Episodes discussed: Buffy 5×1 Buffy vs. Dracula and Doctor Who 7×9 Hide
Buffy vs. Dracula
Written by Marti Noxon; Directed by David Solomon
Season 5 opens with Buffy encountering the most famous vampire of all. Discussion points include:
- Fiction comes to life
- Allusions to Stoker’s Dracula
- The power struggles between Dracula & Buffy
- Giles prepares to pass the torch
- The Whedony tone
- Introducing Michelle Trachtenberg
Hide
Written by Neil Cross; Directed by Jamie Payne
The Doctor and Clara investigated a haunted house on the English moors. Discussion points include:
- Why Kat loves “Hide”
- Palmer & Emma as echoes of the Doctor & Clara
- “We’re all ghosts to you”
- Clara’s caution
- The TARDIS and Clara team up
- “Every lonely monster needs a companion”
Next time: Doctor Who 7×10 Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS and Angel 2×1 Judgment.