DW: 4-12 The Stolen Earth
THIS, my friends, is what I have been waiting all series to see. It had it all. I was completely spoiled and still glued to my seat the entire time. From shipper squee to companion entourage to little pieces of the puzzle that made just a wee bit more sense... I was thoroughly entertained.
Opening: The Doctor and Donna arrive looking for utter chaos, which isn't happening. What happened to the big ol' red TARDIS with bad wolf all over the place? That still doesn't make sense to me.
Doctor: Excuse me, what day is it?
Milkman: It's Saturday.
Doctor: Saturday, good. Good, I like Saturdays. (So do I, Doctor, so do I! *grin*)
Donna: So, I just met Rose Tyler. (Yep! *big grin*)
The Hand: We have yet another panned shot from The Hand up to the Doctor. I don't think that the Hand is done with him. And remember about the Hand when we come to the end, I think it'll have something to say with what happens next time.
You Take The Good With The Bad: Donna is made of awesome... and a shipper to boot!
Donna: Thing is, Doctor, no matter what's happening, and, and I'm sure it's bad, and I get that, but... Rose is coming back. Isn't that good?
Doctor: *looks at her seriously and then erupts into a big grin* Yeah. (SQUEEEEEEE!!!! Did you hear that? I think my little shipper heart just burst out of it's chest and we're only a minute in!)
Moving A Planet: It takes a whole lot of power to move an entire planet. I'm surprised that it only felt like an earthquake.
FAR ACROSS THE UNIVERSE:
NEW YORK: Martha is in New York since she was promoted. I don't think she ever expected that she'd be moving this high in the ranks so fast back when she was a medical student.
CARDIFF: We've got Jack! We've got Ianto and Gwen! Hello, Torchwood!!
Ianto: A little bit bigger than South Wales. (That just might be the understatement of the year, Ianto.)
EALING, LONDON: Hello, Sarah Jane Smith! And hi, Luke!!! I love Luke, he's a good kid.
Sarah Jane: Luke! Are you alright?
Luke: That, that felt like some sort of cross-dimensional space transference. (That... would be correct. *grin* Smart kiddo!)
Sarah Jane: But it's night. (What does that have to do with a cross-dimensional space transference?) It wasn't night, it was eight o'clock in the morning. Mr. Smith, I need you! *fanfare plays* I wish you'd stop giving that fanfare, and just tell me what happened! (*hehe* Nice one!)
CHISWICK, LONDON: Wilf and Sylvia! Hello!
Wilf: It's gone dark. It's them aliens, I'll bet my pension. What do you want this time, you green swine! (*hehe* I love Wilf... expecting the little green men?)
Sylvia: Dad...
Wilf: You get back inside, Sylvia, they always want the women. (*hehe* I just love everything that's coming out of his mouth.)
The Sky Has Changed: Everyone must stare at the sky. Wilf and Sylvia. Sarah Jane and Luke. Captain Jack. Martha. The milkman. *hehe* Love the milkman. And Rose.
Absolutely love Rose's entrance. Her entrance seems to change every time she pops in and out, but this one was pretty cool. And the sky... I know it's not good and all to move the Earth, but that's just gorgeous!
CREDITS: *hehe* Everyone's in it this week! I can't believe I'm only four and a half minutes in. I'm loving it already!
David Tennant
Catherine Tate
Freema Agyeman (okay, alphabetically...)
John Barrowman
With Elisabeth Sladen (and then I don't get it...)
And Billie Piper
DOCTOR WHO
The Stolen Earth
by Russell T Davies
Under the credits...
Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister! I know who you are!)
Adjoa Andoh (Martha's Mama!)
Eve Myles (Gwen!)
Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto! Hold on, where's Luke? Why doesn't Tommy Knight get to be on there?)
What Happened to Ianto?: Did they want to throw that joke in, so they had to give it to somebody to laugh? Ianto's more focused than that. That just seemed off to me...
However, shout out to Rhys! Hi Rhys! And to Clyde and Maria! Nice to know that as this point, they're all still alive.
Rose: Calm, Cool, and Collected: She walks around the rioting streets with a really big gun, just as cool as a cucumber. And I liked the way she ran off those looters.
Spaceships Approach With No Doctor: Martha can't reach the Doctor. Wilf can't reach Donna. Martha can reach Jack.
However... everyone can hear the Daleks. Martha and Jack freak out. Gwen doesn't know them. Ianto does. Sarah Jane cries. She understands as well. Rose looks sad. She knows what's coming and she knows what she needs to do. She calmly goes out her business with explosions all around her. She's tougher now, this Rose that has gone through so much, but she's still Rose.
Supreme Dalek: It's a Red Dalek. You do know that means I have to spend the rest of my review calling him Bob, right?
Bob: Soon the crucible will be complete. (Wait... the crucible sounds familiar. Was this mentioned before some other time or am I just imagining things?) We have waited long for this ultimate destiny. Now the Daleks are the masters of all.
Outer Space Police: Or the more posh name... Shadow Proclamation. Makes completely sense that the Judoon work for that organization. Love them and the Doctor talking... makes me giggle.
Proclamation Lady: Time Lords are the stuff of legend. (That is absolutely true. But the legend still lives.) Belongs in the myths and whispers of higher species. You can not possibly exist. (Oi, nothing is impossible! No one ever learns.)
So, we've lost 24 planets all at once, with three others in the past. And besides Earth...
Callufrax Minorr, Jahoo, Woman Wept (oh, Nine and Rose went there!)
