mrv3000 | Taking a break since my brain hurts.

The Mind Robber (Two, Jamie, Zoe)

Oh man. The writers were seriously on drugs. Okay, it was supposed to be an Alice in Wonderland take-off, but still. Unicorns, Rapunzel, Medusa... HIGH. As little British kites.
I'm still calling Zoe "Gidget." She's getting a bit *too* perky. Although I was amused - I think she's supposed to be from the year 2002 or something? Nice sparkly spandex!
Thought it was interesting they had to use a different actor for Jamie for part of the episode. At least they made it make sense. But they must have been running on *tight* production schedules back then if they had to go that route when the actor got sick.
I've decided no one is allowed to reuse names ever again. EVER. Well, you see, he's the Master, but not *the* Master... It's like that Gweneth/Gwen thing. STOP IT.

The Claws of Axos (Three, Jo)

Overall kind of a 'meh' episode, but there were a lot of fun elements to it. Like when the Master started fiddling with the Doctor's TARDIS - okay, yeah. He was doing it because he wanted to get off Earth. But his attitude was funny - "oh bloody hell! what'd he do to this thing?!" I like to think that *all* Time Lords, even evil ones, are supernerds where they can't help but to instantly crawl underneath a console and start tinkering.
So they arrested the Doctor and decided to hold him *in the lab*. Ahahahahahahaha! And the Doctor makes instant use of the particle accelerator to fiddle with a mineral, causing *ahem* unexpected expansion. "Imprisoned" is really a relative term to the Doctor.
So the Master and the Doctor start working together and immediately begin squirreling away particle accelerator parts into the Doctor's TARDIS. So also, *all* Time Lords are shoplifting packrats. American dude: Um, why exactly are they doing that? Jo: *shrugs*
Speaking of Jo - poor Jo. Pure wallpaper in this episode.
Think I saw some very wild speculation that this Mr. Saxon (think he's either the new PM or in some position of power in The Runaway Bride) could be related to the Axons. Eh. They weren't all that terribly interesting of villains. Although I wonder if this was the first time anyone's ever thought of the living spaceship concept. And I'm sure the set design was extremely original when this first aired (think Lexx.)
I love it when they do - or try to do - American accents. It's so CUTE! :)
I didn't *really* think the Doctor was abandoning Earth to save his own skin, however, it was apparent that he thought he'd be able to save Earth *and* get the hell away from the planet. *SNORTS* Poor Doctor. The Time Lords have clearly inflicted RTDitus on him. It's a wonder he still hangs out on Earth a lot after his forced exile on it.
My Three love continues. He's just so snifty.