Doctor Who: Army of Ghosts...

[fajrdrako]

Watched the Doctor Who episode Army of Ghosts this evening. It was only aired in the U.K. yesterday - why do I feel I've had to wait for it for an eon?



(1) I love Jackie being on the TARDIS (kidnapped!), and taking a part in the action. I love her relationship with the Doctor - sheer mother-in-law and son-in-law, affection, suspicion, hostility.... And I love the way he digs at her. I just plain love Jackie. She's terrific. I wouldn't want to spent ten minutes in her company, but I love her anyway. Her dialogue about how Rose was changed was wonderful - I wanted to tell her, yes, Rose will never be the same, that's what growing up is all about.

(2) I loved the implications throughout that Rose and the Doctor know they will be together forever, and want to be - even if they also know they can't be. Gad! I didn't want to be a Doctor/Rose shipper, and I'll swear I'm really not, but their relationship makes me all sentimental.

(3) Loved the Eastenders and Ghostbusters reference, especially since they were mercifully brief. Any more would have been too much.

(4) Love Torchwood, which brings back memories of my Man from U.N.C.L.E. days. If Torchwood is here, can Captain Jack be far behind? Loved the visuals throughout - the composition and lighting were amazing. Loved the use of plastic in the first appearance of the Cybermen at Torchwood. The Voice Sphere backlit in gold. The use of white, and white light, in so many of the Torchwood scenes.

(5) Lots of nifty dialogue - "If I'm the enemy, am I a prisoner?" And then the Doctor, true to form, starts to give orders to the Torchwood people.

(6) It was fun to see Mickey again - I wish I cared. I really, really wish it had been Captain Jack who popped up. Ah well. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder.

(7) The Daleks and Cybermen thing unexpectedly got all my fangirl hormones going. I think this show has done something to my brainwaves. Love the idea of the Void Sphere, a vehicle that travels the nothing between dimensions. For a race that was fully Exterminated at least twice, the Daleks sure are persistent.

(8) I'll swear David Tennant gets cuter with every episode. And that's 'cute' both in the sense of 'sexily attractive' and 'cutesy'. I would not have believed in the past that these characteristics could be compatible, but then, I'd never seen this Doctor. His shoes alone make me wibbly.

(9) Love it when he gets authoritative.

(10) The opening sequence with Rose was breathtaking. Not at all in the mood of the rest of the show. They seem to have put their cliffhanger at the beginning of the show, rather than the end. Which gave them the opportunity of making a second cliffhanger at the end. Artful!

(11) Seems that Torchwood, for all its high-tech character, has pretty lax security. Not only does Rose wander through the place undetected, but so do a small army of Cybermen, pretending to be renovations. Huh?

(12) Loved the way the whole word just adapted to the ghosts, recognizing their dead fathers and reporting on their appearances like weather reports.

(13) Absolutely totally loved the way Singh didn't fall for Rose's psychic paper trick.

Comments

[lilithlotr.livejournal.com]

I'm dying to see it! Maybe before the end of July... I have it, of course, and the Tarisode and the Totally and the Confidential - just no TIME

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I can understand the time problem too. Boy, can I understand it! But I am driven by compulsion to watch the Doctor these days.... And thanks again for those DVDs. They help me get the fix I need, and I had Beulah over today, to show her "Tooth and Claw". Much enjoyment was had by both of us!

[lilithlotr.livejournal.com]

I put episodes 10 & 11 in the mail to you today, so they should go out tomorrow. It had the Totally, the tardisode, the episode, then the Confidential - for each

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I put episodes 10 & 11 in the mail to you today, so they should go out tomorrow.

Picture me doing a happy dance! Thank you!

It had the Totally, the tardisode, the episode, then the Confidential - for each

Wonderful. I can hardly wait.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

I had Beulah over today, to show her "Tooth and Claw".

Ooh, have you converted Beulah? I wish I could have been there with you both! Do say hello to Beulah from me, and tell her I'm curious as to whether she's a Nine fan or prefers Ten. My bet would be on Nine... I've been watching lots of DW with walkingdaydream - yesterday's episodes were Army of Ghosts and the first three Nine episodes. And we have plans for this evening...

BTW, I got the tea this morning - thank you so much! It was a lovely lovely surprise and I'm looking forward to many happy mornings of Lady Grey drinking, thanks to you. Much appreciated. ::hugs you::

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ooh, have you converted Beulah?

Not really. Remember how I talked about how Lionel had, years ago, invited me over and showed me episodes of Doctor Who and they didn't take?

Well, it just so happens that he has been inviting Beulah over and showing her episodes of Doctor Who for many years. And she's always loved the show.

I'll ask her whether she prefers Nine or Ten. I know she likes Ten because we were mutually admiring how cute he is, and how mobile his face. When I was at Pat and Sandi's last week I remember a discussion about how much we liked Nine but I don't recall who said what or whether real preferences were mentioned.

I've been watching lots of DW with [info]walkingdaydream -

I am envious. I wish I had more fans to watch with. That sounds like such fun!

yesterday's episodes were Army of Ghosts

I loved it very much indeed.

and the first three Nine episodes.

Which I have been watching on my own lately.

And we have plans for this evening...

So? Which episodes?

I got the tea this morning

Really? I am astounded. I mailed it surface mail because I'm cheap and I thought you'd be getting it, maybe, September, and I just hoped the tea wouldn't be stale by then. I am delighted. I don't think it could have gone faster by air mail! I often think that 'surface mail' is a post office euphemism for 'we'll get it there at the same speed anyway but this way we don't have to promise anything'.

Enjoy the tea!

(hugs back)

[msilverstar]

I like all the things you did, though am quite fond of Mickey. Was that Eastenders? I thought it was Coronation Street, but I'm not an expert. Ghostbusters was quite funny, and not too long.

Isn't it fun to watch it almost when aired? If the BBC would let us pay for it, I'd pay, dammit.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

am quite fond of Mickey.

I'd like to be more fond of Mickey than I am. My appreciation of him, such as it is, is intellectual rather than emotional.

Was that Eastenders? I thought it was Coronation Street, but I'm not an expert.

If it was Coronation Street, it was with a character I am unfamiliar with. This is why I concluded it was Eastenders.

I'd pay BBC too. I'd pay CBC. Anyone. I don't understand why we're not getting this show on the air right now. We ought to be, dammit!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

It's Eastenders because that is made by the BBC. Coronation Street is made by ITV, and ne'er the twain shall meet!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ah - there, you see, I didn't know that! My only doubt was because I know all the Coronation Street characters, at least as currently shown on CBC, and I didn't recognize the person shown in Doctor Who. My only doubts were because Coronation Street here is at least six months behind that being aired in the UK, and there might be new characters introduced whom I haven't seen yet.

Now, I don't watch Coronation Street, but my friends do, so I see some episodes when I visit and I know a lot of the names and faces. Just like I used to know names and faces from The Guiding Light because my mother watched it, and General Hospital because my husband watched it.

Another clue - I didn't think the person shown spoke with a Yorkshire accent, though I'm not very good with accents and might have got it wrong.

[houseofmystery.livejournal.com]

So wanted it to be Captain Jack too... I begged the TV for it to be Captain Jack but... Alas... Daleks shall have to do...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

They are cruelly, cruelly, depriving us of our innate right to see Captain Jack again! Those BBC fiends....