[DW] Ep. S4x05 - "The Poison Sky"
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beandelphikiWhoo-hoo, Doctor Who was good this week!
The usual blow-by-blow (and I know nobody reads this, but I actually do get satisfaction from doing this...total geek, yeah):
-So how did the Doctor magically migrate to the spot on the ground? I remember that same, "He's going to choke!" line from last week, and the Doctor was standing in the middle of the street at that moment. LOL, continuity.
-ARRGH FOR FUCKS SAKE. I can't believe they broke the cliffhanger by breaking the window. I've been saying how damned stupid that would be all week. FOR THE FUCKING FAIL. I'm sure a lot of people who've been saying, "Just huck a rock through the window!" are thrilled, but I'm just annoyed as hell by that. It really IS that stupid of a cliffhanger. GAH.
-...Sylvia kinda rocks, though. "Well, don't just stand there, get him out!" Heh. That redeems it somewhat. I kinda saw a little something in her to like last week, and here it is again.
-"You go with the Doctor. That's my girl!" WILF IS SO AMAZING. Also, Ross rocks.
-If the Sontarans don't find some reason to throw Luke overboard, the universe will not be right with itself.
-DONNA HAS HER KEY, OMGYAY. ...She runs like a girl, though.
-Man, at first I thought zombie!troops were going to try to blow the TARDIS doors off, and I thought HAHA, THAT WON'T WORK. And then I realized they were moving it. Oh, that WILL work.
-"...Our true purpose." Maybe now people can stop complaining the Sontarans are out of character.
-"I'm stuck! [...] Like a human! How rubbish is that?" AND DONNA HAS YOUR SHIP. LIKE A TIME LORD. Haha, awesome.
-Doctor's figured out Martha!clone. He thinks a lot faster when he hasn't just been snogged, eh? Asexual Time Lords, my ass.
-Luke Rattigan's students don't know? Damn, maybe the Sontarans won't have to make him a smear on the pavement themselves.
-Yet another use for the sonic screwdriver. Even I'm starting to get a little sick of that.
-Am I a clueless dumbass in that I JUST noticed the sticky notes with Gallifreyan on them?
-Unexpected!Rose again. That was actually...sort of creepy. And did it look like she was saying, "Doctor!" to anyone else, because it sort of looked like that to me. Still up in the air if Rose knows what's going on or not, but it looks a little more to me like she does. Oh, and she's only appeared to Donna so far. Significant?
-I'm trying to figure out what the hell the Doctor says after Colonel Mace said the Sontarans look like trolls. Something about diplomacy? Ooh, to have DVD subtitles right now.
-General Staal is cross-eyed. Oh god, it's bugging me.
-The little eye-roll DT does is great. Also, nice teeth. Oh, and the fact that DT wears out his chucks in EXACTLY the same pattern I do amuses me for some strange reason. /utterly random
-Well, at least Luke's not crazy enough to kill people. Unfortunately, that just makes him pathetic.
-Sylvia cracks! Aw.
-Can I repeat over and over how amazing Wilf/Bernard Cribbins is? And how positively amazing Donna/Catherine Tate is? The understated intimacy of the two of them on the phone was just heartbreaking.
-AARGH military dumbasses! Gee, no, let's NOT listen to the expert consultant with hundreds of years more experience than us that we brought in. WTF, why is the military always portrayed as being so bloody STUPID?
-"The planet is going nuclear! I admire them. The bravery of idiots is bravery nonetheless!" This little speech, and the fondly amused way he said it, actually made me like General Staal. Is that wrong?
-OHHH NOOO, don't die, Ross! You're too cute to die! ...OH BUGGER. Poor Doctor.
-Shooting their zombie!troops. Oh, poor form.
-The Brig gets a mention! Whoo, that'll make the Classic fen pee their pants.
"I've got my secret weapon." "And what's that?" "You." "Somehow that's not making me happy." *love* She does it not because she's the sort of woman that makes a solider, but because it's necessary. Brave Donna!
-Love the Doctor for telling Donna she's got what it takes. Cheer on my girl!
-"But it's Sontaran shaped; you need three fingers!" "You've got three fingers." "Oh yeah!" LOL.
-The Doctor talks to the phone like he wants to kiss it. *ded* "Oh, shut up." Donna would SO top.
-The Doctor in a gas mask! Oh, priceless.
