Doctor Who: Season Three concludes
Got together last night with markbourne, E, ironymaiden, and C to watch the last three episodes of Doctor Who season three, those being "Utopia," "The Sound of Drums," and "Last of the Time Lords." There are things I loved and things I loathed about each episode. Long, and lotsa notes here.
( Thoughts on Utopia )
( Thoughts on Utopia )
I think the problem, for me at least, is that as a newer viewer, I have only a little bit of a sense of the Master's history, and if I didn't have background from a fan with an almost religious fervor for the show, I'd be lost. And honestly? I have to believe that there are more effective ways to show that a character has lost his mind. If the Master was to the Doctor as Moriarty was to Holmes, then another answer could have been found.
I always dug the lonely god bit; conceptually, yes, it was good. But we agree about the heavy-handedness. Just irritated me.
With regard to Martha, I wanted to like her, but I don't feel like she was given uch in the way of depth. Her defining characteristics seemed to be brains she only rarely got to use, an incurable (and inexplicable) crush on the Doctor, gorgeous eyes, and not much else. I was frustrated by her, but mostly, I was just a little bored. Which is unfortunate.
As for the new companion, well, she irritated me too. But at the end, when she made her choice, it suggested to me that maybe she'd learned enough about herself to be more confident and not such a harridan. I'm hoping for the best, fearing for the worst, and waiting to see what happens.
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