Doctor Who geekery the second
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Things not said before, and then stuff about the finale part ii:
I find it fascinating that the show has created a special that features the Companions.
I'm also fascinated that, indeed, his Companions *are* soldiers. With hearts, of course, but still soldiers. With so many of them in the past being victims, this is...fabulous.
Ok, so. Watched "Journeys End".
As an Old School Whovian, this episode delighted me because it answered SO many questions. Is the Doctor part human, as has been theorized since the first episode that featured his granddaughter, Susan?
No.
Is he a being that is able to have a full blown romantic relationship with a human?
Apparently not.
(Though I've yet to see all of "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" so I don't really know much about River yet....and I'm curious, of course, because maybe she will change my mind yet again about how his hearts work.)
I love the way that the Companions go from being freaked out terrified of the Daleks to all basically shouting "HELL NO!!!!" at them. Great stuff.
I agree with you,
rm, about why Jack acts the way he does towards Donna.
Gods, I love Donna. Her departure just shattered me...and I loved DoctorDonna. And as Old School goes, it was fabulous to see a female Doctor....Sorta. Yes, quite a lot like Rose connecting with the TARDIS, and I get why Donna had to not be allowed to be a hybrid, but what a fascinating idea.
I love her grandfather.
I still want to slap her mother.
Keeping in mind I truly do love this episode...
* Davros/the Daleks.... Waaaaaay too much Star Wars stuff going on. He's a mad scientist. I have huge amounts of trouble with him suddenly being The Emperor.
* Hauling the Earth back to its rightful location...Wow, my brain just couldn't buy it. Sorry, nope, no. (As one friend would say, "THIS is the plot point you have a problem with?" Yupperz.)
* Really have difficulty believing the Daleks would honestly want to be rulers of a universe - of all universes - where there are no planets. No other life forms? Sure. But to be rulers of nothing? Where the heck is the fun in THAT?
* And if the worlds are ending?
I have a hard time accepting the Master would not be there to say something.
(Not that I really want to see the current version of the Master again.)
* Did the Doctor lose a regeneration?
I have some big problems with how many lives we've gone through as it is. I'm not convinced that human-Doctor doesn't count as Doctor #11.
* As much fun as the human version of the Doctor was...yeeeeeah, had a problem with that too. It's a brilliant (and tragic) solution to the Rose storyline, and...will he ever really be over her? Will the human version ever really be enough to make her forget? Could it? I really don't know.
I have some trouble with Rose being sent back AGAIN into a world that is not her own, against her wishes and will. She'll do it, because he tells her to, and because she loves him, and she knows that yes, his human version needs to be locked away, far away, from the Doctor. But. But but but. I think Rose deserves better.
I find it fascinating that the show has created a special that features the Companions.
I'm also fascinated that, indeed, his Companions *are* soldiers. With hearts, of course, but still soldiers. With so many of them in the past being victims, this is...fabulous.
Ok, so. Watched "Journeys End".
As an Old School Whovian, this episode delighted me because it answered SO many questions. Is the Doctor part human, as has been theorized since the first episode that featured his granddaughter, Susan?
No.
Is he a being that is able to have a full blown romantic relationship with a human?
Apparently not.
(Though I've yet to see all of "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" so I don't really know much about River yet....and I'm curious, of course, because maybe she will change my mind yet again about how his hearts work.)
I love the way that the Companions go from being freaked out terrified of the Daleks to all basically shouting "HELL NO!!!!" at them. Great stuff.
I agree with you,
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Gods, I love Donna. Her departure just shattered me...and I loved DoctorDonna. And as Old School goes, it was fabulous to see a female Doctor....Sorta. Yes, quite a lot like Rose connecting with the TARDIS, and I get why Donna had to not be allowed to be a hybrid, but what a fascinating idea.
I love her grandfather.
I still want to slap her mother.
Keeping in mind I truly do love this episode...
* Davros/the Daleks.... Waaaaaay too much Star Wars stuff going on. He's a mad scientist. I have huge amounts of trouble with him suddenly being The Emperor.
* Hauling the Earth back to its rightful location...Wow, my brain just couldn't buy it. Sorry, nope, no. (As one friend would say, "THIS is the plot point you have a problem with?" Yupperz.)
* Really have difficulty believing the Daleks would honestly want to be rulers of a universe - of all universes - where there are no planets. No other life forms? Sure. But to be rulers of nothing? Where the heck is the fun in THAT?
* And if the worlds are ending?
I have a hard time accepting the Master would not be there to say something.
(Not that I really want to see the current version of the Master again.)
* Did the Doctor lose a regeneration?
I have some big problems with how many lives we've gone through as it is. I'm not convinced that human-Doctor doesn't count as Doctor #11.
* As much fun as the human version of the Doctor was...yeeeeeah, had a problem with that too. It's a brilliant (and tragic) solution to the Rose storyline, and...will he ever really be over her? Will the human version ever really be enough to make her forget? Could it? I really don't know.
I have some trouble with Rose being sent back AGAIN into a world that is not her own, against her wishes and will. She'll do it, because he tells her to, and because she loves him, and she knows that yes, his human version needs to be locked away, far away, from the Doctor. But. But but but. I think Rose deserves better.
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Date: 2008-07-29 08:59 pm (UTC)re: 9 VS 10
Oh, the change is inarguable. Even 10's change in this regeneration. I don't think 9 would have tried to save Davros..
re: 10 VS 10.5
I get what you're saying.
I think my problem is that it feels like 10 is 'banishing' 10.5, and so I'm not sure he'd give him a TARDIS. And what happens when 10.5 passes away..?
re: regeneration
Ok, this clicks better in my head. If the Timelords are self-regulating themselves somehow, then they can't be omnipotent eternal creatures.
I think if it was a matter of choice, though, that...well. I wonder how the Master's struggle to continue past 13 lives fits into that theory?