-"Are you my mummy?" LOL WHUT. At a time like this, Doctor, referencing your past adventures as if they were...oh...fannish in-jokes...may not be the best use of time.
-"It's the Valiant!" The Doc's "OMGWTF?" moment here is great. And again, I love UNIT's theme music.
-Huh, notice how the Doctor's hair is back to perfect almost instantly.
-"Might as well have worn a T-shirt saying, 'clone.' Although not in front of Captain Jack." *snorts* *imagines* "Hello. Aaand hello!"
-Aaand the Sontarans are officially insane. Who thinks dying is wonderful? *spins finger by ear*
-SEE THE ANKLE PATCHES?! People need to stop saying those are whited out with fabric paint. I can see the logo clearly, dammit!
-Even Martha's clone is kinda awesome. She was so given the short stick as a character, that's obvious now.
-"Did I ever tell you how much I hate you?" Whee.
-Wilf still has faith in Donna! *more love*
-CLEANSING SKY OF FIRE! Burn the poison in the atmosphere away. I love it.
-Obligatory Doctor-as-martyr moment. Why on earth would you offer a choice to live to a species which is not designed to make any other choice but war and death? GAH.
-GO LUKE. Best ending for him possible. *cheers*
-Donna, naturally, gives the Doctor the best possible demonstration of the only correct opinion here.
-Aw, Donna and Wilf made me tear up AGAIN. He needs one trip, at least.
-Another cliffhanger! For pete's sake. Although I now admit to being curious as to what could remotely operate the TARDIS.
Regarding the preview:
Why, exactly, is the Doctor's daughter perfect and blonde? I sense that this could just possibly be a disaster. But then, I've had a sinking feeling in my stomach since I heard the title of the sixth episode. "God, what if she shows up, and he didn't know she existed, and she's PERFECT?" GAH.
Also, it's incredibly strange to hear David Tennant say this chick is his daughter when he's visibly not old enough to be her father.
PLEASE DON'T SUCK, SHOW. It's so tragic when you suck.
The usual blow-by-blow (and I know nobody reads this, but I actually do get satisfaction from doing this...total geek, yeah):
-So how did the Doctor magically migrate to the spot on the ground? I remember that same, "He's going to choke!" line from last week, and the Doctor was standing in the middle of the street at that moment. LOL, continuity.
-ARRGH FOR FUCKS SAKE. I can't believe they broke the cliffhanger by breaking the window. I've been saying how damned stupid that would be all week. FOR THE FUCKING FAIL. I'm sure a lot of people who've been saying, "Just huck a rock through the window!" are thrilled, but I'm just annoyed as hell by that. It really IS that stupid of a cliffhanger. GAH.
-...Sylvia kinda rocks, though. "Well, don't just stand there, get him out!" Heh. That redeems it somewhat. I kinda saw a little something in her to like last week, and here it is again.
-"You go with the Doctor. That's my girl!" WILF IS SO AMAZING. Also, Ross rocks.
-If the Sontarans don't find some reason to throw Luke overboard, the universe will not be right with itself.
-DONNA HAS HER KEY, OMGYAY. ...She runs like a girl, though.
-Man, at first I thought zombie!troops were going to try to blow the TARDIS doors off, and I thought HAHA, THAT WON'T WORK. And then I realized they were moving it. Oh, that WILL work.
-"...Our true purpose." Maybe now people can stop complaining the Sontarans are out of character.
-"I'm stuck! [...] Like a human! How rubbish is that?" AND DONNA HAS YOUR SHIP. LIKE A TIME LORD. Haha, awesome.
-Doctor's figured out Martha!clone. He thinks a lot faster when he hasn't just been snogged, eh? Asexual Time Lords, my ass.
-Luke Rattigan's students don't know? Damn, maybe the Sontarans won't have to make him a smear on the pavement themselves.
-Yet another use for the sonic screwdriver. Even I'm starting to get a little sick of that.
-Am I a clueless dumbass in that I JUST noticed the sticky notes with Gallifreyan on them?
-Unexpected!Rose again. That was actually...sort of creepy. And did it look like she was saying, "Doctor!" to anyone else, because it sort of looked like that to me. Still up in the air if Rose knows what's going on or not, but it looks a little more to me like she does. Oh, and she's only appeared to Donna so far. Significant?
-I'm trying to figure out what the hell the Doctor says after Colonel Mace said the Sontarans look like trolls. Something about diplomacy? Ooh, to have DVD subtitles right now.
