Chatlog of the live episode chat for the 3x00 rewatch on March 12. Participants:
earlwyn (padfootwolfboy) (For the first half before the computer crashed. :( )
mind_the_tardis (kikainogimon)
t_eylawihluta padfootwolfboy: it's the earth, gasp
teyla: HI DONNA
wihluta: and Donna's dad!
kikainogimon: I think her father miraculously disappears later, right?
wihluta: he died
teyla: The actor died.
kikainogimon: Nerys.
kikainogimon: Oh, yes.
padfootwolfboy: evil black dude
kikainogimon: But they sort of make it seem like he's been dead for a long time, later.
teyla: That was so sad, in Writer's Tale. It made me go :| :|
teyla: No, not really?
wihluta: not really
teyla: They just never *really* address it.
kikainogimon: I guess it just felt like that to me.
teyla: That *is* the best noise.
kikainogimon: That noise XD
kikainogimon: Yes.
wihluta: what?
padfootwolfboy: bheeheehee
teyla: :3 :3 Ten.
wihluta: what? what? what? he could say that all day
wihluta: lol
kikainogimon: And, yes, that was kind of heartbreaking, in Writer's Tale.
teyla: Ten/Donna is still the best BFF pairing evaaar.
wihluta: yes
teyla: It was :/
kikainogimon: Yes.
padfootwolfboy: yessss
kikainogimon: It is.
kikainogimon: Ten says...no.
kikainogimon: No, go back.
teyla: You can't do that. She's Donna. She can do anything she wants.
wihluta: TARDIS says, yes.
padfootwolfboy: *smitten* oh, donna
teyla: That's not even a proper word. Awwww Donna.
kikainogimon: It's fun to have a character who is NOT INTERESTED IN DOING THIS TARDIS THING.
teyla: What are you dressed like that for.
teyla: Aww :3 :3
wihluta: door!
teyla: Space.
kikainogimon: Oops.
padfootwolfboy: so you're in space
kikainogimon: And she doesn't faint.
kikainogimon: THANK YOU RTD.
wihluta: *cough*
teyla: And this is my . . . spaceship. :|
kikainogimon: It. Yes. Space travels.
padfootwolfboy: he's so adorbs awkward
teyla: He is.
kikainogimon: His hair is flat.
kikainogimon: Donna.
padfootwolfboy: he's depressed
teyla: It is. He was just crying about Rose.
teyla: It's a mood indicator.
kikainogimon: Yep.
wihluta: you're an alien
teyla: He's an alien. Sigh.
kikainogimon: His hair goes up and down with his moods. Poor man.
teyla: xD
kikainogimon: Makes it all a bit obvious.
wihluta: hihihi, oh, Donna!
kikainogimon: Music :3
wihluta: slap!
teyla: I have Donna's theme as my ringtone now. :|b
teyla: :D
kikainogimon: That...must have been hard to all say.
padfootwolfboy: ohhhh emo
kikainogimon: You strip women?
kikainogimon: XD
teyla: There's a cut scene where he throws that shirt out the TARDIS door.
kikainogimon: Emmmmmmmo.
teyla: Yesss.
teyla: Aw Donna. xD
wihluta: emo green face light
kikainogimon: I love the green/orange light in the TARDIS.
kikainogimon: Everyone is on their phones. XD
teyla: Yes xD Very RTD.
padfootwolfboy: ahaha sent home for biting
kikainogimon: Hats.
wihluta: her mum is so awesomely negative
kikainogimon: Run, DT, run.
teyla: She is.
wihluta: stroking!!!!
teyla: What's wrong, TARDIS.
kikainogimon: ...The TARDIS has indigestion?
teyla: Apparently?
teyla: Bit overweight with a zipper on his forehead.
padfootwolfboy: i think this is my favourite
teyla: I love this episode.
padfootwolfboy: 'bigger on the inside' realisation
teyla: Yes.
teyla: That's all?
wihluta: ooooooh, now I get hte zipper line
kikainogimon: I think it's funny how the TARDIS size thing always freaks people out that much.
kikainogimon: Ten says ...
