33 + 1 Thinkies About "Silence in the Library"
Gaaaaaaah. FINALLY getting around to this episode! Yay! I was cranky, then my computer was massively cranky (it still is), and then last night I was hijacked by an Australian, which was AWESOME, but dude, it's Thursday already and I still haven't seen the ep. Unthinkable! I'm in danger of losing my gold-plated Banana of Doctor Who fandom!
Now that we can rectify this situation, I'm totally looking forward to this ep. No, I haven't read anyone else's spoilers or reviews. I'm writing this as I watch it for the first time. All I know is what I saw in the teaser from the last episode, so I know who the guest star is, and I'm PSYCHED, as I adore this actress. As always, I've flushed all substantial thought from my mind and loaded up the brain-kittens, complete with glitter and tinsel, so we are GOOD TO GO!
1) Before I start: Alex Kingston rules. And she's way hot, too!
2) Oooh, pretty. That's a library? Where do I sign up for my library card? But, you know, I'd prefer not to float. I don't have my floating license.
3) Hi, Doctor! Hi, Donna! You're in a little girl's Library of the Mind? Sweet!
4) The 51st century is one of the Doctor's favorite time periods. He goes there a lot. It also happens to be when Jack Harkness was born. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.
5) "Dying gives us size"? Did he say "size"? And to be frank, I don't think the 900-ish-year-old guy who regenerates gets to talk about the significance of mortality. *hmph*
6) "A million million lifeforms". So what? That's no big deal when you take into account the size of the planet. Y'ever stop to think that the lifeforms could be microscopic in size? Bacteria? Insects? Don't be species-ist, Doctor!
7) Aaaand the BBC budget (or lack thereof) reveals itself again. They used up all the money for the CGI and ended up with an "information node" that's a head in an egg on a stick.
8) "Run, for god's sake run." Reminds me of "Information: you're all going to die" from the Titanic Christmas special. Note to showrunners: deadpan death warnings are getting a bit old.
9) The sonic "thingy" "doesn't do wood"? LOL! Go, Donna! Kick that puppy down! Oooh, and the kid is the security camera? Cool!
10) Donating a face? That's so... Cassandra. You know, the trampoline bitch from Season 2. Again, getting old.
11) HI, ALEX! Oh, sorry, I mean Prof. Riversong. Good to meet you!
12) "I'm a time traveler. I point and laugh at archeologists." HA! Gotta admit, though, I wouldn't be looking very, very scared either if some guy I didn't know started dissing my profession and trying to tell me what to do.
13) "Pretty boy"? *Spider makes a face* I'd call him many things -- yes, including attractive -- but "pretty boy" isn't one of them.
14) Oh no. OH no. Oh FUCKING no. There's Donna getting jealous vibes... and SO AM I. Do NOT make me sic the brain-kittens on your arse, missy. You're a rockin' great actress, but you are NOT getting up close and --- HEY! HANDS! HANDS OFF THE DOCTOR'S FACE! OH NO YOU DIN'T! *brain-kittens hiss and show their claws*
15) I'm really liking this little girl, though. AAAH! Weird faces talking to me from the television FREAK ME THE FUCK OUT. I mean, okay, if it was the Doctor and I knew it was the Doctor, that's one thing, but if some random face just showed up on my TV and started talking to me, I don't give a blue hoot how much my gorgeous flat screen cost -- I'd chuck it right out the window!
16) That diary, though, that's something I'd give a lot to get my hands on.
17) Oooh, I love the Doctor when he gets intense. That look on his face! ROWR! *Spider drools*
18) 4,022 saved with no survivors. Which means they were saved as data, or sent to different time periods, which is where the little girl comes into the picture. Wait and see!
Yeah, well, we know the little girl has to come into it somehow, so that's not much of a stretch. Work with me here, people.
19) I know the Space Bimbo is probably a very nice woman, but I hope she dies. I know she won't because there are too many other red shirts in the cast, but I'm just cruel --- oooh, girly shriek! Whee! WOW! She's already dead! Talk about fanservice! Ask and it shall be given unto you!
