Doctor Who - Smith and Jones

[raven]

Heee, that was ace. I said "ace"! It was that ace.

Before I go on, I like Martha more than Rose. No, I do. I'm sorry. She's smart, she's funny, she copes, she doesn't whine. She gets the Doctor without being emo about it. I like her. Other stuff I liked:

-Martha's family. Their various cameos were such wonderful fun.

-The "cheap trick" of the Doctor taking off his tie. I sort of guessed that might be the reason for it, but it was delightfully executed.

-The consultant on his rounds. Bit of an arrogant bastard, like every consultant ever, but basically an okay sort of guy; and the trail of medics was well-done. I especially liked his tired monologue about Hippocrates.

-The patient, Mr. Smith. Tennant never ceases to amuse and amaze, and I do so heart him. And the Doctor had a brother! (Braxatiel? Or did is that me getting lost in the canon?)

-The various bits - "the rain's going up!", "we're on the moon!" - at the window. That was utterly fabby exposition, if that's what you want to call it. And Martha's response of wonder as well as fear: yes.

(That said, just as they said, "We're on the moon!", the dog lifted his nose to the sky and went, "Awwoooooooooo!", and the ensuing collective laughter rather ruined the moment.)

-Wasn't so keen on the actual plot. It was a bit formulaic, as all the best Who is. I just liked the details, like the big leather guys whom no one seemed to notice except Martha, and she actually said, "Aliens from the Planet Zovirax?", which made me giggle because that really was my immediate thought on seeing them. I actually did wonder if that would be the big reveal: all the aliens have coldsores.

-The rhinos too were sort of blergh. Whatever. But the sweet guy who tried to represent the human race - I liked him too. A little bit pompous, but wonderful eloquence.

-Martha's comment about her "cousin Adeola". Very funny, RTD.

-The kiss! I liked that. It was sweet and I want an icon, so sue me.

-Martha saves the Doctor's life the old-fashioned way. (Of course, my room-full of one consultant, one GP, one medical student and one social worker complained at length - "She's going it wrong! Ratio of two to one!"

"He has two hearts," I complained, but no one listens to me.

-"It's raining on the moon." Awwwwww.

-Heee, I loved the resonance between the child-princess the Plasmavore killed and, er, Martha's dad's girlfriend. Nice touch.

And so to the end, where Martha goes with the Doctor to travel in time just to escape her family. She's lovely, Martha is. I stand by this.

And next week: I think I will enjoy it when I eventually get to see it - I'll be in the States, tickety boooooo - but I'm gonna get jossed, aren't I? (Or, perhaps, Russelled?)

Anyway! Wonderful fun, and so much yay for it being back, although I haven't been keeping up with spoilers and info and such. Now: to go hunting for Martha icons!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_raeofsunshine_/]

I thought she was great. Hell I thought the whole episode was great.

'Stop looking at me like that'

Silly girl, I'd kill for him to look at me like that.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Heee. She may yet be persuaded.

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

*does the dance of Whosquee with you* Yay! That episode made me so happy -- there was much clutching myself in glee. :)

Martha's comment about her "cousin Adeola". Very funny, RTD.

...is that something worth explaining, or if I have to ask would I not understand?

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

(randomly jumping in here because I had no idea you two knew each other at all. The internet is thisbig. *holds fingers very close together*)

The cousin thing was cause the actress who plays Martha's been on Who before - she was an extra in the Battle of Canary Wharf. So that comment handily explains any physical similarities. :D

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

Heh! The internet really is tiny.

Thanks for explaining -- come to think of it, I did know that, just hadn't put two and two together. :)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

(The internet is teensy-weensy small. How do you know foreverdirt?)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

There was a woman in Army of Ghosts last year called Adeola, who was killed by the Doctor so the Cybermen wouldn't get to her (I think; it's been a while since I've seen it). Anyway, she was played by Freema Agyeman, who, naturally, also plays Martha!

[darklady7.livejournal.com]

Er, actually Adeola was already dead (Cybermen converted her partially) before the Doctor disabled the wireless hearing device on her ears.

[vampire-kitten.livejournal.com]

Video of the kiss is on the BBC website...

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Thankee kindly!

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

I too liked Martha better than Rose. *is scared of teh ravenous hordes of fangirls* It's the attitude. And that she doesn't hide the fact that she fancies him.

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

(Braxatiel? Or did is that me getting lost in the canon?)

Yay, I'm not the only one who thought that!

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I am not lost in a maze of twisty canon corridors.

[schlagen.livejournal.com]

I love your Doctor Who posts! I have missed them so. How glad I am its this time of year once more.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Heee! *swings you around in squee*

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I missed the resonance between the plasmavore's victim and Annalise... but it's definitely there.

When I heard the line about the Doctor's brother I thought of the story (I think it emerged from the memory of Barry Letts, who should know) that the Doctor and the Master were, in the Pertwee era, to be revealed eventually to be brothers; but Robert Sloman (who should also know, as he was going to write the story in which the exposition was to take place) said that they were going to be revealed as two sides of the same being. Perhaps Robert Holmes knew this too, which is where the Valeyard came from... but I think that the 'brother' story just might have been in Russell's mind, considering who might be appearing at the end of the season. Or who might not be, as this might be misdirection by cunning production office leaking. (Didn't the Buffy team leave fake storylines around during season five and mislead people about the end?)

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew the bit about the Doctor and Master perhaps being brothers; I'd forgotten about that. I wasn't that fond of the Valeyard idea, although I always liked how he had the same handwriting as the Doctor. I never heard about the fake storylines in Buffy, although I did like the way they eventually wrapped that season up.

[thehornedgod.livejournal.com]

-Heee, I loved the resonance between the child-princess the Plasmavore killed and, er, Martha's dad's girlfriend. Nice touch.

Oooh, pretty thinking. That's the kind of thing I look for but I didn't catch it.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Heeee. I did like that bit.

[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

Of course, my room-full of one consultant, one GP, one medical student and one social worker complained at length - "She's going it wrong! Ratio of two to one!"

Oh I'm so glad I wasn't the only one thinking that, cos none of the bunch of geeks I was watching with seemed to mind but it really irritated me. The only thing in the episode that did, really.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Geeks are love, aren't they? I had to shut mine up because they would insist on going on whilst I was trying to watch it.