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• I'd massively spoiled myself for this episode ahead of time, and I was really worried it was going to be a Satan Pit redux. There *were* a few elements that were identical, but it wasn't as bad as I'd thought it might be. "Burn with me" wasn't nearly as scary as "Don't turn around" though. That line still can creep me out.
  
  
• "Don't they teach recreational mathematics any more?" HA!! Love it. So very the Doctor. :D
  
  
• Heh. Scott Summers-type helmet. Someone's been watching the X-Men.
  
  
• It's interesting, in the multitude of repeatable lines in S3, there have been more than a few that Martha has said about the Doctor, that in S1 and S2 the Doctor said about Rose. This time around, "I believe in him."
  
  
• I think we just saw the first glimpse of Martha missing her life.
  
  
• Wow. Pretty big contrast to the Satan Pit where the Doctor was going on about "Brilliant humans! Amazing! All of you!" and the Doctor jumping into the pit out of faith. This time around we get "Humans! You grab whatever's nearest and bleed it dry!" and the Doctor scared out of his mind. And his look at the end when back in the TARDIS? :( :(
  
  
• Now why couldn't Martha have used the comm system to relay the information instead of running all that way?
  
  
• All in all, fairly entertaining ep IMO. But I tend to like the more action-oriented eps. Of course, the Doctor's just so, SO lost this series and that part is gut-wrenching.