20) Data ghosting ... now that's a truly disturbing idea. I'm seriously impressed, not to mention completely weirded out. Don't forget: Doctor Who is a kids' show... NOT.
Ooooh -- but see, that data ghosting, see how that plays into my guess that the 4,022 saved were saved as data? Hmmm? Maybe I'm not so far off the mark after all!
21) "Spoilers". BWAHAHA! Oh... wait. Wait. NO -- I just had some horrid idea that Miss Handsy Riversong and the Doctor are some kind of future.... OH I am NOT going there! *Spider sticks fingers in ears, shuts eyes, sings LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. Brain-kittens bring Spider the Little Red Hoodie from the Rose shrine. Spider huggles it and inhales the scent of chips and cheap mascara*
Okay, I feel better now. Onward!
22) "The real world is a lie, and the nightmares are real." THERE IS NO SPOON! Holy shit, that's AWESOME. And it IS all in the little girl's head, and that's where the 4,022 are as well, I bet! And that means that the Doctor and Donna and Miss Handsy Riversong are all in this little girl's mind... at least in a sense. DUDE, what a mindfuck! This episode ROCKS.
23) Yes, Donna, one day you too will die. You're not a stupid woman. Don't make Miss Handsy Riversong spell it out for you.
24) "The Shadows That Melt The Flesh." Oh, that is way cool. And how much do I love when the Doctor gets all solemn and says "Run" in that quiet voice? See, that's MY Doctor. That's when all 900 years come shining through and you can see the Vortex behind his eyes.
25) Two shadows. Sweet bloody gods. This is getting better and --- HEY! FUCK HER AND THE SONIC SCREWDRIVER SHE RODE IN ON. Okay, now I'm getting pissed off. If it turns out that she's either the Doctor's future lover and/or a Time Lord (Lady?) I'm gonna have to let the brain-kittens GNAW OUT SOMEONE'S EYEBALLS AND HAIRBALL IN THEIR BRAIN.
26) Donna? Er.... Donna? Whoops. Remember that ep of Star Trek: TNG when they found Scotty trapped in the transporter beam? I have a baaaaad feeling about this.
27) Wait. She gets a sonic screwdriver AND a squareness gun like Jack Harkness? You don't get a sonic screwdriver AND a sonic blaster. That's simply not fair, and to be blunt, verging on Mary Sue.
Really. No, REALLY. Let's do the Mary Sue checklist: rakish archeologist, romantic association with the Doctor, knows answers to Deep Secrets of the Doctor's and Donna's future, saves the Doctor's arse, gets all the cool toys. See? Between Miss Flippy LotsaRunning in "The Doctor's Daughter" and Miss Handsy Riversong here, this season is turning into a House Sparklypoo Old Girls' Reunion. ME = NOT LIKING IT ONE BIT. *Brain-kittens pee in Miss Handsy's helmet*
28) "Donna Noble has been saved." SEE? She's been scanned to data! HA! I love it when I get one right!
29) "I don't give my screwdriver to anyone." *snicker* I love it when they overtly acknowledge the phallic symbolism of the sonic screwdriver.
30) Emergency Programme One! DRINK! *Spider chugs beer* Five hours? Shouldn't that be five and a half hours? You're supposed to wait five and a half hours -- you said so on the Mme. Pompadour ship! Oh, they must have been working in the stacks for half an hour already. Okay.
31) Donna is an egg on a stick! Oy vey. Don't worry, Doctor. There's a canon precedent for having a relationship with a woman who's turned into a concrete slab. You can even have, y'know, sort of a love life. OMG I JUST SQUICKED MYSELF. EW EW EW! *Spider scrubs brain with bleach. Brain-kittens run and hide*
32) AAAAAAAAAAAH ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER! Well, at least this time I know to watch until the end of the credits for the teaser.
33) Conclusion? I want to airlock Miss Handsy Riversong just on principle (sorry, Alex!), but other than that, this episode is creepy and dark and just plain EXCELLENT. One of my faves this season!
