Doctor Who - Tooth and Claw
Doctor Who! I missed the beginning, for reasons I shall divulge later, but I saw all but the first ten minutes, and was absolutely gripped.
I really, really liked the ending. It really showed the Doctor and Rose's fallibility, I thought; that after something so serious they're treating as a huge joke. I think Queen Victoria kind of had a point, to be honest: they do think it's fun, and they need to come back down to Earth a little bit. I've seen hints somewhere that this is part of the whole season theme, fitting in with the 'lonely god' reference too; the Doctor does consider himself above reproach, the final authority, and perhaps he shouldn't.
Did anyone else notice the nice little reference to last season, or am I reading too much into things? Queen Victoria's speech about wishing for some contact with the great beyond, but 'the dead stay silent'. Possibly a nice little nod to The Unquiet Dead. Possibly I really am reading too much into this, I find that's what a year of French Literature has done to me.
The start of Torchwood is very, very interesting, and has me looking forward to the start of that series as well as more of this. Hm. Set up to keep an eye out for the Doctor, and defend Britain against him? Very interesting. But if that is the case, one can't help but wonder why they haven't turned up before now, and what will happen when they do turn up. They surely can't be ignorant of the fact that he's been around all over the place, and so they must have some reason for keeping quiet and hidden. However, I did think that the introduction was a bit clunky. But I don't know, I feel I'm being overly fussy here, so let's ignore that for a second.
Hm, what else... the Doctor's efforts to not laugh while Rose tempts the Queen into saying 'we are not amused', oh so funny. *g* And the glasses, and THE ACCENT. Oh, why cannot he keep it?! Also loved the way he accidentally drops it, and the Queen notices. Am a little sad that she then doesn't entirely trust him, but then, I suppose it's understandable, and perhaps wise.
And the Royal family may be werewolves. Am kind of not seeing the funny side here, or not to the extent that Rose and the Doctor did, because, um, why is this any less bad than the original werewolf(-ves)? After all, that's what the wolf wanted in the first place, and if it got its way, surely this is a bad thing? Anyway.
Am so, so so looking forward to next week's ep. Because Sarah Jane Smith! And Tony Head, and K9, and all sorts of goodness. Oh, I can't wait. I just hope Ustinov GCR have a TV somewhere...
In other news, I itch. Ahem, that was not meant to be there. But I do, due to the fact that my sister nicely cut my hair earlier. Which is why I missed the start of Doctor Who, because I had to wash and remove tiny bits of hair from all over me. Unfortunately, I still itch, so there must be some left. *sigh* Anyway, I have much shorter hair now. I hope it looks decent ... I was just going to have it trimmed a bit, and then I got rather over-excited and decided to have it short for the summer. Not that I regret it, but I can't plait my hair now, which is rather sad. However I do sometimes think it looks better this length, so we shall see.
This morning I cleaned the church for the last time, and am now £54 richer. *g* Goodness, but it was tiring. There's a few things which only get done once a month, and today was the turn of cleaning the entire church floor. Big job. But it is all done now, and then I came back and went out for lunch with Mum, which was nice, and came back and sorted through bank statements and such, which was not so nice.
Things I still need to do: check that I've finished packing. Pack up computer. Fill in passport application (again, *sigh*). Attempt Physics questions (again, *bigger sigh*). Not panic when I can't do said Physics questions. Resist urge to burn Physics questions. Eat tea. I was so gripped by DW I haven't eaten yet, and am rather starving.
See you all the other end of the country, I expect. A bientot!
I really, really liked the ending. It really showed the Doctor and Rose's fallibility, I thought; that after something so serious they're treating as a huge joke. I think Queen Victoria kind of had a point, to be honest: they do think it's fun, and they need to come back down to Earth a little bit. I've seen hints somewhere that this is part of the whole season theme, fitting in with the 'lonely god' reference too; the Doctor does consider himself above reproach, the final authority, and perhaps he shouldn't.
Did anyone else notice the nice little reference to last season, or am I reading too much into things? Queen Victoria's speech about wishing for some contact with the great beyond, but 'the dead stay silent'. Possibly a nice little nod to The Unquiet Dead. Possibly I really am reading too much into this, I find that's what a year of French Literature has done to me.
The start of Torchwood is very, very interesting, and has me looking forward to the start of that series as well as more of this. Hm. Set up to keep an eye out for the Doctor, and defend Britain against him? Very interesting. But if that is the case, one can't help but wonder why they haven't turned up before now, and what will happen when they do turn up. They surely can't be ignorant of the fact that he's been around all over the place, and so they must have some reason for keeping quiet and hidden. However, I did think that the introduction was a bit clunky. But I don't know, I feel I'm being overly fussy here, so let's ignore that for a second.
Hm, what else... the Doctor's efforts to not laugh while Rose tempts the Queen into saying 'we are not amused', oh so funny. *g* And the glasses, and THE ACCENT. Oh, why cannot he keep it?! Also loved the way he accidentally drops it, and the Queen notices. Am a little sad that she then doesn't entirely trust him, but then, I suppose it's understandable, and perhaps wise.
And the Royal family may be werewolves. Am kind of not seeing the funny side here, or not to the extent that Rose and the Doctor did, because, um, why is this any less bad than the original werewolf(-ves)? After all, that's what the wolf wanted in the first place, and if it got its way, surely this is a bad thing? Anyway.
Am so, so so looking forward to next week's ep. Because Sarah Jane Smith! And Tony Head, and K9, and all sorts of goodness. Oh, I can't wait. I just hope Ustinov GCR have a TV somewhere...
In other news, I itch. Ahem, that was not meant to be there. But I do, due to the fact that my sister nicely cut my hair earlier. Which is why I missed the start of Doctor Who, because I had to wash and remove tiny bits of hair from all over me. Unfortunately, I still itch, so there must be some left. *sigh* Anyway, I have much shorter hair now. I hope it looks decent ... I was just going to have it trimmed a bit, and then I got rather over-excited and decided to have it short for the summer. Not that I regret it, but I can't plait my hair now, which is rather sad. However I do sometimes think it looks better this length, so we shall see.
This morning I cleaned the church for the last time, and am now £54 richer. *g* Goodness, but it was tiring. There's a few things which only get done once a month, and today was the turn of cleaning the entire church floor. Big job. But it is all done now, and then I came back and went out for lunch with Mum, which was nice, and came back and sorted through bank statements and such, which was not so nice.
Things I still need to do: check that I've finished packing. Pack up computer. Fill in passport application (again, *sigh*). Attempt Physics questions (again, *bigger sigh*). Not panic when I can't do said Physics questions. Resist urge to burn Physics questions. Eat tea. I was so gripped by DW I haven't eaten yet, and am rather starving.
See you all the other end of the country, I expect. A bientot!