Remix & Doctor Who 4x04: The Sontaran Stragetem

[such_heights]

So, Remix reveals today! I remixed rian219 to produce The Tyranny of Petty Things (The Unconquered Skies Remix) [HP; Remus/Sirius; PG-13], which I shall repost here and talk about sometime next week. It was spotted alarmingly quickly by avendya, possibly because she has spies in my brain - Ave, let me know what you'd like as your smartypants prize and I'll get

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[finkpishnets]

a) Awesome only thought it was awesome because it had yet to meet Martha Jones! And, yes, her hair was gorgeous. And, yes, evil Martha was very hot.

b) Donna Noble is totally made of win! She's rocking my world so very hard - the salute was all kinds of brilliant, and I loved the Doctor being all emotional and woh is me! before realising that she was only leaving for a visit. Hee! Bless him being a dumbo!

c) Toughened!Rose is most definitely going to be the case, me thinks.

d) Ross is gorgeous. Seriously.

e) When do we get to see Tom Milligan again?!?! I ♥ him and him and Martha and just the general Milligan-Jonesness of it all!

f) Wilf really is amazing.

g) I WANT SATURDAY!!!!

(also, was it just me, or did you really want Torchwood - what's left of it - to show up and help? Because, hello, the earth's under attack! Of course, they are more worried about Cardiff...)

[such_heights]

a) YES. Gosh, what is it with these Joneses and their fabulousness?

b) Also, her calling him things like 'sunshine' and 'dumbo' makes me ridiculously happy. He needs someone to stop take the mickey out of him!

Wordy McWord... oh, and yeah, I lol'd at Tom being conveniently 'in Africa', or in other words the actor wasn't available and/or they couldn't be bothered to write him in, haha. I really hope he shows up sometime!

Yeah, this is the thing with Who now, a lot of the time we're going to be going 'yeah, ok, where the HELL is Jack right about now?' I guess that as it's worldwide there's no real reason for Team Cardiff to hop over to London per se, but yup, I am seeing them running about on the Plass and maybe having the only vehicle in the city that's not ATMOS'd? I'm not sure Ianto would have been terribly happy about installing that.

[finkpishnets]

Oh my gosh, I can just see Torchwood 3 being informed that they need to install ATMOS and Ianto scoffing/rolling his eyes in that way of his and saying something really snarky, and Jack smirking, and basically them rebelling against everything government related because THEY ARE TORCHWOOD, BITCHES! Hee!

Man, that image is amusing me right now...

[such_heights]

EXACTLY! All together now: they're separate from the government, beyond the police, outside the United Nations, they don't need no stinkin' ATMOS!

[spikeyboots]

I just spent the last half of the episode going "mmm Ross/Doctor"? YES PLZ.

... And Tennant was clearly into it.

Sorry. My comment is crack.

[such_heights]

Oh, so that wasn't just me? Fantastic! Because yes, that would be awesome.

[spikeyboots]

Heh. I think there might be a few of us. You know it'd be all:

DOCTOR: You're very pretty, you know. A bit stupid, but pretty.
ROSS: I like your screwdriver.

[such_heights]

Yes, yes it would.

Someone needs to go write that now. :D

[lorannah]

I so loved this episode. I loved the Doctor, I loved Donna, I loved Martha, I loved Wilf, I loved the Sontarans (are we both thinking klingons?), I loved UNIT (especially Ross - I fear he shall be another example of me being disappointed that someone isn't invited along as a companion - I commit too quickly)... so much love

[such_heights]

Eeee! *flaps* Yup, I was totally with the Klingons - I just need one of them to express a liking for prune juice and I'll die of glee. And oh yes, Ross would make a wonderful companion - I'm a bit worried they might kill him off, actually, I'm sure somebody we've met this week is going to snuff it

[lorannah]

I've realised my lost-companions issue is clearly an issue with Helen Raynor personally - as I thought Frank last season would make a fantastic companion. This may just be because I'd love a young male companion who's not connected to Rose in some way (shallow moi

[such_heights]

Awww yeah, that's a good point, Frank was also great! And yeah, they need some boys in the TARDIS sometime soon, I think

[sundayave]

(I'm going to friend this ojournal as well, if you don't mind! I never knew you had a fandom journal, heh.)

The Martha and Donna encounter exceeded my expectations AHHH.

Annoying genius was very annoying indeed. I hope he dies after he's proved himself useful to the Sontarans, lmao ;(.

Btw, Donna's mother is called Sylvia. I think that's in the credits or it was mentioned before, I can't remember.

[such_heights]

Oh sure thing! I am... not so great with the crossing over of links etc, apparently.

So good! Companions bitching about the Doctor is never not made of epic win. :D Paper cuts! Bwahaha.

Ohh yes, if he could die horribly that'd be neat. Err, I mean, I hope he sees the error of his ways and it all turns out all right in the end?

Of course that's it, thanks!

[cherryfeather]

I AGREE WITH THIS ENTIRE POST.

Especially this, being a Trekkie myself: there's just something about the honourable warrior race that I rather enjoy. YES. I think it's because when you see their motivations and honor system laid bare like that, you understand them as more than just the vague baddies that normally crop up in sci-fi.

As to the Doctor's anti-gun stance...it is a bit hypocritical at times, but I think what he really doesn't like is the mentality that having a gun brings--you know, the whole "I HAVE A GUN THEREFORE I'M IN CHARGE," testosterone-y mindset. Maybe. One of many interpretations.

I definitely agree that we're seeing a whole new companion dynamic this season. I love it. I just wish she'd stop mentioning "going home." It's a little heartbreaking to see the Doctor react every time she says it. She needs to stop doing that to him. It makes me sad.

EVIL!MARTHA IS REALLY REALLY HOT. Like, really. *droolz*

[such_heights]

YAY.

Definitely - they make sense! And also do adorable little haka things, which makes them even more awesome.

Oh, definitely, there's some of that - which is why he gets stroppy with Jack from time to time. But when the Colonel's done nothing but defer and generally be pretty decent to him and he's still all 'i has an allergy to your weaponery' it's a tad ridiculous.

I know! She takes care of him and needs to not make him sadface so. Still, I like the implication that she's thinking about things, I guess, even if she maybe shouldn't mention it so much.

UM YES. als;kdasj

[cherryfeather]

I sort of have the feeling that the Doctor just doesn't like the Colonel and he's using the "i DO NOT WANT guns kthx" as an excuse to make him go away. He's probably just snippy 'cause the Colonel's not the Brig.

I do love that Donna's thoughtful and aware of things. She knows very well that it's not all fun and games, but she sticks around anyway. She's a good kid. :D

(Also: baddies with honor system = easier to exploit said honor code. How many times did Captain Sisko say "WAIT WAIT THAT'S NOT HONORABLE YOU CAN'T DO THAT" and Martok was all, "damn it, you're right"? MANY TIMES.)

[such_heights]

Awww, yeah ok I'm totally taking that as the real reason. No one can beat the Brig, not ever.

Yes she is! And she does take care of the Doctor and I love that.

(Yes indeed! Many, many times! And much easier to come up with plausible explanations for why Our Heroes remain noticeably not dead!)