Stuff of Legends
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tardis_stowawayAfter yesterday's Doctor Who made me think of The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, I stayed up far too late rewatching them. I'd forgotten how utterly fantastic those episodes are. (BTW, there's no deep meta thoughts here, just me gushing a bit. ) The guest characters are all real people I care about (especially Ida and the captain). The building atmosphere of menace works really well. The combination of the gritty sanctuary base and the ominous beauty of the black hole is visually impressive. The music is some of my favorite from all of Doctor Who. If it comes up on my itunes, I'm instantly back there, staring up at the black hole and contemplating the horrors of ancient evil and mortgages.
And of course, there's Ten and Rose. I love them so much. Tennant is great in both his quiet moments of contemplating a life without his TARDIS and his grandiose shouting at Satan. The seeds of crazypants!Ten are there in his urge to fall at the pit, but it makes perfect sense in context. Rose is great when she tries to make friends with the Ood, and even more magnificent when she starts ordering around all the personnel on the base to make sure they survive and find the Doctor. "Oh, she knows" is a lousy substitute for saying something, but she does know, and anyone with eyes and/or ears knows as well.
Yeah, the plot of Satan in a hole is kind of overblown, and I caught two incidents of screams audible in a vacuum (science fail!), but this is Doctor Who we're talking about. None of that distracts from the joy of watching characters I adore face down danger and come through.
In summary, dvd technology is great. Doctor Who goes on, and I love getting fresh adventures (even those weeks it makes me shout at the screen), but I am so grateful to be able to revisit the era of the show that had an unmatched pull on my heart: the Doctor and Rose Tyler, stuff of legends.
And of course, there's Ten and Rose. I love them so much. Tennant is great in both his quiet moments of contemplating a life without his TARDIS and his grandiose shouting at Satan. The seeds of crazypants!Ten are there in his urge to fall at the pit, but it makes perfect sense in context. Rose is great when she tries to make friends with the Ood, and even more magnificent when she starts ordering around all the personnel on the base to make sure they survive and find the Doctor. "Oh, she knows" is a lousy substitute for saying something, but she does know, and anyone with eyes and/or ears knows as well.
Yeah, the plot of Satan in a hole is kind of overblown, and I caught two incidents of screams audible in a vacuum (science fail!), but this is Doctor Who we're talking about. None of that distracts from the joy of watching characters I adore face down danger and come through.
In summary, dvd technology is great. Doctor Who goes on, and I love getting fresh adventures (even those weeks it makes me shout at the screen), but I am so grateful to be able to revisit the era of the show that had an unmatched pull on my heart: the Doctor and Rose Tyler, stuff of legends.
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Date: 2011-09-18 10:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-19 05:19 am (UTC)Hooray for shared gushing, and hooray for Rose and Ten (and Nine too, of course). :)
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Date: 2011-09-18 10:46 pm (UTC)It turns out they weren't allowed to watch that one, as their parents thought it was too scary for them. Which was probably right because I had a hell of time getting them to sleep that night.
It remains one of my all time favourites.
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Date: 2011-09-19 05:29 am (UTC)While the first Doctor Who I ever watched was technically Eight's TV movie back when it aired in 1996, that didn't make me seek out more. My real introduction to Doctor Who was The Unquiet Dead, which I saw when my dad lured me into the video room at Dragon*Con in 2005. It probably says a lot about me that I saw a show featuring Charles Dickens fighting zombies and decided that it was exactly the sort of show I wanted to see.
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Date: 2011-09-19 08:21 pm (UTC)In other news, I really do need to catch up on this season. I just struggle with my Moffat issues, sometimes...
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Date: 2011-09-20 05:51 am (UTC)I think the last three episodes have been better than most of S6, though there are a few moments when your issues might get activated.