More going ! over the last Doctor Who

[annathepiper]

So, some things I hadn't caught watching this episode before and only clued in on after reading the Wikipedia summary!

First of all, I hadn't caught that Crazy Dalek was in fact Dalek Caan from the Cult of Skaro, last seen shrieking "EMERGENCY TEMPORAL SHIFT" as he vanished at the tail end of "Evolution of the Daleks", last season. Convenient that he managed to materialize into the Time War, neh? Which only goes to strengthen spazzkat's contention that the finality of the Time War doesn't seem particularly... final.

I clued in on a massive, massive Torchwood spoiler that I hadn't noticed before--so clearly, I shall have to go back and get caught up on Torchwood ASAP. As well as The Sarah Jane Adventures, for that matter.

Speaking of which, the kid that plays Luke? Dude, he's GROWN.

I had totally not realized that the "thing on Donna's back" concept actually went all the way back to "Fires of Pompeii", this season. This boosts my general approval of this series' overall story arc. I'll have to go back and check that, as well as "Planet of the Ood", just to see where those references were.

A question that's made me go hmm! but which I didn't address before: who the hell is Rose communicating with when she shows up on the relocated Earth and then is moved to where the TARDIS is, so she can catch up with the Doctor? Is she talking to her new universe's Torchwood? And how the hell are they managing to deal with communication across universes? Rose, she's got some 'splainin' to do. We'll have to see if she gets that 'splainin' done after everybody is done freaking out about the Doctor regenerating. ;)

Speaking of which, I'm still cycling through theories about how they'll save Ten from an actual regeneration. I think I'm still pulling for the "he doesn't change because Rose begs him not to" theory. Given how fast regenerations happen, they don't have time to do much more than have Rose maybe throw herself at him, pull him into her arms, and beg him not to change. Doctor's telepathic... maybe he can lock in on her thoughts to keep the concept of what she wants him to look like active, and then impose it on his own cells. He's reshaped himself before, as I said before, and he should be able to do it again.

And: Russell T. Davies is still a bastard. ;)

Comments

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, yeah, if you hadn't caught the end of last season's Torchwood yet, the last DW would have been a a bit of a give-away! You should still like the Torchwood, though, because it was damn good.

[annathepiper]

I have watched, I believe, the first three episodes of this season or something like that... and yeah, they were all generally better than first season. I need to corner risu and make her watch the rest of 'em with me. :)

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

First season Torchwood had some great highs and some massive lows. The second season was still patchy, but overall I thought it was better quality than the first. Some really great eps in there.

[annathepiper]

Good to know :)