Doctor Who: glorious overload
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dangermousieWarning, warning, warning, WARNING.
Watching the last four episodes of Doctor Who's S3 will cause your brain to hyperventilate!
I am seriously bouncing off the walls right now.
I will have tons of meta and lots of screencaps, but for now:
Jack!!!!!!!
THE MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So insane, so evil, so impossible not to watch, so hopelessly broken (the more I learn about Gallifrey, the less I like it. Who the FUCK makes eight year olds take the kinds of test that drive a sizeable portions of them insane?)
Derek Jacobi and John Simm!
Jack and the Doctor conversations. God, I love the two of them. I want them to travel together. Lovely, lovely Jack, willing to hit anything in sight, whichever gender and species, and so awesome. Mmmmm, I really must watch Totchwood now. But I love their conversations: the hardness and affection and connection. They are much more equals now.
Creepy creepy Lucy! Horrific and pitiable at once.
Bleakness of the villains (I gasped out loud). The thought of this being the ultimate fate of humanity...serious gasps.
The Doctor losing yet again. He was crying, holding the Master in his arms. He was willing to give up travelling to take care of him. He really is a 'Doctor,' isn't he? Wanting to make everyone better. He is so desperately lonely, so in need of 'meaning' (he says he now has someone to take care of). And the Master, refusing to regenerate and dying in his arms. OMG. The two last Time Lords are so broken.
Rose mentions all over the place!!!!! And Jack going to see her a few times when she was growing up, and the Doctor's still very active missage of her and the way he shuts down and shuts out.
The Master has got The Doctor in a CAGE. With a dog bowl. OMG. Seriously, I can only imagine the kind of fic this show gets (loved Martha doing the whole obvious s/m connotations with the name of The Master).
The Doctor freaking out when he finds out who this is and his TARDIS is taken. The desperation.
'I forgive you.' OMG. I got shivers. Shivers. After all of it, after all of it, the Doctor can say that. And how that is the one thing the Doctor wants to say and the one thing the Master is unable to bear.
Doc Tom was hot and awesome. I hope Martha hooks up with him. I loved that she left and the way she left: she's proven herself to herself (I think part of her crush on the Doctor was validation: if he liked her back, she'd be validated, but she knows she doesn't need it now) and she ha admitted to herself he will never love her, never ever open up, the way he did to Rose and even to Jack, the way the Master knows him. And she decided to leave. Which was awesome. Now she has people to care for (her family, reunited). I find it interesting that so many characters in the show are looking for someone to care for, or find their meaning in that. This is literally the Doctor's goal and dream. Martha learns it by the end. Jack doesn't go time travelling with the Doctor because he has his team to take care of. Rose was taking care of her Mum before she met the Doctor and ended up taking care of him. Mickey stays in alternaworld to take care of his grandma, etc etc etc. It all goes round.
Of course, the thing with Martha (I confess to never warming up to her, but at least I stopped disliking her) makes sense. She doesn't need the infatuation. It's not true love, so once she has proven herself, once she found her meaning, there is no point in her staying. In a way, he situation is the mirror reversal of Rose. She started out having this schoolgirl crush, she saw him as some sort of shining prince, after Smith&Jones, someone charming and effortless and amazing and perfect. And she learned slowly, and even then only a bit, that this isn't the case: he is messed up, can be cruel, will never let her in. And that's the thing, she doesn't really know him, he won't let her. So he illusions are somewhat gone, she accepts reality, she has self-worth, she leaves. While with Rose, it's the other way around. She didn't fall for him off the bat: she went along because it would be cool and adventuring, but she saw him from the start as messed up, damaged, and heck, she even saved him in the first ep. (Nine was worse at hiding things and desperate for connection, and Ten let her in because he already knew/loved her and she saved him from guilt and loneliness). No way to go but up from their start of 'Rose.' So for Rose, the prime motivator was always her love for the Doctor. She would stick around no matter what, as long as he still wanted her. But for Martha, it is not like that. She choses her family over Ten (mirror reversal to Rose) because, just like Rose, she choses the most real thing in her life. Only for Rose it's the Doctor. And for Martha, because of everything, including the (lack of) feeling of Ten himself, the most real thing is 'normal' life. I am not sure if I am explaining it well.
