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Post by Queen E on Jan 7, 2012 11:48:21 GMT -5
Kitty and I have been recording and watching Tennant episodes as they run on BBCA during the day, and just watched this one today. I like Donna; I can see where she's coming from. I can probably see that a bit too much, with the clingy controlling mom. Is it also superficial of me to be pleased that she's a bit older and a bit more, let's say, womanly of figure? Because that doesn't hurt either, as far as I'm concerned. Also, she's a good companion for The Doctor right now. She doesn't defer to him, she pulls him up short and grounds him when he needs it, but she's also all wide-eyed and excited about the whole new universe he's sharing with her. I think it was important for The Doctor to see, through Donna, that it's okay if you can't save everybody. Sometimes it's enough to do what you can, like, save one family. By the way, I gather there was a lot cut out in previous US airings? We did get that last scene in Rome, household gods and all. Yes it was cheesy, but it rather made the episode for me - Donna was right. Eetah to all of this. And now that I know how it ends, I really find it fascinating the way they sprinkled all the equivalencies between the Doctor and Donna; they were the household gods, not just him, and they pushed the lever together that would reactivate the volcano. Clever show!
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