Doctor Who: Waters of Mars
Cut for those who don't care.
Ok, so Waters of Mars, that was both creepy and depressing as hell. Seriously.
Yes, yes, I know we've done the aliens-taking-over-human bodies as hosts before. But for some reason, it didn't bother me here. (Surprisingly, neither did the tiny mention of the daleks here either. It actually felt like an acceptable tie in to the series 4 finale.) There were some genuinely funny bits ("name, rank, intention" "The doctor, doctor, fun?") and the rest was creepy and/or depressing.
Overall it was some nicely solid writing from RTD. I approve of that. I admit, the bit with the robot was a bit silly - but I can forgive a few moments like that for the writing of both Ten and Adelaide Brooke, particularly at the end of the episode. Because he IS wrong, he's going too far and he does need to hear it.
Adelaide: This is wrong, Doctor! I don't care who you are! The Time Lord victorious is wrong!
The Doctor: That's for me to decide. Now, you'd better get home. Oh, it's all locked up. You've been away. Still, that's easy...
The Doctor: All yours.
Adelaide: Is there nothing you can't do?
The Doctor: Not anymore.
And that is why he's going to go down. Hard. We've seen what happens when the Doctor travels without companions. He goes out of control, starts playing god and bad things happen.
End of time is just going to wreck me, isn't it. Then I must find a way to make RTD pay for my therapy bills.
Ok, so Waters of Mars, that was both creepy and depressing as hell. Seriously.
Yes, yes, I know we've done the aliens-taking-over-human bodies as hosts before. But for some reason, it didn't bother me here. (Surprisingly, neither did the tiny mention of the daleks here either. It actually felt like an acceptable tie in to the series 4 finale.) There were some genuinely funny bits ("name, rank, intention" "The doctor, doctor, fun?") and the rest was creepy and/or depressing.
Overall it was some nicely solid writing from RTD. I approve of that. I admit, the bit with the robot was a bit silly - but I can forgive a few moments like that for the writing of both Ten and Adelaide Brooke, particularly at the end of the episode. Because he IS wrong, he's going too far and he does need to hear it.
Adelaide: This is wrong, Doctor! I don't care who you are! The Time Lord victorious is wrong!
The Doctor: That's for me to decide. Now, you'd better get home. Oh, it's all locked up. You've been away. Still, that's easy...
The Doctor: All yours.
Adelaide: Is there nothing you can't do?
The Doctor: Not anymore.
And that is why he's going to go down. Hard. We've seen what happens when the Doctor travels without companions. He goes out of control, starts playing god and bad things happen.
End of time is just going to wreck me, isn't it. Then I must find a way to make RTD pay for my therapy bills.