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I think I’ve lost all objectivity when it comes to discussing episodes of Doctor Who. Well, I’m a fan so I never really had any objectivity, so really I’ve just shed any pretensions to objectivity. Because Voyage of the Damned was occasionally cheesy and a little contrived, but damn I loved every single minute of it. Because new Who! And June was such a long time ago (and March/April/May/Whenever season 4 is due to begin seems so far away).
So season two I didn’t like Ten because I though he was a co-dependent paternalistic jackass with a dangerous god complex. In season three I really quite liked Ten when he wasn’t being an co-dependant, paternalistic jackass with a dangerous god complex and also wasn’t being an arsehole to Martha. Now I think I love Ten (when he’s not being a co-dependant paternalistic jackass with a dangerous god complex, of course), and I can point to the exact moment when this love began: the ‘I am a Time Lord’ speech. I could watch that over and over and over again. Bravo David Tennant.
Kylie was not the end of Who as we know it, which was my fear. In fact, she was rather alright. Though I was picking Donna to be the first companion of the new series to die.
Oh, lots of people died horribly and the New Who stable of the shot of somebody falling to their demise has now been official overused, but the Christmas specials have never been a particularly joyous affair. So far we’ve had the downfall of Harriet Jones (which I’m still pissed about) in TCI and two very brutal scenes including the Doctor going genocidal in TRB.
I can’t say how much I loved that the rich arsehole lived. I get so sick of the horror and disaster movie cliché that everybody who doesn’t live up to a certain moral standard must die horribly or redeem themselves before dieing horribly.
Nice to see the show mocking itself a little bit for always having an invasion/attack of London on Christmas day. You did have to wonder when people were going to catch on.
Can Mr Copper please show up on the Sarah Jane Adventures? Please. He’d fit right in and the thought of Sarah and co getting exasperated explaining the planet Earth to an excited alien millionaire is delightful.
I wanted Midshipman Alonzo to become a companion. He’s just so Harry Sullivan-esq, right down to the Neville Longbottom vibe and being a sailor.
Loved the new theme.
The Doctor hooked up again. It’s rather amusing that Rose seems to be the only female on the show given more than five lines who has not kissed or been kissed by Ten. Maybe he’s making up for lost time. I was going to put bets on whether the Doctor and Donna hooked up, but the season four trailer put an end to that.
And the season four trailer: Donna! Monsters at Pompeii (shame about that, I was hoping it was going to be the first historical since the 80s) Giant bees! Donna! Ood! Snow TARDIS! Donna! Martha! Doctor! Donna! And did I mention: Donna! (I’m very excited).
Meanwhile, in Heroes graphic novels related excitement. They gave us HRG taking out a super with a baseball bat for Christmas. Oh, Heroes, please never change. (You know, one day I’m going to have to explore my inner contradiction of deploring violence IRL but loving it in fictional characters. But today is not that day, I feel).
So season two I didn’t like Ten because I though he was a co-dependent paternalistic jackass with a dangerous god complex. In season three I really quite liked Ten when he wasn’t being an co-dependant, paternalistic jackass with a dangerous god complex and also wasn’t being an arsehole to Martha. Now I think I love Ten (when he’s not being a co-dependant paternalistic jackass with a dangerous god complex, of course), and I can point to the exact moment when this love began: the ‘I am a Time Lord’ speech. I could watch that over and over and over again. Bravo David Tennant.
Kylie was not the end of Who as we know it, which was my fear. In fact, she was rather alright. Though I was picking Donna to be the first companion of the new series to die.
Oh, lots of people died horribly and the New Who stable of the shot of somebody falling to their demise has now been official overused, but the Christmas specials have never been a particularly joyous affair. So far we’ve had the downfall of Harriet Jones (which I’m still pissed about) in TCI and two very brutal scenes including the Doctor going genocidal in TRB.
I can’t say how much I loved that the rich arsehole lived. I get so sick of the horror and disaster movie cliché that everybody who doesn’t live up to a certain moral standard must die horribly or redeem themselves before dieing horribly.
Nice to see the show mocking itself a little bit for always having an invasion/attack of London on Christmas day. You did have to wonder when people were going to catch on.
Can Mr Copper please show up on the Sarah Jane Adventures? Please. He’d fit right in and the thought of Sarah and co getting exasperated explaining the planet Earth to an excited alien millionaire is delightful.
I wanted Midshipman Alonzo to become a companion. He’s just so Harry Sullivan-esq, right down to the Neville Longbottom vibe and being a sailor.
Loved the new theme.
The Doctor hooked up again. It’s rather amusing that Rose seems to be the only female on the show given more than five lines who has not kissed or been kissed by Ten. Maybe he’s making up for lost time. I was going to put bets on whether the Doctor and Donna hooked up, but the season four trailer put an end to that.
And the season four trailer: Donna! Monsters at Pompeii (shame about that, I was hoping it was going to be the first historical since the 80s) Giant bees! Donna! Ood! Snow TARDIS! Donna! Martha! Doctor! Donna! And did I mention: Donna! (I’m very excited).
Meanwhile, in Heroes graphic novels related excitement. They gave us HRG taking out a super with a baseball bat for Christmas. Oh, Heroes, please never change. (You know, one day I’m going to have to explore my inner contradiction of deploring violence IRL but loving it in fictional characters. But today is not that day, I feel).