Kris's Doctor Who Adventure: Season 4, 'The Fires of Pompeii' and 'Planet of the Ood'

Feb 17, 2013 21:01

I went a little Doctor Who mad and watched a crapload of episodes. Oops! I'll split them up into pairs, I suppose. Here goes ep2 and ep3!

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rosaxx50 February 18 2013, 02:54:34 UTC
I always wonder how much Donna knew she was getting herself into.

One thing I didn't enjoy, which I was kind of hoping Donna wouldn't do was blaming the Doctor for the mess they were in. Martha did it all the time, and it's a little unfair (okay, I admit it: I just can't stand the Doctor's face when they do it!). They ask him to take them with him, he tells them it will be dangerous, don't yell at him that you want to go home when things get sketchy.

The great irony being that it really is his fault this time that Pompeii exploded. And I think it's actually the Doctor who does the asking, not the companions -- Donna was just a little late taking up the invitation. (And I love the unintended contrast to Rose. In Rose, the Doctor had just lost his planet, been reminded of that by the Nestene Consciousness, and asks Rose to come along. She refuses; then regrets it. But he comes back seconds later. In The Runaway Bride, the Doctor has just lost Rose, and asks Donna to come along. She refuses; then regrets it. But Ten doesn't come back. ( ... )

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kr1se1even February 18 2013, 03:40:51 UTC
ps: did you catch the rest of what the soothsayers were saying? Or specifically, what the male soothsayer says to the Doctor? "She is returning."

OH MY GOD I DIDN'T CLUE IN TO THAT.

I did catch the two images of Rose that show up on screens when the Doctor isn't looking. I know one is in Midnight and the other is in... The Santoran Stratagem'. I think. Still, no idea what is happening.

I always wonder how much Donna knew she was getting herself into.

I always remember that Donna saw the Doctor at his most terrifying before she agreed to travel with him, though. She knew that it wasn't all adventures and beauty out in the world, just as Rose and Martha knew this, but she also knew that some of the terrifying and horrible things would come about because the Doctor himself could be both terrifying and horrible.

Not to say I didn't love her reaction, really. She is just so... heart-broken for these people she doesn't know. And, yes, I did love her insistence that they save someone, that saving just one is important, after their ( ... )

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kr1se1even February 19 2013, 04:44:03 UTC
You are the worst influence. Now I need to know what happens in s5!! I will have no other life if this keeps up. :P

But he changes major things in the 'present' time-frame all the time! Is none of that 'set'?

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kr1se1even February 26 2013, 01:29:51 UTC
I will for sure then! I love Doctor Who... tooo muuuch.

That makes more sense than it did before, which I think is as good as it is going to get once I start delving into these kinds of questions about this show, lol.

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