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locker_monsterA little ST: TNG reference for the fans there. ;-)
Well, that was... interesting. But in a good way.
Sadly, I won't be home next Saturday so I'll be missing out on the Agatha Christie action. But my sister is going to buy me a pair of Chucks for my birthday. :-) Now comes the all important decision: what colour?
Well, that was... interesting. But in a good way.
Wow, what a way to ruin all the anticipation. Jenny's from a machine! She's not the Doctor's long lost daughter or unknown clone daughter created by some psycho. She's just a soldier. I suppose that's for the best. If she was somehow lost or Ten and Rose's daughter then that raises all sorts of problems. This way is clean and simple. Sample of DNA and here's Jenny. I have to say, Jenny grows on you. She was bred to be a soldier, but she's truly the Doctor's daughter. She found another way, to go against what she was made for. And she can be all excitable and giggly. I was totally convinced that once Jenny started to come around to the idea of travelling with her "dad" she was going to die. First, too many people in the TARDIS, and second, the Doctor would actually get to be happy for once. So, gun shot to the chest. That had echoes of the Master's death in "Last of the Time Lords". Naturally I was shouting at my screen, "Regenerate!" Seems kind of cheap it was a delayed reaction. Actually, Jenny didn't even regenerate, did she? She just had some wispy gas escape from her mouth and she woke up. It looked like the gas that escape from her mouth was the same as the terraforming gas. Did that initiate some chemical reaction? Whatever the case may be, there goes Jenny, flying around and seeing the universe. I do hope she and the Doctor meet up again. And if you can create more Time Lords from that machine, why doesn't the Doctor try to rebuild and repopulate a new Gallifrey? Obviously his DNA can only go so far, but it would be a start.
Poor Freema. First she gets dunked in goo green and now she falls into a pit of gross mud. What a great way to welcome her back. ;-) As is protocol when the Doctor has more than one companion, heck, even when he has one companion, everyone gets split up. I feel a bit cheated that Martha didn't get more of a chance to spend time with the Doctor. You lose the opportunity of the two of them talking about where they are. Just think of the awkward, but funny, conversations they could have had. Like, Martha could invite the Doctor to her wedding and he could become all rambling. The only thing that didn't make sense was Martha breaking down in tears outside after that Hath drowned. She isn't freaked out when the Hath take her away; she helps them. Plus, she's clearly capable of figuring things out herself; she goes outside instead of through the tunnels to get to the Source. Did she have a flashback to the year that wasn't? I could see that. Martha probably walked through some barren places on her own. I was kind of hoping we'd get to see Tom at the end of the episode. Maybe next time. Doesn't Freema still have a few more appearances to go?
And check out Donna, figuring stuff her own self. It might be only me, but every time she says, "I spent (so many years/months) at such-and-such job" I just grin. It's probably only me. :-) I worked temp too and you just have to pick up things quickly. That totally works for Donna as a character. She's wandered like the Doctor, going from place to place. She has all these odd experiences to pull from and it clearly comes in handy. But now I'm worried for Donna's well-being. The last time a companion said she would stay forever with the Doctor, it ended badly. Seems like they're not in the habit of killing people just because, so hopefully that means Donna won't meet an ill-fated end, but we all know staying forever with the Doctor is not an option. I don't see Donna just deciding to stop because travelling becomes too much. She'll either find a cause of her own, which most companions do, or... Well, if you follow tradition, the only other way to leave the TARDIS and the Doctor is to die a noble death. Though, deciding to leave because they had enough worked for Sarah Jane and Tegan.
I just hate it when they reveal plot stuff in the title. At least the Doctor's daughter thing wasn't a fake out. "Just kidding. She's really not your kid." I always like it when you become more invested in the character stuff than the actual plot. Two sides fighting a never ending war. Gotcha. Said war is only seven days old. Um, sure. So both sides have been cloning themselves so much that the originals are all gone? Wouldn't the quality of the DNA go down with each batch that is created? Not that I really care; I don't watch Who for the science. The Hath were kind of cute though. They sort of emote with their gills.
Would it be too radical to hope that Jenny might be the next companion? With next season the year off, it doesn't seem likely she would join the Doctor by the end of this season. Just having TV movies to expand on her character would feel cheap. It'd also be a different dynamic. Jenny wouldn't be like Susan; Susan knew about Gallifrey and the culture. Jenny has soldier training but no history. She would learn who she is with every adventure. And the Doctor could go through being a dad again. :-D
Poor Freema. First she gets dunked in goo green and now she falls into a pit of gross mud. What a great way to welcome her back. ;-) As is protocol when the Doctor has more than one companion, heck, even when he has one companion, everyone gets split up. I feel a bit cheated that Martha didn't get more of a chance to spend time with the Doctor. You lose the opportunity of the two of them talking about where they are. Just think of the awkward, but funny, conversations they could have had. Like, Martha could invite the Doctor to her wedding and he could become all rambling. The only thing that didn't make sense was Martha breaking down in tears outside after that Hath drowned. She isn't freaked out when the Hath take her away; she helps them. Plus, she's clearly capable of figuring things out herself; she goes outside instead of through the tunnels to get to the Source. Did she have a flashback to the year that wasn't? I could see that. Martha probably walked through some barren places on her own. I was kind of hoping we'd get to see Tom at the end of the episode. Maybe next time. Doesn't Freema still have a few more appearances to go?
And check out Donna, figuring stuff her own self. It might be only me, but every time she says, "I spent (so many years/months) at such-and-such job" I just grin. It's probably only me. :-) I worked temp too and you just have to pick up things quickly. That totally works for Donna as a character. She's wandered like the Doctor, going from place to place. She has all these odd experiences to pull from and it clearly comes in handy. But now I'm worried for Donna's well-being. The last time a companion said she would stay forever with the Doctor, it ended badly. Seems like they're not in the habit of killing people just because, so hopefully that means Donna won't meet an ill-fated end, but we all know staying forever with the Doctor is not an option. I don't see Donna just deciding to stop because travelling becomes too much. She'll either find a cause of her own, which most companions do, or... Well, if you follow tradition, the only other way to leave the TARDIS and the Doctor is to die a noble death. Though, deciding to leave because they had enough worked for Sarah Jane and Tegan.
I just hate it when they reveal plot stuff in the title. At least the Doctor's daughter thing wasn't a fake out. "Just kidding. She's really not your kid." I always like it when you become more invested in the character stuff than the actual plot. Two sides fighting a never ending war. Gotcha. Said war is only seven days old. Um, sure. So both sides have been cloning themselves so much that the originals are all gone? Wouldn't the quality of the DNA go down with each batch that is created? Not that I really care; I don't watch Who for the science. The Hath were kind of cute though. They sort of emote with their gills.
Would it be too radical to hope that Jenny might be the next companion? With next season the year off, it doesn't seem likely she would join the Doctor by the end of this season. Just having TV movies to expand on her character would feel cheap. It'd also be a different dynamic. Jenny wouldn't be like Susan; Susan knew about Gallifrey and the culture. Jenny has soldier training but no history. She would learn who she is with every adventure. And the Doctor could go through being a dad again. :-D
Sadly, I won't be home next Saturday so I'll be missing out on the Agatha Christie action. But my sister is going to buy me a pair of Chucks for my birthday. :-) Now comes the all important decision: what colour?
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