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Merry Christmas! Hope everyone's having a good one. Mine's sort of still in progress and actually I'll be without computer access for the next couple of days. However, I did catch the new Who special. Priorities!
Under the Ron Moore style of television, we know that it's been a while for the Doctor since Journey's End. He's been doing Doctor stuff, like...composing music for the Proms. The usual. But the important thing is he's actually cracking a smile! What does this mean??
Fairly quickly we're introduced to a new creature. Apparently the Cybermen have decided to make a cat. Because...cats are soulless creatures and therefore easily adaptable as pets by the Cybermen? Whatever the reason, you must remember that this is NOT some dude wearing a mask. Because that'd be just silly.
Meet The Next Doctor. They instantly get into trouble.
Earning a "you frickin' morons!" from Rosita. Already Rosita makes for a great Companion.
Is it bad that all I could think of during this scene was "OMG, DT's back!"?
Rosita has the power of teleport!!! Any mention of which seemed to have gotten cut out. Well, I'm assuming it's teleport as opposed to flight since she managed to get up a 3 story building at the same moment as the Cybercat. The Doctor could use a Companion with handy powers.
"Rosita. Good name." I'm totally claiming this as a Rose reference! \o/
They kind of had me going about possible regeneration from Ten to Eleven, what with the other "Doctor's" flashbacks, right up until this scene. They tried to keep it subtle, but I knew he wasn't the Doctor at this moment.
I just thought this was pretty, the red against the black and white.
The TARDIS: Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style
Awww! [SQUISH]
Chucks shot! Oh, and sorry but your real name is Jackson Lake and you watched your wife die and then you absorbed my life. Happens more often than you'd think...
AWWWWWWWW! They showed all 10 Doctors! [LOVES]
"MEOW, bitches!"
"Damn! The Cybercat!"
Rosita is busy wondering why she's getting told off for smacking the evil woman when earlier the Doctor grinned with glee when Jackson exploded the heads of some Cybermen. Rosita then comes to the conclusion that the Doctor has a wildly fluctuating line of morality.
Did...did the Doctor just pull a sword out of his pants? o_O
AAAHHH!! HIS BACK!! Ahem. I mean, the Doctor saved Jackson's son! YAY!!
"Ray?!"
"I couldn't help it. It just popped in there."
"What?! What 'just popped in there?!'"
"I... I... I tried to think..."
"What did you DO, Ray?!"
"It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man."
Jackson: Don't you have anything to live for?
Doctor: No. RTD doesn't let me have shiny things. For more than 5 minutes anyway.
CyberKing: You're kidding me, right?
Balloon vs. Robot. And this is why DW is more awesome than EVERYTHING. :D
"Don't make me stop you. Really, don't. I have...powers."
"Pfffft. We have Cybercats. What kind of power could stop that?"
"How about the power...to move you. Oh, and glowing. Glowing pretty much signals your doom." [GLOWS]
[Cyberpeeps asplode]
It was a sunny day on Notal Five - perfect weather for the Cascading Dominoes Championships. After years of preparation, Steve was 5 dominoes from becoming his lifelong dream of Champion of the Universe (Dominoes Division) when a crackling glow lit the sky. He looked up with a "Hmm. That almost looks like the start of a transdimensional transport corridor. But that's only used on deserted planets--" WHAM.
The Doctor gets thanks. Awwwww. (The Doctor had "never" gotten any thanks before? Really?)
Companions just break his heart. WOE. (RTD, you are a bit of a bastard, aren't you?)
But yay! The Doctor's actually going off for Christmas dinner! :)
All in all, this was a fun episode! Pretty mindless, not terribly deep, but just fun. And not an anvil of angst! I think that requires drinking the whole bottle in the drinking game! [hic]
Under the Ron Moore style of television, we know that it's been a while for the Doctor since Journey's End. He's been doing Doctor stuff, like...composing music for the Proms. The usual. But the important thing is he's actually cracking a smile! What does this mean??