Doctor: Klom. Klom's gone? Who'd want Klom? (*hehe* Good question! Even the Raxicorricofalapatorians didn't care for them. Or the other way around.)
Donna: What about Pirovillia? (You are brilliant, you know. Definitely need to give yourself more credit!)
Proclamation Lady: Who is the female?
Donna: Donna. I'm a human being. (Actually, I'm beginning to wonder about that.) Maybe not the stuff of legend, but every bit as important as Time Lords, thank you. (You go, girl!) Way back, in Pompeii, Lucy said Pirovillia had gone missing.
Donna remembered that the Adipose lost their breeding planet too. And the Doctor remembered the Lost Moon of Poosh. I guess Dee-Dee won't be finding that one, eh?
Doctor: Oh, look at that. 27 planets in perfect balance. Come on, that is gorgeous.
Donna: Oi, don't get all spaceman, what does it mean? (Again, Donna's keeping him on track. You go, Donna!)
Doctor: All those worlds fit together like pieces of an engine. (Maybe to make the crucible?) It's like a powerhouse. But what for? (To make the crucible??)
Proclamation Lady: Who could design such a thing? (I'd say... the Daleks.)
Doctor: Someone tried to move the earth once before. (I'm guessing that was Davros.) Long time ago. Can't be. (Man, you just said the magic word... if it can't be, then it is.)
Destruction: So, Daleks are acting like Daleks and everyone runs around mad. That sounds about right.
Martha has to take some key and transport out of there. Jack was yelling at her not to do it. Good thing she did, or she'd be dead. Certain death or only possible... you made a good choice, Martha.
Bob and Davros and Caan: Bob seems to have a bit of emotion in there, eh? Wonder how that will play out. And he calls Caan an abomination? The last time I heard that used, it was on Rose in Parting of the Ways. And turns out, Caan's now an insane, broken, psychic.
Caan: He is coming. (Got that... the rest of it, I can't quite make out though. Sounds like...) The free old man, he dances in the lonely places. (I know that doesn't make sense, but it's the only thing I can sorta make out. Caan is really insane.) Oh creator of us all, the Doctor is coming! Heeheeheeheeheehaahaahaahaa!!!!
More Foreshadowing For Donna: She sits there, hearing the beating of a single heart bounding in our ears.
Albino Woman: You need sustenance. Take the water, it purifies.
Donna: Thanks.
Albino Woman: There was something on your back. (Is everyone psychic this series?)
Donna: How'd you know that?
Albino Woman: You are something new. (Now, I wonder what that means...)
Donna: Not me. I'm just a temp. Shorthand, filing, not always a minute. If I look at those days now, I'm not useful for anything.
Albino Woman: I'm so sorry for your loss.
Donna: Yeah. My whole planet's gone.
Albino Woman: I mean the loss that is yet to come. God save you. (Oh great. Donna's been doomed from the start. I'm worried of what her journey's end will be...)
Bee Explanation: They knew it was coming and left! Well... just the alien ones, of course. They aren't all aliens, it be daft to think so. *hehe*
Doctor Lead Into Battle: Um, lady, you certainly haven't been paying attention. He's sick of big ol' wars. And he certainly isn't going to follow anyone's rules. He thinks he's above them.
Wilf Meet Rose: I love how Wilf has his paintball gun and a reason for it. It doesn't work... they're learning again... but at least he tried. *grin* GO ROSE!!! Get that nasty Dalek and save Donna's family!
Wilf: Do you wanna swap? (*hehe*)
Medusa Cascade: Finally, we find out what this is!
Doctor: I came here when I was just a kid. 90 years old. (*hehe* Wow, you were quite young, eh?) It was the center of a rift in time and space.
The Doctor wants to give up. He doesn't know what to do anymore. And Donna tries so hard to get him not to. But everyone seems to give up. Torchwood, UNIT, Sarah Jane, Wilf... everyone except.... Harriet Jones!
Harriet Jones Meets the Gang: She's a hero!!!
Harriet: This message is of the utmost importance. We haven't much time. Can anyone hear me?
Gwen: Someone's trying to get in touch.
Jack: Whole world's crying out. Just leave it.
Harriet: Captain Jack Harkness, shame on you! (*claps* Awesome, Harriet!) Now stand to attention, sir!
Jack: What? Who is that?
Harriet: *puts up badge* Harriet Jones. Former Prime Minister. (Yes, we know who you are. *hehe*)
Jack: Yeah. I know who you are. (*hehe* That joke just never gets old.) *overlapping with Rose below* It's an honor and a privilege, ma'am. *can't catch the rest*
Rose: Harriet! It's me! It's me! *turns to Wilf and Sylvia* She can't hear me. Do you got webcam?
Wilf: She won't let me. She said they're naughty. (*hehe* Again, I love his lines.)
Rose: Well, I can't speak to her then, can I?
Harriet: Sarah Jane Smith. 13 Batterman Road. Are you there?
Sarah Jane: Yeah. Yeah, I'm here! That's, that's me!
Harriet: Good! Now, let's see if we can talk to each other. *puts Jack and Sarah Jane on screen with her* The fourth contact seems to be having some trouble getting through.
Rose: That's me! Harriet, that's me!
Harriet: I'll just boost the signal.
Martha: Hello.
Jack: *laughs* Martha Jones.
Rose: *looks annoyed* Who's she? (I guess her Torchwood wasn't researching that far back into the timeline, eh?) I want to get through.
Jack: Martha, where are you?
