Doctor Who

I just finished watching The Planet of Ood. It's was different from what I've imagined... I thought the Ood were bad creatures. Hmmm about the ending... sketchy? About how the Doctor's song will end? What does that infer? So how is an Ood born? Humans can turn into one... I saw that. Though at first I thought he was just going to die or something because of the hair loss... xP

Moving on to The Sontaran Stratagem now.
I loved the line "He's like a potato, baked potato, talking baked potato"

The poison sky was a good episode as well xP

P.S.

Spoiler:

Russ is pretty good-looking

First, I think his name was "Ross" and second, I agree to a certain extent. I am a firm believer of "Ross could definately be the Doctor's Ianto." because in the land where we draw parallels between Jack and the Doctor, Ross is definately Ianto. Yes. He is the one who gets the coffee and tasers people and carries the Doctor's coat when he's off to save the day. Only actually, Ross is more perfect, 'coz he's actually got a UNIT hat. This probably makes no sense to you, as you don't watch Torchwood. But that's ok.

I was never expecting the Ood to be evil, and even when they had 'red eye' I didn't expect them to be evil. It was obvious from the get-go that the humans were supposed to be the baddies in this one. I mean, they were cargo-ing Oods and processing them and shooting them and all such stuff. The ending was pretty good and the bit with the Doctor's 'song ending' is just one of those things are supposed to make fans go "OMG WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!?" so it doesn't bother me too much, 'coz I've got my own beliefs of what it means.

"What does that infer?"

Why are you being an English teacher and don't you have opinions of your own? The fun part of Doctor Who is the speculation.

As for how Ood are born, I assume they're made just as other beings are made, through some sort of reproductive...reproducing. I don't know. Perhaps they have spores. Buds that fall off and make little Ood. Maybe the big Ood brain creates Ood. I wouldn't know. I'm not an Ood.

As far as the hair-loss drink goes, I was thinking that it was significant the whole time. For him becoming an ood was unexpected and kind of "Huh-what?" inducing because the Ood are a different species and changing species should not be so simple as to take two ounces of Ood-Juice and peel off your head. But Doctor Who science is absolute crack and it's fun that way. Sometimes...'coz other times it's just annoying.

I really didn't like the Poison Sky very much at all. The solution made no sense. If you burned the atmosphere the way the Doctor did, you'd burn up the fucking atmosphere!! Everyone would die from asphyxiation...or being burned. I had a more extensive review on my buddy profile, but it's gone now, I think. Basically, if I were the Doctor's companion, I could have saved the day the moment the gas started coming out of the car, because it was THEN when it would have made sense to tape a lighter to the muffler and let it burn the gas as it came out. Then we could have focused on using The Valiant to blast the fucking Sontarans out of the sky 'coz NOTHING CAN BEAT THE VALIANT. OH YES. :D I love that airbase. Uh...yeah, I would have just sent bombs through to the Sontarans via their teleports and burn them all, really, 'coz the Valiant isn't space-worthy. It can't fly that high. I would have given them a chance to give up by calling them like the Doctor did earlier in the episode. I mean, really, it's not that hard.

However, this episode was much better than the absolute rubbish that was Helen Raynor's first Doctor Who story.

I loved the line "Are you my mummy?"

You wouldn't get it, but oh, was it good.

Most of the good lines were in The Sontaran Stratagem.

Things were good overall in this set of three episodes. Mostly because of Donna, who is too amazing for words.

"I'm not an Ood" Haha, I know.

For the hair-loss drink, like I said before. I thought it was just going to kill him.

For Poison sky, what to say? That nerd, follower of the Sontaran somehow annoyed me. Like most geniuses... too "smart" for his own good. I mean c'mon he was even doing their chant? *snickers at the image*

Fine. Opinions. I'll actually try to comment more than just saying "that was a good episode" "I liked that episode" the next time I watch. Though I can promise you one thing, it will not be as long as yours!

Talk about a good time. That episode was just loads of fun heaped onto more loads of fun, with an addition suitcase full of fun. I don't care that it was the most random thing of all time. It was brilliant!.

As a used-to-be fan of Dame Agatha Cristie, her being in an episode is exciting. As a used-to-be fan of the board game Clue, I loved the whole "Professor Peach in the library with a lead pipe". As an Anglophile, the exaggerated British accents and the "We're British!" was hilarious. As a fan of Doctor Who, I just loved the absolute zany-ness of the whole episode. Good times, good times. I miss these happy episodes so much.

Things I didn't like:
-"No, don't. Really don't."
I'm paraphrasing of course, I don't know if that was the exact line, but ever since 'Tooth and Claw' where our Rose attempted a Scottish accent and the Doctor replied with "No, don't. Really don't." (Or something the like) this has become a tradition. In "The Shakespeare Code" Martha attempts Old English with "forsooth" and "Verily" which the Doctor responds with the same thing. Now, Donna tries some 1920's slang: "Spiffing" and "pip-pip". Admittedly, I liked Donna attempt to 'blend in', but I really don't like the Doctor's repeated reaction, because that's what you said to Rose and we remember. It's just overused, I guess.

-Agatha's nearly dying was solved to easily. It felt kind of pointless.

-Re-using scenes/lines from previous episodes. This kind of goes with the "No, don't" business, but he really did it a bit too much.

