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[Queen E]

Life, the Universe, and Everything?

Or just a new episode of Doctor Who?

[beccaelizabeth]

mt said:

Life, the Universe, and Everything?

Or just a new episode of Doctor Who?

real time
set in a spaceship
lots of running up and down corridors

in vests
covered in baby oil
(and as DT observed, who doesn't look good like that?)
(*facepalm*)
(because I needed that mental image! ... hang on, okay, actually a good thing...)


Martha was cool and only got in trouble for entirely logical reasons
the Doctor saved her
and got in huge trouble himself
and then he was scared!
and relying on her!
and it was very cool.

*wants to hug Doctor*
*and feed him. how skinny is he?*

Didn't much like the whole suicide-for-love off into the sunset moment, mostly due to suicide being *stupid* and the lingering suspicion it wouldn't have been written that way if the captain was a guy. But then again it might have. So I don't know. Just... 'was a bit slow' is pretty much a heroic ending, but 'oops we die together!' is the other thing. You know, the she lost her brains first thing.

Whatever the ongoing plotty stuff is with Martha's mum it continues intriguing.

And there's a lot of mileage to be made about the Doctor's relationships and "burn with me".


Martha got a superphone, a TARDIS key, and was about to get a pre-emptive explanation of regeneration. The fast forward version then. Good.

Also that thing with the sun was scariest because the Doctor didn't know if regenerating would fix it. Not external threat, internal, take him over and make him do bad things.


One wonders if there's foreshadowy goodness there or just some nice plot bunnies.


In random news, have decided I definitely want shoes just like the Doctor. If they fit. Because cool.

... you know, for the incredibly geeky version of cool.

[Queen E]

Man, I've forgotten how to watch things not on DVD...and I'm all impatient at having to wait another week to see the next episode.

As for this episode, interesting, but probably not going down as one of my favorites; it was a little too "Impossible Planet/Satan Pit" in feeling, without the interesting dynamics between the crew. Maybe that was the point; the IP/SP crew were explorers...this group were prospectors, if you will, taking resources that didn't belong to them. I suppose that if Torchwood represented the dangers of untrammeled curiousity with contextualization, than this series is more concerned with the dangers of untrammeled politics or corporate interests...or, at the very least, taking what is not yours.

[Spaced Out Looney]

The Doctor mojoed her phone. Making a commitment.

Distress signal.

Space ship. So the future then.

It's all about fatalism.

About to crash into the sun.


Credits.



Pop quiz passwords. #rofl1#

Talk about dumbing down. Don't they teach recreational mathematics anymore? Hee.

Love this conversation between Martha and her mom.

Burning with his eyes.

He vaporized her. So his eyes went nuclear?

Dysfunctional crew.

Or he's like Cyclops.

On opposite sides of the wall. Shades of season 2 finale.

Martha's regret.

Now the Doctor's all about Martha.

Tracing her call. Heh. I wonder what they're machines are going to show.

Reaching for the button.

It's alive.
The Sun's alive?

Now he's got the infection.

What's your favorite color?
Purple. No, orange!
HEE!

My, the Doctor screams pretty, doesn't he?

Aw... Martha gets a little nookie.

The Doctor's in avoidance mode.
Love Martha's little eyeroll.

And she get's a key.

Election Day.

[Karen]

Woot!

You know, at first glance, I thought the TARDIS had landed inside Serenity.

I'd pay good money to see that.

[Onjel]

karen said:

Woot!

You know, at first glance, I thought the TARDIS had landed inside Serenity.

I'd pay good money to see that.

Me too.

[Lola m]

So, trapped on a ship that's gonna crash into the sun. That can't be good.

Also, it seems sort of like when the Doctor and Rose were on that ship that was hovering over the black hole with the "devil" monster thing there . . .

"Reliable and simple, just like you!" Heee! I think reliable and simple guy is cute, though. Him and Martha head out to find auxiliary control while the others try to fix things here. Sensible plan, actually.

"I do love a good stasis chamber!" Well, who doesn't?

So, this guy went nuts and wrecked the ship? Was he possessed by a devil monster living in the sun? 'Cuz if he was, we're seeing a real deja vu thing here.

Huh. So, the door locks are like . . . like a bunch of "forgot your password" reminder things.

Um. I don't think this guy is sedated enough.

Heh! Doctor speed-babbling thru his happy prime explanation. "Talk about dumbing down". ;D

"Anytime you want to unnerve me, feel free."

Calling her mom to web-surf for the answer. ;D Funny! But also not gonna make her mom feel better about her jaunting about with the Doctor.

Hmmmm. Whiney complainy "kill me now" girl is gonna get her wish.