Fairly quickly we're introduced to a new creature. Apparently the Cybermen have decided to make a cat. Because...cats are soulless creatures and therefore easily adaptable as pets by the Cybermen? Whatever the reason, you must remember that this is NOT some dude wearing a mask. Because that'd be just silly.
Meet The Next Doctor. They instantly get into trouble.
Earning a "you frickin' morons!" from Rosita. Already Rosita makes for a great Companion.
Is it bad that all I could think of during this scene was "OMG, DT's back!"?
Rosita has the power of teleport!!! Any mention of which seemed to have gotten cut out. Well, I'm assuming it's teleport as opposed to flight since she managed to get up a 3 story building at the same moment as the Cybercat. The Doctor could use a Companion with handy powers.
"Rosita. Good name." I'm totally claiming this as a Rose reference! \o/
They kind of had me going about possible regeneration from Ten to Eleven, what with the other "Doctor's" flashbacks, right up until this scene. They tried to keep it subtle, but I knew he wasn't the Doctor at this moment.
I just thought this was pretty, the red against the black and white.
The TARDIS: Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style
Awww! [SQUISH]
Chucks shot! Oh, and sorry but your real name is Jackson Lake and you watched your wife die and then you absorbed my life. Happens more often than you'd think...
AWWWWWWWW! They showed all 10 Doctors! [LOVES]
"MEOW, bitches!"
"Damn! The Cybercat!"
Rosita is busy wondering why she's getting told off for smacking the evil woman when earlier the Doctor grinned with glee when Jackson exploded the heads of some Cybermen. Rosita then comes to the conclusion that the Doctor has a wildly fluctuating line of morality.
Did...did the Doctor just pull a sword out of his pants? o_O
AAAHHH!! HIS BACK!! Ahem. I mean, the Doctor saved Jackson's son! YAY!!
"Ray?!"
"I couldn't help it. It just popped in there."
"What?! What 'just popped in there?!'"
"I... I... I tried to think..."
"What did you DO, Ray?!"
"It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man."
Jackson: Don't you have anything to live for?
Doctor: No. RTD doesn't let me have shiny things. For more than 5 minutes anyway.
CyberKing: You're kidding me, right?
Balloon vs. Robot. And this is why DW is more awesome than EVERYTHING. :D
"Don't make me stop you. Really, don't. I have...powers."
"Pfffft. We have Cybercats. What kind of power could stop that?"
"How about the power...to move you. Oh, and glowing. Glowing pretty much signals your doom." [GLOWS]
[Cyberpeeps asplode]
It was a sunny day on Notal Five - perfect weather for the Cascading Dominoes Championships. After years of preparation, Steve was 5 dominoes from becoming his lifelong dream of Champion of the Universe (Dominoes Division) when a crackling glow lit the sky. He looked up with a "Hmm. That almost looks like the start of a transdimensional transport corridor. But that's only used on deserted planets--" WHAM.
The Doctor gets thanks. Awwwww. (The Doctor had "never" gotten any thanks before? Really?)
Companions just break his heart. WOE. (RTD, you are a bit of a bastard, aren't you?)
But yay! The Doctor's actually going off for Christmas dinner! :)
All in all, this was a fun episode! Pretty mindless, not terribly deep, but just fun. And not an anvil of angst! I think that requires drinking the whole bottle in the drinking game! [hic]
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coughs*Rose*coughs*Donna*coughs*Mr Copper would have been a great companion*coughs, ....
Also! The timourous beastie!!! Didn't that remind you of someone???
Lol!
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My thoughts exactly, when he said that!
The timourous beastie!!!
Yes, and from the same episode, "Where the hell have you been?"
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I decided out the Jackson wasn't the Doctor at the bit with the stethescope too, but it was because of a really tiny thing which RTD talked about in Christmas Confidential; they only showed him checking one heart.
And! That bit when they were being dragged across the floor I was wondering if they were going end up with holes in their trousers....
