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locker_monsterAgain with the titles that spoil who the villains are. It totally ruins the moment when they're revealed. You know to expect a space potato head under that helmet.
Actually, I'm really excited to get past the next episode. I have no idea what episode six is about. They didn't show clips from that episode; all the trailers skipped over it and went straight to episode seven. Beyond episode seven I'm totally clueless, too. I can't wait. No more school and unknown Who episodes to come.
And ha, they actually called a Sontaran a potato! Oh, that was wonderful. A space potato in a blue and grey rubber suit. A rubber suit with fake abs and a tight... backside. Seriously, what happened to the black armour? I totally think the Judoon stole the Sontarans' look. Black leather and vaguely Roman. That should have been the Sontarans' new look. No, instead we get this. I appreciate they kept the same basic design. Big helmet to accommodate the big head and the probic vent in the back. At least they remembered the probic vent. Extreme love for how the Doctor distracted Staal with a racquet ball. Hee. I get that Sontarans are supposed to be these big (small?) tough warriors, but somehow they don't come off as very threatening, no matter how hard you try. Seemed like at the end they were going for a Māori warrior type vibe, but it still doesn't work for me. Sontarans were fun when they popped up occasionally, but they were never that scary.
But enough about the potato heads. Martha! Feels like this episode is set after "Reset". People were speculating that Martha might have been engaged but I didn't think they would actually do it. How much time has gone by? Martha mentioned her boyfriend in "Reset" and now it's finance. And it's Tom. That was a nice reveal. The relationship seems rushed somehow, but it's easy to forget the whole missing year and how Tom sacrificed himself to save Martha. I wish we had gotten to spend more time with Martha in this episode. At least she had a scene with Donna about the Doctor. And no fighting. That was good. Fighting companions would feel lame. I wonder if we'll see Tom when Martha shows up again.
How cute was the Doctor teaching Donna how to fly the TARDIS? He's never let anyone else fly the TARDIS before. I'm not sure if that means something. But you do get a sense of how Donna has grown on him. "She looks after me." Aw. Poor Doctor, with his foot in his mouth, when Donna says she wants to go home. I've always liked how the companion's family is never forgotten. They always go back and visit them. The little clip show when Donna is walking down the street was really lame, like they were short and needed to fill time or something. Donna explaining things to her granddad made up for that. Donna needs to tell her mother at some point though. Funny how everyone already knows the Doctor, Wilf from Christmas, and Sylvia from Donna's wedding. I wonder if they'll mention the fate of Donna's dad.
Overall though, this two parter is a lot like last year's two parter: kind of disappointing. Well, plot wise anyway. Sontarans using cars and gas to do something. Hopefully that something is interesting and exciting when it's revealed. But those sneaky people at Doctor Who. You can see an Atmos sticker on the cab in "Partners in Crime". They never overlook anything, do they? :-) The effects people also get bonus points for keeping the ball shape of the Sontaran scout ships. Yay, old school!
But enough about the potato heads. Martha! Feels like this episode is set after "Reset". People were speculating that Martha might have been engaged but I didn't think they would actually do it. How much time has gone by? Martha mentioned her boyfriend in "Reset" and now it's finance. And it's Tom. That was a nice reveal. The relationship seems rushed somehow, but it's easy to forget the whole missing year and how Tom sacrificed himself to save Martha. I wish we had gotten to spend more time with Martha in this episode. At least she had a scene with Donna about the Doctor. And no fighting. That was good. Fighting companions would feel lame. I wonder if we'll see Tom when Martha shows up again.
How cute was the Doctor teaching Donna how to fly the TARDIS? He's never let anyone else fly the TARDIS before. I'm not sure if that means something. But you do get a sense of how Donna has grown on him. "She looks after me." Aw. Poor Doctor, with his foot in his mouth, when Donna says she wants to go home. I've always liked how the companion's family is never forgotten. They always go back and visit them. The little clip show when Donna is walking down the street was really lame, like they were short and needed to fill time or something. Donna explaining things to her granddad made up for that. Donna needs to tell her mother at some point though. Funny how everyone already knows the Doctor, Wilf from Christmas, and Sylvia from Donna's wedding. I wonder if they'll mention the fate of Donna's dad.
Overall though, this two parter is a lot like last year's two parter: kind of disappointing. Well, plot wise anyway. Sontarans using cars and gas to do something. Hopefully that something is interesting and exciting when it's revealed. But those sneaky people at Doctor Who. You can see an Atmos sticker on the cab in "Partners in Crime". They never overlook anything, do they? :-) The effects people also get bonus points for keeping the ball shape of the Sontaran scout ships. Yay, old school!
Actually, I'm really excited to get past the next episode. I have no idea what episode six is about. They didn't show clips from that episode; all the trailers skipped over it and went straight to episode seven. Beyond episode seven I'm totally clueless, too. I can't wait. No more school and unknown Who episodes to come.
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Date: 2008-04-27 12:04 pm (UTC)I was hoping to get a Brigadier reference, though.;)
Thought the plot was just sort of dumb on the face of it. I don't care how revolutionary a new system is, you don't get half of all the cars in the world running it. Also, one of the things that I always kind of liked about the Sontarans was that Earth seemed almost secondary to any of their plans, because they were at war with the Rutan Host. We haven't seen their whole plan, but I'm hoping that's the case here. I dunno, I liked the Sontarans (don't even care about the armor redesign) and I liked the interaction stuff, but I didn't particularly care for the SF _plot_.
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Date: 2008-04-27 02:18 pm (UTC)You're right about the Sontarans. They never attacked Earth. Usually they just landed there by accident or it was part of another plan that didn't involve Earth. I'm hoping the Rutans will get a mention, but it seems kind of complicated to re-introduce them and the Sontarans. Plus Rutans were just green blobs, though they could take on human shapes.