teyla: Well, it's a bit weird, esp if you haven't seen it on telly ever before.
kikainogimon: ... >_>
kikainogimon: True.
teyla: Aww Donna. <3 <3
teyla: he's not from Mars.
wihluta: So good!
kikainogimon: I'd go A BLUE BOX.
kikainogimon: GETTING IN.
wihluta: I'm not, I'm not, I'm not from mars.
wihluta: I love that scene in the music vid you did.
teyla: I did vid that, didn't I.
kikainogimon: Drag XD
teyla: Time Lord whistle.
wihluta: yes
kikainogimon: Poor Donna.
teyla: Ahaha Ten is making her pay. Fail, Ten.
kikainogimon: That was quick.
teyla: Oh is it Christmas?
kikainogimon: XD
wihluta: well, duuuuuuuh
teyla: I love how she just doesn't give a fuck that he's an alien.
kikainogimon: Ten is just following along desperately.
teyla: something martian.
teyla: That's a change from usual.
padfootwolfboy: oh queuing
wihluta: id do that when I wait for money machine
padfootwolfboy: me too
teyla: Definitely Earth.
padfootwolfboy: so reassuring
wihluta: lol
teyla: Yes xD
kikainogimon: So crooked.
teyla: I want a sonic screwdriver :|
kikainogimon: Doctor.
kikainogimon: YES ME TOO.
wihluta: pilotfish!!!
kikainogimon: XD
kikainogimon: Oops.
teyla: She's gonna sue the guy she just met in a bigger on the inside box. <3 Donna.
kikainogimon: All good tubas are guns.
teyla: Yes.
kikainogimon: LOVE THAT.
kikainogimon: SO RTD.
teyla: ME TOO.
kikainogimon: Distraction by random greed.
teyla: Let's put a lot of people in the line of fire. Go Doctor.
kikainogimon: Well, that, too.
wihluta: you know, these parts, taxies just stop at the bank if you don't have enough money or let you pay on arrival.
kikainogimon: Also just using the silly ways people actually act.
wihluta: is that not in London?
teyla: well, she doesn't have a card either.
kikainogimon: She's not worried by the fact the driver is wearing a mask?
padfootwolfboy: it's festive?
teyla: I love Donna so much. She's really rather practical.
wihluta: mmmh. yeah, but she's going to a wedding, people there... anyways.
kikainogimon: She's super-practical.
teyla: She's being driven by a robot.
wihluta: hammer!
teyla: Behave~
kikainogimon: She knows what she wants. Dammit.
teyla: xD omg I love this scene so much.
kikainogimon: Only time the TARDIS actually *flies.*
wihluta: kettle and a piece of string, eh?
teyla: Yes xD
kikainogimon: One of the few.
teyla: Donna says wtfffffff.
kikainogimon: XD
kikainogimon: Santa's a robot XD
teyla: I'm not blinking flip jumping. xD
wihluta: she's so hung up on the married part
teyla: Well. She was gonna get married. I think she usually gets what she wants.
wihluta: hehehehee
kikainogimon: Well, I would be hung up on it, too.
kikainogimon: If I was Donna.
teyla: I still don't envy the guy who has to explain to the insurance that he was hit by a police box.
kikainogimon: As I am me, I would be going ALIEN ALIEN ALIEN WOO.
kikainogimon: XD Insurance.
teyla: You look lovely. xD
kikainogimon: You look lovely XD
kikainogimon: Kids XD
teyla: the kids are awesome too.
wihluta: liar
wihluta: well, kinda
teyla: well, she *is* alive.
wihluta: love the kids
teyla: Me too xD
kikainogimon: They're great XD
kikainogimon: I...really cannot help the RTD fanning.
wihluta: freckles
kikainogimon: He just adds so many good bits.
teyla: He does.
teyla: And with Tate and Tennant he has awesome people to get his script across.
wihluta: yes
kikainogimon: Pfft, Doctor.
teyla: That's a change. xD Oh Doctor. Fail/
kikainogimon: Feeling bad for himself.
wihluta: ye..ahh...
wihluta: apparently
teyla: apparently.
