Doctor Who: EoT, Part Two (spoilers)

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So that was much better than I expected. (Low expectations are the key, clearly.) Was amused by the random Star Wars references everywhere.

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I loved the whole drawn out exquist agony of the last year and the specials. It seemed fitting that his death was self scrifice for an ordinary man, but the knocking was a gut punch when it came

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I thought Romana, too. But,I would have liked to have known for sure. The Doctor definitely seemed to know her.

I think fandom might have exploded, but it might do that anyway just with implied Romana. The Doctor's reaction when he saw her was pretty awesome.

Initially Matt Smith does seem David Tennant. However, he has only just regenerated and doesn't know himself yet. I think there are shades of all the Dr's in... um... the Doctor. Does that make sense? I see bits of them all from time to time, especially latterly with Paul McGann (who I really liked in the movie "These shoes!") Christoper Ecclestone and David Tennant. The always on the go, running around at breakneck speed andthe companions running to keep up kind of Doctor. I wouldn't want the Doctor to lose that.That's true. And that side of Tennant's Doctor was bogged down all the angst that's been piled on him, so it will be refreshing in a way to have a clean start with Matt Smith. And I LOL'ed at the 'not ginger' comment (and his minor freakout when he thought he'd

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I've just read a review of the episode on BBC news site, that says the woman was his MOTHER!!! Eek.

I have top admit that I like angst and I adored the emotion that 10 brought to the part. He seemed quite fragile at times; especially the scene with Wilf in the cafe.

You can catch the trailer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/newyear/ although it should also be on youtube by now. I am quite excited by it.

Oh and I can see Jack really taking a liking to the new Doctor! lol Though he's not as good looking as DT. : )

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I've read a couple of theories that she might even have been Susan, his granddaughter, hence his look back at Donna when Wilf asks who she was in that scene at the end. So many theories, all so fascinating! *g*

Beebs won't let me watch videos on its site because I'm outside the country, but I did find the clip on Youtube. It's certainly action-packed but I'm not quite sure what to make of it yet. It'll be very interesting what Moffat and Smith make of the Doctor. Come on spring. :p

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Oh, Susan... Of course. That makes better sense than his mother or Romana! Oh, now I'd like to see that explored at some point. It's all very exciting although I doubt it'll ever me mentioned again. : (

Glad you found the clip. I'm not sure about the shooting of a gun and the punching; especially with 10's dislike of guns and violence. I wouldn't like 11 to be the complete opposite as it's just not the Dr's personality no matter what incarnation we're talking about. I have to admit that I prefered RTD writing to Moffat's - although "Blink" is one of my favourite episodes.

edit: I just realised that I don't have any DR Who icons.

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No, I'm not holding my breath on the odds that there'll be any follow-through either. But it would be nice to think he knew Susan was still around and looking after her grandfather, even if she did end up back in the time lock thingy because of it...

The gun gave me pause, too, especially after the no gun thing had been such a significant point in EoT2. And I know what you mean about Moffat & RTD. RTD could get a bit carried away with his plotlines compared to Moffat, but I'm not sure that Moffat can work the emotional aspect like RTD at his best. Should be interesting.

Heh, I only have the one DW icon. I thought I had a couple, actually, but they do get shuffled around over time. Oh, well, I do like Runaway Bride.