Doctor Who

[meganlynn09]

So, this morning, I watched "Gridlock" and "Last of the Timelords" (yeah, I'm doing so well with S4, heh).

Anyway, WHY ISN'T THERE MORE LOVE FOR "GRIDLOCK"? Is this my S3 "The Long Game"? I really forgot how much I love that episode. It's great.

And I honestly would have loved to forget how much of a mess LotTL was. I mean, some amazing parts, but overall? Messy.

Sorry, I wanted to add something here, that it makes me irrationally mad at the end with the Doctor wailing over the Master. While it feels harsh to condone his murder, I don't see how anyone could look at the Doctor the same for mourning over a person that was presented to us as a monster. If I liked Ten, he definitely would have lost a hell of a lot of shine in that moment.

*wonders* Maybe I can stretch that that was the real reason Martha left! heh, Don't mind me :)

I'm serious about the rest though.

But OH if I just don't love Martha more. I love when she says goodbye, because it's just...I've gone on about it before, but it's just perfect to me. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY MARTHA ON DW AGAIN.


And heh, my dad caught the very last bit of LotTL and thought that Martha/Freema was adorable, he was like "She's gorgeous", and it cracked me up because he honestly just went on about it and I had to stop myself from telling him to shut up.

Overall, my dad really doesn't like DW though, I believe he finds it more ridiculous than the Stargate series. Which is interesting, he LOVES the Stargate series.


I WILL be watching the latest episodes of Doctor Who, I promise, I have them ready to watch.

Comments

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Gridlock :D

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

:D Glad to hear I'm not the only one, that's always nice!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I should be glad or not that I had not a clue about Macra before this episode. :)

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Heh, it seems weird almost! :D My dad just rolls his eyes whenever it's on.

[snorkackcatcher]

I liked 'Gridlock' a lot as well -- a weird situation played partly for laughs and partly fro drama, quite effective; a neat twist at the end; and the Macra! ('The Macra Terror' is one of the Two serials that looks really good from the script.) A number of plot holes, but overall that episode and 'The Shakespeare Code' were what really got me into New Who.

I actually rather liked 'Last of the Time Lords' too. The Doctor's agonising over the Master made a lot of sense from the "we're the only ones left" perspective, and even in the old series he had a soft spot for him. (Maybe he really was the Doctor's brother.)

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

It's nice to see my like for the episode is supported, it felt like a solid episode to me.

And I understand the "we're the only ones left" point-of-view, I just don't like the way it all played out. I just don't see how I would have any sympathy left for a man who tortured me for a year. But I get how it affected others :D

[wondygal.livejournal.com]

ooh, I love Gridlock! I think it's a great episode for the Doctor, and of course Martha's wonderful in it. I marathoned the third series before the fourth started and I totally teared up when all the cars fly out into the sky. And the talk at the end, wherein Martha is awesome, is a fantastic scene. I know there are people whose favorite episode of the series is Gridlock. So, here is some Gridlock love. *g*

(here via who_daily, btw)

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Awesome, great to share in the love! Totally, totally love the ending, it was played so well and it's one of the few times I actually like and feel for Ten. So it was well played.

[anotokino.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I think Gridlock is one of my favourite season 3 episodes :D I'd love to see fanfic about ordinary life in the car community!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Great! :-) And that's a really interesting idea.

[besanamo.livejournal.com]

Whatever everyone else says I still love Gridlock. Glad someone else likes it too!

[meganlynn09.livejournal.com]

Great! I've always considered it one of my favorites from S3 :D