Haven't consumed any more pop culture recently, so I'm a little stuck on topics. I'm afraid I'll be even worse off by the next post here (probably Thursday), but maybe I'll find a time for a little something. Until then: reviews of the first half of season 4 of Doctor Who, since at the end of season 3 I found myself wishing I had written more as I went a long.
"Partners in Crime" was a good fun episode. Re-introduced Donna, told us how much she'd matured since last time we met her, and showed how hilarious a combination she and the Doctor are. Not a brilliant masterpiece, by any meanse, but still funny and enjoyable.
I wasn't super keen on "Fires of Pompeii," although I was also multitasking it with doing other things at the time, so that my have been part of the problem. I did like how Donna actually questioned the Doctor's actions instead of just going along blindly the way Rose and Martha tended to. I also liked the 'household gods' scene at the end.
"Planet of the Ood" was definitely my favourite of the first six. It was such a touching story, and it was kind of nice to see some explanation about the Ood. I will admit: I cried.
The two parter of "The Santorum Strategem"/"The Poison Sky" was alright, but not the best. The genius kid was kind of boring, and the Santorum were certainly not the most interesting enemy we've seen. I did like getting to see Martha being assertive and confident and in charge, rather than all "oh no why doesn't the Doctor love me waaahhh." I guess this is finally getting some closure on the season 3 finale. She spent her year away and even though that year didn't exist for anyone else in the world, it made a difference for her, and she is better because of it. This is what I wanted to see with her.
"The Doctor's Daughter" was also not the best. I'm curious to see what happens if/when she comes back. I assume that is clearly what they intended, but I would have expected it to happen sooner than IMDb claims it's going to. Hmmm. Anyway. I really liked the realization at the end that the war had only been going on for a matter of weeks. It's scary what amount of hatred there was between them. Also I don't understand why the TARDIS didn't translate for the Hath. They made me sad.
I guess that's it for now. I've already seen the next three episodes, but I don't remember the exact plot of "The Unicorn and the Wasp" and "Silence of the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" are two of my favourite episodes. I haven't seen the next two, and then I'm excited to re-watch "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" now that I actually understand who everyone is and what the heck is going on. Then we're onto the specials and then season 5! I'm hoping to be caught up by the time season 6 starts on April 23, but we'll see how that goes.
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