sometimes it's worth it, such as when Daleks and Cybermen argue). The thing is, even with that, he was good at immersion, not breaking you out of the story because of something ridiculous. (Honestly, I'd take great writing over even the most flashy special effects anyway. Old Who didn't always have the best stories, either. Sometimes they could be the cheesiest of cheese. But sometimes they were amazing, and it's depressing that a lot of shows recently are forgetting how to even write a good story.)
Old Who has its 'yell at the screen or better yet don't even watch' moments too. I still can't watch Six. (Can read books and comics. I think I can't stand Colin Baker. Though Sixth Doctor's sneering 'why does the world deserve to be saved and why should I even bother' attitude does bug me.) But it doesn't seem like it's the writer, or that the writer's going out of their way to...I don't even know what. And the fact that I can't understand whether it's unintentional, on purpose, and if so what purpose it's serving...well, it kind of scares me, to put it bluntly.
Er, yes. Sorry about the HUGE rant.
I want to end on a good note, but...I can't think of anything else to talk about from what I've been watching recently. Oh, yeah, I'm really looking forward to a couple things. There's a Persona 3 movie coming out sometime this year, which will be highly exciting. (Now they just need to get working on Persona 2 and/or Devil Summoner) *grins, thumbs up*. Also this year is a new series of Time Agent, which is on youtube (it still should be, that is) which is kind of like a fan-made Torchwood and explores one of the things I've been hoping anyone in the Whoverse would do. That is, explore stuff about the Time Agency. It doesn't pretend it's the same universe (probably an AU), but still. The promise, where it goes wrong. Series One is kind of silly, but introduces you to some of the main characters, and is pretty much a starting series. Series Two is when it starts to get good (Mortis is introduced, and one of my favorite episodes is still The Nightmare Forest even though I'm still a little confused about what the Circle is...) Series Three is a must-watch and comes highly recommended. Seriously. Just find the trailer for Series Three or watch just a little bit. From just the very beginning few minutes, you'd think it was recorded from TV. The music, the plot, the characters, even the special effects. And the length. It's not just a ten minute 'we pulled this together.' The username is Carroll13 or WellBilltProductions. I found this and just keep watching it. I'd probably order the DVDs they're putting together if I could figure out how. (Jamie Carroll, the one with the Carroll13 channel, also did a Doctor Who series that I also quite enjoyed, though it's not the professional quality caliber Series Three of Time Agent had. Partly because it's older and they didn't have quite as long of production times. Or such a group of people working on it.)
Why are you still reading? Go watch a little of it!
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