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FLYING BUS.
Sorry, I'm not sure I have anything coherent to say.
FLYING BUS!
*cough* Okay, think I got that out my system. XD
No real big thinky thoughts. Malcolm was the most adorable thing ever. I love it when the Doctor speaks alien languages. Also when he shows that humans are aliens to him too--"You look Time Lord."
I liked Christina. I think I liked Jackson Lake better, but I did like Christina, even though she kissed the Doctor. XD
Oh, wait, I do have a bit of thinky thoughts. It's funny, but the Doctor has seemed more alien in this episode than he has in many others, and not just because he speaks/understands alien languages and told Christina she looked Time Lord. But he just doesn't think of relationships the same way. He kept telling Christina what a good team the two of them made, and she took it the way a human would--we're good together and this partnership could go places. And he didn't mean it like that.
Christina's sort of like Martha, except older, more experienced and more sure of herself. In the beginning when the Doctor started to compliment how well the two of them worked together, Christina denied it, but over the course of the episode she started to believe it and believe it meant he wanted to continue their partnership/relationship. Sort of like he was leading her on, except it probably never occurred to him that she would take it that way, because like this episode reminded us, as much as he's an alien to us, we're aliens to him. It just reminded me of his difficulty with Martha.
But, just as I like Martha for having the strength to walk away, I like Christina too. It wasn't as hard for her, of course, but like Martha, Christina can go off to do awesome stuff.
WITH A FLYING BUS.
(Okay, guess I'm not over that yet. FLYING BUS!)
Also, only three people died! Poor Bugmen, and poor bus driver. But still, everyone who the Doctor promised to get home, did. That has to feel good.
Despite the creepy prophecizing at the end, this was a much more light-hearted episode, even better than the Christmas episode. I think these specials are designed to get him back into the spirit of being willing to travel with people again, which hopefully means that we can look forward to more light-heartedness. What do you mean, except for the regeneration itself? What regeneration? But speaking of, is the episode where that's supposed to happen going to be in spring 2010?
FLYING BUS!
I need a flying bus icon now.
FLYING BUS!