Martha: I guess Project Indigo was more clever than we thought. One second I was in Manhattan, next second, maybe Indigo tapped into my mind because I ended up in the one place I wanted to be. (Ahhh, yep, the end of the world... I'd want my mummy too. *grin*) Mum?
Martha's Mum: Came home. At the end of the world, you came back to me. (Um, what happened to poor Tom though?)
Martha: But then all of a sudden it was like the laptop turned itself on.
Harriet: It did. That was me. Harriet Jones. Former Prime Minister.
Martha: Yes, I know who you are. (*hehe* I still get a kick out of that!)
Harriet: I thought it was about time we all met given the current crisis. Torchwood, this is Sarah Jane Smith.
Jack: *to Sarah Jane* I've been following your work. Nice job with the Slitheen.
Sarah Jane: Yeah, well I've been staying away from you lot. Too many guns. *nods towards Luke*
Jack: All the same, might I say, looking good, ma'am? (*hehe* Still gotta flirt, eh, Jack?)
Sarah Jane: Really? (Yeah, you're looking really good!) Oooo. (*laugh*)
Harriet: Not now, Captain. (*laughs some more* I am loving this scene.) And Martha Jones, former companion to the Doctor.
Rose: Oi! So was I! (Sounding a wee bit jealous there, Rose. Remember, they all think you're stuck in another universe. Though, you do have access to this conversation, so it must have sought you out somehow.)
Martha: But how did you find me?
Harriet: This, ladies and gentlemen, this is the subwave network. A sentient piece of software, programed to seek out anyone and everyone who can help to contact the Doctor.
Martha: What if the Daleks can hear us?
Harriet: No. That's the beauty of the subwave, it's undetectable.
Sarah Jane: And you invented it?
Harriet: I developed it. It was created by the Mr. Copper foundation.
Jack: Yeah, but what we need right now is a weapon. Martha, UNIT, what did they give you? What was that key thing?
Martha: The Austenhagen (sp?) key.
Harriet: That key is not to be used, Martha Jones, not under any circumstances. (Um, I don't think you have that authority anymore. You note the 'former' in your title?)
Jack: But what is an Austenhagen key? (Good question. I think we'll find out next week.)
Harriet: Forget about the key. And that's an order. (Again, FORMER Prime Minister. You can't be giving Torchwood orders.) All we need is the Doctor.
Sarah Jane: Oh, excuse me, Harriet. Well, the thing is, if you're looking for the Doctor, didn't he depose you?
Harriet: He did. (Quite a while ago too, when he was fresh in a new body and had a Hand lying around that Jack picked up.) And I've wondered about that for a long time, whether I was wrong. But I stand by my actions to this day because I knew, I knew that one day, the Earth would be in danger and the Doctor would fail to appear. (Yuck... she was right. If she hadn't been, she wouldn't have created this thing.) I told him so myself and he didn't listen.
Martha: But I've been trying to find him. The Doctor's got my phone on the TARDIS but I can't get through.
Rose: Nor me, and I was here first. (Oh, don't worry you, Rose. Martha couldn't even compete with your ghost and she tried.)
Harriet: That's why we need the subwave. To bring us all together. Combine forces. The Doctor's secret army.
Jack: Wait a minute. We boost the signal, that's it. We transmit that telephone number through Torchwood itself using all the power of the rift...
Luke: And we've got Mr. Smith. He can link up with every telephone exchange on the Earth. Get the whole world to send the same number all at the same time. Billions of phones calling out all at once!
Jack: Haha! Brilliant! Who's the kid?
Sarah Jane: That's my son.
Ianto: Excuse me. Sorry. Sorry. Hello. Ianto Jones. (Do you realize that there are now four Jones on this multi-call?) Um, if we start transmitting, then the subwave network is going to become visible. I mean, to the Daleks.
Harriet: Yes. And they'll trace it back to me, but my life doesn't matter. Not if it saves the Earth.
Jack: *salutes* Ma'am.
Harriet: Thank you, Captain. But there are people out there dying. On the streets.
Wilf: Ah, this woman. I voted for her. (*smiles* Good for you, Wilf.)
Sylvia: You did not. (*laugh* Oh Wilf...)
Harriet: Now, enough of words. Let's begin.
Jack: Power activated. *everyone running around to send the signal*
Gwen: All systems coordinated.
Ianto: Grid online. Give it all we got.
Sarah Jane: Connecting now to Mr. Smith.
Luke: Telephone networks combined.
Martha: Sending you the number. Now. (That would be 07700 900461)
Harriet: Opening... subwave... network... to... maximum.
Sarah Jane: Mr. Smith, make that call.
Mr. Smith: Calling, The Doctor.
Rose: So am I.
Jack: Aaaaand..... sending. *signal sends to TARDIS*
Doctor: Phonebox!
Donna: Phone!
Doctor: Martha, is that you?
Donna: Can we follow it?
Doctor: Just watch me.
Dalek: Emergency, unknown network detected. Subwave frequency.
Bob: Find the point of origin. Find and exterminate.
Davros: I warned you, Supreme One. Just as Dalek Caan foretold. The Children of Time are moving against us. But everything is falling into place. (That... doesn't sound good.)
Jack: I think we got a fix!
Sarah Jane: Mr. Smith, now at 200%! Oh, come on, Doctor!
*Rose, Wilf, and Sylvia dialing*
Rose: Find me, Doctor. Find me!
Doctor: Got it! Locking on!
Gwen: Harriet, a source has locked on to your location. They found you.
