30 Days of Doctor Who: Question 7: Favourite episode.
A two-parter: "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances".
Reasons:
- It was one of the better uses of time travel: set in London during the Blitz. An interesting time, portrayed in an interesting and different way.
- I love the nanogene plot: the 'villains' were not really villains, but wanted to make humanity perfect, and didn't know how to get it right.
- The story introduced Captain Jack Harkness, and he was at his best. Funny, smart, personable, forming an instant bond with Rose and the Doctor. I loved the rapport between them. I loved the idea of the Time Agents - and yes, I know it wasn't new with this episode, but it was new to me - and Jack's quest to find out what happened to him.
- Rose had a terrific Union Jack T-shirt.
- I loved the theme of the lost, orphan boys being cared for by a resourceful girl sneaking into houses when people went to air raid shelters.
- I liked the way Captain Jack realized his responsibility, and was ready to give his life to fix things - and then was saved by the Doctor, and taken into the TARDIS. Lucky Jack.
- I loved the theme of the Doctor Dancing.
- I loved the period detail.
- The story always makes me cry. A little. In a good way.
This is a story by Steven Moffat, and because of this, I thought I liked Moffat's writing. A lot. I thought that with "Blink", too. Funny, though, when we got to more of Steven Moffat's stories, I discovered I didn't like them as much as I expected to. Perhaps he was then putting his greater creative efforts into Sherlock?
I can choose a second favourite Doctor Who episode, it's "Father's Day".
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