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   Re: jphalt's Doctor Who reviews   
   08 Jan 12 03:42:03   
   
   From Newsgroup: rec.arts.drwho.moderated   
   From Address: el@tyg.notforce9.co.uk   
   Subject: Re: jphalt's Doctor Who reviews   
      
   > A rather good season of Doctor Who comes to a dismal end with Peter   
   > Grimwade's Time-Flight. Why is it so bad? "I'll explain later."   
   >   
   > No, wait. That was the Doctor, waving away any need to provide a basis   
   > for any of the proclamations he makes at any point in the serial.   
   > Steven Moffat must have been thinking of Time-Flight when he wrote The   
   > Curse of Fatal Death. At least there, "I'll explain later" was meant   
   > to be funny. Here, it's just lazy writing, which is employed so often   
   > across these four episodes that it practically becomes a catch-phrase.   
   >   
   So that is where 'I'll explain later' and variations of it, came from. It is    
   used in the Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith and I always thought it suited the    
   Doctor's habits/lifestyle.   
      
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