Review/Picspam - Series 1, Episode 1: Rose
Travel back in time with me, if you will, to March 26th, 2005. Michael Jackson's in trouble for kiddie-fiddling...again, Terri Schiavo is in the news, and that wacky British programme about the alien flying around time and space in his phone booth is about to come back on the air.
Nine/Rose shippers: you'll want to come inside and enjoy this.
First of all, I have to point out that it speaks volumes to the whirling dervish that was the Ninth Doctor, that it was VERY DIFFICULT to get decent screencaps of him, as he's CONSTANTLY moving! So I apologize for the blurriness of a lot of these. Somehow I don't think you'll mind. ;)
*sigh* Oh man, this takes me back.
I still just can't believe that Christopher Eccleston did this, bless him. Truthfully, before Doctor Who, I was not tremendously familiar with the body of his work. I'd seen him in 28 Days Later and Shallow Grave, but he was one of those 'That Guy' guys...you know, you see him and you go "Oh, it's That Guy!" Now that I've caught up with a bit more of his career, it just blows my mind that he actually volunteered to be the Doctor...no one offered it to him, because they didn't think he'd be interested. And I just think we're so lucky, because NO ONE could have brought the Doctor back the way he did. I fully believe the new series would never have succeeded without him.
The beginning of a long tradition of the Earth-zoom-in, which we haven't seen for awhile. I was honestly kind of hoping they'd break it out again for The Stolen Earth.
I would like to point out that, from this moment on until Rose actually told the Doctor that Mickey was her boyfriend, I was under the mistaken impression that "Oh, this must be Rose's gay best friend!" Seriously - I was shocked to find out otherwise. No offense, Noel.
I don't know how old she actually was at this point, but props to the make-up and costuming departments that they made Rose look EXACTLY like a 19-year-old girl.
So, yesterday, my office closed early and everyone left and left me alone to answer the phone, and I'm telling you - it is damn creepy being all alone in your place of work with all the lights out.
And this right here is pretty much my worst nightmare: being trapped in a place where no one knows where I am and no one's going to come looking for me for a looooong time.
Another reason why I wouldn't make a good companion: at this point, I'd be screeching my fool head off and running away. Rose just keeps her cool and tries to think logically, because she rocks.
*sigh* It begins.
"RUN!"
It's probably a good thing that Mr. gin's at work today and didn't end up watching this one with me, because I think I took a screenshot roughly every 30 seconds or so.
"You said it. Why students?"
I love how delighted he looks at her pretty astute conclusions.
Oh she is so already mooning for him. And who can blame her? Crazy, hot guy shows up, saves your life, talks all cryptic while waving a bomb around? Yeah - you're done for.
The moment when a billion fangirls fell in love with a FLIPPIN' SCI-FI SHOW. "Run for your life!"
Love how she's so dazed, it doesn't even occur to her to drop the stupid plastic arm.
The first time I saw this, I think my TV was dark or something and I completely missed the TARDIS parked across the street.
Yep. Still thinking he was her gay best friend.
This much pink makes baby Jesus cry, Rose.
I've never quite figured it out: did the arm somehow loosen the nails out of the cat flap, or did the Doctor? I always assumed that he did, and that that fluttery noise later before he says "What's that, then? You got a cat?" was the arm coming in, but then how did the Doctor track it to her flat in the first place?
God I love Jackie. This would pretty much be exactly how I would react if someone who looked like the Doctor showed up in my apartment.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but he totally checks her out for a second. 'Asexual', my ass.
"Eh, coulda been worse. But look at the ears." Oh, Chris. I want to have your babies. I don't care if they end up with big ears. I kind of hope they do.
Have I mentioned how much I adore Eccleston for taking on this role? It kind of broke my heart in an interview I saw with him once, where he was talking about how he really enjoys doing comedy, he just never gets to because everyone only ever offers him these spooky, serious roles.
Aaaand we're already finding excuses for them to roll around on top of each other.
Okay friends - can you pinpoint the exact moment when you became a Doctor/Rose shipper? Because I can...and here it is.
This entire conversation, their chemistry, how close they walk and how they sort of nudge against each other here and there. Effing love.
And, oh yeah, this part.
The beginning of a long tradition of Hand Porn.
Dude. Girl is Gone. He could probably ask her to come back to his spaceship for some Hot Tiem Sex right now and she'd be like "Yeah, okay."
"That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler." If there's one absolutely goddamn certain way of ensuring a 19-year-old girl will NEVER EVER FORGET YOU, it's to order her to.
Yep. Still thinking he's her gay best friend, although I did kinda pause at the "Any excuse to get in the bedroom" remark. Then again, if you've had gay friends like my gay friends, well, let's just say they can be very bawdy like that, so it still didn't sink in that they were actually Dating at this point. Plus there, you know, those godawful green shorts Mickey's wearing. I really should have figured out that no self-respecting gay man would be caught dead in those things.
Ah! Look out, it's Satan!
Seriously. The Second Coming put me off this guy forever, pretty much. *shudder*
I remember finding this part incredibly goofy the first time I watched it. The garbage can growls and burps? Really? Rose doesn't notice anything odd about the fact that Mickey is now shiny plastic? Really?