-General Staal is cross-eyed. Oh god, it's bugging me.
-The little eye-roll DT does is great. Also, nice teeth. Oh, and the fact that DT wears out his chucks in EXACTLY the same pattern I do amuses me for some strange reason. /utterly random
-Well, at least Luke's not crazy enough to kill people. Unfortunately, that just makes him pathetic.
-Sylvia cracks! Aw.
-Can I repeat over and over how amazing Wilf/Bernard Cribbins is? And how positively amazing Donna/Catherine Tate is? The understated intimacy of the two of them on the phone was just heartbreaking.
-AARGH military dumbasses! Gee, no, let's NOT listen to the expert consultant with hundreds of years more experience than us that we brought in. WTF, why is the military always portrayed as being so bloody STUPID?
-"The planet is going nuclear! I admire them. The bravery of idiots is bravery nonetheless!" This little speech, and the fondly amused way he said it, actually made me like General Staal. Is that wrong?
-OHHH NOOO, don't die, Ross! You're too cute to die! ...OH BUGGER. Poor Doctor.
-Shooting their zombie!troops. Oh, poor form.
-The Brig gets a mention! Whoo, that'll make the Classic fen pee their pants.
"I've got my secret weapon." "And what's that?" "You." "Somehow that's not making me happy." *love* She does it not because she's the sort of woman that makes a solider, but because it's necessary. Brave Donna!
-Love the Doctor for telling Donna she's got what it takes. Cheer on my girl!
-"But it's Sontaran shaped; you need three fingers!" "You've got three fingers." "Oh yeah!" LOL.
-The Doctor talks to the phone like he wants to kiss it. *ded* "Oh, shut up." Donna would SO top.
-The Doctor in a gas mask! Oh, priceless.
-"Are you my mummy?" LOL WHUT. At a time like this, Doctor, referencing your past adventures as if they were...oh...fannish in-jokes...may not be the best use of time.
-"It's the Valiant!" The Doc's "OMGWTF?" moment here is great. And again, I love UNIT's theme music.
-Huh, notice how the Doctor's hair is back to perfect almost instantly.
-"Might as well have worn a T-shirt saying, 'clone.' Although not in front of Captain Jack." *snorts* *imagines* "Hello. Aaand hello!"
-Aaand the Sontarans are officially insane. Who thinks dying is wonderful? *spins finger by ear*
-SEE THE ANKLE PATCHES?! People need to stop saying those are whited out with fabric paint. I can see the logo clearly, dammit!
-Even Martha's clone is kinda awesome. She was so given the short stick as a character, that's obvious now.
-"Did I ever tell you how much I hate you?" Whee.
-Wilf still has faith in Donna! *more love*
-CLEANSING SKY OF FIRE! Burn the poison in the atmosphere away. I love it.
-Obligatory Doctor-as-martyr moment. Why on earth would you offer a choice to live to a species which is not designed to make any other choice but war and death? GAH.
-GO LUKE. Best ending for him possible. *cheers*
-Donna, naturally, gives the Doctor the best possible demonstration of the only correct opinion here.
-Aw, Donna and Wilf made me tear up AGAIN. He needs one trip, at least.
-Another cliffhanger! For pete's sake. Although I now admit to being curious as to what could remotely operate the TARDIS.
Regarding the preview:
Why, exactly, is the Doctor's daughter perfect and blonde? I sense that this could just possibly be a disaster. But then, I've had a sinking feeling in my stomach since I heard the title of the sixth episode. "God, what if she shows up, and he didn't know she existed, and she's PERFECT?" GAH.
Also, it's incredibly strange to hear David Tennant say this chick is his daughter when he's visibly not old enough to be her father.
PLEASE DON'T SUCK, SHOW. It's so tragic when you suck.
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Date: 2008-05-04 03:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-04 06:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-04 04:01 am (UTC)I liked it... cause it was the first thing I thought when they got out those gas-masks.
But hated the burning atmosphere. Though I wish it would work in real life...
And well... the Doctor IS many hundred years old. With weird time-lines, timelord regeneration and everything she could be his daughter (and Susan could still be his grand-daughter). But I expect it's something totally different... especially after reading some spoilers.