kikainogimon: Best lines.
teyla: Yes. xD
teyla: Jacket :3
kikainogimon: D'aw.
kikainogimon: He likes her.
wihluta: that's my fave tie
teyla: He does.
teyla: Biodamper.
padfootwolfboy: pfft
teyla: <3
kikainogimon: Drrrrr.
kikainogimon: Cute.
wihluta: they are such best mates. already
teyla: Yes.
teyla: He took off his jacket for her. He never does that for anyone. :3
kikainogimon: Nope.
teyla: Oh Ten u so emo. xD
kikainogimon: With Rose. Dundundun.
kikainogimon: HE HAD A FAMILY.
kikainogimon: And now he doesn't.
teyla: HE DID. And now he doesn't.
teyla: Yes.
kikainogimon: THE EMO BURNS.
teyla: xD BUT HE WILL EVADE.
wihluta: I love how he always stumbles over his own emo thoughts at some point
teyla: Since he is a Time Lord.
kikainogimon: ...Ten was so checking out her chest.
teyla: You're not special, you're not important. xD
wihluta: stop bleeping me
teyla: He was.
wihluta: lol
kikainogimon: Aw.
kikainogimon: I mean, I would be sort of flattered, too, if someone was like hey, I am going to treat you like a person.
teyla: Yeah, it's a good story.
kikainogimon: XD
wihluta: poor Lance
teyla: She had a dog.
kikainogimon: XDXDXDXD
teyla: He's not from Mars.
kikainogimon: Great faces in this ep.
wihluta: definitely
teyla: Seriously, I've seen this episode so many times, I know it by heart.
kikainogimon: Another great RTD moment.
teyla: Yessss.
kikainogimon: They went ahead and had the party.
teyla: It was all paid for, after all.
kikainogimon: Yep.
kikainogimon: They so would.
teyla: They would.
padfootwolfboy: this song always gets stuck in my head
wihluta: and then she starts fake crying. soooooo awesome!
teyla: Yessss.
kikainogimon: Is he dancing with Nerys?
teyla: He is.
kikainogimon: XD
teyla: He's the Doctor.
teyla: And he gathered.
kikainogimon: Nerys is such a great sort-of character.
wihluta: yes, I gathered
kikainogimon: Ahahaha.
kikainogimon: Doctor is so amused.
teyla: He is.
teyla: Donna ftw.
kikainogimon: Hee XD
teyla: :D
wihluta: rofl
teyla: wink. :3
kikainogimon: You're right, this ep rocks, T'eyla.
teyla: It does :D
wihluta: i like this song
kikainogimon: Now he will emo again.
teyla: It's Ten's Rose emo song.
wihluta: yessssssss
teyla: No, first he's going to do improbable things with cell phones.
wihluta: he got that from rose, using the phone
kikainogimon: As one does.
teyla: Yes.
kikainogimon: In DW.
teyla: Now it's emo time.
kikainogimon: He says couples D:
teyla: He's not sure how to do this fun thing.
wihluta: emo glasses, even. man he doesn't go for broke, eh
teyla: nooo. xD
kikainogimon: Okay, there's supposed to be a m/m couple at the wedding. Anyone see them?
teyla: Oh, no. Didn't see them.
wihluta: that dude is soooooo typically british
teyla: He is.
kikainogimon: A wee bit.
kikainogimon: Huon XD
teyla: Huon particles!
kikainogimon: *ran off with those for RP*
teyla: And it can't be hidden by a biodamper. Conveniently.
kikainogimon: Old stuff...can't be hidden.
teyla: Apparently.
kikainogimon: Totes makes sense.
teyla: Maybe not.
kikainogimon: Game controllers, pfft.
kikainogimon: NOT THE TREEEEEEEES.
teyla: xDD
kikainogimon: They kill XD
teyla: Donna's mom says . . . idiot.
wihluta: aaaaand this year, it's baubles.
kikainogimon: Hee.
wihluta: asploday baubles.
kikainogimon: Ten says...
wihluta: now for 5 quid only
kikainogimon: ...
kikainogimon: wtf.
