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11/02/09
HA! Indeed. But what was that bit about a Gate? Just another hint at The Doctor's imminent doom, is my guess. #doctorwho
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I forgot the words. #doctorwho
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who are you.? the man who has lost everything and dares to speak to me of lonelyness..
...and the gate is waiting for you...
something like that :)
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Ooh that's quite good. I might use that. :)
I quite like how, after a moment to absorb the awesomeness that is the Doctor, they took the situation in hand as equals rather than 'kids', tho Rani was a bit underwritten. The Doctor did not underestimate them, unlike the Trickster. #doctorwho
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seriously it is this Doctor's catch phrase. That and, the whole "hello, who/what are you". But the whole, "i'm so sorry", is always so well played.
soul crashing accepted regret. #doctorwho
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"I'll explain later."
(I can't be the only one who giggled uncontrollably and thought of "The Curse of Fatal Death" at that point.) #doctorwho
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Also, the evil laughter as the camera lingered on the empty room ruined what could have been a poignant moment. The glowing red mind control ring was by far proof enough for even the youngest child (who was still old enough to follow things at all) that something evil was afoot. #doctorwho
11/02/09
And I cannot BELIEVE 10 and Sarah made it through the whole back half of that episode without hugging. Maybe it's just me, but I felt just as left-hanging for physical contact between the characters as with, like, the end of Doomsday. #doctorwho
11/02/09
This is how we know that Russell T. Davies is no longer really involved in running the Sarah Jane Adventures:
Actually, no. You do realise that 'Sarah Jane' screens in England on CBBC -- whose programming is explicit aimed at the 6-12 year old demographic? It's not Torchwood or even Who proper, which still can't get into Queer as Folk territory because it occupied Saturday evening prime time.
I'm damn sure RTD does, and he's written and produced kid's programming before #doctorwho
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i think i may cry openly, if the final few specials with out 10th doctor are nearly as good as Ianto's death.
Oh Idea? have you made the death sceane list that makes you cry as an article? Joss Whedon's Angel (the series) Fred death scene, Wesley death scene. RTD's Ianto death impact, and DoctorDonna's loss... so i have 4 out of my top five. maybe i just have a top 4 scifi scene's that make me cry.
but my point was that this episode, even though for children, still had enough to wound my heart regarding the lost-love-exlover-movingon-impliedmortal... angles going on. if it was scripted for adults, definitely RTD would have ripped our fan-module hearts out of our chests and showed us the wibblywobblytimeywhimeysaltstains.... (yeah that sentance got away from me) #doctorwho
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Clyde: "...and what, exactly, is going on?"
Doctor: "I'll explain later."
Maybe I've just watched "The Curse of Fatal Death" too many times... #doctorwho
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Though as a sappy sentimentalist, yes, I would have loved to have had a bit more between them. Because I am weak. #doctorwho
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I felt they didn't utilize the Doctor as much as they should have, I mean it is a spin-off show. When Michael Shanks was on SG-A. he got a good bit of the action. Why couldn't there be deeper looks into what the Doctor was going through in the episode? Other than it's a kids show... and not the main show he's from... #doctorwho
11/02/09
As it was the Doc didn't really play a part in the story: He provided the exposition, that's more or less it (Okay, so he provided the TARDIS for Clyde to absorb some energy and weaken the Trickster which could've been gotten around another way, and pointed something out to Sarah she already knew, but that's it).
Which isn't to say I didn't love every minute of it. #doctorwho
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