Harriet: I know. I'm using the network to mask your transmission. Keep going.
Daleks: *at Harriet's* Exterminate!
Doctor: We're traveling through time. One second in the future. The phone call is pulling us through.
Harriet: Captain, I'm transferring the subwave network to Torchwood. You're in charge now. And tell the Doctor from me... he chose his companions well. It's been an honor. *stands to face Daleks* Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister.
Daleks: Yes, we know who you are. (*hehe* Love that they got it in there once last time!)
Harriet: Oh you know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall.
Dalek: Exterminate. (You were a hero, Harriet... if they actually killed you. You know, they've played this kind of trick before. Supposedly Rose was exterminated in Dalek, but she wasn't. We didn't see Harriet die, just heard the noise and the screen go out, like before. I'm gonna hold out a little more hope until next week before I pronounce her dead.)
Doctor: Three! Two! One!
Doctor and Donna: AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Donna: Twenty-seven planets. And there's the Earth! But why couldn't we see it?
Doctor: The entire Medusa Cascade has been put a second out of sync with the rest of the universe. Perfect hiding place. Tiny little pocket of time, but we found them! Ooo, ooo. What's that? Hold on, hold on. Some sort of subwave network.
Jack: HA! Where the hell have you been?!?! Doctor, it's the Daleks.
Gwen: Ooo, he's a bit nice, I thought he'd be older. (HEE! He is older, just doesn't look it.)
Ianto: He's a lot, yea?
Sarah Jane: It's the Daleks, they're taking people to their spaceships!
Martha: It's not just Dalek Caan.
Sylvia: That's Donna!
Wilf: That's my girl!
Doctor: Sarah Jane, who's that boy? That must be Torchwood. Oh, they're brilliant.
Rose: *looks sad and happy at the same time*
Doctor: Look at all you clever people.
Donna: That's Martha. And who's him?
Doctor: Captain Jack. Don't, just don't. (*hehe* Donna fancies Jack now, eh? *grin*) Don't.
Rose: Doctor, it's me. Came back. (Oh, that tears my heart out!)
Donna: It's like an... outerspace facebook!
Doctor: Everybody except Rose. (He's still got her on his mind!! *grins*)
Wow... that was a really really long phone conversation to transcribe. *grin* But totally worth it.
Doctor Meets Davros Again: Poor Doctor was still looking for Rose, but it's not him. And Sarah Jane recognized his voice right away. Poor Sarah Jane.
How did he do it again? They always survive. Go a bit insane though...
Caan: I flew into the wild and fire. I danced and died a thousand times. That's an interesting way to phrase it. I wonder is something similar happens with his prediction later on.
Davros: I have my children, Doctor, what do you have now? Another interesting phrase, especially after calling the companions the Children of Time.
Caan: Death is coming. Ooooo, I can see it. Everlasting death for the most faithful companion. Again, that brings up questions. I'm pretty sure the most faithful companion can be brought down to Rose or Donna. After all Donna's foreshadow, I have a fear that it's her. But what is everlasting death? Is there another kind? I mean, except Jack. Or is it that a companion keeps dying, like some timey-wimey thing?
Companions in Trouble: Gwen, Ianto, and Sarah Jane are all left in a state of whether or not they will die. Knowing that all three have their own TV shows, I'm gonna say they get to live.
Rose Is Gonna Find Him: Finally! What I've been waiting almost two whole years for!
Doctor: Think, Donna, when you met Rose in that parallel world, what did she say?
Donna: Just... the darkness is coming.
Doctor: Anything else?
Donna: *sees something over his shoulder* Why don't you ask her yourself?
Doctor: *confusion on his face til he notices she is looking past him. The Rose theme begins and he turns around to see her. His face still in disbelief as she smile at him. Joy lights up in his face as she begins to run towards him, weighed down a bit by her gun. He's not weighed down though and starts running at full speed, face lit up with a happiness that's been missed for two years. She continues her smiling as they run to meet each other.*
Dalek: Exterminate! *And then the stupid Dalek shoots him* (*sarcastically* Thanks a lot, RTD!)
*The Dalek didn't hit straight on, only his left arm and half his brain to butt light up green. He falls to the ground. Donna screams and Jack appears and kills the Dalek*
Rose: I've got you. I missed you. Look, it's me.
Doctor: Rose *his voice strained but happy*
Rose: Hi.
Doctor: Long time no see.
Rose: Yeah. Been busy, you know. (Oh, I want to sniffle and giggle at the same time!) Don't die. Please, don't die. Oh God, don't die.
Jack: Get him into the TARDIS. Quick. Move.
Donna: What do we do? There must be some medicine or something.
Jack: Just step back. Rose! Do as I say and get back! He's dying and you know what happens next.
Donna: What you mean?
Rose: *crying* Oh no. I came all this way.
Donna: What do you mean? What happens next?
Doctor: It's starting. (Notice that it's starting in the same hand where he has a spare underneath the TARDIS?)
Jack: Here we go! Good luck, Doctor.
Donna: Will someone please tell me what's going on? (Poor Donna, hasn't had to learn about regeneration, eh? Oh, and by the way, he better not be regenerating!!)
Rose: When he's dying, he's, his body repairs itself, it changes. But you can't!
Doctor: I'm sorry. It's too late. I'm regenerating.
TO... BE... CONTINUED
Oh boy, that was a good episode!! Can't wait for the conclusion next week to see how he gets out of the regeneration, 'cause that certainly can not happen. The Hand will have to save him. Save Ten! I want him around!
