My Torchwood and Doctor Who video-party...

[fajrdrako]

I invited seven friends over to see the Doctor Who episodes "Army of Ghosts", "Doomsday" and "The Runaway Bride" - none of which have been shown in Canada yet.

Then when that was over nobody wanted to stop, so I showed them all the first episode of Torchwood, "Everything Changes". They all loved it. Even the people I thought wouldn't.

And I, of course, was totally happy. My illness has let up enough for me to enjoy myself (though there was the occasional coughing fit) and I love all those episodes.... Well, "The Runaway Bride" less than the other three, but Ten is still adorable and there are all those wonderful romantic references to Rose.

Seeing "Everything Changes" again was an odd experience for me, since when it first aired I watched it over and over - and now haven't seen it for a month or two. It was fun to see how different my perceptions of the characters was then, now that I know what has happened to them over thirteen episodes. They seemed almost innocent. Jack was hard-edged, but more charming and funny than I recalled him.

It was fun too to see the reactions of my friends. One friend had never seen the new Doctor Who at all, though she was familiar with the Tom Baker episodes. The rest had, I think, all seen the Captain Jack episodes of Doctor Who and all remarked on the changes in him. My friend who hadn't seen him before thought he was gorgeously sexy - and Gwen too. Well, I can only agree. Gwen seems especially cute and sexy in that episode. Did my attitude to her change in later episodes? I think so. "They're so much sexier than Mulder and Scully," she said. Heh. I think she will like the sexual attitudes.

I promised more video-parties. How can I resist? A chance to watch more.

Comments

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

I'm watching "Everything Changes" again right now. Did you notice that Gwen was doing that same "Do you forgive me" litany with Rhys there that she did when she retconned him in "Combat"? Really, the signs have been there all along. Up to and including Owen calling himself a prat. :-)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Did you notice that Gwen was doing that same "Do you forgive me" litany with Rhys there that she did when she retconned him in "Combat"?

yes - an interesting intensification of the stakes. Lots of foreshadowing of various things which of course we couldn't know at the first. I think I have to watch the whole series again to catch more of these interconnections - the continuity of theme and plotting is really quite remarkable even though the mood and tone (and even the genre) of each individual episode is all over the place. It's remarkable.

I thought Owen called himself a twat not a prat, but in any case, the thought rings true!

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

the continuity of theme and plotting is really quite remarkable even though the mood and tone (and even the genre) of each individual episode is all over the place. It's remarkable.

Yup. I love it. All too frequently on the first run-through, it doesn't look like there's any connection whatsoever. But RTD is very good at sneaking that sort of thing in under the radar.

I thought Owen called himself a twat not a prat, but in any case, the thought rings true!

Hah! Could be either one. I'm sort of half-listening while doing the next (really huge) torchwood_three newsletter.

(Also, there's a lot of people calling Jack a bastard. Heh.)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

RTD is very good at sneaking that sort of thing in under the radar.

He's brilliant. Like in "Everything Changes" where he sneaks in a casual mention of the chameleon circuit and it doesn't even matter if the viewer doesn't know what that is, but it adds such breadth and depth to the story for the many who do know.

I'm sort of half-listening while doing the next (really huge) torchwood_three newsletter.

Wonderful! I look forward to it. (And that reminds me that I should be working on the story I wanted to post this week, but being sick slowed me down. Ah well.)

there's a lot of people calling Jack a bastard.

Quite right, too. (g)

We've had no hint of his parentage, have we? Assuming people have parents in the 51st century... assuming that he is even from the 51st century... Heh. The only thing we know is that he went to war young.