And here's my Plus One for the teaser for next ep: Leaping Doctor! Flying Doctor! SPOILERS! I CAN'T WAIT!
Now that we can rectify this situation, I'm totally looking forward to this ep. No, I haven't read anyone else's spoilers or reviews. I'm writing this as I watch it for the first time. All I know is what I saw in the teaser from the last episode, so I know who the guest star is, and I'm PSYCHED, as I adore this actress. As always, I've flushed all substantial thought from my mind and loaded up the brain-kittens, complete with glitter and tinsel, so we are GOOD TO GO!
1) Before I start: Alex Kingston rules. And she's way hot, too!
2) Oooh, pretty. That's a library? Where do I sign up for my library card? But, you know, I'd prefer not to float. I don't have my floating license.
3) Hi, Doctor! Hi, Donna! You're in a little girl's Library of the Mind? Sweet!
4) The 51st century is one of the Doctor's favorite time periods. He goes there a lot. It also happens to be when Jack Harkness was born. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.
5) "Dying gives us size"? Did he say "size"? And to be frank, I don't think the 900-ish-year-old guy who regenerates gets to talk about the significance of mortality. *hmph*
6) "A million million lifeforms". So what? That's no big deal when you take into account the size of the planet. Y'ever stop to think that the lifeforms could be microscopic in size? Bacteria? Insects? Don't be species-ist, Doctor!
7) Aaaand the BBC budget (or lack thereof) reveals itself again. They used up all the money for the CGI and ended up with an "information node" that's a head in an egg on a stick.
8) "Run, for god's sake run." Reminds me of "Information: you're all going to die" from the Titanic Christmas special. Note to showrunners: deadpan death warnings are getting a bit old.
9) The sonic "thingy" "doesn't do wood"? LOL! Go, Donna! Kick that puppy down! Oooh, and the kid is the security camera? Cool!
10) Donating a face? That's so... Cassandra. You know, the trampoline bitch from Season 2. Again, getting old.
11) HI, ALEX! Oh, sorry, I mean Prof. Riversong. Good to meet you!
12) "I'm a time traveler. I point and laugh at archeologists." HA! Gotta admit, though, I wouldn't be looking very, very scared either if some guy I didn't know started dissing my profession and trying to tell me what to do.
13) "Pretty boy"? *Spider makes a face* I'd call him many things -- yes, including attractive -- but "pretty boy" isn't one of them.
14) Oh no. OH no. Oh FUCKING no. There's Donna getting jealous vibes... and SO AM I. Do NOT make me sic the brain-kittens on your arse, missy. You're a rockin' great actress, but you are NOT getting up close and --- HEY! HANDS! HANDS OFF THE DOCTOR'S FACE! OH NO YOU DIN'T! *brain-kittens hiss and show their claws*
15) I'm really liking this little girl, though. AAAH! Weird faces talking to me from the television FREAK ME THE FUCK OUT. I mean, okay, if it was the Doctor and I knew it was the Doctor, that's one thing, but if some random face just showed up on my TV and started talking to me, I don't give a blue hoot how much my gorgeous flat screen cost -- I'd chuck it right out the window!
16) That diary, though, that's something I'd give a lot to get my hands on.
17) Oooh, I love the Doctor when he gets intense. That look on his face! ROWR! *Spider drools*
18) 4,022 saved with no survivors. Which means they were saved as data, or sent to different time periods, which is where the little girl comes into the picture. Wait and see!
Yeah, well, we know the little girl has to come into it somehow, so that's not much of a stretch. Work with me here, people.
19) I know the Space Bimbo is probably a very nice woman, but I hope she dies. I know she won't because there are too many other red shirts in the cast, but I'm just cruel --- oooh, girly shriek! Whee! WOW! She's already dead! Talk about fanservice! Ask and it shall be given unto you!
20) Data ghosting ... now that's a truly disturbing idea. I'm seriously impressed, not to mention completely weirded out. Don't forget: Doctor Who is a kids' show... NOT.