I like Saturdays... can we have another one tomorrow? *grin*
Edit: Spoiler/spec for the rest of the series in the comments.
Opening: The Doctor and Donna arrive looking for utter chaos, which isn't happening. What happened to the big ol' red TARDIS with bad wolf all over the place? That still doesn't make sense to me.
Doctor: Excuse me, what day is it?
Milkman: It's Saturday.
Doctor: Saturday, good. Good, I like Saturdays. (So do I, Doctor, so do I! *grin*)
Donna: So, I just met Rose Tyler. (Yep! *big grin*)
The Hand: We have yet another panned shot from The Hand up to the Doctor. I don't think that the Hand is done with him. And remember about the Hand when we come to the end, I think it'll have something to say with what happens next time.
You Take The Good With The Bad: Donna is made of awesome... and a shipper to boot!
Donna: Thing is, Doctor, no matter what's happening, and, and I'm sure it's bad, and I get that, but... Rose is coming back. Isn't that good?
Doctor: *looks at her seriously and then erupts into a big grin* Yeah. (SQUEEEEEEE!!!! Did you hear that? I think my little shipper heart just burst out of it's chest and we're only a minute in!)
Moving A Planet: It takes a whole lot of power to move an entire planet. I'm surprised that it only felt like an earthquake.
FAR ACROSS THE UNIVERSE:
NEW YORK: Martha is in New York since she was promoted. I don't think she ever expected that she'd be moving this high in the ranks so fast back when she was a medical student.
CARDIFF: We've got Jack! We've got Ianto and Gwen! Hello, Torchwood!!
Ianto: A little bit bigger than South Wales. (That just might be the understatement of the year, Ianto.)
EALING, LONDON: Hello, Sarah Jane Smith! And hi, Luke!!! I love Luke, he's a good kid.
Sarah Jane: Luke! Are you alright?
Luke: That, that felt like some sort of cross-dimensional space transference. (That... would be correct. *grin* Smart kiddo!)
Sarah Jane: But it's night. (What does that have to do with a cross-dimensional space transference?) It wasn't night, it was eight o'clock in the morning. Mr. Smith, I need you! *fanfare plays* I wish you'd stop giving that fanfare, and just tell me what happened! (*hehe* Nice one!)
CHISWICK, LONDON: Wilf and Sylvia! Hello!
Wilf: It's gone dark. It's them aliens, I'll bet my pension. What do you want this time, you green swine! (*hehe* I love Wilf... expecting the little green men?)
Sylvia: Dad...
Wilf: You get back inside, Sylvia, they always want the women. (*hehe* I just love everything that's coming out of his mouth.)
The Sky Has Changed: Everyone must stare at the sky. Wilf and Sylvia. Sarah Jane and Luke. Captain Jack. Martha. The milkman. *hehe* Love the milkman. And Rose.
Absolutely love Rose's entrance. Her entrance seems to change every time she pops in and out, but this one was pretty cool. And the sky... I know it's not good and all to move the Earth, but that's just gorgeous!
CREDITS: *hehe* Everyone's in it this week! I can't believe I'm only four and a half minutes in. I'm loving it already!
David Tennant
Catherine Tate
Freema Agyeman (okay, alphabetically...)
John Barrowman
With Elisabeth Sladen (and then I don't get it...)
And Billie Piper
DOCTOR WHO
The Stolen Earth
by Russell T Davies
Under the credits...
Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister! I know who you are!)
Adjoa Andoh (Martha's Mama!)
Eve Myles (Gwen!)
Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto! Hold on, where's Luke? Why doesn't Tommy Knight get to be on there?)
What Happened to Ianto?: Did they want to throw that joke in, so they had to give it to somebody to laugh? Ianto's more focused than that. That just seemed off to me...
However, shout out to Rhys! Hi Rhys! And to Clyde and Maria! Nice to know that as this point, they're all still alive.
Rose: Calm, Cool, and Collected: She walks around the rioting streets with a really big gun, just as cool as a cucumber. And I liked the way she ran off those looters.
Spaceships Approach With No Doctor: Martha can't reach the Doctor. Wilf can't reach Donna. Martha can reach Jack.
However... everyone can hear the Daleks. Martha and Jack freak out. Gwen doesn't know them. Ianto does. Sarah Jane cries. She understands as well. Rose looks sad. She knows what's coming and she knows what she needs to do. She calmly goes out her business with explosions all around her. She's tougher now, this Rose that has gone through so much, but she's still Rose.
Supreme Dalek: It's a Red Dalek. You do know that means I have to spend the rest of my review calling him Bob, right?
Bob: Soon the crucible will be complete. (Wait... the crucible sounds familiar. Was this mentioned before some other time or am I just imagining things?) We have waited long for this ultimate destiny. Now the Daleks are the masters of all.
Outer Space Police: Or the more posh name... Shadow Proclamation. Makes completely sense that the Judoon work for that organization. Love them and the Doctor talking... makes me giggle.
Proclamation Lady: Time Lords are the stuff of legend. (That is absolutely true. But the legend still lives.) Belongs in the myths and whispers of higher species. You can not possibly exist. (Oi, nothing is impossible! No one ever learns.)
So, we've lost 24 planets all at once, with three others in the past. And besides Earth...
Callufrax Minorr, Jahoo, Woman Wept (oh, Nine and Rose went there!)
Doctor: Klom. Klom's gone? Who'd want Klom? (*hehe* Good question! Even the Raxicorricofalapatorians didn't care for them. Or the other way around.)
