News About Me and What aunt_zelda Thinks: Evolution of Daleks, Lazarus Experiment, Adam, Reset
OMG you know that guy who I’ve got the killer crush on? The long-haired artist? He is long-haired no more.
After I said ‘And lo, the world did mourn’ and went into a mild state of shock (he had shoulder-length hair and looks really different now) I spent most of Spanish staring at him.
His hair is sort of a cross between Sylar’s spikes and the Tenth Doctor’s hair when he’s working on a problem and it goes all crazy.
Good lord, I didn’t think it was possible for him to get hotter but it is and he is!
Long hair, short hair … he’s attractive both ways! (Even aimisan admitted he’s ‘cute’ and I said ‘hands off, he’s mine!’ and we had a giggle-fest over that.)
Also: I CAN GET DIAL-UP AT LAST! AS SOON AS THIS SATURDAY! *dances about INSANELY*
Also: had two weird dreams last night. One was where I spun around and leapt into the air during play practice and levitated, spinning, about four feet off the ground. People were really impressed and I treated it like a spin in ice-skating and said ‘You just need a good base and a pushoff …’
Later on … or before, I can’t remember … I ran into a guy on the cast who recently cut his long hair rather severely. In the dream, half of his hair was long and the other was cut …
Anyone know what those might mean?
(ALSO: mom called and said she’s finally bought Love Actually. I plan on stealing it as soon as possible.)
Just some local updates … now, onto the OTHER half of my life:
[I read one spoiler by accident before watching these. So all the while they were showing clips of Martha showing up at Torchwood, and I had the horrible realization that she was there to replace the soon-to-be-shot Owen. It was kinda creepy.]
Argh, FOUR new episodes to review/recap! How exciting and exhausting!
‘Evolution of the Daleks’
[Ho-hum. ’S ok … definitely not my favorite two-parter, though …]
The Dalek/Man thinks humans are best for war. I hate to agree, but he’s kinda right. Of all species, we sure are ready to fight over the littlest thing … not territory or food like other species … I’m agreeing with a Dalek-Man. What has the fandom come to?!
“They have ascended.” Hee, I love the Daleks! They freak me out but I LOVE ’em!
OMG the KILLED Solomon! I liked him! *headdesk* Frank seemed a bit too shook up about that … no, I refuse to slash them! (Btw, notice all the ‘Ten’ stuff? David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor, Frank is from Tennessee.)
I love it when the Doctor goes all Angry-Suicidal. It’s probably wrong, but him shouting at the Daleks, demanding to be ex-ter-min-ated, was one of my favorite parts of the episode.
Ok, first Alias, then Jericho, and now DW are showing me that spy-handshake-passes-you-a-note thing. Is the CIA trying to recruit sci-fi geeks?
“He showed courage.” “And that’s good?” “That’s excellent!” Okaaaaaaaaaaaay!
“Humans are the great survivors.” Hee, I guess we are … we’re still around in the 51st century, evolved so that we shag anything that moves. *is emboldened by this idea*
“New York City. If aliens had to come to Earth, it’s no wonder they came here.” I’m sure your horrendous accent will drive them back, Tallulah!
“You could be doctors together!” Not if the Rose-fangirls have anything to say about it …
“The Doctor is escaping!” He always does! I bet his second choice of name was ‘The Escapist.’
“You told us to imagine … and we imagined your irrelevance!” hee!
“See?! Never waste time on a hug!” that’s what Nine would say, writers, not Ten!
Hurrah for electricity! This is what Companions are for!
He dropped his Sonic Screwdriver?! Good lord …
Ok … he survived a bolt of lightning?! Aspirin can kill him, but not a little thing like LIGHTNING.
Great, the Doctor’s hair is going craaaaaaaaaaaaazy: now we’re in trouble!
“There ain’t nothing creepier than a theater in the dark.” I beg to differ! (Actually, dark theaters do make me think the Phantom of the Opera is going to nab me, but that’s a rather unique phobia.)
The Doctor walked towards the stage on top of the seats. Do you know how difficult and dangerous that is? Especially in those converse sneakers of his … that, plus his Jesus-pose, really inspired awe in me. I’m surprised the Daleks didn’t quail … or the Dalek-version of quailing.
I like those Dalek-guns. I want one …
“But … why?” *sporfles*
Argh, genocide makes the Doctor angry in his silent-simmer way, not the Angry-Shouting-Suicidal way that I love.
“In the whole universe … just one left.” Much like you, Doctaaaaah, huh? Wait, no, the Master’s out there … or will be out there … is going to be out there … you know what I mean!
Dalek-Khan … “Right now you’re facing the only man in the universe who might show you some compassion.” COMPASSION towards the DALEKS?! Nine is spinning in his grave …
I love the Doctor’s run-on-sentence/speech thing where he saves Lazlo. So cute. And wonderful.
