Doctor Who
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redfiona99Once again, the Doctor-light episode rocks.
And I plan on waving this week's and last week's episodes in the faces of those people who say he can't write. He might be a terrible show runner but he writes like a dream.
Didn't think much of the set-up, slightly too 'our Orientals are sinister' for me, it might have been worse than Talons of Wain Chiang for that. But once it kicked off, boy did it kick.
I'm not sure what got me more, the Doctor's death (and UNIT's reaction thereto), Sarah Jane and the kids (dear show, you kill kids, I love you), Martha Jones being a hero without meeting the Doctor (about which more later) and Torchwood. Actually, yes I do, my favourite screw-ups.
I loved how Martha and Donna were heroic even without meeting the Doctor.
Grandad was lovely. And he knew, and so did Mr. Calasanto and yes, I did near enough go when the Calasanto's got taken away. I loved Mr. Calasanto for the same reason I didn't sympathise with Donna's Mum. In a bad situation, make the best of it. I blame my Grandmother for this entirely, as she is of a generation with Donna's Grandad, and therefore brought me up that way.
Also, lets be honest, this hit straight at the heart of one of my favourite narrative twists 'what if' so it would have had to have been terrible for me not to like it. But it was so well done, and even the fix-it hurt.
If they kill off the remainder of Torchwood, I will not be happy. If they kill Ianto and/or Gwen while they are with Jack and Jack survives I will be beyond unhappy. If they kill off Mickey or Jake, I will hit levels of unhappy that there are no words for. Everyone else is fair game.
I love how they re-used actors, like the medic from Smith and Jones and the Unit soldier reporting the Doctor's death from the Sontaran experiment.
And I plan on waving this week's and last week's episodes in the faces of those people who say he can't write. He might be a terrible show runner but he writes like a dream.
Didn't think much of the set-up, slightly too 'our Orientals are sinister' for me, it might have been worse than Talons of Wain Chiang for that. But once it kicked off, boy did it kick.
I'm not sure what got me more, the Doctor's death (and UNIT's reaction thereto), Sarah Jane and the kids (dear show, you kill kids, I love you), Martha Jones being a hero without meeting the Doctor (about which more later) and Torchwood. Actually, yes I do, my favourite screw-ups.
I loved how Martha and Donna were heroic even without meeting the Doctor.
Grandad was lovely. And he knew, and so did Mr. Calasanto and yes, I did near enough go when the Calasanto's got taken away. I loved Mr. Calasanto for the same reason I didn't sympathise with Donna's Mum. In a bad situation, make the best of it. I blame my Grandmother for this entirely, as she is of a generation with Donna's Grandad, and therefore brought me up that way.
Also, lets be honest, this hit straight at the heart of one of my favourite narrative twists 'what if' so it would have had to have been terrible for me not to like it. But it was so well done, and even the fix-it hurt.
If they kill off the remainder of Torchwood, I will not be happy. If they kill Ianto and/or Gwen while they are with Jack and Jack survives I will be beyond unhappy. If they kill off Mickey or Jake, I will hit levels of unhappy that there are no words for. Everyone else is fair game.
I love how they re-used actors, like the medic from Smith and Jones and the Unit soldier reporting the Doctor's death from the Sontaran experiment.
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Date: 2008-06-23 10:26 pm (UTC)If they kill Rose's mother I'll throw them all a party.
But I like Jackie Tyler
Date: 2008-06-23 11:12 pm (UTC)Re: Ianto - bear in mind that if that is him that Jack is shielding in the trailer, Jack can't die. He's going to have to watch yet more people die. I hate the terrible things that they're going to do to Jack, and for the first time ever, I'm hoping for a magical reset button ending, even if I'm reasonably sure we're not going to get it.