Donna: What about Pirovillia? (You are brilliant, you know. Definitely need to give yourself more credit!)
Proclamation Lady: Who is the female?
Donna: Donna. I'm a human being. (Actually, I'm beginning to wonder about that.) Maybe not the stuff of legend, but every bit as important as Time Lords, thank you. (You go, girl!) Way back, in Pompeii, Lucy said Pirovillia had gone missing.
Donna remembered that the Adipose lost their breeding planet too. And the Doctor remembered the Lost Moon of Poosh. I guess Dee-Dee won't be finding that one, eh?
Doctor: Oh, look at that. 27 planets in perfect balance. Come on, that is gorgeous.
Donna: Oi, don't get all spaceman, what does it mean? (Again, Donna's keeping him on track. You go, Donna!)
Doctor: All those worlds fit together like pieces of an engine. (Maybe to make the crucible?) It's like a powerhouse. But what for? (To make the crucible??)
Proclamation Lady: Who could design such a thing? (I'd say... the Daleks.)
Doctor: Someone tried to move the earth once before. (I'm guessing that was Davros.) Long time ago. Can't be. (Man, you just said the magic word... if it can't be, then it is.)
Destruction: So, Daleks are acting like Daleks and everyone runs around mad. That sounds about right.
Martha has to take some key and transport out of there. Jack was yelling at her not to do it. Good thing she did, or she'd be dead. Certain death or only possible... you made a good choice, Martha.
Bob and Davros and Caan: Bob seems to have a bit of emotion in there, eh? Wonder how that will play out. And he calls Caan an abomination? The last time I heard that used, it was on Rose in Parting of the Ways. And turns out, Caan's now an insane, broken, psychic.
Caan: He is coming. (Got that... the rest of it, I can't quite make out though. Sounds like...) The free old man, he dances in the lonely places. (I know that doesn't make sense, but it's the only thing I can sorta make out. Caan is really insane.) Oh creator of us all, the Doctor is coming! Heeheeheeheeheehaahaahaahaa!!!!
More Foreshadowing For Donna: She sits there, hearing the beating of a single heart bounding in our ears.
Albino Woman: You need sustenance. Take the water, it purifies.
Donna: Thanks.
Albino Woman: There was something on your back. (Is everyone psychic this series?)
Donna: How'd you know that?
Albino Woman: You are something new. (Now, I wonder what that means...)
Donna: Not me. I'm just a temp. Shorthand, filing, not always a minute. If I look at those days now, I'm not useful for anything.
Albino Woman: I'm so sorry for your loss.
Donna: Yeah. My whole planet's gone.
Albino Woman: I mean the loss that is yet to come. God save you. (Oh great. Donna's been doomed from the start. I'm worried of what her journey's end will be...)
Bee Explanation: They knew it was coming and left! Well... just the alien ones, of course. They aren't all aliens, it be daft to think so. *hehe*
Doctor Lead Into Battle: Um, lady, you certainly haven't been paying attention. He's sick of big ol' wars. And he certainly isn't going to follow anyone's rules. He thinks he's above them.
Wilf Meet Rose: I love how Wilf has his paintball gun and a reason for it. It doesn't work... they're learning again... but at least he tried. *grin* GO ROSE!!! Get that nasty Dalek and save Donna's family!
Wilf: Do you wanna swap? (*hehe*)
Medusa Cascade: Finally, we find out what this is!
Doctor: I came here when I was just a kid. 90 years old. (*hehe* Wow, you were quite young, eh?) It was the center of a rift in time and space.
The Doctor wants to give up. He doesn't know what to do anymore. And Donna tries so hard to get him not to. But everyone seems to give up. Torchwood, UNIT, Sarah Jane, Wilf... everyone except.... Harriet Jones!
Harriet Jones Meets the Gang: She's a hero!!!
Harriet: This message is of the utmost importance. We haven't much time. Can anyone hear me?
Gwen: Someone's trying to get in touch.
Jack: Whole world's crying out. Just leave it.
Harriet: Captain Jack Harkness, shame on you! (*claps* Awesome, Harriet!) Now stand to attention, sir!
Jack: What? Who is that?
Harriet: *puts up badge* Harriet Jones. Former Prime Minister. (Yes, we know who you are. *hehe*)
Jack: Yeah. I know who you are. (*hehe* That joke just never gets old.) *overlapping with Rose below* It's an honor and a privilege, ma'am. *can't catch the rest*
Rose: Harriet! It's me! It's me! *turns to Wilf and Sylvia* She can't hear me. Do you got webcam?
Wilf: She won't let me. She said they're naughty. (*hehe* Again, I love his lines.)
Rose: Well, I can't speak to her then, can I?
Harriet: Sarah Jane Smith. 13 Batterman Road. Are you there?
Sarah Jane: Yeah. Yeah, I'm here! That's, that's me!
Harriet: Good! Now, let's see if we can talk to each other. *puts Jack and Sarah Jane on screen with her* The fourth contact seems to be having some trouble getting through.
Rose: That's me! Harriet, that's me!
Harriet: I'll just boost the signal.
Martha: Hello.
Jack: *laughs* Martha Jones.
Rose: *looks annoyed* Who's she? (I guess her Torchwood wasn't researching that far back into the timeline, eh?) I want to get through.
Jack: Martha, where are you?
Martha: I guess Project Indigo was more clever than we thought. One second I was in Manhattan, next second, maybe Indigo tapped into my mind because I ended up in the one place I wanted to be. (Ahhh, yep, the end of the world... I'd want my mummy too. *grin*) Mum?
