I loved your review: you voiced things I thought but couldn't pinpoint!
The first word that comes to mind is epic. ... the first time around...I found it almost...underwhelming. ...there were some...silly and not so brilliant things. DIAMONDS!
"Underwhelming" is perfect. When I saw that wimpy little thing, I kept thinking of Sarah Jane's DANGEROUS WARP STAR! that looked like a dollar-store toy. I guess we all know RTD's forte is not, well, subtlety. (I'm still annoyed about that fake regeneration.) Or scariness. (Farting aliens? Really?)
Wilf was arguably the best thing about this episode. ...Donna deserves something good in her life.Wilf was the best, wasn't he? And I liked the end, where it was about saving the one person: that the Doctor saves the world, but at the very end, it is about one person. RTD did it in "PotW" and here again in "EoT". It's one thing to say that someone dies for the world, but it's very personal when that someone dies for you
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I guess we all know RTD's forte is not, well, subtlety.
Haha, my friends and I were saying this nearly the entire episode. RTD doesn't know the meaning of the word.
I think Donna is my favorite as well. It's really a toss up between her and Rose...I think I love Rose because I identify with her, but Donna is just so awesome, it's hard not to adore her. :)
Time Lady and High Council president Flavia
Haha, YES. This is who she is to me. :P
I heard it suggested that Tom was killed (offscreen, of course) during the whole "Torchwood" "Children of Earth" storyline.
I had heard this as well, which makes me sad because I really loved Tom, and the idea of Tom/Martha. But it's true, Mickey does need someone in this universe. But....Martha? Just the fact that there was no reason behind it...why couldn't they just be fighting aliens together? As friends? But whatever....I think it'd be good for both of them because they both need someone who isn't the Doctor and isn't Rose, respectively.
I think it'd be good for both of them because they both need someone who isn't the Doctor and isn't Rose, respectively.
That's an interesting point you've made: Mickey and Martha, unrequited by Rose and the Doctor respectively. It's a bit soap-ish, now that I think about it!
This is what worries me about Moffat, because a lot of what I love so much about DW has been the characters.
Yeah, my concern about Moffat is that his characters always seem to have one-track minds. They make Tony DiNozzo look like a monk!
I'm not sure how my attitude will be, but I'm guessing that I may still watch and enjoy "DW", in a sort of normal-fan (lol) fashion. I used to make "NCIS" appointment television - I was there with bells on at 8 pm - but now I just watch if it's on, enjoy it for that hour, and soon forget about it. This may be what "DW" will be for me.
but that doesn't mean that you have the Doctor go and fall in love with another woman for one episode.Here's the thing for me: I was really, REALLY annoyed about Reinette. And then
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I totally agree with what you said about NCIS and I'm thinking that might be how I feel about DW now as well. Although, then I'll have no major fandom, which will be strange. :P But who knows? Maybe we'll love it even more....although I doubt it. :P
And then came the two-episode Joan RedfernFunny that you mention Joan, because she was the one out of those others that I liked the most. :P And I honestly think it's because he wasn't "The Doctor" but he was John Smith. And I liked Joan....she reminded me of Rose a bit, being resourceful and just the way she handled things....I think the whole thing with EVERYONE kissing the Doctor was almost...a running gag of sorts. Like, he's just so damn irresistible that every woman in the universe feels the need to snog him. I didn't have a huge deal with them because....he didn't fall in love with them. Whereas I resented River Song so much because she implied that the Doctor fell in love with someone else while he was still in his tenth body. That's also why I resented Reinette for
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The first word that comes to mind is epic. ... the first time around...I found it almost...underwhelming. ...there were some...silly and not so brilliant things. DIAMONDS!
"Underwhelming" is perfect. When I saw that wimpy little thing, I kept thinking of Sarah Jane's DANGEROUS WARP STAR! that looked like a dollar-store toy. I guess we all know RTD's forte is not, well, subtlety. (I'm still annoyed about that fake regeneration.) Or scariness. (Farting aliens? Really?)
Wilf was arguably the best thing about this episode. ...Donna deserves something good in her life.Wilf was the best, wasn't he? And I liked the end, where it was about saving the one person: that the Doctor saves the world, but at the very end, it is about one person. RTD did it in "PotW" and here again in "EoT". It's one thing to say that someone dies for the world, but it's very personal when that someone dies for you ( ... )
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Haha, my friends and I were saying this nearly the entire episode. RTD doesn't know the meaning of the word.
I think Donna is my favorite as well. It's really a toss up between her and Rose...I think I love Rose because I identify with her, but Donna is just so awesome, it's hard not to adore her. :)
Time Lady and High Council president Flavia
Haha, YES. This is who she is to me. :P
I heard it suggested that Tom was killed (offscreen, of course) during the whole "Torchwood" "Children of Earth" storyline.
I had heard this as well, which makes me sad because I really loved Tom, and the idea of Tom/Martha. But it's true, Mickey does need someone in this universe. But....Martha? Just the fact that there was no reason behind it...why couldn't they just be fighting aliens together? As friends? But whatever....I think it'd be good for both of them because they both need someone who isn't the Doctor and isn't Rose, respectively.
Although one wonders why Rose doesn't ( ... )
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That's an interesting point you've made: Mickey and Martha, unrequited by Rose and the Doctor respectively. It's a bit soap-ish, now that I think about it!
This is what worries me about Moffat, because a lot of what I love so much about DW has been the characters.
Yeah, my concern about Moffat is that his characters always seem to have one-track minds. They make Tony DiNozzo look like a monk!
I'm not sure how my attitude will be, but I'm guessing that I may still watch and enjoy "DW", in a sort of normal-fan (lol) fashion. I used to make "NCIS" appointment television - I was there with bells on at 8 pm - but now I just watch if it's on, enjoy it for that hour, and soon forget about it. This may be what "DW" will be for me.
but that doesn't mean that you have the Doctor go and fall in love with another woman for one episode.Here's the thing for me: I was really, REALLY annoyed about Reinette. And then ( ... )
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And then came the two-episode Joan RedfernFunny that you mention Joan, because she was the one out of those others that I liked the most. :P And I honestly think it's because he wasn't "The Doctor" but he was John Smith. And I liked Joan....she reminded me of Rose a bit, being resourceful and just the way she handled things....I think the whole thing with EVERYONE kissing the Doctor was almost...a running gag of sorts. Like, he's just so damn irresistible that every woman in the universe feels the need to snog him. I didn't have a huge deal with them because....he didn't fall in love with them. Whereas I resented River Song so much because she implied that the Doctor fell in love with someone else while he was still in his tenth body. That's also why I resented Reinette for ( ... )
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