& I love how capslock his hair got when he was in the balloon!
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And aside from fearing for DT's back, I was thinking the same about the trousers. One of these days that brown suit is going to simply fall apart. :D
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Oh, definitely!! :D I automatically squeed after he said that, so I take that as a sign that it was a definite Rose reference. ;)
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Ha!
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Nope, because so did RTD. When they got to this part in the audio commentary, he said he feels quite guilty when watching these scenes. "No wonder the poor man's got a bad back!"
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I liked the weird CyberCats, they were rather scary!
Don't watch the confidential, RTD is all like "YAY there's heartbreaking stuff to come" *kicks him*
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Oh good Lord. And this is where I'm very happy that Ten II and Rose are off in the altverse. RTD seems determined to make the Doctor suffer, so at least there's that.
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"Rosita. Good name." I'm totally claiming this as a Rose reference! \o/
Absolutely! I squeed out loud at that. For more evidence, see Butterfly's comment above!
I have to say that I was cringing during all those stunts too.
An entertaining episode with just the right balance of fun and angst (even if I did sob a bit at the 'break my heart' line; damn you RTD and DT!). A HUGE improvement on last year's special.
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Glad you liked it!
Absolutely! I squeed out loud at that. For more evidence, see Butterfly's comment above!
:D
I have to say that I was cringing during all those stunts too.
Unfortunately, I think I'll forever be thinking that when I watch him from now on.
An entertaining episode with just the right balance of fun and angst (even if I did sob a bit at the 'break my heart' line; damn you RTD and DT!). A HUGE improvement on last year's special.
[nods] I don't mind tugging at the heartstrings, but thinking the Doctor was 1 step away from slitting his wrists like in the last 2 Christmas eps was too much.
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I have to say I laughed out loud at your cybercat references and the "Meow, bitches"! LOL
♥
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You'd think that'd be a bit dangerous!
I have to say I laughed out loud at your cybercat references and the "Meow, bitches"! LOL
:D
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YES. And does it make me a bad person that I still think they're cute and sort of want a pet one?
The TARDIS: Tethered Aerial Release Developed In Style
Awww! [SQUISH]
HEE. Exactly! :D I WANT ONE.
Rosita is busy wondering why she's getting told off for smacking the evil woman when earlier the Doctor grinned with glee when Jackson exploded the heads of some Cybermen. Rosita then comes to the conclusion that the Doctor has a wildly fluctuating line of morality.
XD I think the Doctor failed at being disapproving though. He sounded far too impressed!
Did...did the Doctor just pull a sword out of his pants? o_O
BIGGER ON THE INSIDE.
But I did NOT notice that the sword appearence was so random! XD
Balloon vs. Robot. And this is why DW is more awesome than EVERYTHING. :D
BWAH. Absolutely! XD
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:D Yes.
XD I think the Doctor failed at being disapproving though. He sounded far too impressed!
He sorta did, didn't he?
BIGGER ON THE INSIDE.
OF COURSE.
BWAH. Absolutely! XD
So fun!
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I did have to park my brtain in neutral, but TBH, that's where it normally is so I really enjoyed the special :D
Memories ~ RED DRESS OMG, Rosita bloody rocks, ripping off so many other films, why did Jackson assume that The Doctor never gets thanked? The Doctor dines *g*
Alas, lj has eaten my DW icons so [insert random icon]
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And I know the Doctor has been thanked before. Maybe not on the massive scale, but he has by individuals and so on. I mean, didn't the Queen thank him in the last Christmas episode? So not sure what that was all about.
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DW + Tenacious D? = FANGASM
And true, wth, the Doctor TOTALLY gets thanked!!...Doesn't he? Erm...doesn't he?!
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DW + Tenacious D? = FANGASM
I couldn't get that out of my head during that scene. :D
And true, wth, the Doctor TOTALLY gets thanked!!...Doesn't he? Erm...doesn't he?!
Um...yes. Maybe not on the massive scale as in this episode, but...yeah.
