I wasn't interested when it started getting into aliens and stuff.
So sticking with the pure alternate histories, the Summer of Love episode was one I had problems with. It was an interesting scenario with a Vietnam-type war taking place in Australia. But I severely doubt that there would be an armed militia group called the Outback-Cong. Despite that, I liked it on a purely entertaining level
The Prince of Wails was a good episode to watch, but it had its faults. It was very heavy on (untrue) British stereotypes. We doff our hats in the street to one another as Americans fire guns in the air and go 'yeee haw!'. Red double decker buses? Too London-centric. Up until the last decade, each different area/city/town had it's own colours for it's buses. London's colour happened to be red. And the 'tyrrany/lack of democracy' was overplayed. In the 18th century, British democracy was still developing, as it was everywhere, so for me having 18th century democracy into the 1990s was very incorrect. Democracy in British America would have evolved. America would have been a very different place than it is, but I believe that it would have been a society that we would recognise and accept as a contemporary democracy. You only have to look next door to see an example of a modern democratic Commonwealth nation.
Like I say though, the first series or two, I found enjoyable, even despite its faults.
So sticking with the pure alternate histories, the Summer of Love episode was one I had problems with. It was an interesting scenario with a Vietnam-type war taking place in Australia. But I severely doubt that there would be an armed militia group called the Outback-Cong. Despite that, I liked it on a purely entertaining level
The Prince of Wails was a good episode to watch, but it had its faults. It was very heavy on (untrue) British stereotypes. We doff our hats in the street to one another as Americans fire guns in the air and go 'yeee haw!'. Red double decker buses? Too London-centric. Up until the last decade, each different area/city/town had it's own colours for it's buses. London's colour happened to be red. And the 'tyrrany/lack of democracy' was overplayed. In the 18th century, British democracy was still developing, as it was everywhere, so for me having 18th century democracy into the 1990s was very incorrect. Democracy in British America would have evolved. America would have been a very different place than it is, but I believe that it would have been a society that we would recognise and accept as a contemporary democracy. You only have to look next door to see an example of a modern democratic Commonwealth nation.
Like I say though, the first series or two, I found enjoyable, even despite its faults.
