Yes, I thought inserting Martha like that was pretty creepy too. And their moment of sexual tension in the Tardis at the end.
However, this doctor is, I think, all about the God Complex. He's the last of his kind, and as you say he tries to pull off the grief and angst of Nine, but just can't quite manage it. And I'm starting to think that might be deliberate, because this Doctor, the last lord of time, he's getting pretty big for his boots now. He could , I think, very easily tip over into believing he is a God, with all the privilidges thereof.
(And this I think is a very important part of why for the first time ever, he went and fell in love with a companion. I think it was a conscious or sub-conscious defence mechanism, to keep him in touch with his, for want of a better word, humanity.)
And this, I think, partly explains his desperation to fill that hole with a new companion ASAP.
Yes, I thought inserting Martha like that was pretty creepy too. And their moment of sexual tension in the Tardis at the end.
Hooray, I am not alone!
However, this doctor is, I think, all about the God Complex. He's the last of his kind, and as you say he tries to pull off the grief and angst of Nine, but just can't quite manage it. And I'm starting to think that might be deliberate, because this Doctor, the last lord of time, he's getting pretty big for his boots now. He could , I think, very easily tip over into believing he is a God, with all the privilidges thereof.
Wow, that's a great way to put it. I very much agree and think it could be a wonderfully compelling story arc if I wasn't convinced they were going to ignore it even in the subtext. Because I was convinced that after Queen Victoria's words last season, he and Rose were going to get their comeuppance for being so arrogant and...well...no.
(And this I think is a very important part of why for the first time ever, he went and fell in love with a companion. I
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It wasn't as creepy as the Doctors attempts to get the Runaway Bride to go with him in the Christmas Special though, I mean, I got the feeling he wasn't too far off deploying the old chloroform at the end there.
And yes, queen victoria.
However, you see. My Doctor = God theory started aroundabout the episode set in the School with Sarah Jane. And I just have a feeling that Billeh announcing her departure... I think that came mid-writing point, and they rejigged things to give her a departure, so I have a feeling that a lot of the stories they started to set up at the beginning of S2, the hubris you mention, the god complex, I think those got bumped in order to do the doomed love story in a hurry.
Because he is oh so very arrogant Ten. Also, Matt (blankbadge) and I are increasingly convinced that he has a really huge crack habit.
And yes, I quite liked Martha too. Which was a relief. I was quite ready to hate her.
It also had 100% less western than Alias Smith and Jones (but you're young so you meant Alas Smith and Jones, yes?).
though she did get stuck with a few really awful lines.
I'm surprised I haven't seen, "Your ship is made of wood" on an icon yet. I thought the ability to deliver dodgy lines convincingly was written into the Companion's contract?!
His guilt is that he lost her
Meaning Rose, but I'm sushigal007 wondered if the line about Adeola was more than a throwaway continuity reference and Ten is projecting his (selfish) guilt onto Martha already.
It also had 100% less western than Alias Smith and Jones (but you're young so you meant Alas Smith and Jones, yes?).
*pretends she didn't just have to google Alias Smith and Jones*
...no...
I'm surprised I haven't seen, "Your ship is made of wood" on an icon yet.
It shows my tragic lack of fannish knowledge that it took me a second to get that and the first thing that popped into my head was Doctor/Jabe?!
I thought the ability to deliver dodgy lines convincingly was written into the Companion's contract?!
HAHAHA! But also, probably.
Meaning Rose, but I'm sushigal007 wondered if the line about Adeola was more than a throwaway continuity reference and Ten is projecting his (selfish) guilt onto Martha already.
Wow. Interesting. Very interesting...
Also (ref comment below) I always approve of added Ace.
It shows my tragic lack of fannish knowledge that it took me a second to get that and the first thing that popped into my head was Doctor/Jabe?!
Didn't Martha say, "Your (space)ship is made of wood," to the Doctor in the scary stalking scene at the end of the ep? Possibly I didn't hear it correctly as my telly is rubbish. Or maybe I made it up in my head because I'm the bestest script writer evah! But I think it was in the episode. ::nods convincingly::
One of these nights I'll write up my thoughts on the latest 'Who'. I liked Martha quite a bit and I really wish she would continue to call the Doctor Mr. Smith because in choosing to see him differently it differentiates her from previous companions. But I was rather 'meh' on the story overall. Why in a crisis situation do they always depict people running, screaming, and crying? I loved the people who ran five feet then hid in plain view behind a chair. Yeah, that will protect you. And they really had the villain suck people's blood through a straw. I'm sorry, I use straws, they are not strong enough to puncture the jugular and drink down quarts of blood.
I liked Martha quite a bit and I really wish she would continue to call the Doctor Mr. Smith because in choosing to see him differently it differentiates her from previous companions.
Totally. Though Ace did use to call him "Professor". But still, that's a sign of respect usually reserved for male elders so not really as distinctive as "Mr Smith". Maybe she will? We'll see next week, I guess.
Why in a crisis situation do they always depict people running, screaming, and crying?
Because, as I'm about to prove, it's comedy gold.
Proof:
loved the people who ran five feet then hid in plain view behind a chair. Yeah, that will protect you.
