I am really looking forward to see what Moffat does with series 5 in 2010. He's a brilliant writer. Yeah, he broke my shipper heart, but it was still a compelling story.
I still don't think I have that time travel thing figured out though. :)
See these are the same things I thought. Not only did he need to tell her something that would instantly cause him to trust her, but he needed to be certain she had what he needed to solve the issue. I take it a step farther and say that when he meets her in the future, his feelings for her are somewhat lead by what he knows she will eventually do..so that he doesn't have to. It's why he programmed her screwdriver to work in ways his doesn't. (And to be certain he could put her in the Matrix.) That's not to say he doesn't care about her, but to say she's more important to him than anyone else he's ever travelled with just doesn't come through for me.
I feel so bad for Donna. Everything just keeps pointing to things possibly going very bad for her.
That's not to say he doesn't care about her, but to say she's more important to him than anyone else he's ever travelled with just doesn't come through for me.
Exactly!! I don't think she's his wife, or maybe she is, but I think their relationship had more to do with what she did and why than it did with romantic intentions on the Doctor's part. Then again, that could just be my Ten/Rose shipper heart talking. ;)
As for Donna, I'm fearing the worst when it comes to her. She's definitely my second favorite companion (behind Rose) because she doesn't have romantic intentions toward Ten and she's an equal to him. Rose is just special and always will be because she was my first companion and because Nine and Ten were so clearly in love with her. ::sniff:: I think I need to go watch my series 2 DVDs now.
completely broke my heart when Donna's man couldn't call to her. I was bummed when she couldn't find him, but to have him right there and just not able to call out to her?!!!
Doctor Who: don't read kids, the books make the shadows eat you. ;)
Moffat sure knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat. Somehow I always find myself biting my nails for his eps, and I never bite my nails.
Doctor Who: don't read kids, the books make the shadows eat you.
Seriously!! I'm telling you, I need a spray now for Vasta Nerada because I'm scared to touch my books!! (not really, but you know what I mean)
Moffat sure knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat.
He really, really does. The only episode I don't like that he wrote was "The Girl in the Fireplace" -- yeah the clockwork men were disturbing but I hated Reinette too much to care.
hee! yes. I'm watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and wandering if they know about the evil shadows as they walk into the library that used to be a church. Prime Vasta Nerada space if you ask me!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who wasn't completely in love with GitF. I didn't hate anything about it, and I did love the clockwork bad guys, but it's definitely not high on my list of eps that I like.
I agree with you. River seemed like just another long term companion to me. It's just the way ten is. I really loved the episode. I only found one thing annoying.
Did River have to be tucking the kids into bed at the end? It gave me the feeling that every woman's perfect world includes motherhood. I didn't mind it with Donna because I think it's in character. I think she's gotten past feeling like a failure without a man but would still like a family.
I know it might have been to show that CAL was being taken care of by somebody real but it still irked.
I think I would have liked it better, if River had just been tucking in Cal,without the other two kids added to it. (course, I'm guessing those kids were Cal's brother and sister, and that's why she used those images for Donna as well. Because CAL wanted her family back.)
I also loved that they messed up the image of the cliché business man, by having the guy, not out to protect proffit, but to protect CAL.
I also loved that they messed up the image of the cliché business man, by having the guy, not out to protect proffit, but to protect CAL.
That was a wonderful twist at the end, wasn't it? I was really impressed. I like it when I'm wrong about a character. It means the story was really well written.
Yeah, a lot of people reacted the same way you did about her tucking the kids in at the end. I thought it was a bit much that all of a sudden she was a mom to three kids. CAL I could understand, but the other two was a bit over the top. I think it was just Moffat's way of saying that everybody lives this time.
And it's going to be hard for the actor who has to replace David Tennant.
Then let's just hope Tennant's not leaving any time soon. Rumors aside, I don't think he's going off quietly into the night because he's wanted to be Doctor Who since he was a little boy. :)
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I still don't think I have that time travel thing figured out though. :)
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I feel so bad for Donna. Everything just keeps pointing to things possibly going very bad for her.
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Exactly!! I don't think she's his wife, or maybe she is, but I think their relationship had more to do with what she did and why than it did with romantic intentions on the Doctor's part. Then again, that could just be my Ten/Rose shipper heart talking. ;)
As for Donna, I'm fearing the worst when it comes to her. She's definitely my second favorite companion (behind Rose) because she doesn't have romantic intentions toward Ten and she's an equal to him. Rose is just special and always will be because she was my first companion and because Nine and Ten were so clearly in love with her. ::sniff:: I think I need to go watch my series 2 DVDs now.
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Doctor Who: don't read kids, the books make the shadows eat you. ;)
Moffat sure knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat. Somehow I always find myself biting my nails for his eps, and I never bite my nails.
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Seriously!! I'm telling you, I need a spray now for Vasta Nerada because I'm scared to touch my books!! (not really, but you know what I mean)
Moffat sure knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat.
He really, really does. The only episode I don't like that he wrote was "The Girl in the Fireplace" -- yeah the clockwork men were disturbing but I hated Reinette too much to care.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who wasn't completely in love with GitF. I didn't hate anything about it, and I did love the clockwork bad guys, but it's definitely not high on my list of eps that I like.
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Did River have to be tucking the kids into bed at the end? It gave me the feeling that every woman's perfect world includes motherhood. I didn't mind it with Donna because I think it's in character. I think she's gotten past feeling like a failure without a man but would still like a family.
I know it might have been to show that CAL was being taken care of by somebody real but it still irked.
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I also loved that they messed up the image of the cliché business man, by having the guy, not out to protect proffit, but to protect CAL.
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That was a wonderful twist at the end, wasn't it? I was really impressed. I like it when I'm wrong about a character. It means the story was really well written.
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But poor, poor Donna...
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Then let's just hope Tennant's not leaving any time soon. Rumors aside, I don't think he's going off quietly into the night because he's wanted to be Doctor Who since he was a little boy. :)
Poor Donna indeed. ::hugs Donna::
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