Well, I didn't totally dislike Cliff- he was truly kind to Jo when she was upset over the miner dying, and he is devoting his life's work to feeding the world after all, so he's obviously not really a bad person. It's just that his manner of relating to people could use some work, since Jo was genuinely trying to be kind & helpful to him, & didn't deserve any of the snide remarks he was so freely dishing out. (And if he actually thought that he was being funny... oy, they'll need to go to couples therapy to figure out the line between teasing & insults!)
But of course, I think it's also a case of 'no one is good enough for my baby' syndrome too, since I doubt I'd be entirely pleased with anyone who took Jo away from UNIT. I think Jo & Cliff will have great adventures in the end though, since she seems able to see the good in everyone, and never backs down from a challenge, and Cliff's icy side will get melted by her sunshine eventually. ;)
And yes, I do know what you mean about being Terry Nationed out after a while. There are a few other DW stories if his where it felt a bit like deja vu, but knowing 'Planet of the Daleks' aired around ten years after the first Dalek story premiered, I was expecting it to reference the original & be more of an homage to that one than an attempt to be new & different, so I went with it. But yes, the carbon-copy elements were somewhat amusing when I realized how many there were! He must have had a check-list beside his typewriter, lol.
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Date: 2015-10-19 05:26 am (UTC)But of course, I think it's also a case of 'no one is good enough for my baby' syndrome too, since I doubt I'd be entirely pleased with anyone who took Jo away from UNIT. I think Jo & Cliff will have great adventures in the end though, since she seems able to see the good in everyone, and never backs down from a challenge, and Cliff's icy side will get melted by her sunshine eventually. ;)
And yes, I do know what you mean about being Terry Nationed out after a while. There are a few other DW stories if his where it felt a bit like deja vu, but knowing 'Planet of the Daleks' aired around ten years after the first Dalek story premiered, I was expecting it to reference the original & be more of an homage to that one than an attempt to be new & different, so I went with it. But yes, the carbon-copy elements were somewhat amusing when I realized how many there were! He must have had a check-list beside his typewriter, lol.