;)
And they really had the villain suck people's blood through a straw. I'm sorry, I use straws, they are not strong enough to puncture the jugular and drink down quarts of blood. I'm torn on this point. On the one hand, despite the venerable Who tradition of dodgy people in rubber suits pretending to be aliens, the Rhino Police didn't do much for me. On the other hand, stuff like
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Perhaps it just didn't seem quite a ludicrous as the Doctor shaking all the radiation into his shoe?
That was weird and laughable, but not in the way they intended.
The rhino police seemed like a rip-off to me. I'm trying to recall where I've seen aliens like them before. The Fifth Element maybe? They weren't rhinos but they seemed similar.
Doctor Who had rhino aliens in the spin-off books and the Judoon were sort of a cross between them and Douglas Adams' Vogons (Adams, of course, also worked on Who).
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However, this doctor is, I think, all about the God Complex. He's the last of his kind, and as you say he tries to pull off the grief and angst of Nine, but just can't quite manage it. And I'm starting to think that might be deliberate, because this Doctor, the last lord of time, he's getting pretty big for his boots now. He could , I think, very easily tip over into believing he is a God, with all the privilidges thereof.
(And this I think is a very important part of why for the first time ever, he went and fell in love with a companion. I think it was a conscious or sub-conscious defence mechanism, to keep him in touch with his, for want of a better word, humanity.)
And this, I think, partly explains his desperation to fill that hole with a new companion ASAP.
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Hooray, I am not alone!
However, this doctor is, I think, all about the God Complex. He's the last of his kind, and as you say he tries to pull off the grief and angst of Nine, but just can't quite manage it. And I'm starting to think that might be deliberate, because this Doctor, the last lord of time, he's getting pretty big for his boots now. He could , I think, very easily tip over into believing he is a God, with all the privilidges thereof.
Wow, that's a great way to put it. I very much agree and think it could be a wonderfully compelling story arc if I wasn't convinced they were going to ignore it even in the subtext. Because I was convinced that after Queen Victoria's words last season, he and Rose were going to get their comeuppance for being so arrogant and...well...no.
(And this I think is a very important part of why for the first time ever, he went and fell in love with a companion. I ( ... )
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Ditto. :-(
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And yes, queen victoria.
However, you see. My Doctor = God theory started aroundabout the episode set in the School with Sarah Jane. And I just have a feeling that Billeh announcing her departure... I think that came mid-writing point, and they rejigged things to give her a departure, so I have a feeling that a lot of the stories they started to set up at the beginning of S2, the hubris you mention, the god complex, I think those got bumped in order to do the doomed love story in a hurry.
Because he is oh so very arrogant Ten. Also, Matt (blankbadge) and I are increasingly convinced that he has a really huge crack habit.
And yes, I quite liked Martha too. Which was a relief. I was quite ready to hate her.
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It also had 100% less western than Alias Smith and Jones (but you're young so you meant Alas Smith and Jones, yes?).
though she did get stuck with a few really awful lines.
I'm surprised I haven't seen, "Your ship is made of wood" on an icon yet. I thought the ability to deliver dodgy lines convincingly was written into the Companion's contract?!
His guilt is that he lost her
Meaning Rose, but I'm sushigal007 wondered if the line about Adeola was more than a throwaway continuity reference and Ten is projecting his (selfish) guilt onto Martha already.
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*pretends she didn't just have to google Alias Smith and Jones*
...no...
I'm surprised I haven't seen, "Your ship is made of wood" on an icon yet.
It shows my tragic lack of fannish knowledge that it took me a second to get that and the first thing that popped into my head was Doctor/Jabe?!
I thought the ability to deliver dodgy lines convincingly was written into the Companion's contract?!
HAHAHA! But also, probably.
Meaning Rose, but I'm sushigal007 wondered if the line about Adeola was more than a throwaway continuity reference and Ten is projecting his (selfish) guilt onto Martha already.
Wow. Interesting. Very interesting...
Also (ref comment below) I always approve of added Ace.
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Didn't Martha say, "Your (space)ship is made of wood," to the Doctor in the scary stalking scene at the end of the ep? Possibly I didn't hear it correctly as my telly is rubbish. Or maybe I made it up in my head because I'm the bestest script writer evah! But I think it was in the episode. ::nods convincingly::
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Totally. Though Ace did use to call him "Professor". But still, that's a sign of respect usually reserved for male elders so not really as distinctive as "Mr Smith". Maybe she will? We'll see next week, I guess.
Why in a crisis situation do they always depict people running, screaming, and crying?
Because, as I'm about to prove, it's comedy gold.
Proof:
loved the people who ran five feet then hid in plain view behind a chair. Yeah, that will protect you.
;)
And they really had the villain suck people's blood through a straw. I'm sorry, I use straws, they are not strong enough to puncture the jugular and drink down quarts of blood. I'm torn on this point. On the one hand, despite the venerable Who tradition of dodgy people in rubber suits pretending to be aliens, the Rhino Police didn't do much for me. On the other hand, stuff like ( ... )
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That was weird and laughable, but not in the way they intended.
The rhino police seemed like a rip-off to me. I'm trying to recall where I've seen aliens like them before. The Fifth Element maybe? They weren't rhinos but they seemed similar.
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