teyla: I love that Donna grabs Lance and gets him out of the way, while Lance is all PANIC FLAILING.
wihluta: at your local sainsburies
padfootwolfboy: yesss
teyla: also, there's a cake. Someone has to fall into the cake.
kikainogimon: Yep.
teyla: It's a rule.
wihluta: yes
teyla: and this is SUCH a showman moment. On Ten.
kikainogimon: A wee bit.
wihluta: awesome!
teyla: yes xD
kikainogimon: Everyone at party: *now deaf for life*
teyla: But the Santas are imploded.
teyla: Donna :3
kikainogimon: I am sad I missed the gay couple. I will have to confirm for my silly listing.
teyla: You can rewatch. It's a great episode.
teyla: and that's sarah parish. xD
wihluta: yessssssssssssss
teyla: great role for her.
kikainogimon: Teeth.
teyla: Is he Lance?
wihluta: that Lance is a good actor
teyla: Donna says . . . cybermen?
kikainogimon: Poor man has few lines.
kikainogimon: Donna, hee.
teyla: Hitting the screen won't help, Ten.
wihluta: but he does the unbelievable face very well
teyla: She's a pencil in a mug.
kikainogimon: Best.
teyla: yes.
kikainogimon: Best scene.
wihluta: 4h summs you up
teyla: I'm showing you this building has a hidden basement.
kikainogimon: XD
teyla: secret floor.
kikainogimon: Lance, get in here.
teyla: To honor and obey.
teyla: <3 Donna.
wihluta: rollers!
kikainogimon: Segwayssssss.
teyla: Weirdest scene ever xD
kikainogimon: Hehehe.
kikainogimon: And they let them laugh.
wihluta: I would laugh my ass off too
kikainogimon: Yep.
kikainogimon: Because, I mean. Really.
teyla: Yes. And Lance goes . . . idgi :|
wihluta: yes
teyla: oooh butt shot
kikainogimon: Pfft.
teyla: Oh, I thought July.
teyla: :D
wihluta: gg
wihluta: if he's any closer to that wheel his ear is gonna come off
kikainogimon: I would be a little like...there is a camera focusing on my ass. Hm. OH WELL. I am an actor.
teyla: I am like these people in the movie theater who've seen the movie 20 times and are talking along. I'm sorry.
teyla: Unheard of.
wihluta: that is fine
teyla: Torchwood theme.
kikainogimon: TW noises.
wihluta: uhu
teyla: He's a freelancer.
kikainogimon: w!Ten says...he is glad no one is unraveling him >_>
teyla: xD
wihluta: she sparkles!!!
wihluta: a VAMPIRE!
teyla: Well, but isn't he expelling Artron?
kikainogimon: Now he will tell you you'll die.
wihluta: ;)
kikainogimon: He expels hartron.
teyla: Donna says wtffffff. Slap him.
kikainogimon: Huon/artron hybrid.
kikainogimon: Hit him again.
kikainogimon: Yep.
teyla: What did he do this time xD
kikainogimon: No.
kikainogimon: NOT AT ALL.
kikainogimon: I lie badly.
teyla: Very badly.
kikainogimon: It might be the Tragic that gives it away.
teyla: Just a bit.
wihluta: he has tragic eyes
kikainogimon: XD
kikainogimon: To be a villain, you have to have a scary...thing.
kikainogimon: A tube thing, i this case.
teyla: Well, she's a bit . . . overly dramatic.
wihluta: where did that hole come from?
teyla: Torchwood drilled it.
kikainogimon: Really? Hee.
teyla: Seriously, what for? -- Dinosaurs. xD
kikainogimon: Dinosaurs XDXDXD
wihluta: lol, she does have a point
kikainogimon: I like this episode much better now.
kikainogimon: First time I watched it, I think I was puzzled.
teyla: I dunno. I loved it. It's quick and compact and silly and tragic and emo.
wihluta: just right for xmas
teyla: Yep.
kikainogimon: Racnoss have a hard time picking things up.
teyla: Just a bit.
wihluta: lol
kikainogimon: They can open cans, though :|b
teyla: They eat people D:
wihluta: khakhakhakhakha
wihluta: lol
kikainogimon: RTD likes villains eating people.
