Shallow thoughts on saturday's Doctor Who
Apr. 27th, 2008 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonelybritAll in all a cracking episode, can't wait for the conclusion next week. A few shallow thoughts.
(1) Donna continues to be brilliant.
(2) Martha continues to be awesome.
(3) Jack really does know his stuff. Ianto would look fabulous in a UNIT redcap. Or indeed the general UNIT uniform, I do have a thing for young men in uniform...
I also adore Donna and Martha together. So so relieved they haven't gone for a rehash of the jealousy/anxiousness that went with Rose meeting Sarah Jane. I knew I was on safe territory the moment Donna said exasperatedly 'She's engaged, you prawn.' Bless Donna, really, she doesn't fancy the Doctor herself and that gives her the ability to easily and genuinely say what she knows will help put Martha at ease. Namely that, yes, the Doctor has spoken of Martha, and also letting the focus go a bit on her own life and her engagement - Martha gets to glow and gush a bit, as well being quickly reminded that things are working out for her. :) Ditto in different ways for Martha. Even if the Doctor always will be a bit of a tender point for her, she's logical enough to know how to behave, and then is able to genuinely appreciate what it is in Donna that the Doctor likes without feeling her own place/authority is being threatened.
So this time round, I guess it's not so much as the missus meets the ex, but the favourite sister meets the ex. Only sister and ex get along like a house on fire, and it amuses me that the Doctor is now utterly outnumbered =)
(1) Donna continues to be brilliant.
(2) Martha continues to be awesome.
(3) Jack really does know his stuff. Ianto would look fabulous in a UNIT redcap. Or indeed the general UNIT uniform, I do have a thing for young men in uniform...
I also adore Donna and Martha together. So so relieved they haven't gone for a rehash of the jealousy/anxiousness that went with Rose meeting Sarah Jane. I knew I was on safe territory the moment Donna said exasperatedly 'She's engaged, you prawn.' Bless Donna, really, she doesn't fancy the Doctor herself and that gives her the ability to easily and genuinely say what she knows will help put Martha at ease. Namely that, yes, the Doctor has spoken of Martha, and also letting the focus go a bit on her own life and her engagement - Martha gets to glow and gush a bit, as well being quickly reminded that things are working out for her. :) Ditto in different ways for Martha. Even if the Doctor always will be a bit of a tender point for her, she's logical enough to know how to behave, and then is able to genuinely appreciate what it is in Donna that the Doctor likes without feeling her own place/authority is being threatened.
So this time round, I guess it's not so much as the missus meets the ex, but the favourite sister meets the ex. Only sister and ex get along like a house on fire, and it amuses me that the Doctor is now utterly outnumbered =)
