Quick note that I meant to say last post - the other thing about Rose and Doctor 2.0 is that although Doc2 might have all of the Doctors knowledge and memories and mind and everything, he also has a fair amount of Donna in there. That ought to keep things interesting for Rose!
Alright, on to the specials!
I'd seen "The Next Doctor" twice already, so this was my third viewing. It's not the most brilliant episode, but it is a fun little romp. The Cybermen, for some reason, always crack me up ("That was designated a lieee" gets me every time). I also appreciate the slightly Steampunk style of the Cyberking. Also the 'TARDIS' was fantastic. I guess this isn't a very fun episode to re-watch because a lot of the interest depends on revealing the truth about 'the Doctor,' so once you've seen it once it's not quite as fun the next go round (or two).
"The Planet of the Dead" I had also seen before, and I'm really not sure what to make of it. I love the interactions between the Doctor and Lady Christina. I feel like in some ways she's very similar to Rose, just that she's a bad girl who already leads an exciting life instead of a good girl who hadn't had adventures yet. I don't know, I guess I had a problem with the treatment of the Doctor, too. The transition from "very very sad" at the end of season 4 to "obviously still sad, but coping" in "The Next Doctor" is believable, but then somehow for this episode being "basically normal but then at the end OH I CAN'T TAKE YOU, right, I am supposed to be sad and alone" is sort of absurd. Also, a lot of the story just feels so contrived. I don't know. The 'security' at the museum? Pffft. Having a psychic woman on the bus for apparently the sole purpose of her being able to say the "he will knock four times" line? Sort of absurd. I don't know. Not my favourite episode.
I had actually not seen "The Waters of Mars" before, but holy shit. This is probably the creepiest piece of television I have ever seen. No joke. I was going to list especially creepy scenes, but there were just too many of them. Also, like "Midnight," added creepiness for the Doctor not knowing what it was. And then extra super added creepiness for the Doctor getting scary at the end. I actually thought this episode was really really good, extremely good television, so you'd think I'd have more to say about it, but I really don't. It was hella creepy. More exposition on 'fixed points' was interesting. I liked Adelaide Brooke as a character. Doctor got scary at the end. That's about it. I guess we could talk about Adelaide's suicide... was that her feeling obligated to kill herself to make things right? Would it have worked out properly if she'd lived? If the Doctor had taken the same course of action but not told Adelaide she had to die, would she have killed herself? Or did the universe make it happen to fix the Doctor's mistake? Was he really allowed to change the laws of time like that? Lots of interesting questions, and I feel like they're leading into the next episode. Also, Ood! Why was there an Ood?
I'm both really excited and really not excited for "The End of Time." Really excited because I want to see if it does clear up things that the Doctor did in "The Waters of Mars," and also to see what the Ood have to do with it. Mostlly, though, it's one of the few major episodes that hasn't been spoiled for me. All I knew was the regeneration, and that Wilf is going to be the companion, and then from the preview at the end of "The Waters of Mars" I know that it involves the Master, but that is ALL. So I'm pumped for UNEXPECTED MAJOR HAPPENINGS. But at the same time I just want to stop now and never watch it because NO MORE DAVID TENNANT. I've heard so many good things about Matt Smith, but, but right now it seems hard to imagine it ever being okay.
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