Episode Reaction: Evolution of the Daleks

[ninamazing]

I wanted to backpost all of my old episode reactions, but apparently you can't do that on a non-personal journal. So I hereby apologize for all the spam and I really really hope that you all don't defriend me. I promise I will write more fic soon. :)

Comments

[sensiblecat]

Couldn't have put it better. Except, two questions -

1) Where did the screwdriver actually fall to? Down Martha's cleavage? Cos, she did seem to find it real fast.....

2) Why didn't the Dalek say "SOLOMON YOU ARE CANNON FODDER AND WILL BE EXTERMINATED FOR GRATUITOUS CHEESINESS?"

3) Why was it okay for the Doctor to kill the Rachnoss race on a whim in the Xmas special and then go all angsty over one Dalek?

Okay, that was three questions. Answer on one side of the psychic paper, please.

[ninamazing]

1) AHAHAHAHA TRUE. I was like, "... so what was the point of him having it fall at ALL?!" To which the answer is, I guess, they needed to have him not finish detaching all the dalekanium. I can't believe I just said "dalekanium."

2) I don't think they can use the word "cheesiness." But otherwise, yes. :P I kind of liked Solomon's speech in a simple way, though. If you don't expect anything better, it does the job. Kind of.

3) Because he's healing! From having lost Rose. The Christmas special was RIGHT after that whole thing and he was Vengeful and Tortured. Now he's starting to feel like maybe he should be a better person.

That's my theory.

(They've really lost track of the psychic paper this season. Remember when it flirted FOR Rose and Jack? BRILLIANT! Now it just sits there, being an all-purpose and really boring badge. Deus ex machinas in Who are no longer fun, apparently.)

[katesutton]

No Dalek should ever have a fake New York accent again. Please, Beebs. Listen.

I feel that when the ultimate evil is wandering around in wingtips and a gangster suit, speaking in bad thirties dialect, the writer has failed in some significant way.

OH MY GOD HE WANTS DEATH SO MUCH HE WANTS DEATH SO MUCH CAN I JUST SAY?!! ROSE ROSE ROSE ROSE ROSE!

This? This was the GOOD PART of the episode, all ...ten seconds of it. He's so SAD and LOST. I never thought we'd see Ten revert to Nine's behavior, but he's having a good go at it at the moment.

Also, this episode reaction entertained me approximately 5,342 times more than the actual episode.

[ninamazing]

I feel that when the ultimate evil is wandering around in wingtips and a gangster suit, speaking in bad thirties dialect, the writer has failed in some significant way.

It's SO true.

He's so SAD and LOST. I never thought we'd see Ten revert to Nine's behavior, but he's having a good go at it at the moment.

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW. And I LOVED Nine. Every tormented inch of him. So I'm actually kind of pleased to see this happening. Plus, it validates my own angst. (I miss Rose SO much. It's unbelievable. Usually I hate women who are more attractive than me. Maybe I'm growing.)

Also, this episode reaction entertained me approximately 5,342 times more than the actual episode.

I AM SO PLEASED TO HEAR THAT. Seriously. I'm STILL GLOWING. Not that I guess that's saying a lot, but ... STILL. I live to entertain! :D

[goldy_dollar]

I can't believe I almost missed this! And as much as I sometimes wish who_daily wasn't on my flist, they totally saved me this time around, hoorah

[ninamazing]

:DDDDDDDD :) Yeah, I decided to move them. Because I figured, why post them in my journal friends-protected where who-daily can't get to it and I miss out on all the fun? And then there are certain other reasons I can't post publicly too much to my journal right now. We should go into that in email maybe. :P

Whenever I'm trying to explain DW to people I'm always like: "Yeah, and it gets a little cheesy, but the dialogue is fantastic!" I can't show my face in public anymore!

OH MY GOD, I HEAR YOU! They really need to start shaping up. The thing about creativity is, you must AT ALL TIMES be pushing your bounds and challenging yourself to the limit! And ... you know ... editing. Rehearsing. Table reading, at least?

And the whole "fall in love" to music thing? WAS THAT NOT COMPLETELY SHIPPY?The best part about that was that since I didn't even realize what he was talking about at the time, it feels like an EXTRA shippy gift that was dropped into my lap via fan commentary! I'm still not sure I'm totally convinced that Helen Raynor &c.

[shamoogity]

I'm curious whether you think Rose was more capable than Martha or just a better character. Because as much as I love Rose, I doubt she would have come up with the plan Martha did. Remember when she had psychic paper in Torchwood and she went investigating and they caught her before she figured out anything at all?

Every time someone in this episode explained what was going on right in front of them to people who clearly already knew as they were not blind and/or deaf, I wanted someone to quote Faith from Buffy and ask "What are you, the narrator?" So irritating. I did like that when the human/Dalek/Time Lord hybrids died, there was no long speech about how The Doctor had to see his kin exterminated yet again. There are some things we can figure out on our own.

[ninamazing]

Did Martha even have a plan? I realize there's this big dichotomy about how Martha's in medical school and Rose didn't (as I understand it) get to Grade 12, but as far as breaking into a place goes, Torchwood is a lot harder to crack than a construction site in 1930s New York. Also, the fact that lightning conducts through metal is really common knowledge, and Martha's training wouldn't give her any special advantage as far as that course of action goes

[nostariel]

The running commentary? Hysterically brilliant. I'm totally saving this so I can read it again when s3 comes to the U.S. in July.

[ninamazing]

Thank you so much! :D :D :D :D :D

I was very afraid that it was all nonsensical, but the fact that people are reading and enjoying is making me giddy. Have fun watching S3!