Anybody else see how they made fun of Obama on Dr. Who last night?

[WriteDown]

So I settle in to watch the season finale of Dr. Who and it turns into an episode with zingers about Obama. I started to think that I have never seen any US show that even mentions Gordon Brown or any other British politician. A little offensive. Still love Dr. Who, but seemed like an odd subject to broach.

[Hannah Bell]

1. i didn't see any "zingers," or making fun. could you be more specific?

[WriteDown]

7. Where they're talking about how he's going to announce that

he's ending the recession? Or the character that has written the Obama-esque book? I thought the whole episode was satire.

[Hannah Bell]

16. i didn't. & i saw the book thing before, either when the "master" was PM or when

"harriet jones" was.

if it's satire, it's pretty unfocused. is the black pol with the daughter & the book obama?

or is the actual "obama" character obama?

is the point of the satire "obama = evil pol who wants his daughter to become immortal"? or "easily taken over by time lord along with the rest of the planet"?

[WriteDown]

17. The speech to end the recession was what caught my ears...

I'll be rewatching it tonight though.

[bigwillq]

2. Didn't watch it

but "Will&Grace" consistenly "made fun" of George W. Bush. I'm sure other shows did too.

[rcrush]

3. Was it funny?

[CJCRANE]

4. Um..they didn't make fun of him.

He was obviously included to make it seem more topical and more dramatic.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. agreed. There was no political statement or humor poked.

the story was pretty interesting. Reminds me of the old Who, when they had GREAT writers, but pathetic special effects.

[Cleita]

8. Yeah, I could never get into the new Dr. Who because of the

mediocre quality of the writing.

[WriteDown]

12. I actually really like....

Russ Davies as the writer. Also like Steven Moffatt. Same guy as Coupling.

[Matariki]

25. Are you kidding? They're great!

and I've seen every Dr. Who, from the very first episode! Some of the writing on the new show is really funny and clever. Although I could have done without some of the 'emo-drama' ;-)

[vadawg]

26. wow have you even seen all the yeti episodes from the early days

as these are the holy grail of the whovians...

[Matariki]

31. Oh yes I have ;-)

the yeti episode is the first one with the Brigadier, iirc ;-)

[WriteDown]

11. See post #9..

I'd suggest watching it again if you have it on DVR.

[WriteDown]

9. Where they said that he's given a speech that he's ending the

recession? Or later where they say that its a big financial boondoggle of some sort, but it won't reach them? Seemed pretty derogatory to me.

[CJCRANE]

15. I see what you mean

but from what I know about Russell T. Davies I don't think that was the intention.

[WriteDown]

18. I hope not..

Made me sit up and rewind the DVR though.

[Hannah Bell]

19. i don't see the first, & you'll have to refresh my memory on the second.

what is "it" in the second sentence?

[WriteDown]

20. I'll let you know the timestamps when I rewatch it tonight.

[POAS]

21. Actually I thought they made fun of

those that are always looking for the savior or white knight to come to their rescue.

[Wizard777]

27. They like to borrow a lot. Dr. Who comes from the original Time Lord H.G. Wells and his Time Machine

[Donnachaidh]

6. uhh -- they did NOT make fun of him

And yes, I did watch it.

[WriteDown]

10. See post #9.

It was subtle, but there was plenty to pick from in the episode.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. #9, #9, #9, #9. Reminds me of some album I listened to before.

No, it was NOT insulting.
Certain characters suggested that Obama would talk about ending the recession, true. BUT, do you honestly think that conversation is NOT taking place all over europe, africa, asia, even the Americas?

Of course it is.

[Donnachaidh]

22. you can read anything you want into it -- it was NOT a poke.

Geez.... take off the tinfoil hat -- it's FICTION... :eyes:

[HipChick]

14. That episode was filmed months ago..British writers don't give a crap

[Demit]

23. LOL! Thank you.

[Violet_Crumble]

24. Dr. Who? Are you trying to divert attention away from the many Avatar appreciation threads? n/t

[WriteDown]

30. I've missed that...

Are there really Avatar appreciation threads?

[vadawg]

28. forget that, nobody expects the return of the time lords

totally was not expecting that, and timothy dalton as well. Cant wait to see how this one plays out...

[WriteDown]

29. Yeah, Tim Dalton was a huge surprise.

Can't disagree with that.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. The mystery series "Jonathan Creek" made fun of G.W. Bush, and

MI-5/Spooks frequently makes snide remarks about the CIA and the U.S. government's foreign policies, especially from Season 4 onwards.

I haven't seen the Dr. Who special yet (no cable), but I've seen online discussions of it.