JACK IS THE FACE OF BOE. I am in love with this show. Makes so much sense.
Oh Jack. Getting executed all over. Eeek.
Did I mention the Doctor crying?
Because...
OK, I guess I did meta some. But more to come, I swear, my head is buzzing. But not drumming.
Watching the last four episodes of Doctor Who's S3 will cause your brain to hyperventilate!
I am seriously bouncing off the walls right now.
I will have tons of meta and lots of screencaps, but for now:
Jack!!!!!!!
THE MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So insane, so evil, so impossible not to watch, so hopelessly broken (the more I learn about Gallifrey, the less I like it. Who the FUCK makes eight year olds take the kinds of test that drive a sizeable portions of them insane?)
Derek Jacobi and John Simm!
Jack and the Doctor conversations. God, I love the two of them. I want them to travel together. Lovely, lovely Jack, willing to hit anything in sight, whichever gender and species, and so awesome. Mmmmm, I really must watch Totchwood now. But I love their conversations: the hardness and affection and connection. They are much more equals now.
Creepy creepy Lucy! Horrific and pitiable at once.
Bleakness of the villains (I gasped out loud). The thought of this being the ultimate fate of humanity...serious gasps.
The Doctor losing yet again. He was crying, holding the Master in his arms. He was willing to give up travelling to take care of him. He really is a 'Doctor,' isn't he? Wanting to make everyone better. He is so desperately lonely, so in need of 'meaning' (he says he now has someone to take care of). And the Master, refusing to regenerate and dying in his arms. OMG. The two last Time Lords are so broken.
Rose mentions all over the place!!!!! And Jack going to see her a few times when she was growing up, and the Doctor's still very active missage of her and the way he shuts down and shuts out.
The Master has got The Doctor in a CAGE. With a dog bowl. OMG. Seriously, I can only imagine the kind of fic this show gets (loved Martha doing the whole obvious s/m connotations with the name of The Master).
The Doctor freaking out when he finds out who this is and his TARDIS is taken. The desperation.
'I forgive you.' OMG. I got shivers. Shivers. After all of it, after all of it, the Doctor can say that. And how that is the one thing the Doctor wants to say and the one thing the Master is unable to bear.
Doc Tom was hot and awesome. I hope Martha hooks up with him. I loved that she left and the way she left: she's proven herself to herself (I think part of her crush on the Doctor was validation: if he liked her back, she'd be validated, but she knows she doesn't need it now) and she ha admitted to herself he will never love her, never ever open up, the way he did to Rose and even to Jack, the way the Master knows him. And she decided to leave. Which was awesome. Now she has people to care for (her family, reunited). I find it interesting that so many characters in the show are looking for someone to care for, or find their meaning in that. This is literally the Doctor's goal and dream. Martha learns it by the end. Jack doesn't go time travelling with the Doctor because he has his team to take care of. Rose was taking care of her Mum before she met the Doctor and ended up taking care of him. Mickey stays in alternaworld to take care of his grandma, etc etc etc. It all goes round.
Of course, the thing with Martha (I confess to never warming up to her, but at least I stopped disliking her) makes sense. She doesn't need the infatuation. It's not true love, so once she has proven herself, once she found her meaning, there is no point in her staying. In a way, he situation is the mirror reversal of Rose. She started out having this schoolgirl crush, she saw him as some sort of shining prince, after Smith&Jones, someone charming and effortless and amazing and perfect. And she learned slowly, and even then only a bit, that this isn't the case: he is messed up, can be cruel, will never let her in. And that's the thing, she doesn't really know him, he won't let her. So he illusions are somewhat gone, she accepts reality, she has self-worth, she leaves. While with Rose, it's the other way around. She didn't fall for him off the bat: she went along because it would be cool and adventuring, but she saw him from the start as messed up, damaged, and heck, she even saved him in the first ep. (Nine was worse at hiding things and desperate for connection, and Ten let her in because he already knew/loved her and she saved him from guilt and loneliness). No way to go but up from their start of 'Rose.' So for Rose, the prime motivator was always her love for the Doctor. She would stick around no matter what, as long as he still wanted her. But for Martha, it is not like that. She choses her family over Ten (mirror reversal to Rose) because, just like Rose, she choses the most real thing in her life. Only for Rose it's the Doctor. And for Martha, because of everything, including the (lack of) feeling of Ten himself, the most real thing is 'normal' life. I am not sure if I am explaining it well.
