Message #85879

[ardalyon]

Not only that Nyki, but in the other Troughton story The Invasion the earth baddy who was cooperating with the Cybermen thought he could control them with a machine that gave them feelings. He tried it out on one and drove it mad! That made more sense to me than all this brooding introspection. Similarly with all this vampire stuff we get nowadays. Why are all vampires these days so sulky? You're a vampire, stop whining and get over it! Christopher Lee may have been tormented but he was far too urbane and cultured to go around sulking about it 24/7. David Boreanaz -- all those seasons of Buffy and Angel, even Bones, and he has one expression -- sulky. Maybe its a personal foible but I don't think it makes for good science-fiction.

Apologies if anyone found my usage of the G-word offensive.