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11/17/09
#doctor whore cap
What does that say about me? #doctorwho
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Although the two did have their similarities, what with the virtual worlds and storage of consciousness. #doctorwho
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The Doctor needs Rose, or at least Donna. Watching him go through the universe on his own like this is breaking *my* heart. #doctorwho
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Especially the "Life on Mars" gag. Cheeky! #doctorwho
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Obviously, the Doctor can't save everybody he meets, but it should have been bloody obvious that grabbing a couple of survivors, and then plonking them down on a peaceful alien planet with an Earth-like atmosphere billions of light years and several thousand years away from their home wouldn't affect the timelines one jot.
Maybe it'd be different if it was the Titanic or the Hindenburg where there were bodies to recover, but a giant volcano or point-blank atomic explosion? No contest. Quit feeling so emo all the time and at least save the people in the same room with you. #doctorwho
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But given the choice between death by boiling lava, point-blank nuclear explosion, or a new existence on an alien world, I'd choose option C.
Of course, that's assuming the Doctor wasn't a total dick, and found them a planet that already had a friendly helpful population on it that didn't mind taking in a few strays, or one that was unusually idyllic, with plenty of food, moderate temperatures, and no large angry carnivores.
Also, if the Doctor has got off his ass a little earlier, he could have easily saved dozens of citizens from Pompeii, plus at least 5 of the Bowie Base crew. If the Doctor rescued everybody he could during these situations and plopped them all down on the same planet 5 minutes apart, they'd have a viable (if a bit unusual) community started by lunchtime! #doctorwho
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Orville Redenbacher bowtie aside, his Doctor seems to be far more light-hearted and Troughton-y. #doctorwho
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I flipped through a bunch of Doctor Who episodes to get my fix.
Fires of Pompeii was an option, but it was to similar. And I could have felt sad.
I landed on Turn Left.
Because she gets her Doctor back at the end. #doctorwho
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She went to the same school as my sister.
Fuck, she got old!
*checks mirror*
"Nooooooo!" #doctorwho
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first of all, the tardis would have been closer to the station.
second, there would have been more humor.
third, she would have yelled at the universe and it would have listened.
fourth, the 27yo and nurse would have been orientated to the concept of time travel and spacial geometry.
fifth, it would have broken your heart even worse.
sixth, felspoon has mountains that sway in the breeze. mountains that move.
seventh, charlie chaplin.
eightth, did you see her face in the End of time Preview... omfg... she better not die.
great episode. definitely rewatchable. applying the 5 stages of Fanboy Grief. Knowing that Matt Smith is close and seeing Riversong in a preview picture, I am emotionally ready for that eventuality.
I forgive RTD and crew for Planet of the Dead and The New Doctor specials earlier this year. #doctorwho
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"donna, that wasn't edison"
"whatever space-man... can we go? i am not fitting into Rose's space suit." #doctorwho
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They did say it was their last chance to send the Doctor on a silly fun romp. They weren't kidding. #doctorwho
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What's more, she's cheated death when she'd come to terms with it (and realised how important her life and death would be) and seen the rules - something she's been a stickler for - thwarted in the most contemptuous manner. Everything that gave her life meaning has been taken from her and the only way for her to regain it was to end her life on her terms.
What the Doctor sees through her actions is that he's almost destroyed the person he so admired - who had such a profound effect on humanity, his favourite species. That's what really gets him.
The great thing about this episode was that it felt like a classic Who set-up and carried on that way right up until the end when the Doctor says "sod it" and screws with what he holds most dear just to get his own way. And there was no bloody romance. #doctorwho
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must learn not to skip words... #doctorwho
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That's why we love him so much, that chubby, over-grown Welsh fanboy. #doctorwho
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Me go too far! #doctorwho
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Just going forward a bit would be to admit that the old laws still stood, that he still had to follow them - this was his way of "showing" that they did not, that he was all powerful and nothing could stop him.
A really dark, poignant moment for this Doctor - and I welcomed it. #doctorwho
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