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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Things I'm excited about finding out as I catch up on Doctor Who

IMDb cites Rose as appearing in 34 episodes.  From what I've seen, I know there are 13 in each of the first two seasons + "The Christmas Invasion" + "The Stolen Planet" + "Journey's End" + they count the brief flashback in "The Runaway Bride".  So she shows up  in four episodes that I don't know about... what?  I hope it's actually her and not just more flashbacks.

When/How do they meet back up with Captain Jack?  I know it's in season 3 and I know it must be soon (because I'm already halfway through, somehow), but I wanna knowwww!

What makes Martha leave the Doctor?  I just finished "The Lazarus Experiment", when she becomes official full-time companion and not just a one-trip passenger, and right now I can't imagine her ever choosing to leave, and I don't see the Doctor kicking her out, either.  I know from "The Stolen Planet:"/"Journey's End" that she doesn't die or get trapped in a parallel universe or have to have her memory wiped or anything, so she must just... choose to leave, or something.  Why?

Does the Doctor ever get over Rose?  Does he still bring her up sometimes when he's with Donna, the way he does, so far, with Martha?  I mean he's obviously not over her by "Journey's End".  Perhaps knowing that at least she gets the happy ending, even if he doesn't, will help?  What about Eleven?  Does he still love her?  I'm still not sure exactly how this regeneration thing works, maybe he would change enough?  I mean I guess he can't just never get over her... by the time I get caught up to the end it will be three seasons since he's lost her, and it would probably be kind of weird to keep dragging up characters that haven't really been on the show for four years.  And the ending of "Journey's End" seemed kind of final, although so did "Doomsday", and we see how that turned out.  But they can't just keep bringing her back a million times.  And I guess when you're that old you get used to moving on and he'll cope somehow.  But right now it  just seems wrong.

Speaking of Eleven, does anything stay the same with him, other than River Song?  Does he still occasionally see Martha and Jack and Sarah Jane Smith and all the gang?

And speaking of River Song, I also want to be caught up so I can join in on the speculation about her!

And speaking of 'all the gang,' what about Mickey?  Do we ever see him again?  What sort of adventures did he have after his return to the proper universe?  Funny how he has now chosen to stay in the opposite universe from Rose twice.  I mean I guess it would be hard for him.  I never really liked him as character that much, but I did feel sorry for him, and I think he definitely became more interesting after some time being a real person on his own (in "Army of Ghosts" + "Doomsday").  It would be interesting for him to come back to the show at some point, although I suppose he would be sort of irrelevant without Rose to tie him in?  I don't know.

I've heard mentions of The Master through my occasional cautious excursions into forums, wikipedia, IMDb, etc., but I don't know who he is yet.  Who is he?  What's his deal?

What happens to make Ten regenerate?  How does Eleven meet Amy?  Season 5 is the one that I know the least about, so I'm kind of excited to get there because it will be the least-spoiled and therefore most exciting one.

Mostly, I'm just excited to get caught up so I can geek out about it with getting spoiler'd every time I try to look something up.

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