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The Unquiet Dead 👻 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Series 1
2022-12-19
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Characterising historical figures, Gatiss writing, rift origins, contrasting moralities, cultural force, immersive settings, binary oppositions, the drafting process, invective & idolatry, & more are discussed in this review of The Unquiet Dead, the 2005 Doctor Who Christmas episode from Mark Gatiss.
(00:00:00) Back to 2005
(00:02:34) The episode’s purpose
(00:06:29) Celebrity historicals & deploying Dickens
(00:18:08) Gatiss & tone
(00:26:33) Expensive scenes filmed & unfilmed
(00:31:33) Sneed parallels + snowy steps + companion bond
(00:38:52) The Cardiff Rift
(00:42:16) 2018 RTD on the episode
(00:47:08) Dangerous TARDIS journeys + snowy Cardiff
(00:54:58) Series 1’s immersive settings & linkages
(01:03:16) RTD contributions to the episode + Gwyneth/Rose
(01:13:54) Different morality + social conscience
(01:23:30) Gwyneth in the arch + Dickens science
(01:32:24) Believers and skeptics
(01:38:44) Historical representation
(01:46:44) Charles Dickens as an integrated character
(01:52:50) Gatiss as a writer & a fan
(02:02:28) Christmas episode
(02:04:39) Refugees, reception, & Lawrence Miles
(02:12:53) Lawrence Miles blog post #1
(02:18:59) Investment, influence, & invective
(02:29:08) Subtext, fury, system shocks, cultural force
(02:36:53) Calling someone ‘a racist’; binary oppositions
(02:46:10) Duty of success
(02:52:01) Lawrence Miles blog post #2
(02:58:48) Idealising Classic Who; New Who as The Enemy
(03:04:35) Live feed psychoanalysis
(03:10:31) Writer responsibilities
(03:17:06) It’s About Time
(03:20:59) ‘That’s the way it is’
(03:28:32) End…
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