The Doctor and Donna: together again!

[locker_monster]

Oh yeah, Doctor Who is back! I think I've overgeeked this weekend. :-D

Okay, bizarre plot involving fat babies, but cute fat babies! Okay, fine, also a commentary on how the world is full of people looking for quick diet plans and stuff. Anyone else wondering what the hell Russell T Davies was smoking when he came up with this plot? As always, I preferred the non-plot stuff; good stuff with Donna and seeing how she's lived her life since that Christmas. It's always easy to assume she went out into the world and lived her life, but she didn't. She just started to wander and that's so easy to relate to. The scene with her mom nagging her about finding a job was like a scene out of my life. ;-) I like that she went out and tried to find the Doctor rather than waiting for him to come back. She's grown as a character since we last saw her; I expected Donna to be annoying but actually, she genuinely wants to get out there and that's the best kind of Companion. She's not going to be complaining about everything they run into. And how great is Wilf, Donna's grandfather. He's the crazy guy from the newsstand in "Voyage of the Damned"! It was so cute how Donna asked the Doctor to fly the TARDIS over the hill.

And poor lonely Doctor! The scene where he starts babbling tech only to realize there's no one there to take in his awesomeness was quite sad. I bet he started talking to himself during the time he was travelling by himself. It's interesting that he says he ruined Martha's life. I assume he doesn't mean her family life; her parents got back together after the fiasco with the Master. I guess he means how he totally ignored her. I suppose him getting Martha a job with UNIT is his way of making up for some stuff. "I just want a mate." Aw. I like how he tries to warn Donna that travelling with him isn't all that grand sometimes. Funny how Donna just assumed the offer to join him was still good. :-) Offers to join the Doctor don't expire?

Okay, I've avoided it long enough. I wasn't expecting that ending. OMG! LOOK AT ALL THE LUGGAGE DONNA PACKED! No, wait...

Rose!

The second you see the back of her head you know it's her. Was the ending leaked on the internet? I know I wasn't expecting it. So either Rose has found a way back or she found some technology that projects her into this reality. She's clearly not invisible, but she just fades away. If this Rose is somehow a fake, like a memory or something, I'll be disappointed. Does this mean Rose is the watch word for this season? Either way, good tease for the fans. And "Doomsday" music! Just in case you forgot how heart wrenching the scene on the beach was. ;-)

Slightly odd start to the season, but I've missed Who. I didn't realize Donna was shorter than the Doctor. I thought they were the same height. Is David Tennant freakishly tall or something and I've never noticed? And next week looks exciting. I learned about Pompeii in my Greek and Roman Ancient Technology class.

Wow, and the official Doctor Who site got ugly and weird to navigate. But podcast commentaries! Hurray for BBC only messing up the commentary for "Voyage of the Damned". But the quality of the video are better.

Comments

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

I really liked this one, but you're right, the plot was TOTALLY out there. Fat babies. Oh, RTD.

LOVED the character stuff, though. The Doctor alone in the TARDIS was hard-breaking, as was Rose just missing the Doctor and then fading away. *sniff*

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Crazy yes, but also cute. I cannot get over how cute the Adipose are. In that crowd scene they're skipping and sliding off of taxis! I hope they market the Adipose and make some plushie dolls. :-D

Yes, poor lonely Doctor. It felt like this wasn't the first time he started babbling only to realize he was alone. And it's amazing the impact Rose has without having to say anything. I am so glad they managed to keep that ending a secret.

[ninamazing.livejournal.com]

Anyone else wondering what the hell Russell T Davies was smoking when he came up with this plot?

YEAH ME.

And "Doomsday" music! Just in case you forgot how heart wrenching the scene on the beach was.

Oh my God, it KILLED me.

I don't think she can be a memory, because it's so clearly post-"Doomsday" Rose. But I can see her not being actually there, and just being a projection. I actually thought maybe the Doctor blowing up the star to say goodbye to her didn't close the rift as cleanly as we thought, and so bits of Rose came through just after their goodbye, scattered across time ...

But that would be sad, too. I want them to HUG. And then get a mortgage. :P So I guess we'll see.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Well, it seems clear that Rose isn't invisible or intangible. Donna clearly saw her (unless this is a thing where only people who have travelled in the TARDIS can see her) and it looks like she was learning on the police barricade. I want her to be there and real, too. If it's just a projection of Rose then it's not really her.

Rose should be the watch word for the season. That way whenever the Doctor returns to Earth we'll have more opportunities to see her.