Doctor Who 29.06: "The Lazarus Experiment"

[annathepiper]

The rule I have learned of the current Doctor Who episodes is this: Russell T. Davies writes all the best ones. He was not the writer for the pair of "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks"... mostly meh, though it had some good bits. Nor did he write "The Lazarus Experiment", though this one was better than the two-parter, and had some interesting bits.


Well, okay, I do have to admit that the last three episodes have definitely fueled my affection for Martha's increasing Doctor-crush, coupled with his being mostly oblivious--though he's clearly warming to the idea of having her around. (My brain keeps trying to make me write drabbles about it, actually. It needs to stop that, I've got other writing to do!) And I'm most definitely grooving on Martha. I do miss Rose, I went back and watched a few of her episodes, but I'm liking me some Martha too. ^_^

And zomg, Doctor in a Tux. Tux with sneakers. And his reaction to being called a science geek... and Martha telling him he looked all James Bond-y... hee!

Martha's family: interesting, and a nice contrast to Rose's little trio of herself, Jackie, and Mickey. Martha's family is clearly more well-off, and her mother? Actively snooty. Not to mention a bit disturbingly prone to thinking the worst of her daughter, if she's ready to take a stranger's word about Martha's new male acquaintance over Martha's own.

Last but not least... Harold Saxon. Innnnnteresting. I have heard the rumblings that he is an Important Plot Point. Wonder exactly what's up with him. Anybody besides me placing bets that he might be the Master? The Face of Boe did say that the Doctor is not alone....

Comments

[annathepiper]

If you know the deal, do not tell me. ;)

[alinsa.livejournal.com]

But... but... but...

*I* want to know!

[annathepiper]

*giggle* She can email you then if she hasn't already. ;)

[annathepiper]

Yeah, me too. Some intriguing little glimpses in the trailer for the rest of this season, even aside from "Hey there's JACK!" ;)

I will be interested to see what's up with that old dude saying "We need a TIME LORD."

[cmot-dribbler.livejournal.com]

I've been waiting for Jack to come back since Torchwood ended... *whine* what's taking so long? */whine*

[annathepiper]

One of these days I'll eventually get around to watching the rest of Torchwood. The pilot didn't click with me!

And also, hiya and welcome aboard!

[cmot-dribbler.livejournal.com]

you haven't seen the finale to Torchwood yet! ....
...
You must watch!

[annathepiper]

Whoops, let's put this answer on the right journal, shall we?

I've only seen the first Torchwood ep, yes. Unlike many Doctor fangirls of my acquaintance, Captain Jack doesn't actually do much for me--I like him a lot better as a rogue figure played off against the Doctor as authority figure. But I am curious as to how the rest of the first Torchwood series played out. :)

[cmot-dribbler.livejournal.com]

there are a few episodes with Jack as only a secondary charector, some of the storylines in TW aren't near as good as the classic DW, they try to make them Too adult, but the last two in particular are absolutly spectacular! sadly you kinda have to watch the others in the series to get some of the plot points.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, the pilot episode was giving me way too much of an air of "LOOK HOW HIP WE ARE! And edgy! And sexually liberated! And did we mention we're EDGY? And while we're at it, here, we'll stand around on buildings a lot to show how cool and edgy we are!"

Aheh. The Doctor's a lot more my speed, really. ;)

[cmot-dribbler.livejournal.com]

heh, i don't know about Edgy, but Jack standing on top of that building was just cool :D

[annathepiper]

Oh, it looked perfectly cool once. But when they kept doing it over... and over... and over...

Plus, that's not really an image you want to be showing to someone who's seen way too much of the Tick, too. I suspect that Tick voiceovers were not quite the thing they had in mind with the top-of-buildings shots. ;)