I'm incredibly dense sometimes, so when it was revealed that it was the Doctor who was offering the champagne, I was like "OOOH!"
Love how delighted he is with the talking, plastic head. Very much hints of the Tenth Doctor there, like breaking into a dungeon to find a wearwolf and stopping to geek out about how beautiful it is before rescuing everyone.
TARDIS shock.
The first time we hear the Doomsday music. Magnificent bastards. I see what you did, there.
"Are you alien?" "Yes. Is that alright?" "Yeah." *squishes them both*
Even when they're pissed off at each other and arguing, they can't stop from gravitating toward each other until they're practically on top of each other again.
Observe:
"Lots of planets have a North!" Heh. Classic.
"It's a disguise!" So. Adorably. Geeky.
SEE?
Personal space? What's that?
Even before they showed the London Eye, as soon as he said "Round and massive in the middle of London", I was like "Oooh, I bet it's that big ferris-wheel-lookin' thing!"
"What is it, what?" I'd like to point out that my computer says this everytime it asks me to confirm something.
Blurry, but I had to get a shot of the hand-holding-while-running.
First mention of the Shadow Proclamation...which really turned out to be a bit of a disappointment in Series 4, didn't it?
Ahem. Just the Doctor looking all angry and sexy.
Poor Clive. Bye, Clive.
Jackie just kind of stumbling around on the street and not really trying to hide or GET AWAY.
And TEN THOUSAND BILLION YEARS LATER, the Doctor is still struggling with these stupid mannequins. Seriously. This scene went on waaaaay too long.
But look out, 'cause here comes Chain-Swingin' Rose!
AGAIN! Get a room, you two.
Autons defeated. And it really is kind of creepy that in some of these street shots, you can see the bodies of innocent bystanders lying all over the place.
So sweet, how embarrassed he looks when he thanks her. Boy is Gone.
She's thinking about it.
"Is it always this dangerous?" "Yeah!"
Ugh. Mickey. SO happy he eventually became badass and redeemed himself, 'cause christ how I hated him these first couple episodes.
Aww. She's broken his hearts.
And never, ever, have we seen him do something like this for anyone else. Others have either practically flat-out begged to come with him, or like with Martha he was just showing off and trying to get her to come on one trip with him. With Rose, he leaves. That's it, he's gone. Then he comes back when it occurs to him that, oh yeah, he never explained the time machine part! And I love how, after he says it travels in time, he's so sure she's going to come with that he just immediately stands aside so she can run in the doors.
No, I did not get a little misty-eyed rewatching this part. Not at all. *sniff*
So that's that! I enjoyed the hell out of doing this...End of the World will probably be forthcoming very soon. :)
Nine/Rose shippers: you'll want to come inside and enjoy this.
First of all, I have to point out that it speaks volumes to the whirling dervish that was the Ninth Doctor, that it was VERY DIFFICULT to get decent screencaps of him, as he's CONSTANTLY moving! So I apologize for the blurriness of a lot of these. Somehow I don't think you'll mind. ;)
*sigh* Oh man, this takes me back.
I still just can't believe that Christopher Eccleston did this, bless him. Truthfully, before Doctor Who, I was not tremendously familiar with the body of his work. I'd seen him in 28 Days Later and Shallow Grave, but he was one of those 'That Guy' guys...you know, you see him and you go "Oh, it's That Guy!" Now that I've caught up with a bit more of his career, it just blows my mind that he actually volunteered to be the Doctor...no one offered it to him, because they didn't think he'd be interested. And I just think we're so lucky, because NO ONE could have brought the Doctor back the way he did. I fully believe the new series would never have succeeded without him.
The beginning of a long tradition of the Earth-zoom-in, which we haven't seen for awhile. I was honestly kind of hoping they'd break it out again for The Stolen Earth.
I would like to point out that, from this moment on until Rose actually told the Doctor that Mickey was her boyfriend, I was under the mistaken impression that "Oh, this must be Rose's gay best friend!" Seriously - I was shocked to find out otherwise. No offense, Noel.
I don't know how old she actually was at this point, but props to the make-up and costuming departments that they made Rose look EXACTLY like a 19-year-old girl.
So, yesterday, my office closed early and everyone left and left me alone to answer the phone, and I'm telling you - it is damn creepy being all alone in your place of work with all the lights out.
And this right here is pretty much my worst nightmare: being trapped in a place where no one knows where I am and no one's going to come looking for me for a looooong time.
Another reason why I wouldn't make a good companion: at this point, I'd be screeching my fool head off and running away. Rose just keeps her cool and tries to think logically, because she rocks.
*sigh* It begins.
"RUN!"
It's probably a good thing that Mr. gin's at work today and didn't end up watching this one with me, because I think I took a screenshot roughly every 30 seconds or so.
"You said it. Why students?"
I love how delighted he looks at her pretty astute conclusions.
Oh she is so already mooning for him. And who can blame her? Crazy, hot guy shows up, saves your life, talks all cryptic while waving a bomb around? Yeah - you're done for.