Martha's Mum: Came home. At the end of the world, you came back to me. (Um, what happened to poor Tom though?)
Martha: But then all of a sudden it was like the laptop turned itself on.
Harriet: It did. That was me. Harriet Jones. Former Prime Minister.
Martha: Yes, I know who you are. (*hehe* I still get a kick out of that!)
Harriet: I thought it was about time we all met given the current crisis. Torchwood, this is Sarah Jane Smith.
Jack: *to Sarah Jane* I've been following your work. Nice job with the Slitheen.
Sarah Jane: Yeah, well I've been staying away from you lot. Too many guns. *nods towards Luke*
Jack: All the same, might I say, looking good, ma'am? (*hehe* Still gotta flirt, eh, Jack?)
Sarah Jane: Really? (Yeah, you're looking really good!) Oooo. (*laugh*)
Harriet: Not now, Captain. (*laughs some more* I am loving this scene.) And Martha Jones, former companion to the Doctor.
Rose: Oi! So was I! (Sounding a wee bit jealous there, Rose. Remember, they all think you're stuck in another universe. Though, you do have access to this conversation, so it must have sought you out somehow.)
Martha: But how did you find me?
Harriet: This, ladies and gentlemen, this is the subwave network. A sentient piece of software, programed to seek out anyone and everyone who can help to contact the Doctor.
Martha: What if the Daleks can hear us?
Harriet: No. That's the beauty of the subwave, it's undetectable.
Sarah Jane: And you invented it?
Harriet: I developed it. It was created by the Mr. Copper foundation.
Jack: Yeah, but what we need right now is a weapon. Martha, UNIT, what did they give you? What was that key thing?
Martha: The Austenhagen (sp?) key.
Harriet: That key is not to be used, Martha Jones, not under any circumstances. (Um, I don't think you have that authority anymore. You note the 'former' in your title?)
Jack: But what is an Austenhagen key? (Good question. I think we'll find out next week.)
Harriet: Forget about the key. And that's an order. (Again, FORMER Prime Minister. You can't be giving Torchwood orders.) All we need is the Doctor.
Sarah Jane: Oh, excuse me, Harriet. Well, the thing is, if you're looking for the Doctor, didn't he depose you?
Harriet: He did. (Quite a while ago too, when he was fresh in a new body and had a Hand lying around that Jack picked up.) And I've wondered about that for a long time, whether I was wrong. But I stand by my actions to this day because I knew, I knew that one day, the Earth would be in danger and the Doctor would fail to appear. (Yuck... she was right. If she hadn't been, she wouldn't have created this thing.) I told him so myself and he didn't listen.
Martha: But I've been trying to find him. The Doctor's got my phone on the TARDIS but I can't get through.
Rose: Nor me, and I was here first. (Oh, don't worry you, Rose. Martha couldn't even compete with your ghost and she tried.)
Harriet: That's why we need the subwave. To bring us all together. Combine forces. The Doctor's secret army.
Jack: Wait a minute. We boost the signal, that's it. We transmit that telephone number through Torchwood itself using all the power of the rift...
Luke: And we've got Mr. Smith. He can link up with every telephone exchange on the Earth. Get the whole world to send the same number all at the same time. Billions of phones calling out all at once!
Jack: Haha! Brilliant! Who's the kid?
Sarah Jane: That's my son.
Ianto: Excuse me. Sorry. Sorry. Hello. Ianto Jones. (Do you realize that there are now four Jones on this multi-call?) Um, if we start transmitting, then the subwave network is going to become visible. I mean, to the Daleks.
Harriet: Yes. And they'll trace it back to me, but my life doesn't matter. Not if it saves the Earth.
Jack: *salutes* Ma'am.
Harriet: Thank you, Captain. But there are people out there dying. On the streets.
Wilf: Ah, this woman. I voted for her. (*smiles* Good for you, Wilf.)
Sylvia: You did not. (*laugh* Oh Wilf...)
Harriet: Now, enough of words. Let's begin.
Jack: Power activated. *everyone running around to send the signal*
Gwen: All systems coordinated.
Ianto: Grid online. Give it all we got.
Sarah Jane: Connecting now to Mr. Smith.
Luke: Telephone networks combined.
Martha: Sending you the number. Now. (That would be 07700 900461)
Harriet: Opening... subwave... network... to... maximum.
Sarah Jane: Mr. Smith, make that call.
Mr. Smith: Calling, The Doctor.
Rose: So am I.
Jack: Aaaaand..... sending. *signal sends to TARDIS*
Doctor: Phonebox!
Donna: Phone!
Doctor: Martha, is that you?
Donna: Can we follow it?
Doctor: Just watch me.
Dalek: Emergency, unknown network detected. Subwave frequency.
Bob: Find the point of origin. Find and exterminate.
Davros: I warned you, Supreme One. Just as Dalek Caan foretold. The Children of Time are moving against us. But everything is falling into place. (That... doesn't sound good.)
Jack: I think we got a fix!
Sarah Jane: Mr. Smith, now at 200%! Oh, come on, Doctor!
*Rose, Wilf, and Sylvia dialing*
Rose: Find me, Doctor. Find me!
Doctor: Got it! Locking on!
Gwen: Harriet, a source has locked on to your location. They found you.
Harriet: I know. I'm using the network to mask your transmission. Keep going.
Daleks: *at Harriet's* Exterminate!