teyla: Yes.
wihluta: I love how she just keeps charging on. Donna
teyla: Yes, me too.
kikainogimon: I like villains eating people :|b
teyla: . . . thing.
kikainogimon: Oops, SUDDEN REVERSAL.
kikainogimon: They're a couple.
teyla: Yes, they are.
kikainogimon: Lance is funny XD
teyla: Ten says noooooo. I wanted something happy to happen. :|
wihluta: poor donna
kikainogimon: I love the anticompanion dynamic in the finales. With Lucy and Lance.
teyla: Yeah.
kikainogimon: Brad and Angelina XD
kikainogimon: She just hisses now and then through all of this.
teyla: Aw, Donna.
wihluta: but humans aren't nothing, says the Doctor
kikainogimon: I like this.
teyla: Me too.
kikainogimon: That he makes what motivates the 'bad' guys the same thing that motivates the good ones.
teyla: awww Donna
teyla: saving the Doctor already.
wihluta: aaawwww
kikainogimon: Donna = TARDIS remote.
teyla: her precioussssssss
teyla: He lied. Oh Doctor.
kikainogimon: Aw.
kikainogimon: Donna.
wihluta: oh, emo donna. ups
teyla: Yes :/
kikainogimon: Oopsie, Lance.
teyla: I love that peek from behind the console.
wihluta: yes
kikainogimon: Ten says...emo is hard to deal with.
kikainogimon: SEE SPACE.
teyla: Yes. Awwkward.
kikainogimon: IT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY, YES? :D?
wihluta: :D
teyla: Donna says well okay.
wihluta: that is kinda impressive
teyla: I love this scene too.
kikainogimon: She'll look. IF SHE HAS TO.
teyla: It's such a Doctor/Donna moment.
wihluta: puts the wedding in perspective
teyla: Make sense out of chaos. xD
teyla: Oh Ten.
kikainogimon: That shows up over and over, too. People as tiny and still mucking on.
teyla: Yep.
teyla: that's the isle of wight xD
kikainogimon: That's the one you want me to see, right?
kikainogimon: IT HAD BETTER BE IN SPACE.
teyla: Yep. Just off the coast of Southampton.
teyla: ahaha not anymore, sorry.
kikainogimon: Sad.
teyla: She can force feed it ahahahahaha.
teyla: Oh Racnoss queen.
kikainogimon: ...I love that it can take 6 months or...a few seconds.
teyla: Well, she just said. She knows how much she needs, now.
wihluta: yes. a bit silly
kikainogimon: Oh, missed that.
teyla: Yes, it was a wonderful exposition line.
kikainogimon: They kind of poured a lot on the ground, there.
teyla: backseat driver xD
kikainogimon: Yep XD
wihluta: it needs to be inside a human to work, I think
kikainogimon: THE SURFBOARD OF TIME.
kikainogimon: Oops XD
teyla: And you have never been so quiet.
kikainogimon: Fail.
teyla: Yes.
kikainogimon: XD I hate you.
kikainogimon: The queen is having way too much with this.
teyla: She is.
kikainogimon: much fun, that is.
teyla: SHe's easily amused.
kikainogimon: I would tell her not to go into stand-up.
teyla: Noooo xD
teyla: Dinosaurs wasn't that far off, really.
kikainogimon: Time for attack by star.
wihluta: spiders always kill their males.
wihluta: he should've done his research
kikainogimon: Ahahaha.
teyla: xD Yes.
kikainogimon: I forgot that she chose him because he was rude to Donna.
teyla: She did. :3
wihluta: \o/
kikainogimon: The star. Is hilarious.
teyla: It is. So random.
wihluta: indeed
kikainogimon: This is definitely the best Christmas special.
teyla: It is.
kikainogimon: Tallest robot in the room.
wihluta: fail.
teyla: faaaaail.
teyla: Oops.
kikainogimon: XD
wihluta: rofl
kikainogimon: No one is impressed.
teyla: The empress is, a little.
kikainogimon: Well, amused is different.
