Comments | arabian: My extremely, 'OMG! You have no life!!!' long "Doctor Who" post

arabian

My extremely, 'OMG! You have no life!!!' long "Doctor Who" post

Jun 01, 2008 22:51

I promised a long Doctor Who post and BOY! did I deliver. This baby was originally one post, then I split it into four posts, then I decided to go back and put it in one post. I'm done now, no more re-arranging. So it's just all together in one looooooooong, fell swoop. Phew ( Read more... )

tv, david tennant, doctor/rose, billie piper, christopher eccleston, doctor who, catherine tate, donna noble

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nobleplatypus June 1 2008, 19:53:56 UTC

I think (and I don't read the TWOP recaps for DW because the recapper treats every ep like a religious experience/excuse to show off their English degree, so I dunno the atmosphere in the boards there) if there's a high concentration of Rose-haters there, it's because they've holed up, knowing they're vastly outnumbered. :P Most of the fandom adores Rose. In fact, I think a lot of the Rose hate is brought on not by the way she was written or portrayed, but by the way the fandom reacted. Old-school fans (and a few new-school ones) don't like the, er, emphasis placed on Rose--by the writers, to some extent, but mostly by the fans who think she's the only companion worth anything ( ... )

arabian June 1 2008, 20:13:43 UTC

Yeah, you mentioned Donna and used a Donna icon so I could use mine which I love ... almost as much as Donna. Nope, not possible. Donna is too awesome ( ... )

nobleplatypus June 1 2008, 20:38:56 UTC

Donna is awesome topped with awesomesauce with a light sprinkling of awesome on top ( ... )

arabian June 1 2008, 20:57:15 UTC

I don't know. It didn't come out of nowhere for me. It was introduced in the first appearance when he kissed her. She was affected by that, and thought he'd been flirting with her. It all grew from there ( ... )

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eolivet June 2 2008, 14:46:57 UTC

(Yay, thank you for clarifying your thoughts through 4x07 were only in the random comments...I didn't want to ignore your post, but I've only seen up through 4x05, so I was worried about spoilers ( ... )

arabian June 2 2008, 17:41:36 UTC

I was actually thinking of you specifically. It's really just one spoiler, so I'll just put the other comments here for you ( ... )

eolivet June 2 2008, 18:14:00 UTC

While I did like Martha and Jack's interactions, she wasn't enough a part of the whole background of Jack/The Face of Boe to really hit the full emotional moment there.

Ooh, good point there. I would've been fine with Jack just revealing it to the Doctor (heh...that came out wrong ;p )

I didn't "hate" GitF -- I actually kind of came up with my own fanwanked theory to support him leaving Rose there (it had to do with the previous ep...or the fact that she had Mickey now or something, I don't know). I would've enjoyed it more, even the romantic angle, if he hadn't willfully left Rose stranded, I think. Because you know I was thinking the entire time, "Nine NEVER would've done that to her!!!" :p

I was a bit bugged by the whole "Human Nature/Family of Blood" Doctor falling in love with the Nurse thing.

I really felt for Martha there -- but I will say DT did a fabulous job acting. It really made me realize the scope of his talent. :D In my own personal BAFTAs, he's got a nomination for those eps. ;p

I liked "The Runaway Bride" ( ... )

arabian June 3 2008, 01:36:29 UTC

I didn't "hate" GitF -- I actually kind of came up with my own fanwanked theory to support him leaving Rose there (it had to do with the previous ep...or the fact that she had Mickey now or something, I don't know). I would've enjoyed it more, even the romantic angle, if he hadn't willfully left Rose stranded, I think. Because you know I was thinking the entire time, "Nine NEVER would've done that to her!!!" :p

You know, I might have a different point of view rewatching it now because it had been two years since I'd watched S1 and had only seen the first three eps of S2 recently.

I really felt for Martha [in "Human Nature/Family of Blood"] -- but I will say DT did a fabulous job acting. It really made me realize the scope of his talent. :D In my own personal BAFTAs, he's got a nomination for those eps. ;pHah! Agreed all around. I may not have been a fan of the Martha-crush, even if I think there was a point to it which I believe worked, but I still remember her line about "you had to go and fall in love with a human and it wasn't ( ... )

la_tante June 4 2008, 17:25:05 UTC

wow. this is a fantastic post to read and the comment thread is awesome too. i love reading the debate ( ... )

the_spin June 4 2008, 22:19:49 UTC

Yay, Doctor Who meta! I'm a little late to the party, but whatever I'm responding anyway. I always love a chance for DW squee and there is so much gold here ( ... )

mega comment part two the_spin June 4 2008, 22:20:47 UTC

~continued because I love talking about Who

I admit, I'm a bit opposite you in that I love Ten/Rose way more than Nine/Rose; I actually had a really hard time buying Nine/Rose before 'Parting of the Ways' ::ducks::. But Ten/Rose worked for me from the very very start. I think I'm one of the few people in the fandom that absolutely loves the fact that together they're a bit giddy and thoughtless in the face of death. I loved that because it seemed so real to me. I've always imagined the Doctor as sort of alien and thoughtless and jaded, so that part of their dynamic always worked for me. I liked the way he and Rose see the universe in a way that is very much the same ( ... )