Throwing My Two Cents In...Or Is It Two Shillings?
Since the craziness of episode day has died down a bit, I thought I would try my hand at a review. Well, not a review, really. Maybe some musings, predictions or general spoilery...maybe. Kinda sorta...
The episode was a blast. Yes, short on plot...in fact, you could drive a truck through the holes in the plot...but beside the irritating 'Road Warrior', Midnight Oil people...this was a very cool episode.
1. I scared the living shit out of the dog and cats when I yelled "Fuck yeah! The Master!" That was shameful but a big huge nod to Derek Jacobi and his "I AM THE MASTER!" revelation.
2. Thumbs up to John Simm who is parodying Ten. You want to be funny, goofy, smiley and cheeky? Checkmate buddy...but at the end of the day...I'm a bad muthafucka...
3. Professor Yana was wonderfully played by Jacobi and seemed to radiate a kinder, grandfatherly (Hartnell?) aspect of the Doctor.
4. Jack...I missed you. Why are you such a grumpy ass on Torchwood? The much talked about Jack/Doctor scene was intense but from what I can tell...not all has been resolved. Jack still has a secret, doesn't he? Or is that just the immortality thing? Jack is dangerous...the Doctor is afraid of him...can his mere presence have something to do with the Master? Something is not right here...could Jack be 'Time-Lordy'? Or a new hybrid species of Time Lord? I've been saying it since PoTW but everyone tells me I'm full of shit.
5. The Doctor's fear of Jack is understandable...someone in this comm described it as your pet being on fire but being ok...but really disturbing to you and setting everything around you, on fire. But it still doesn't explain the Doctor's actions...prejudice...maybe...something is indeed rotten in Denmark.
6. If the regenerated Master returns to present day Earth as Harold Saxon, then why couldn't the Doctor sense him while he was there already? This better not be explained as one of those time travel paradox thingeys...predestination paradox ala Bad Wolf. They better not...just no. Or could the Master have gone back, found the real Harold Saxon, (who just so happens to look like him) killed him and took over his life?
7. Martha, baby, let's kick some ass...you are so due.....
I'm waiting, very impatiently, tapping out a happy tune on the table, for The Sound of Drums.
The episode was a blast. Yes, short on plot...in fact, you could drive a truck through the holes in the plot...but beside the irritating 'Road Warrior', Midnight Oil people...this was a very cool episode.
1. I scared the living shit out of the dog and cats when I yelled "Fuck yeah! The Master!" That was shameful but a big huge nod to Derek Jacobi and his "I AM THE MASTER!" revelation.
2. Thumbs up to John Simm who is parodying Ten. You want to be funny, goofy, smiley and cheeky? Checkmate buddy...but at the end of the day...I'm a bad muthafucka...
3. Professor Yana was wonderfully played by Jacobi and seemed to radiate a kinder, grandfatherly (Hartnell?) aspect of the Doctor.
4. Jack...I missed you. Why are you such a grumpy ass on Torchwood? The much talked about Jack/Doctor scene was intense but from what I can tell...not all has been resolved. Jack still has a secret, doesn't he? Or is that just the immortality thing? Jack is dangerous...the Doctor is afraid of him...can his mere presence have something to do with the Master? Something is not right here...could Jack be 'Time-Lordy'? Or a new hybrid species of Time Lord? I've been saying it since PoTW but everyone tells me I'm full of shit.
5. The Doctor's fear of Jack is understandable...someone in this comm described it as your pet being on fire but being ok...but really disturbing to you and setting everything around you, on fire. But it still doesn't explain the Doctor's actions...prejudice...maybe...something is indeed rotten in Denmark.
6. If the regenerated Master returns to present day Earth as Harold Saxon, then why couldn't the Doctor sense him while he was there already? This better not be explained as one of those time travel paradox thingeys...predestination paradox ala Bad Wolf. They better not...just no. Or could the Master have gone back, found the real Harold Saxon, (who just so happens to look like him) killed him and took over his life?
7. Martha, baby, let's kick some ass...you are so due.....
I'm waiting, very impatiently, tapping out a happy tune on the table, for The Sound of Drums.