“The pig and the showgirl.” Stranger things, people, stranger things!
“There’s someone for everyone.” Martha says hopefully. “Maybe …” the Doctor says.
Where’s the Master when you need him?
‘The Lazarus Experiment’
[The Mr.-Saxon-is-trying-to-sabotage-the-Doctor tiny little plot point, in my mind, completely made up for the bad CGI scorpion-skeleton.]
I love the glass ball thing on the console. It looks like a paper-weight.
I also love Martha’s expression when the Doctor spots her underwear/chemise thingy. (I think the Doctor was wondering how he’d look in it, but that’s just me ...)
Lovely! Barely five minutes in and we have a ‘Mr. Saxon’ reference!
“That’s an interesting perfume, what’s it called?” “Soap.” *sporfles*
OMG James Bond! Is! A! Time Lord! (And David Tennant in a tux should be a crime.)
“Ooooo, they have nibbles! I love those!” Hee hee hee …
“Busy? Doing what?” “Oh, you know … stuff?” My dad lol-ed at that, and so did I. No wonder the Doctor ‘doesn’t do domestic’ …
Oh dear, that old-guy is mimicking Time Lord technology … I wonder if the Master is lurking about, ogling, as we do, the-Doctor-in-a-tux. I bet he is!
“Good thing I’ve collected a DNA sample!” God, I love Martha! But not ‘Martha-is-a-rebound-girl/Martha-is-replacing-Rose.’ Rose is irreplaceable. But let’s not hold that against Martha, she’s doing her best, and it’s pretty damn good. I mean, she hasn’t been captured half as much as Rose was (and Ten’s the more irresponsible Doctor!) Nor does she befriend ever blue-collar worker she comes across!
Ew, it sounds like Lazarus is mutating into a werewolf …
Great: they’re continuing the stereotype that people who crick their necks are evil. Thanks, BBC …
Yay! Cello! *dances*
Ew: shriveled corpse, greenscreen, bad CGI skeleton-scorpion.
“A gift.” “Or a curse.” Poor Doctor … (fetch Mr. Saxon! PLEASE!)
Awwww, I love Martha’s joy at opening doors. Also the fact that she’s wearing a serviceable dress: one that looks fetching but you can run in. If I wear a dress (which is rare) it’s always one I can climb trees in, much less run about chasing aliens in!
Hee, they’re hiding inside a box! How ironic!
“The plan was to get in here.” “Then what?!” “I’d come up with another plan!” Oh, Doctor, you’re making this up as you go along … how cute! (And frightening.)
“Nice shoes, by the way …” ok, first he’s ogling her undergarments, now her shoes. The Tenth Doctor so swings ‘that’ way!
“This is the way the world ends: not with a bang but a whimper.” *shivershiver*
Heh, more mothers-of-Companion-who-slap-the-Doctor! Did the Mysterious-Man work for Mr. Saxon?
Ah, the Blitz … fond memories of Rose-hanging-from-a-barrage-balloon (something I guarantee Martha would never end up doing) Capt. Jack (COME BACK!) and Nine (*wails with loss*)
“There’s no such thing as an ordinary human.” Awww, I love that the human race has its own personal paladin …
I wanna hug the Doctor after that ‘tired’ speech. He’s got some good speeches …
And lo, a church organ saved the world: yay! Tish looks like a raccoon with all that eyeshadow: boo! But I like her feathers and nerve: yay!
*SQUEE* Martha is officially a Companion! *dances* She’s earned her place … *dances the dance of ‘Companions ROCK’ that I just made up*
Hah! I KNEW the Mystery-Man was from ‘Harold Saxon himself!’ I LOVE YOU MASTER! *waves arms wildly*
Next Week: searing heat, bright light, people screaming, those orange space-suits from ‘the Satan Pit.’ The Doctor’s eyes are glowing: utto.
‘Dawn’ ‘Adam’
Eh? They’re being infiltrated by a pretty-boy with fluffy hair? Oh, the terror? *blinkblink*
Owen is lame? Adam made Owen lame? (At first I saw Owen with the nasty gray sweater and thought: that’s weird, is Tosh making him participate in a weird role-play?]
Oooo, squirrel! Tosh is happy and confident! There’s a creepy little girl haunting Jack …
“I’m gonna marry that bloody, mad woman, even if it kills me!” Oh no, tell me that’s not foreshadowing! I’m starting to like Rhys!
Oh, it’s a little boy. The fluffly long hair made me think the haunting-child was a little girl … plus the futuristic white clothes distracted me …
No Owen, you don’t look like a rodent, even when you’re trying to vainly impersonate Clark Kent Gabriel Gray! To me, you still look a bit like a toad.