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Yes, sword from trousers. I totally noticed that.
Balloon vs. Tranzor-Z = awesomesauce. With a side of awesome. Also: DT should be forced to travel about with a wind machine to blow his hair around all sexily at all times.
And yes, during pretty much every stunt I was going "OMG! His back!!!"
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\o/
Yes, sword from trousers. I totally noticed that.
I had to rewind it a couple of times. :D
Balloon vs. Tranzor-Z = awesomesauce. With a side of awesome. Also: DT should be forced to travel about with a wind machine to blow his hair around all sexily at all times.
I think that would be a very good thing. [nods]
And yes, during pretty much every stunt I was going "OMG! His back!!!"
It was almost painful to watch at times!
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I'm just so glad that not!Doctor didn't run out of the Tardis saying it's bigger on the inside than the outside. His reation was just so much better, "Wonderfully silly".
And it's about time RTD let the Doctor go to Christmas dinner...
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Doctor: No. RTD doesn't let me have shiny things. For more than 5 minutes anyway.
TRUFAX.
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BWAH. Man, trying to escape from your sucky life by becoming the DOCTOR is just not a safe plan.
Did...did the Doctor just pull a sword out of his pants? o_O
They're bigger on the inside! *snerk*
(I don't have to read the rest of the comments to know you probably got 15 other replies saying the exact same thing!)
Jackson: Don't you have anything to live for?
Doctor: No. RTD doesn't let me have shiny things. For more than 5 minutes anyway.
MWAH. And AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. *sniffs*
"How about the power...to move you. Oh, and glowing. Glowing pretty much signals your doom." [GLOWS]
[Cyberpeeps asplode]
And BLUE glowing. That's when we know the Doctor is *really* drawing upon his Powers.
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Not really, no...
They're bigger on the inside! *snerk*
(I don't have to read the rest of the comments to know you probably got 15 other replies saying the exact same thing!)
Just you and Opal. :D
And BLUE glowing. That's when we know the Doctor is *really* drawing upon his Powers.
YES.
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*gently pets him*
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I really enjoyed the special and that not everyone freaking died at the end. I actually loved Voyage of the Damned but damn it had me in tears. It was nice to see the Doctor with a bit of hope again and I am so happy he went to dinner. This show will never be the same to me without Rose and Donna's end broke my heart, but I am a scifi geek and RTD showed me why I love Doctor Who.
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I really liked the Doctor and Jackson together. That was really fun. And I would totally be up for a man as a permanent companion. There's a different dynamic there that's really fun to see.
And they've got a Doctor display like what they showed? That's cool.
I'm not sure what to think about that whole "he never gets thanked" thing since it's not true. Like you, I hope that's not what the Doctor thinks. And if he does think that, he's not really been listening or something. It's weird.
To me this episode had a very good balance. RTD had his emo that he'll never be able to kick the habit of, but it didn't bog down the episode.
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No, I was thinking the exact same thing.
You're Ghostbusters reference, by the way, is made of win.
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There were a few times I was wincing.
You're Ghostbusters reference, by the way, is made of win.
:D
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No evil Santas this year.
Also, when Rosita was telling the Doctor about how she met Jackson Lake, I kept waiting for her to say, "... and then he was there. He just grabbed my hand, and yelled, 'Run!'"
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Oooh yeah!
No evil Santas this year.
Or angels. Or...god references! Who are you and what have you done to RTD?!
Also, when Rosita was telling the Doctor about how she met Jackson Lake, I kept waiting for her to say, "... and then he was there. He just grabbed my hand, and yelled, 'Run!'"
Awwwwwwwww!
nerdy question
Any scuttlebut on the significance of the names of the men Ms. Hartigan converted (or her name, for that matter)? I only ask because they made specific mention of the names three times, always in the same order, and that struck me as odd.
And her name just feels...familiar or something.
Re: nerdy question
If there's no specific significance to them, maybe she repeated them because they never knew what her name was until that day?
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