Ooooh -- but see, that data ghosting, see how that plays into my guess that the 4,022 saved were saved as data? Hmmm? Maybe I'm not so far off the mark after all!
21) "Spoilers". BWAHAHA! Oh... wait. Wait. NO -- I just had some horrid idea that Miss Handsy Riversong and the Doctor are some kind of future.... OH I am NOT going there! *Spider sticks fingers in ears, shuts eyes, sings LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. Brain-kittens bring Spider the Little Red Hoodie from the Rose shrine. Spider huggles it and inhales the scent of chips and cheap mascara*
Okay, I feel better now. Onward!
22) "The real world is a lie, and the nightmares are real." THERE IS NO SPOON! Holy shit, that's AWESOME. And it IS all in the little girl's head, and that's where the 4,022 are as well, I bet! And that means that the Doctor and Donna and Miss Handsy Riversong are all in this little girl's mind... at least in a sense. DUDE, what a mindfuck! This episode ROCKS.
23) Yes, Donna, one day you too will die. You're not a stupid woman. Don't make Miss Handsy Riversong spell it out for you.
24) "The Shadows That Melt The Flesh." Oh, that is way cool. And how much do I love when the Doctor gets all solemn and says "Run" in that quiet voice? See, that's MY Doctor. That's when all 900 years come shining through and you can see the Vortex behind his eyes.
25) Two shadows. Sweet bloody gods. This is getting better and --- HEY! FUCK HER AND THE SONIC SCREWDRIVER SHE RODE IN ON. Okay, now I'm getting pissed off. If it turns out that she's either the Doctor's future lover and/or a Time Lord (Lady?) I'm gonna have to let the brain-kittens GNAW OUT SOMEONE'S EYEBALLS AND HAIRBALL IN THEIR BRAIN.
26) Donna? Er.... Donna? Whoops. Remember that ep of Star Trek: TNG when they found Scotty trapped in the transporter beam? I have a baaaaad feeling about this.
27) Wait. She gets a sonic screwdriver AND a squareness gun like Jack Harkness? You don't get a sonic screwdriver AND a sonic blaster. That's simply not fair, and to be blunt, verging on Mary Sue.
Really. No, REALLY. Let's do the Mary Sue checklist: rakish archeologist, romantic association with the Doctor, knows answers to Deep Secrets of the Doctor's and Donna's future, saves the Doctor's arse, gets all the cool toys. See? Between Miss Flippy LotsaRunning in "The Doctor's Daughter" and Miss Handsy Riversong here, this season is turning into a House Sparklypoo Old Girls' Reunion. ME = NOT LIKING IT ONE BIT. *Brain-kittens pee in Miss Handsy's helmet*
28) "Donna Noble has been saved." SEE? She's been scanned to data! HA! I love it when I get one right!
29) "I don't give my screwdriver to anyone." *snicker* I love it when they overtly acknowledge the phallic symbolism of the sonic screwdriver.
30) Emergency Programme One! DRINK! *Spider chugs beer* Five hours? Shouldn't that be five and a half hours? You're supposed to wait five and a half hours -- you said so on the Mme. Pompadour ship! Oh, they must have been working in the stacks for half an hour already. Okay.
31) Donna is an egg on a stick! Oy vey. Don't worry, Doctor. There's a canon precedent for having a relationship with a woman who's turned into a concrete slab. You can even have, y'know, sort of a love life. OMG I JUST SQUICKED MYSELF. EW EW EW! *Spider scrubs brain with bleach. Brain-kittens run and hide*
32) AAAAAAAAAAAH ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER! Well, at least this time I know to watch until the end of the credits for the teaser.
33) Conclusion? I want to airlock Miss Handsy Riversong just on principle (sorry, Alex!), but other than that, this episode is creepy and dark and just plain EXCELLENT. One of my faves this season!
And here's my Plus One for the teaser for next ep: Leaping Doctor! Flying Doctor! SPOILERS! I CAN'T WAIT!