teyla: Yes xD
kikainogimon: Ten says I KILL BABIES.
teyla: He's got pockets.
wihluta: pockets
teyla: Ah, but he's not from Mars.
kikainogimon: Time to impress people with GALLIFREY.
wihluta: He warned her
kikainogimon: That was the first time I heard that word.
teyla: Yeah, me too.
wihluta: she's a bit rubish in a crisis isn't she, the spider
kikainogimon: Well, she apparently doesn't believe in walking.
kikainogimon: That's a handicap.
teyla: Just a bit. But then, that's why she had the roboforms.
wihluta: this bit is really, really mean
kikainogimon: DRAMATIC FIRE.
teyla: That's some impressive footage.
wihluta: I always feel sorry for the spiders
wihluta: idk
teyla: Yep, you're supposed to.
wihluta: dark doctor
kikainogimon: I think you're supposed to.
kikainogimon: Donna does.
wihluta: you can stop now
teyla: And Donna says YOU'RE AN ASS.
teyla: And Ten says ok, suicide some other time, let's get out.
kikainogimon: BUT HE WANTS TO KEEP GOING. A little.
teyla: And the Master blows up the empress.
wihluta: mr saxon
kikainogimon: I bet she never gets another job like this, that actress :|b
teyla: Yep.
kikainogimon: What.
teyla: Noo xD
kikainogimon: OH.
teyla: You never heard that before?
kikainogimon: I.
kikainogimon: AM HAPPY.
teyla: ahahaha xD
wihluta: first mention
teyla: Yep.
kikainogimon: Excuse me while I incorporate that into my headcanon.
teyla: ahaha xD
wihluta: drained the themes
teyla: We drained the Thames.
wihluta: thames
teyla: Oops.
kikainogimon: That would muck things up a bit.
teyla: Just a bit.
wihluta: oh, DoctorDonna
teyla: :3
kikainogimon: What bothered me here, is that if that hole stayed there, the Thames would never fill up again.
wihluta: the eyeroll when he bleeps her
teyla: Well, they can block the pipes again.
teyla: And then fill it up.
kikainogimon: Aw.
wihluta: best thing: no he didn't
teyla: You hate Christmas.
teyla: ahahaha snow. Oh Ten.
kikainogimon: Magic fake snow.
kikainogimon: He had to have made that.
kikainogimon: He made a snow maker.
kikainogimon: Doctor.
teyla: xD He probably did.
wihluta: atmospheric excitation
teyla: COME WITH ME DONNA PLZ
kikainogimon: plzplzplzplz
kikainogimon: Even though I scared you with my killing baby spiders.
teyla: sooo awkward
teyla: I love that scene.
teyla: Not all the time. LIar.
wihluta: come with me, coz I need someone to stop me and keep me alive and you would be perfect and plz, I want a best mate. plz?
teyla: Yes.
kikainogimon: Ten says I AM NOT A SOCIOPATH MARTYR ALWAYS.
teyla: Just mostly. :/
kikainogimon: Yes.
teyla: A stranger. :|
kikainogimon: Just...often.
teyla: Aw, I love this scene so much.
kikainogimon: UTTER TERROR.
wihluta: people aren't often truthful to him
teyla: Yes xD
wihluta: about that
teyla: Nope, they're not.
kikainogimon: He's so obvious.
teyla: park her properly. Riiight.
teyla: Yes.
kikainogimon: I used to have my Ten do that.
kikainogimon: Run off on everyone.
teyla: Blimey you can shout xD
kikainogimon: So cute.
teyla: Yes. :3
teyla: You need someone to stop you. Oh Donna.
wihluta: I love that she gets it. even though she can't be it yet
kikainogimon: Find someone and then yank them around emotionally :|b For a year.
teyla: 45 minutes with the Doctor and she gets it better than anyone ever did.
kikainogimon: Ten says HEY I can do that!
kikainogimon: Aw.
wihluta: aw
teyla: aw Ten
kikainogimon: He r still in love.
kikainogimon: Showy exit.
teyla: awwwwwwwwww
kikainogimon: Okay, that was awesome.