Doctor: We're traveling through time. One second in the future. The phone call is pulling us through.
Harriet: Captain, I'm transferring the subwave network to Torchwood. You're in charge now. And tell the Doctor from me... he chose his companions well. It's been an honor. *stands to face Daleks* Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister.
Daleks: Yes, we know who you are. (*hehe* Love that they got it in there once last time!)
Harriet: Oh you know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall.
Dalek: Exterminate. (You were a hero, Harriet... if they actually killed you. You know, they've played this kind of trick before. Supposedly Rose was exterminated in Dalek, but she wasn't. We didn't see Harriet die, just heard the noise and the screen go out, like before. I'm gonna hold out a little more hope until next week before I pronounce her dead.)
Doctor: Three! Two! One!
Doctor and Donna: AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Donna: Twenty-seven planets. And there's the Earth! But why couldn't we see it?
Doctor: The entire Medusa Cascade has been put a second out of sync with the rest of the universe. Perfect hiding place. Tiny little pocket of time, but we found them! Ooo, ooo. What's that? Hold on, hold on. Some sort of subwave network.
Jack: HA! Where the hell have you been?!?! Doctor, it's the Daleks.
Gwen: Ooo, he's a bit nice, I thought he'd be older. (HEE! He is older, just doesn't look it.)
Ianto: He's a lot, yea?
Sarah Jane: It's the Daleks, they're taking people to their spaceships!
Martha: It's not just Dalek Caan.
Sylvia: That's Donna!
Wilf: That's my girl!
Doctor: Sarah Jane, who's that boy? That must be Torchwood. Oh, they're brilliant.
Rose: *looks sad and happy at the same time*
Doctor: Look at all you clever people.
Donna: That's Martha. And who's him?
Doctor: Captain Jack. Don't, just don't. (*hehe* Donna fancies Jack now, eh? *grin*) Don't.
Rose: Doctor, it's me. Came back. (Oh, that tears my heart out!)
Donna: It's like an... outerspace facebook!
Doctor: Everybody except Rose. (He's still got her on his mind!! *grins*)
Wow... that was a really really long phone conversation to transcribe. *grin* But totally worth it.
Doctor Meets Davros Again: Poor Doctor was still looking for Rose, but it's not him. And Sarah Jane recognized his voice right away. Poor Sarah Jane.
How did he do it again? They always survive. Go a bit insane though...
Caan: I flew into the wild and fire. I danced and died a thousand times. That's an interesting way to phrase it. I wonder is something similar happens with his prediction later on.
Davros: I have my children, Doctor, what do you have now? Another interesting phrase, especially after calling the companions the Children of Time.
Caan: Death is coming. Ooooo, I can see it. Everlasting death for the most faithful companion. Again, that brings up questions. I'm pretty sure the most faithful companion can be brought down to Rose or Donna. After all Donna's foreshadow, I have a fear that it's her. But what is everlasting death? Is there another kind? I mean, except Jack. Or is it that a companion keeps dying, like some timey-wimey thing?
Companions in Trouble: Gwen, Ianto, and Sarah Jane are all left in a state of whether or not they will die. Knowing that all three have their own TV shows, I'm gonna say they get to live.
Rose Is Gonna Find Him: Finally! What I've been waiting almost two whole years for!
Doctor: Think, Donna, when you met Rose in that parallel world, what did she say?
Donna: Just... the darkness is coming.
Doctor: Anything else?
Donna: *sees something over his shoulder* Why don't you ask her yourself?
Doctor: *confusion on his face til he notices she is looking past him. The Rose theme begins and he turns around to see her. His face still in disbelief as she smile at him. Joy lights up in his face as she begins to run towards him, weighed down a bit by her gun. He's not weighed down though and starts running at full speed, face lit up with a happiness that's been missed for two years. She continues her smiling as they run to meet each other.*
Dalek: Exterminate! *And then the stupid Dalek shoots him* (*sarcastically* Thanks a lot, RTD!)
*The Dalek didn't hit straight on, only his left arm and half his brain to butt light up green. He falls to the ground. Donna screams and Jack appears and kills the Dalek*
Rose: I've got you. I missed you. Look, it's me.
Doctor: Rose *his voice strained but happy*
Rose: Hi.
Doctor: Long time no see.
Rose: Yeah. Been busy, you know. (Oh, I want to sniffle and giggle at the same time!) Don't die. Please, don't die. Oh God, don't die.
Jack: Get him into the TARDIS. Quick. Move.
Donna: What do we do? There must be some medicine or something.
Jack: Just step back. Rose! Do as I say and get back! He's dying and you know what happens next.
Donna: What you mean?
Rose: *crying* Oh no. I came all this way.
Donna: What do you mean? What happens next?
Doctor: It's starting. (Notice that it's starting in the same hand where he has a spare underneath the TARDIS?)
Jack: Here we go! Good luck, Doctor.
Donna: Will someone please tell me what's going on? (Poor Donna, hasn't had to learn about regeneration, eh? Oh, and by the way, he better not be regenerating!!)
Rose: When he's dying, he's, his body repairs itself, it changes. But you can't!
Doctor: I'm sorry. It's too late. I'm regenerating.
TO... BE... CONTINUED
Oh boy, that was a good episode!! Can't wait for the conclusion next week to see how he gets out of the regeneration, 'cause that certainly can not happen. The Hand will have to save him. Save Ten! I want him around!
I like Saturdays... can we have another one tomorrow? *grin*
Edit: Spoiler/spec for the rest of the series in the comments.