Doctor tells her that her husband is "gone". But is she going to be strong enough to believe that when she sees his body walking about?

Life pod? Jettison? Eeep! Not good, not good, not good.

Lots of running! Lots of action! Lots of people doing sort of stupid things but also some smart things!

Hmmm. Is there some part of hubby in there? Or is the thing that is inside hubby now just have a special interest in her? "It's your fault." Hmmmm.

Freezing him is a good idea, what with him being too hot and burning people and probably being linked with the sun and all. Hmmm. Hurt one, the other knows. So, they're sharing the possession?

"I'll save you! I'll save you!" So frantic, because he's seeing another companion maybe be lost forever.

Mutual suspsicions among the crew. "You killed him." "What did he mean 'it's your fault'?". Good question, random crewperson, good question!

Heh! Rule of space travel - the prettier it looks, the more likely it is to kill you. Reliable and simple dude is really rather adorable.

She believs in the Doctor (because she's seen him in action now) and he doesn't have anyting he believes in. Oh, sad thoughts about family. "They'll never know. I'll just disappear." Yes, Martha, that's one of the risks of time and space wandering. Sure, it's got loads of fun stuff, but dangerous too! Remember this later, if you don't die now!

Doctor going outside to somehow get the pod back? I don't quite understand why this is, but hey, it's Dr Who. Just go with the shaky technological flow . . .

Martha calling home and mom is not best pleased. Ooooh, and mom has hijackers on the line! Martha just wants to say she loves her . . . mom is trying to get info . . . but mom doesn't know how bad things are . . . .

That was a revealing and sad conversation with her mom.

Interesting how the Doctor was feeling all "I can't do this" and got "don't give up now" encouragement from the crew guy.

Aaaaand the pod is drawn away from the gravitational pull of an extremely near-by sun because of the magnet from the ship. Yeah. OK, moving on . . . Martha saved, Doctor happy, that's all that matters . . .

"It's alive, it's alive." Oooooh, it's Franken-sun! Also, that's gotta be really bad for your eyes. Yep, it is. Well, I meant it in a "damage your cornea" kind of way, not possession by a wacky living-sun thing, but still!

Huh. Captain "took the sun's heart" for fuel. But it was alive and now is not happy about missing its heart. Which is sorta understandable, really.

"Freeze me! Freeze me!" and "I'm so scared." "You saved me, now I'll return the favor." I like Martha.

He tries to warn her what will happen if he dies, but doesn't manage to get to the "I'll regenerate" bit.

Ah! They need to give the sun back what they took. And then it will stop trying to get them to crash into it? Because crashing it was the way it was going to get the heart back?

"Sorry, I didn't know." Whoa! She lures the sun-possessed body of her husband into the lock and then . . . into firey space. Well, that was a noble sacrifice and all, and got one possessed body out of the way, but, um, doesn't really help the situation or save the other people.

Eeeep! Doctor being all "burn with me, Martha".

Quick, quick, dump the fuel! Well, enough to satisfy the sun but leave a bit to, you know, escape and all. Mmmmm. I like Martha when she's all . . . commanding.

Yays! Dramatic "it worked/we did it" music, much jumping and hugging and yay-we're-saved-ness.

Heee! TARDIS - compact or robust? Why, it's both!

Cute reliable and simple guy now has someone to believe in. Martha! Ooooh, kiss! (Love the eye-rolling of the guy behind them. ;D ) "Well done! Very hot." Heh. I like smutty punning.

I like Martha being all bouncy and confident and teasing. (Hmmm. I'm liking Martha rather a bit, aren't I? ) "Didn't really need you." Ah, but the Doctor is all angsty. Sad that he hadn't been able to "save" Rose? Keep her from not having to stay in the alternate dimension thing?

Still, she gets the key to TARDIS hand-off, which is always a good thing.

Heh! And then making plans with mom, "what day is it", which she now knows she can keep long time from now, if needed.

Except mom is keeping secrets and all. So, were they just recording the call, or can they trace it, even across all the time and space? Or were they somehow marking it, so they can trace her if/when they return to Earth-now?

[Lola m]

beccaelizabeth said:

mt said:

Life, the Universe, and Everything?

Or just a new episode of Doctor Who?

real time
set in a spaceship
lots of running up and down corridors

Lots and lots of running up and down and hither and yon.

in vests
covered in baby oil
(and as DT observed, who doesn't look good like that?)
(*facepalm*)
(because I needed that mental image! ... hang on, okay, actually a good thing...)

Martha was cool and only got in trouble for entirely logical reasons
the Doctor saved her
and got in huge trouble himself
and then he was scared!
and relying on her!
and it was very cool.