And I like Donna... but could she stop crying so often please... x.x,
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Date: 2008-05-04 06:30 am (UTC)Donna does cry a lot! Normally that would really bug me, but it hasn't (yet) because she always cries for a real reason. I mean, she really FEELS the loss, which I like. She's not like some other companions who are tougher/more heroic...she's a very ordinary person who happens to have stumbled on this amazing opportunity and has taken it. Even though it's almost too much for her.
I think she's amazing, really (and Catherine Tate does a great job acting her in a sympathetic way), but...I guess that's probably VERY obvious by now. Heh.
I do understand what you mean, though. Like I said, I would normally find her sort of character annoying. Just not this time.
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Date: 2008-05-04 11:07 am (UTC)Sylvia kinda rocks, though. "Well, don't just stand there, get him out!"
That rocked a LOT. She's so Donna's mum, it's almost not funny xD.
Yet another use for the sonic screwdriver. Even I'm starting to get a little sick of that.
But it's the sonic screwdriver. It's a magic wand. It's the ultimate gadget. *starts 'Support the Screwdriver' support group*
Unexpected!Rose again.
I almost missed her the first time I watched. Actually, she annoyed me, because the episode was such a shiny Ten/Donna episode, and we already had to put up with Martha messing with their dynamics, so I didn't want to have Rose in there, too, who would once again make all the Rose fen as well as the Rose haters post three bajillion reaction posts about that 2-milliseconds scene.
/rant.
You're too cute to die! ...OH BUGGER. Poor Doctor.
Aw, yes. The Doctor so had a thing for Ross. And Ross would have made an awesome companion. *sniffles*
Huh, notice how the Doctor's hair is back to perfect almost instantly.
It's TIEMHAIR. It does that.
Donna, naturally, gives the Doctor the best possible demonstration of the only correct opinion here.
I adored that so much. Especially because Martha's all like, CUDDLE TIEMZ NAO, and Donna decides that first of all, she needs to get it straight that idiotic martyr missions are NOT THE HELL ON. And the Doctor's surprised flinch and wide eyes were made of win, too.
Aw, Donna and Wilf made me tear up AGAIN. He needs one trip, at least.
Those two are so much made of win. I love them so hard. And yeah, Wilf needs a trip. Come on, Donna, the Doctor will do anything you tell him, anyway.
As to the burning atmosphere thing, it didn't really make any scientific sense, but then, this is Doctor Who, the show with the Timey Whimey Detectors, so I can live with that xD. And the symbolic value was awesome, as well as the Doctor's 'please please please' line.
Humankind will have to build a truckload of new planes, though.
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Date: 2008-05-04 05:26 pm (UTC)Don't get me wrong, I adore the screwdriver. I'm not with the crowd that wants to banish it again. Just...he could have impressively flipped some switches or something and I would have been just as convinced. The screwdriver didn't need to have another function. "Tuning transmission onto alien ship," seems oddly far-fetched a function for it. Dunno.
The Doctor so had a thing for Ross.
He DID. He looked so devastated when Ross died. My exact thought was, "Damn, he really DID have a thing for him." Just a bit, anyway.
and Donna decides that first of all, she needs to get it straight that idiotic martyr missions are NOT THE HELL ON.
YES, EXACTLY. Very much made of win.
Humankind will have to build a truckload of new planes, though.
LOL, that didn't even occur to me. But, um, since the gas is coming from ground level, it CLEARLY makes sense to ground all planes, yes?
...Well, nevermind...
And I'm just in denial about the Rose reactions, really.
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Date: 2008-05-04 06:44 pm (UTC)He looked so devastated when Ross died.
He did, didn't he. If my mind weren't so dead dead dead from RL, I'd write something about those two. They had shiny dynamics, and Ross was fun.
Lol, I bet some smart airport guy had the idea, 'Oi, let's just put all people into planes and send them up to get them out of harm's way as long as possible!' and never considered that some mad Time Lord with too many explosives on his hands might go and ignite the atmosphere... xD.
Denial is good. I'm getting on that bandwagon.
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Date: 2008-05-04 05:39 pm (UTC)Nice if I'm actually not ranting to myself, but I was just saying I don't mind if I am. I'm at peace with my inner geek. I just wanted to say that. :P
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Date: 2008-05-04 06:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-06 05:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-06 08:00 am (UTC)But then...if I had the Ninth Doctor's history and then someone gave me a gas mask, I suppose I would do the same thing.
It was mostly made awesome by how perfectly Ten said it.