Doctor Who

[meganlynn09]

"The Family of Blood"

That was a truly fabulous ending, although...



I hated how he dealt with the Family. Better yet, at that moment, I truly hated the Doctor. That's not the man, the Doctor, that I fell in love with. And maybe that's the point, maybe that's what they're trying to tell us, but it doesn't change the fact that in that moment, I hated the Doctor.

I kinda really liked Martha saying she loved the Doctor. It was played well, and it wasn't played in a way of "OMG MY ONE TRUE LOVE", Freema's delivery of the line made it sound as if she just couldn't lose her best friend. Plus, she laughed it up at the end. Which good for her for even bringing that up because the Doctor probably never would have.

I felt sad having to say goodbye to John Smith. David's portrayal of him was excellent. My favorite scene had to have been when Joan was asking about where he grew up and Smith caught on. They had such lovely chemistry together. My heart broke for them both.

I...found it interesting when the Doctor asked Joan to come with him. The way he nearly pleaded, it was like he needed her to come along just to prove he can feel like a human can. That he can love like Smith did. That he could love Joan.

I loved the throw back to the Children in Need special, or at least, that's what it made me think of. When Joan asked if the Doctor could "change back" and become John Smith again, and this time he said yes, and saying no to doing it.

And yes, I'll admit it, I absolutely LOVED that Joan said Smith was braver than the Doctor. I don't know why, but it made me smile and just broke my heart for Joan.

And that was a lovely hug between the Doctor and Martha at the end. He had such a happy look on his face. My goodness, the hugging seems to have become the new hand-holding, hasn't it? ;)

Paul needs to write every episode, doesn't he? Granted, I don't wish to get weepy with every episode, but I feel they should all be of this caliber.

And I was actually impressed with the resolution to the cliffhanger at the beginning. Am I alone in that?


Very awesome. Next week looks interesting. Don't know what I'm going to make of it.

Comments

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

That's not the man, the Doctor, that I fell in love with.

Is it wrong that it's the one I fell for?

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. I mean, I fell for Nine. And I was seriously starting for Ten, but this made me back up a little. But I get it. Yeah. Not much with the sense making, huh?

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

I'm so cheap for the Oncoming Storm stuff. But I quite wish Martha had reacted to it somehow. I want to know what she thinks of the scary side.

Ten was wicked shady. I can totally see how it could make people hate him? Cos it was quite extreme.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

That's what I was waiting for, Martha's reaction. I was thinking that maybe he left her in 1913 to do all that, but then she was waiting for him back at the TARDIS when he saw Joan, so that was sort of ruined.

I just didn't like it because I was finally starting to love the poor guy! But, I get it, in some twisted way.

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

I thought the end was interesting in several ways, one of which was that it was Baines/Son (in Harry Lloyd's amazingly beautiful voice - seriously, sign that kid up for voiceovers!) who was narrating his own legend. Not necessarily a reliable narrator. It's the flipside of the Doctor's journal and story-telling. The other is that I seriously liked John Smith a lot better than the Doctor.

Still, the thing is... Ten just doesn't strike me as epic enough for all the Oncoming Storm they're giving him. He still doesn't scare me, even when he does horrible things, because he doesn't convince me he's strong enough to do them. Nine totally owned the Oncoming Storm, even if he was also strong enough to pick the coward's way out. If they showed him doing those horrid things at the end...I might not like it (although, poetically, I kind of do), but I'd believe it. (It's late, and I'm tired - I hope that makes some sort of sense!)

And all the callbacks to Nine! I wonder if Paul Cornell was missing him, too... Only one of them was from his episode.

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

That was actually a lovely voiceover Harry did at the end, I was impressed! And you're completely right.

Yeah, I know what you mean. If Ten was a little more convincing, maybe there'd be some pity or sorrow on my part.

And all the callbacks to Nine! I wonder if Paul Cornell was missing him, too... Only one of them was from his episode.

I know at one point I was thinking of FD, but you'll have to remind me what part you're thinking of!

[nina-ds.livejournal.com]

There was "I've never had a life like that", which is from Father's Day. Then there was "Run!" And when John Smith turned into Ten, that conversation with Joan where she said "Can you change back?" and he said. "No. Do you want me to?" and she said "Yes" - a complete replay of the Pudsey Cutaway (Ha! nobody wants Ten; except, alas, poor deluded Martha - y'know there was absolutely no narrative reason for her to humiliate herself that way; it didn't help anything). And my favourite, when Tim was running away from the firefight and the guy yelled after him "Coward!" and he replied "Any day."

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I caught the one that alluded to the Pudsey Cutaway, but I didn't really catch on to the others. Especially the coward exchange, even though I liked it. Good one!

[bullet4fob.livejournal.com]

I hated how he dealt with the Family. Better yet, at that moment, I truly hated the Doctor. That's not the man, the Doctor, that I fell in love with. And maybe that's the point, maybe that's what they're trying to tell us, but it doesn't change the fact that in that moment, I hated the Doctor.

this moment kind of made me hate the show (more). how in hell can he do any of those things? and why didn't he do that at the begginning instead of running with his tail behind his legs?

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

why didn't he do that at the begginning instead of running with his tail behind his legs?

I think it was like the narration said, he did it out of mercy because in another month, the Family would have died out.

I, though, am also curious as to how he managed some of these things.

[bluekiwibubble.livejournal.com]

I liked Smith so much more than the Doctor. Especially when he worked out/was told what was going on and got all worked up about being just a story

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I did like Smith more than the Doctor and I think it really came down to how Tennant played them both. It was quite heartbreaking when Smith figured out that he was "the story" or whatever.