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2x07 The Idiot's Lantern

Sep 13, 2012 00:19

Another thought-provoking episode!

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philstar22 September 13 2012, 07:37:05 UTC

1. Not a fan of the term lame, but the plot of this episode was pretty silly ( ... )

abadplanwellex September 13 2012, 07:42:20 UTC

1. This felt like an episode of X-Files to me. I don't know if that's bad or good, exactly, but made it slightly easier to accept the "people get their faces sucked off because REASONS and (stranger still) they get their faces back just because the bad guy is gone" plot line. Still, as a Rose-gets-hurt-Doctor-seeks-revenge plot...well, let's just say it had its shippy goodness ( ... )

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abadplanwellex September 13 2012, 22:13:12 UTC

Oh, no, I'm totally sure that it was purely through the magic of TV. It's just...in the actual story, it holds up quite well. I guess we just have to picture him whipping out a comb and giving it a once-over every time he got off the bike.

_thirty2flavors September 14 2012, 00:52:03 UTC

In "Smith & Jones" he ruffles up his hair and fucks it up good in that computer scene, but when he reunites with Martha in the next scene it's back to being perfectly gelled again.

Which does imply that Ten spent some precious world-saving time fixing his hair before finding Martha. LOLOLOL.

sue_denimme September 13 2012, 13:34:33 UTC

I know this is one of the most criticized episodes of S2, but my viewing style is to just savor the parts I enjoy, like the character interactions, the jokes and amusing bits, and the touching moments. A story can have plot holes you could drive a bus through, and I won't give a crap as long as there are things in it that I find fun to watch ( ... )

superioritea September 14 2012, 13:48:39 UTC

1. The plot was confusing and a little silly, but damn it if those faceless people aren't terrifyingly creepy. I recognize it's not even done well but I STILL hated looking at them.

2. I loved Ten's hair in this. I love how he was getting into the spirit of things along with Rose. This whole episode kind of read as "date" to me, because you know if they went on a date it would end up with malevolent hungry aliens that the Doctor can vanquish with their own technology and Rose would find out what was going on first but get in trouble for it. This question got away from me...

Did anyone else freak out because of the weird angles in the house during this episode? So strange. Why did the house look crooked?? Did I miss something?

sue_denimme September 14 2012, 17:07:44 UTC

Yeah, they did overdo the Dutch angles, just a tad. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DutchAngle)

Ten and Rose look like they got lost on their way to an audition for Grease. :-) But I enjoy the novelty of it.