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I've watched TEC/TDD many, many times.  Yet on this umpteenth rewatch, about the time the Doctor triumphantly threw his arms up in the air near the end of the episode, I started crying happy tears.  I never cry happy tears, y'all.  That's how much I love this episode.  It has almost everything I love about Doctor Who, plus an incredibly moving and ( Read more... )

So The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances introduces us to Jack Harkness and the three-person TARDIS team that will last for the rest of the series. And so... discussion question time ( Read more... )

I've got to learn to type faster for Moffat's eps, these two took me - well, far too long, let's leave it at that.

Spoilers up to probably Pompeii or JE, and vague Pandorica refs.

Raise anchors, nightmare fuel ahead!

( Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once, EVERYBODY - ...OH MY GOD THEY KILLED KENNY! )

One of my favourite things about these two episodes is Moffat's snappy and clever dialogue. There are so many quotable lines!

If I had to pick a favourite, though, I think I would go with this exchange between the Doctor and Rose in The Doctor Dances:


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I have to say, the first time I saw The Empty Child I was pretty darn freaked out. I think the moment that got me the most was the phone-in-the-house scene. I'm pretty sure I was holding my breath when the Doctor opened the door. :D The typewriter scene was another freaky moment for me. So...

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In an effort to catch up, I'm posting these all at once. (No! I won't skip episodes! *FLAILS*) We'll call "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" reactions the "lite" versions, however. There's not THAT much squee. Only a little bit of squee. *nods*

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Here we arrive at "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances," the two-parter that competes with "Blink" for the title of creepiest episodes of the revived Doctor Who series. At the same time, we see the arrival of Jack Harkness and the Doctor having what turns out to be a very good day. Set within a compact time frame (a little over two hours), the ( Read more... )

I know this is a little late, but I really do love these episodes and thought I'd throw my two cents in. :)

( I can't hear Glenn Miller now, without thinking of the Doctor, Rose and Jack )

...no, it SQUEES like the complete fangirl it is.  Or is that just me?  :P

I know I'm going to be repeating a lot of what's been said already, but I couldn't not post some random thoughts/squee about things I loved in these two eps.

The Empty Child:

- Love the chase scene at the start.  I am so easily pleased by the bright and flashy.

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