And now, BECAUSE it's Christmas, I'm watching Doctor Who.
And now, Christmas desserts in hand, I shall watch Runaway Bride.
Uh oh. Did the DOCTOR do that? By burning up that sun to say goodbye? Or is it coincidence?
Damn, it's a good thing I know she's not gonna be the new companion, cause I woulda gotten real scared seeing the credits with her name in them.
It hasn't, to my recollection, been possible to open the Tardis doors in flight, before.
GOD DAMN IT! WHY CAN"T I HAVE A NON ANGSTY SHOW TONIGHT?! Rose's shirt, is it? ANGSTING OVER LOSING HER, ARE WE? DO WE HAVE TO? ON CHRISTMAS?
... I know we do. I miss her too. Can't we leave it till the new season.. though?... please?... aw, ferget it.
He's had some sun in the interim filming time, he has. He's got FRECKLES, I can see them. I freckle too. It's a pale pale skin thing. That is, when I don't burn. Which is often. When I bother to be in the sun. Which isn't often.
Yes, girl, it's bigger on the inside. Get over it. Move on. We've heard it a billion times before. We've heard it more times than the Doctor's got lives. Considering we've heard it from non-companion characters, I expect we've heard it more times than the Doctor's had companions as well.
"I'm not... I'm not... I'm not from MARS."
Heee. Signs that say "Sale starts Boxing Day"... we don't have Boxing Day here. So British. I love it.
It's the bloody Santas again. The murdering Santas. WTF. Wasn't the explanation last time that they were attracted to the energy the Doctor was giving off as he regenerated from the whole time vortex thing? So... why are they there NOW?
Unless it's Christmas last year, again. I've not been time traveling in a while, have I, being all set at home with Torchwood. Wake up, brain.
Please. You've been kidnapped by a robot and you're NOT happy to see the Doctor? At least he LOOKS HUMAN. Surely you, a 'normal' if bitchy human woman of a relatively close temporal location (presumably this is set Xmas 2006) would be comforted by a human-looking and sounding rather adorable 'young' man?
This is some of the worst CSO I've seen on the new series. Really pulled out the stops, didn't we?
"I'M IN MY WEDDING DRESS!"
"(exasperated and seemingly shocked she would mention it AGAIN) YES! YOU LOOK LOVELY! NOW COME ON!"
Oh my god. I love the little kids watching and mouthing "JUMP, JUMP" to her through their car!
What, not going to mention the TIME part of "T.A.R.D.I.S"? You didn't bloody miss the wedding. You CAN go back. Geez, Doctor. Seriously.
What d'you mean you can't go back in someone's personal timeline? It's not like Rose saving her dad. It's not like you saving Rose. You can't do those cause it's like... ripping space time. But I don't see why you can't just drop her off at her wedding. I really don't.
Maybe he had freckles last year too, and I couldn't see them cause I watched it at a bit more of a distance and rewatched it on crappy DVD copies. Maybe.
I have to say, I'm not, so far, entranced by this Christmas episode. Largely because so far, the plot has been nigh nonexistant, the Bride is a bitch, and then they just keep picking at the wound that is Rose.
It does, however, have David Tennant as the Doctor. I gotta give them that.
Way to fake tears, though, I suppose.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD THIS JUST GOT INTERESTING! (So interesting I had a hard time typing that!) THE GROUP THIS GIRL WORKS FOR!?! OWNED BY TORCHWOOD!! T BLOODY O BLOODY... RCHWOOD! TORCHWOOD!
And hi, wow, the song their playin... totally picked to be bout the Doctor. Traveling. All that jazz.
Oh jesus. It's like a YouTube fan music video. Do we HAVE to do this, really? REALLY? Did you WANT people weeping on Christmas? Seriously? Cause that's what they were doing. I guarantee it. Pick pick pick, can't leave it alone, can you, Rose is gone and its so bloody sad. Rub it in why don't you.
On the one hand, I'm glad they aren't just kinda... Oh, moving on then, but on the other, it's THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL for god's sake...
If that Christmas tree starts spinning...
Oh. Deploying ornaments. Not quite so bad as spinning trees. That's... well, less laughable, anyway, that's about the best I can say.
Right. Like a sound blast that destroys robots wouldn't do more than be uncomfortable and irritating to humans. Sure. I believe that. I've a bridge you might like to buy.
To Donna's Groom: Dude. You work for Torchwood (indirectly). Don't tell me this is the weirdest shit you've ever seen.
A spider demon lady thing in a big web star ship thing. Oh fantastic.
The Doctor, a woman and a black man. This. Looks. Familiar.
Segways. Seriously?
I'm with her on this. They look ridiculous.
Torchwood likes big shiney dome things on top of their sooper sekrit bases, don't they? ("Sooper sekrit" because, well... they aren't very well hidden under BIG SHINEY DOMES, are they?... One is reminded of "UNIT HEADQUARTERS: TOP SECRET, DO NOT ENTER!")
"Are you enjoying this?!?"... the look he gives says to me "well... maybe just a little..."
Giant pit. I'm thinking rerun of Impossible Planet, here. Mixed with um... what was it, Invasion of the Spiders? (Something of the spiders. It was a Pertwee one. His last, actually.) Mixed with last year's Christmas special. And a dash of Torchwood.
Wow. She's a spider and I'm not even that creeped out, cause she's quite possibly the campiest villan that New Who has had. I'm not going to say the campiest villan WHO has ever had, cause oh lordy there were some good ones in the old days, not the least of which was the Ainley Master.
Oh wow. The camp factor is at 11! Yikes!
The CSO! The CSO! Hide your eyes!
Further back than you've ever been before, Doctor? FURTHER BACK THAN YOU'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE?!? YOU"VE BEEN TO 'EVENT ONE' NO LESS THAN TWO TIMES IN YOUR FIFTH INCARNATION, YOU LYING LIAR!
Trying to cheer her up, Doctor? How sweet. Still. You've SO been to Event One before, which is further back than what you're looking at, I wager.
Ayup. They're lookin at the creation of Earth, which is a sight later than the creation of the UNIVERSE. Liar. Lying lying liar.
The surfboard... thing. Jack used that. My Jack. My fun Jack. Wow, dropping hints about the finale much? Jack... Torchwood.... yeeeah.
No second chances. That's what kind of man he is.
Aaaand, the Doctor destroys ANOTHER Torchwood locale...
Nooo, the CSO! THE CSO!
Ah yes, not companion material. Everything about him that intrigues, excites, involves his Companions... repels her.
God Doctor. I'd go with you. I don't care about all that. I'd be ALIVE. Hell, I'm terrified day to day anyway... what's the difference, really?
Promos for next season:
Witches, Shakespeare, showgirls and kitty people, oh my!
And... DALEKS. Bloody fucking hell.
Although I have to say, far from inspiring the usual rolling of eyes and groaning, the sight of the Dalek inspired a wrenching of the gut, a twisting of the insides and a brimming of the eyes. They are now scary and upsetting to me, and how pathetic is that. Damn you, Rose. Damn you and your leaving all sadly and ... just... damn you.
The end, until next season.