DW - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Four, Leela)

[mrv3000]

So this pseudo Weng-Chiang was actually from the 51st century and had been mucking around with time travel. But it didn't work - not really. His line of experimentation was a failure since the body would ultimately not stabilize after time displacement. Right?

In any case, it seemed like he didn't know one way or the other if his "pioneering" had worked or not, since he told the Doctor "you're here because of my research" and the Doctor told him "no, you failed." (And I'm *sure* was thinking that the TARDIS could kick this guy's time cabinet's wooden ass.)

BUT... This guy sounded like he was pretty much the first time traveler in his experiments. He sent himself back in time - and then it went a little sideways. Now, if that's the case, HOW could he have known about Time Agents? o_O

I'm gonna get told this is a hand-wave, aren't I? *narrows eyes*

Other than that, the episode did turn out to be pretty interesting with the time travel and the...pig toy. Plus the Doctor actually *asked for* and got a big-ass gun. And then used the big-ass gun. That's pretty unusual. Of course, he did also make a bomb and that seems pretty typical. ;)

Just couldn't get over the stereotype though. *shudders*

ETA: And now there are vague S3 spoilers in the comments. Which could get non-vague. :D (Somehow I think I might be one of the only people who goes in with the intent of *only* talking about some Classic episode, but winds up talking about New Who anyway. Well...I had help!)

Comments

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

That is such a good point. I have no clue! One of the problems with repeating things that you've heard elsewhere. Apparently, the Time Lords do stomp on 'lower beings' obtaining time-travel technology, which I think I saw in one of the few older episodes of DW that I've seen. Two Doctors, maybe. Hmm.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that does seem off. If the Time Lords knew about the Time Agents, they would have most likely smacked the crap out of them. I think. Unless they didn't think they were doing any harm, but that doesn't seem likely. But yet they seemed to have existed back in the Classic series.

*HANDWAVES*