The moment when a billion fangirls fell in love with a FLIPPIN' SCI-FI SHOW. "Run for your life!"
Love how she's so dazed, it doesn't even occur to her to drop the stupid plastic arm.
The first time I saw this, I think my TV was dark or something and I completely missed the TARDIS parked across the street.
Yep. Still thinking he was her gay best friend.
This much pink makes baby Jesus cry, Rose.
I've never quite figured it out: did the arm somehow loosen the nails out of the cat flap, or did the Doctor? I always assumed that he did, and that that fluttery noise later before he says "What's that, then? You got a cat?" was the arm coming in, but then how did the Doctor track it to her flat in the first place?
God I love Jackie. This would pretty much be exactly how I would react if someone who looked like the Doctor showed up in my apartment.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but he totally checks her out for a second. 'Asexual', my ass.
"Eh, coulda been worse. But look at the ears." Oh, Chris. I want to have your babies. I don't care if they end up with big ears. I kind of hope they do.
Have I mentioned how much I adore Eccleston for taking on this role? It kind of broke my heart in an interview I saw with him once, where he was talking about how he really enjoys doing comedy, he just never gets to because everyone only ever offers him these spooky, serious roles.
Aaaand we're already finding excuses for them to roll around on top of each other.
Okay friends - can you pinpoint the exact moment when you became a Doctor/Rose shipper? Because I can...and here it is.
This entire conversation, their chemistry, how close they walk and how they sort of nudge against each other here and there. Effing love.
And, oh yeah, this part.
The beginning of a long tradition of Hand Porn.
Dude. Girl is Gone. He could probably ask her to come back to his spaceship for some Hot Tiem Sex right now and she'd be like "Yeah, okay."
"That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler." If there's one absolutely goddamn certain way of ensuring a 19-year-old girl will NEVER EVER FORGET YOU, it's to order her to.
Yep. Still thinking he's her gay best friend, although I did kinda pause at the "Any excuse to get in the bedroom" remark. Then again, if you've had gay friends like my gay friends, well, let's just say they can be very bawdy like that, so it still didn't sink in that they were actually Dating at this point. Plus there, you know, those godawful green shorts Mickey's wearing. I really should have figured out that no self-respecting gay man would be caught dead in those things.
Ah! Look out, it's Satan!
Seriously. The Second Coming put me off this guy forever, pretty much. *shudder*
I remember finding this part incredibly goofy the first time I watched it. The garbage can growls and burps? Really? Rose doesn't notice anything odd about the fact that Mickey is now shiny plastic? Really?
I'm incredibly dense sometimes, so when it was revealed that it was the Doctor who was offering the champagne, I was like "OOOH!"
Love how delighted he is with the talking, plastic head. Very much hints of the Tenth Doctor there, like breaking into a dungeon to find a wearwolf and stopping to geek out about how beautiful it is before rescuing everyone.
TARDIS shock.
The first time we hear the Doomsday music. Magnificent bastards. I see what you did, there.
"Are you alien?" "Yes. Is that alright?" "Yeah." *squishes them both*
Even when they're pissed off at each other and arguing, they can't stop from gravitating toward each other until they're practically on top of each other again.
Observe:
"Lots of planets have a North!" Heh. Classic.
"It's a disguise!" So. Adorably. Geeky.
SEE?
Personal space? What's that?
Even before they showed the London Eye, as soon as he said "Round and massive in the middle of London", I was like "Oooh, I bet it's that big ferris-wheel-lookin' thing!"
"What is it, what?" I'd like to point out that my computer says this everytime it asks me to confirm something.
Blurry, but I had to get a shot of the hand-holding-while-running.
First mention of the Shadow Proclamation...which really turned out to be a bit of a disappointment in Series 4, didn't it?
Ahem. Just the Doctor looking all angry and sexy.
Poor Clive. Bye, Clive.
Jackie just kind of stumbling around on the street and not really trying to hide or GET AWAY.
And TEN THOUSAND BILLION YEARS LATER, the Doctor is still struggling with these stupid mannequins. Seriously. This scene went on waaaaay too long.
But look out, 'cause here comes Chain-Swingin' Rose!
AGAIN! Get a room, you two.
Autons defeated. And it really is kind of creepy that in some of these street shots, you can see the bodies of innocent bystanders lying all over the place.
So sweet, how embarrassed he looks when he thanks her. Boy is Gone.
She's thinking about it.
"Is it always this dangerous?" "Yeah!"
Ugh. Mickey. SO happy he eventually became badass and redeemed himself, 'cause christ how I hated him these first couple episodes.
Aww. She's broken his hearts.
And never, ever, have we seen him do something like this for anyone else. Others have either practically flat-out begged to come with him, or like with Martha he was just showing off and trying to get her to come on one trip with him. With Rose, he leaves. That's it, he's gone. Then he comes back when it occurs to him that, oh yeah, he never explained the time machine part! And I love how, after he says it travels in time, he's so sure she's going to come with that he just immediately stands aside so she can run in the doors.
No, I did not get a little misty-eyed rewatching this part. Not at all. *sniff*
So that's that! I enjoyed the hell out of doing this...End of the World will probably be forthcoming very soon. :)