Dr Who 4x13

[bookish_dragon]

I have a good mind to EAT RUSSELL'S FACE!  Because, honestly, having the Doctor wipe Donna's mind? Not nice. Having Rose have the happy ending with the man of her dreams? Good on her, but rather unfair. In a sense, things worked out better for her. And that stinks. I like Rose, but to be honest, I like Donna better. She kicked arse. Having Mickey stay here instead of returning to live happily ever after with Jake? Woe! Though having Mickey join Torchwood here might be nice.

"Three Doctors? I can't tell what I'm thinking right now." Ah Jack, you have a dirty mind. *glee* Donna having a part of the Doctor's mind, so brill. Her burning up...I knew it was going to happen. Dancing in the heart of stars is not for mere humans. The whole "I'm regenerating! Oh wait, now I'm not, since I've got a handy spare hand."? I'd have settled for a new Doctor by this point.

As nice as it was to see what remained of Torchwood 3, and Sarah Jane, and Mickey and Jackie, and Martha...they were so underused. What did we see of Gwen and Ianto? That was a big problem: too many characters, not enough time for them to shine. Was Martha always this soppy? She came across as a wet hen, has seemed so for a while now. Sure, the Osterhagen Key is trouble on a grand scale, and a Bad Idea along the lines of Lucifer's "I want to be God instead of God." But she was so wet. It was rather disappointing. She did what she had to do, with no backbone.

The Crucible is a way to destroy reality. That'snice an all, but what are the Daleks going to rule? How do you rule Nothing? Davros really hated Creation, didn't he? So, is this the end of the Daleks?

"You refuse to carry a gun. You turn your companions into weapons." Some of the memories, the Doctor had nothing to with them. He didn't turn them into anything. The Hostess? She did that all by herself. Likewise Astrid. Davros was full of it. Some, he does have a point. Not all of them.

I was under the impression Rose knew Jack had died on Satellite Five. Given her surprise, I was wrong. Huh.

Old-school Cybermen at Christmas are good, y/hy/mfy? *explodes in glee.*

Comments

[mellinore.livejournal.com]

Of the Doctor's three companions since the restart, I liked Donna most. I'm really quite miffed that she was just dumped.

And I missed Jenny. Where'd she go? Perhaps her enthusiasm is what the Doctor needs to cheer up again.

It did suffer from "too many people, not enough time" - although you got your wish to see Mickey again ;)

Ah well. You get your Christmas (and other) specials, while Stephen Moffatt plots his first full season.

And Cybermen.

[yattara.livejournal.com]

Jenny? Gallivanting across the universe, and running a lot.

[fondued-jicama.livejournal.com]

I think Rose knew Jack had died, because I believe she raised him from the dead. I don't think she knew that what she'd done was... er... permanent.

I really liked Rose. It kind of amuses me how everybody today is all "I hate Rose! Arrr!". So they basically hate the first three seasons of the show?

I think Donna was the best-suited to the Doctor-- she was what he needed, and they were really great together. She didn't try to suck him into a human romance. I kind of think he tried that a bit with Rose, against his better judgment. But I also think that what Rose was, as a person apart from the Doctor, was interesting and fun.

CYBERMEN EFF YES;kkklguh

[fondued-jicama.livejournal.com]

Steampunk Cybermen, no less. How could that be any cooler?

[yattara.livejournal.com]

Ninja steampunk Cybermen?

[yattara.livejournal.com]

I don't hate Rose. I did get miffed by her during her second season with Ten. She's not that bad a character. She kicked ass when she came back across the dimensions.

[huinesoron.livejournal.com]

'That'snice an all, but what are the Daleks going to rule?'

Who said anything about ruling? The primary (and only) Dalek motivation is to /destroy all imperfect forms of life/, ie, anything that isn't them. They tend to /do/ it by conquering and using it as slaves to further their plans, etc, but their ultimate goal is to kill everything.

And of course the Daleks aren't gone. As if.

[yattara.livejournal.com]

Huh. I didn't know that about the Daleks. So they got their homicidal tendencies from Davros then?

(Almost typed Davrose. Now there's a pairing to get nightmares over.)