JACK IS THE FACE OF BOE. I am in love with this show. Makes so much sense.
Oh Jack. Getting executed all over. Eeek.
Did I mention the Doctor crying?
Because...
OK, I guess I did meta some. But more to come, I swear, my head is buzzing. But not drumming.
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Date: 2007-10-27 06:22 am (UTC)I think Eccleston did such a great job with Nine, that many people were worried about how the new guy would fair following him up. I admit I was familiar with Tennant before I saw him in Who (Blackpool, for one). But the Xmas invasion, or even the idea of a Christmas Special at all, really was a fun ride into getting to know Ten, and I think it successfully endeared him to most. It is not that I love him more than Nine, because Tennant and Eccleston are impossible to compare, but love them in completely different ways.
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Date: 2007-10-28 03:46 am (UTC)Elizabeth is a movie I find somewhat problematic (historically, it drives me up the wall) but he was brilliant in it. I had no idea who he was, but I was 'OMG, who the guy playing Norfolk?' I loved the intensity.
I admit the Doctor Who fixation has sort of reinvigorated CE love. I ended up ordering Our Friends in the North series. Let's see how it is.
I have never seen Tennant in anything before Who and was a bit apprehensive. I mean, I loved Nine so much, and I looked at some pics of Tennant and wasn't imprssed (he is incredibly charismatic but not classically good-looking, obviously). I was won over ASAP though. Now I want to watch everything he's ever been in. Am waiting for Blackpool to arrive.
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Date: 2007-10-28 07:44 am (UTC)Yes, I'd agree with you about Tennant. If you had never seen him act in anything before, you have every right to be a little apphrensive as to why everyone fangirls him. He is not classically handsome as many leading men are, but still (in my opinion) good looking in an entirely different way. I think the appeal of him comes down to seeing him in action. You just cannot deny the charisma and intensity he brings to all his characters, and even off screen as well. In terms of the roles he does, he lends to a very charming Doctor, quite cheeky. And then on the flip side does roles like Casanova which is certainly not the "type" you would imagine him as, looking at him (have you see it? It is amazing!)
Enjoy Blackpool! I just adore it. DT gets to be his natural Scottish self - always a bonus.
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Date: 2007-10-28 02:19 pm (UTC)Re: Tennant. You are so right. I have just posted Doomsday caps last night, and I remember thinking that it's like a switch: now that the 'he is attractive' switch flipped on, I can't see him as anything but, and get highly swoony. It's all this giddy energey.
I haven't seen Casanova, but I really want to, at least after I found out he is in it. Normally I am 'OK, guy slept around Europe, blah.' But what can I say, I am easily swayed :P
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Date: 2007-10-28 06:45 pm (UTC)Yes, he has an attractive switch! One that won't turn off once your eyes have been opened! Damn him! :P
The BBC Casanova is great. Partially larking about, and another part trying to focus on the story of Casanova's life. Very different from the Hollywood version with Heath Ledger. DT is so charismatic. Even I, loving him, was intially a bit wary of him playing a role like Casanova, but he pulls it off so easily, and is so fabulous. Plus I just adore Venice, so I love seeing it captured on film.
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Date: 2007-10-30 04:29 am (UTC)I have always wanted to go to Venice.
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Date: 2007-10-30 05:37 am (UTC)DT's Casanova is written by Russell T. Davies, which is quite a cool fact. This version is far more historical, and far more focused on the facts we do know about Casanova, rather than just having him swanning around Venice all the time (a lot of it isn't based in Venice at all). It feels like RTD did a lot of research to get a fuller picture of the real man, rather than doing the same as the Hollywood version and glossing over it and working with what people already knew.
Venice is amazing and beautiful and so unique. I think everyone should go to Venice, and I would love to go back. It always looks amazing captured on film too.
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Date: 2007-10-30 01:31 pm (UTC)