Comments | wisteria_: Doctor Who and Rescue Me.

wisteria_

Doctor Who and Rescue Me.

Jun 10, 2006 20:30

I've rewatched last week's Doctor Who several times -- something about it just *gets* to me. And I'm quite thrilled that, while not as marvelous as part one, tonight's conclusion was very, very good. ( 2.09 - The Satan Pit. )

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shakatany June 11 2006, 01:07:41 UTC

Ten's wide-eyed adoration of humanity is lovely. I haven't been able to watch the new Who as I don't get the Sci-Fi channel but I recall in the Fox movie version that they made him half human - has this idiotic idea been dropped?

Shakatany

kismeteve June 11 2006, 04:14:48 UTC

It's basically been ignored.

ladypeyton June 11 2006, 03:14:05 UTC

I just posted this on my LJ, but we were watching The Producers tonight and I was shocked to realize that the lead tenor who sings Springtime for Hitler is Capt. Jack! He sings beautifully!

eva_mac June 11 2006, 03:15:48 UTC

Oh. My. God. That's him too?!? I'm in love forever and ever.

ladypeyton June 11 2006, 19:58:29 UTC

Here's a pic.

eva_mac June 13 2006, 03:59:23 UTC

Wow. His Aryan-ness completely threw me off. ...Yup, still cute.

eva_mac June 11 2006, 03:14:35 UTC

Dude, I JUST was watching De-Lovely and recognized John Barrowman (I'm behind and am watching them on Sci-Fi) and was ridiculously asquee. All that AND he can sing? Yeah, I'm swooning, what of it?

wisteria_ June 11 2006, 11:54:10 UTC

Hee! Yeah, John Barrowman has a long and celebrated career in musical theater (mostly in London, but also in New York.)

harmonyfb June 11 2006, 03:45:33 UTC

On the other hand, I'm iffy about how he pinned so much of his faith on Rose herself.

He's always had a lot of faith in his companions. (In fact, during an episode with the 7th Doctor, he uses the names of all of his companions as a chant to ward off a monster that can only be defeated through faith.)

kismeteve June 11 2006, 04:16:04 UTC

*points to icon*

Am I the only one who thinks that The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit was a bit too much like the aforementioned serial?

harmonyfb June 11 2006, 04:20:02 UTC

I thought it was a bit like it, yeah. Except without the sexy Vikings Russians.

spectralbovine June 11 2006, 07:29:26 UTC

I liked it, but some things bugged me.

*I get it. Ten loves humans. It's cute every now and then, but it felt like he mentioned it every other line in this episode.
*Why kill the Beast? Why bother killing the body? Why should he assume that does anything at all? It seemed like a huge, stupid risk, especially when you:
*Pin everything on Rose. Who didn't really save them from certain doom. Sure, she spaced Satan, but it was the Doctor and the TARDIS that kept them all from dying.

Plus, that whole talky one-sided conflict between the Doctor and the Beast was very convoluted and confusing and diluted the sense of danger and obscured the purpose of the discussion. Again, I shouldn't be left wondering why the hell the Doctor even wanted to kill the Beast. Because from where I sat, he posed no immediate threat to the Doctor or anyone. He was just imprisoned there. And why not leave him imprisoned there? Who is he to mess with all this? It was all very messy, and it wasn't as good as the creepy ominousness of last week.

kitmarlowescot2 June 11 2006, 16:23:16 UTC

Your forgetting the Doctor thought he would not come back from this. So what Rose did helping to trap the beast was the more important action, than the Doctor saving them. "Her" I think is both Rose and the Tardis. Of all the companions none have been that initmate with the Tardis. I would love to see if we could see the soul of the Tardis talk. Would she like have the companions around with the Doctor, or does she get jealous?