OMG Jack’s FATHER! *excited*
Whoa … oh my god. Jack’s past … is awful. His dad and family and friends were all killed by (not Daleks, there’s a bloody wound over their hearts) something scary … and the mysterious ‘Gray’ is his little brother.
Also, I ♥ those flight-goggles in Jack’s Past/our future!
If the future holds flight goggles, sunny-beach-castle-worlds with pinwheels (?!) and everyone evolved so that they’re pansexual, I’d say the future looks pretty damn awesome!
“You write about artifacts in your diary?” “Among other things?” And lo, the fangirls did plot to get their hands on Ianto’s diary. (OMG he calls it a DIARY! That marks him as not being heterosexual: a heterosexual guy would call it a ‘journal.’)
OMG Owen’s declaration of love had me almost on my feet, and I usually hate Owen!
Oh my GOD. Dawn Adam did NOT just make Ianto think he was a serial-killer! Now Ianto’s crying in an alley of FAKE!Memory and Dawn Adam kissing him didn’t even register in my brain, I was so horrified! OMG I WILL KILL HIM FOR DOING THAT TO IANTO!
Ew. Tosh/DawnAdam. Grossness …
“I’m a monster …” NO YOU’RE NOT! YOU’RE IANTO! *wailing and near tears*
I feel sullied and used. The Ianto/Jack huggles are not helping any because Ianto is CRYING and thinks he KILLED GIRLS …
Hurrah! Jack believes in Ianto and looks up the security footage! *breathes a sigh of relief and tries to relax*
God, Dawn Adam is making sense: I like this cute!sweater!Owen and Tosh seems to have undergone the same ‘coming out of her shell and gaining self-confidence’ thing that Ianto underwent this season … wait, Ianto … DAWN ADAM MUST DIE!
“That’s what we do best: wipe out aliens.” I pity the poor NICE and GOOD alien who runs into this lot. That’s the only difference in the ‘BtVS is to Angel as DW is to Torchwood’ analogy. On Buffy and Torchwood, they slay/ wipe out the demons/aliens, while on Angel and Doctor Who, they tend to save/help them.
I love the remembering-bit. So wonderful and … I wanna cry. God, Ianto has way too much angst on his plate …
Argh, Rec-Con …
Aha! Dawn Adam’s a psychic-vampire! That’s actually pretty-cool!
Pinwheels … wheeeeee!
Oh my GOD! Jack looses that lovely memory of him, his dad, and Gray! *huggles father tightly* That is AWFUL!
That, plus the whole: IF YOU HURT IANTO IN ANY WAY YOU MUST DIIIIIIIIIIIE! YOU DON’T HARM THE FANDOM TEDDY-BEAR AND EXPECT TO LIVE! Sentiment we all exhibit, totally makes Dawn Adam deserve ex-ter-min-ation!
Owen’s a jerk again … all is well in the world …
“Measuring tapes never lie.” Ew … *giggles feebly*
Hee … sand … *cries*
‘Reset’
[I love how Torchwood’s episode names are so EASY. DW ones are really hard, I have to keep looking them up on IMDb!]
Haha, Margaret-the-Slitheen-on-the-newspaper on the door! And Ianto is listening to rock music! (Does anyone know what song that is? I actually wanna call it punk …)
YAY! MARTHA! (Read previous reviews as to why I’m loving Martha.)
“End of the World survivor’s club …” hee … they could have little badges!
Awww, the Doctor got Martha a spot in UNIT! (I love how they never say the Doctor’s name and Martha points up at the sky like she’s talking about god. It’s just … cute.)
Jack wants to get Ianto ‘one of those little red hats.’ Anyone got a linky to a picture of one of those hats?
“You want uniforms, get your own!” Ha-ha, don’t tempt him, Martha!
“We must be the only two on the planet!” You’re telling me! If George Takkei and Capt. Jack got together … the world might EXPLODE!
*sporfles* Exploding things with alien-tech and Ianto ducking with cries of alarm! I could watch this ALL DAY!
Martha and Owen having Gray’s-Anatomy fun to more happy-rock-music. Owen has buttons on his white coat.
“Let’s just say we worked under the same Doctor.” Hee … I’m falling in love with Martha … (not like my girl-crush on Lena Olin, I’m falling in love with the IDEA of Martha’s character. She’s taking a step up, both on DW and Torchwood, and it’s kind of inspiring.)
“Student loans company.” “I think you’ve cracked it!” Bahahahahaa!
Curing diabetes and HIV … ok then …
Ewwww! Bugs! Little bugs that escape out of your mouth after you die! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww! (First Jack’s disturbing past and now this?! There’s only so much a girl can take!)
This episode might be a bit more scary if I wasn’t American, because we ‘Yankees’ already have experience with evil-Health-Care.
