The Fires of Squee

[hence_the_name]

Initial slapdash reactions:

The monster in the grate looked kind of like a Balrog.

Priestesses = cree-pee.

Water gun = win.

A gigantic granite circuit board!  Cool!

"How do you lose a planet?"  Oh, I think we've found this season's theme.

"It was me."  Oh, all of the stuff near the end with the Doctor explaining time to Donna, and his struggle inside the

Comments

[shinjuyuki]

totally thought balrog! Also had a moment of Tolkien when Doctor shot waterpistol "yeah, but it's got a sting!" (gotta?) Made me think of Bilbo/Frodo's weapon Sting

[hence_the_name]

Made me think of Bilbo/Frodo's weapon Sting

Oooh, I didn't catch that. Possibly because I was too busy squeeing over the water gun?

[suchaprettyred]

Donna is going to be such a moral grounding for him this season precisely because she's not in awe of him.

Agreed!

[dragonbloodink]

The monster in the grate looked kind of like a Balrog.

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one who thought that! XD

Also, much yey and agreement with your comments!

[hence_the_name]

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one who thought that! XD

Nope, you're definitely not crazy. :) All it needed was a whip.

[tgjerusalem]

<3 Donna, and her no-emo-love-crap.

Please, for god's sake Rusty, don't make her go crazy for him too. Much, *much* love to Rose, Martha, Jack, and the Master, but the Doctor rather desperately needs to associate with at least one person who isn't trying to kill him, boink him, or both.

[hence_the_name]

Please, for god's sake Rusty, don't make her go crazy for him too. Much, *much* love to Rose, Martha, Jack, and the Master, but the Doctor rather desperately needs to associate with at least one person who isn't trying to kill him, boink him, or both.

Haha indeed! Sounds like they're going the "friendship" route--the official press coverage for S4 seems to be making that pretty clear. DT and CT have said so in interviews, at least, so here's hoping that's the case. Seems to be the setup. ::fingers crossed::