**nods a lot to all of this** Yes!

*wants to hug Doctor*
*and feed him. how skinny is he?*

And pet him and help him be not scared . . . **goes to happy place**

Ahem. Back now.

Didn't much like the whole suicide-for-love off into the sunset moment, mostly due to suicide being *stupid* and the lingering suspicion it wouldn't have been written that way if the captain was a guy. But then again it might have. So I don't know. Just... 'was a bit slow' is pretty much a heroic ending, but 'oops we die together!' is the other thing. You know, the she lost her brains first thing.

Yeah, the captain and shell-of-hubby going out the door was . . . well, not actually completely helpful. I mean, yeah, he'd probably have killed her anyway and she at least took him with her, but . . .

Whatever the ongoing plotty stuff is with Martha's mum it continues intriguing.

Very! I want to meet the guy behind all this. And see how/if Martha's mom knew him before.

And there's a lot of mileage to be made about the Doctor's relationships and "burn with me".

Burn, baby, burn!

Martha got a superphone, a TARDIS key, and was about to get a pre-emptive explanation of regeneration. The fast forward version then. Good.

Yes! All the stuff we already know, presented rather quickly - enough for the new companion to understand and be brought up to speed, but not dragged out for the rest of us.

Also that thing with the sun was scariest because the Doctor didn't know if regenerating would fix it. Not external threat, internal, take him over and make him do bad things.

Good point! Scary for him to think of being taken over and made to hurt people and then perhaps the thing in him living on and on in his ever-regenerating long-living body.

One wonders if there's foreshadowy goodness there or just some nice plot bunnies.


In random news, have decided I definitely want shoes just like the Doctor. If they fit. Because cool.

... you know, for the incredibly geeky version of cool.

;D

[Lola m]

mt said:

Man, I've forgotten how to watch things not on DVD...and I'm all impatient at having to wait another week to see the next episode.

;D Ah, back to being a poor mortal, eh?

As for this episode, interesting, but probably not going down as one of my favorites; it was a little too "Impossible Planet/Satan Pit" in feeling, without the interesting dynamics between the crew.

Ooooh, you thought of that ep, too? I liked the stuff with Martha and it was good action-y run run stuff. But yeah, rather stand alone. So, enjoyable at the time, but not necessarily one I'll do much re-watching of.

Maybe that was the point; the IP/SP crew were explorers...this group were prospectors, if you will, taking resources that didn't belong to them. I suppose that if Torchwood represented the dangers of untrammeled curiousity with contextualization, than this series is more concerned with the dangers of untrammeled politics or corporate interests...or, at the very least, taking what is not yours.

Taking without checking to see if it is really someone elses, for sure.

[Lola m]

ehills said:

The Doctor mojoed her phone. Making a commitment.

Distress signal.

Space ship. So the future then.

It's all about fatalism.

About to crash into the sun.


Credits.



Pop quiz passwords.

I loved that bit!

Talk about dumbing down. Don't they teach recreational mathematics anymore? Hee.

Love this conversation between Martha and her mom.

Burning with his eyes.

He vaporized her. So his eyes went nuclear?

Dysfunctional crew.

Yup. **nods** After what Erin said, now I'm looking at crew with different eyes. Not scientists or folks with a "mission" to be out there, just folks doing their job and now faced with scariness and likely death. And they handle that all different ways.

Or he's like Cyclops.

On opposite sides of the wall. Shades of season 2 finale.

Martha's regret.

Now the Doctor's all about Martha.

Tracing her call. Heh. I wonder what they're machines are going to show.

Brainshare!

Reaching for the button.

It's alive.
The Sun's alive?

Now he's got the infection.

What's your favorite color?
Purple. No, orange!
HEE!

My, the Doctor screams pretty, doesn't he?

Very pretty. And I'm such a sucker for a man in a hurt/comfort situation.

Aw... Martha gets a little nookie.

That was a very nice touch. I like that she's upfront about what she wants and likes.

The Doctor's in avoidance mode.
Love Martha's little eyeroll.

And she get's a key.

Election Day.

Which is making me wonder how significant that is.

[Lola m]

karen said:

Woot!

You know, at first glance, I thought the TARDIS had landed inside Serenity.

I'd pay good money to see that.

You and me both, baby! You and me both.

[Karen]

lolam said:

The Doctor's in avoidance mode.
Love Martha's little eyeroll.

And she get's a key.

Election Day.

Which is making me wonder how significant that is.

The key or Election Day?

He had a very thoughtful look on his face after he was dispossessed. I wonder what he saw when he was all hot and bothered.