Ooooo, Aaron and Jack play well with each other! [Wish he coulda stuck around, these two actors are like … well, they work really well together!]
“I had a boyfriend whose nostrils flared when he was lying.” Hee … I’ve missed Jack’s old-boy-friend-references!
“Recently I had a bad experience with a politician … I tend not to listen to Whitehall.” What’s Whitehall? It’s a castle, right? Where Queen Elizabeth I hung out a lot … Shakespeare preformed plays there …
“Gray is so not her color.” Jack has WONDERFUL lines this episode!
“I’d trust Martha to the end of the world. In fact, I did!” Hee!
Oh, Martha can be invisible! *giggles*
“What’s his dabbling like?” “Innovative.” “Really?” “Bordering on avant-garde.” I just DIED right about there! (I don’t think Iack/Janto/whatever-you-call-it is ‘dabbling’ anymore, they’re going to go on/have been on a DATE with CANDLES and SPAGHETTI and music - and if it’s already happened, I WANT FLASHBACKS, RUSSELL!)
Who’s this Chris guy? I wanna hear more about him!
Oho! Tosh and Owen hath scheduled a date … which they got to by talking about how beautiful Martha is. Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay … (I don’t really consider Martha beautiful visually, it’s her self-confidence that snags my attention. Her ‘I’m not taking any bull from you, watch how I open doors and save the world!’ attitude.)
Martha is using all of her Companion-skilz, but also wearing cloppy-shoes. Bad planning, girl … and it reminds me of the clacky-shoes Tosh wore in ‘Aliens of London.’ (Yes, Toshiko was in ‘Aliens of London,’ check it on IMDb.com …)
I keep forgetting that security guards in the UK use tranqs, not bullets. It’s very odd for American viewers …
Yeek! Now I’m gonna have nightmares! Men with gloves and needles attacking my eyes … *shivershiver* Torchwood seems to know exactly how to terrify me …
Hurrah! Ianto and his tazer! *SQUEE* (I’m gonna explode if this sort of thing continues …)
Utto: because Martha was a Companion her cells are all wonky. EWWW! Nasty bugs growing inside of you: DO! NOT! WANT! Get that thing Trinity used in the first Matrix movie!
Cyber-terrorism: yay!
And just when we think it’s all over … Aaron shoots Owen, who was using his last words to try and talk some sense into him. Jack shoots Aaron in the head. Owen dies a bloody death with Tosh (OMG Tosh, that poor girl!) and Martha and Jack huddled over him.
Ok, I feel the need to insert my ‘Owen Rant.’ If you’re an Owen fangirl, please skip:
I don’t like Owen. I never really did. He was a womanizer (and man-anizer too) and slept around without much thought for the other person’s feelings. He wasn’t bisexual: he was gross. In the ghost-machine episode he seemed to waver on ok-ness I suppose, but we never really saw that element again. Diane was good for him, but then she flew off and he used that as justification to tackle, punch, and kick Ianto, as well as shoot Jack when he didn’t know Jack could come back. He slept with Gwen, knowing full-well that she had a boyfriend. He used alien-tech to date-rape people. He insulted Ianto’s crush/involvement with Jack. He slept with Suzie and yet claimed to not know much about her. He ogled Gwen and what’s-her-name-the-girl-possessed-by-the-alien snogging. He was an all-around jerk, the type of person I hate to have around.
At the end of S1 I had hopes for Owen. It seemed like his character might make a change for the better.
S2 began, and I was disappointed. Owen was still gross (‘let’s all have sex!’) I had more hopes after his words of caution and comfort to Tosh after the whole Tommy-incident, despite the idea of Tosh and Owen hooking up over bonding after loosing-their-true-loves-to-the-time-and-space-rift seeming a bit repulsive. Then he was seemingly blind to Tosh’s obvious advances until the episode before he died.
The only time I really liked Owen was when Evil-Memory-Man suppressed most of his characteristics and drew out the side of Owen we’d never really seen. The timid, sweater-and-glasses wearing, shy, sweet, hopeless-crushing Owen. I liked that Owen and wonder what hid him away.
So now Owen’s dead, and Tosh has one more person to add to her angsty-dead-lovers-list: Mary, Tommy, and now Owen.
Of course, I never did get past the whole ‘he’s-got-a-toad-mouth’ thing in the end, did I? *sigh*
Next Week: autopsy of Owen. The team looking teary and intense. Shadow-Smoke-Death-Hooded-Figure wooshing about. I anticipate more philosophical talks about death, Lisa, Suzie, and Gray.
Also, Martha hangs about and I pray she stays and ‘comforts’ Tosh, because that poor girl really needs a nice, normal, solid relationship that isn’t with a killer-alien, a-boy-to-be-lost-in-time, or a-jerk-who-does-not-deserve-her.