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Stuff of Legends
Sep. 18th, 2011 02:39 pmAfter 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.