And that's it. I really enjoyed this episode.

A Cracktastic Theory:
Gareth Roberts is undeniably a huge Doctor/Rose shipper. I mean, Shakespeare Code, his first Doctor Who TV story, had these lines:

The Doctor:(While The Doctor and Martha are laying in the same bed) There’s something I’m missing, Martha. Something really close, staring me right in the face and I can’t see it...Rose would know...A friend of mine, Rose. Right now, she’d say exactly the right thing...Still, can’t be helped. You’re a novice, never mind. I’ll take you back home tomorrow.

Lilith (A Carrionite, basically, a witch-alien):The power of a name works only once. Observe. (points at Martha) I gaze upon this bag of bones and now I name thee Martha Jones. *Martha collapses*
Doctor: What have you done?
Lilith: Only sleeping, alas. Curious, the name has less impact. She’s somehow out of her time. And as for you, Sir Doctor! ...Fascinating. There is no name. Why would a man hide his title in such despair? Oh, but look. There’s still one word with the power that aches.
Doctor: The naming won’t work on me.
Lilith: But your heart grows cold. The north wind blows and carries down the distant…Rose.
Doctor (Angered): Oh, big mistake, ‘cos that name keeps me fighting!

And that's all undeniably favoring the two. In episode seven, there was more stuff like the above, just more subtle.

-There was a reference to season one, "The Unquiet Dead".
-At one point the Doctor was all excited by the prospect of a murder mystery and Agatha Cristie reprimands him for his exuberance, much like Queen Victoria in 'Tooth and Claw'. When Agatha says she'll agree to help him on the basis of serving justice, not for his own entertainment, his face falls. Clearly, he is remembering the times when he did have someone to be ridiculously excited over things which one shouldn't be excited over. I know I was.
-The Doctor has an alphabetized containment system kept inside the TARDIS console room, à la The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Raynor, which was a Doctor Who book which just said, "Screw the show, the two are established as more than friends. END OF STORY. They can snog if they want to, they can walk around the TARDIS in naught but bedsheets, they can sculpt alarmingly accurate statues of each other too. All of that. Yes." That practically makes it canon. Being of fan of Raynor's work obviously equals 'Doctor/Rose shipper'.

EDIT: Apparently, the alphabetized chests are also used in The Resurrection Casket...which is less shippy, but my point still stands!

So yes. Gareth Roberts, carry on! Don't be ashamed of your romantic-tendencies! as I am

Because really, this show is amazing. The season finale often makes that hard to remember. Though RTD could still save himself by making the Doctor go Valeyard. Pleasepleaseplease. PLEASE.

Please.

Valeyard: The name used by a future body of the Doctor when he returned back to his sixth self to take over his mind and start again with those extra six regenerations. He was evil. He was bastardly. He tried to kill himself to live longer. Good times.

The question is, how do you un-Valeyard him? This would be perfect if the solution lies in regeneration, because that way, we get a fresh start. Which we need. Badly. So Moffat can create his own flashy super-cool Doctor.

But that wasn't the point of this post.

The point of this, is to help me get over the season finale...which...like 5 emails to my dad failed to do. Really long emails. Like, I divided it into chapters.

How about...26 Pointless Small Things Indicating That This Show is Pretty Much the Best Thing in Life Ever:

A. There is plausible ROFL-ing that actually involves the floor, rolling, and laughing.
B. It's acknowledged that steampunk is a beautiful thing.
C. The Doctor always carries a toothbrush with him. It contains Venusian Spearmint.
D. Almost every single episode passes the Bechdel Test [at least two women talk to each other about something other than a man]
E. Paintball guns and water pistols are legitimate alien stopping weapons.
F. All those bees that have disappeared are aliens.
G. There are parallels to Futurama.
H. A weird, fire-breathing, big-eyed munchkin lady exists. She doesn't like Rose.
I. The Doctor owns a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence.
J. There's an entire planet that is essentially one massive Chinatown.
K. The Isolus has a preference for stealing little children and small fluffy animals.
L. Anti-Gravity restraunts exist and it's recommended that bibs be brought along.
M. After taking over the Earth, the Master regularly jams to the Scissor Sisters. He likes pop and glam rock.
N. The Tenth Doctor has a preference for punk rock, with a bit of rockabilly thrown in. He cannot stand ABBA.
O. The Doctor has to regularly visit Earth to purchase milk (and presumably other groceries).
P. The Sibyl fancied the Doctor. He said it would never last, she said she knew.
Q. It's in the design of humans to like kits. Flat-pack wardrobes to flat-pack space-bases.
R. When the internet is very excited, it likes to explode computers.
S. Lord, Alfred Tennyson's "In Memoriam" is referenced in an episode title.
T. "Tienes algo en tu espalda!" and its English translation were repeated enough times to teach viewers how to be omnious in Spanish.
U. In the future, years will be written in the following format: _._/(object name)/_ [i.e. 5.5/Apple/26]
V. "Not blue" is a valid term for the color red.
W. Daleks are the true creators of reality television.
X. There is a 'Time limit' and you can break it.
Y. If a human woman and a half-cat, half-human man reproduce, the offspring will be kittens.
Z. The planet Felspoon has mountains that sway in the breeze.