Timey-wimey bits...

[fajrdrako]

Had a good evening. commodorified came over, and auriaephialia, and two Americans I hadn't met before. When I learned they were draft resisters, my respect and admiration increased. iclysdale came over too, and we feasted on pate, shrimp salad, green salad with tangerines (I think...?), hummus, baba ghanooj, and sourdough bread.

The Americans hadn't seen Doctor Who series 3, so we elected to show them "Blink", and then "Smith and Jones" - my choice, but I had a yen to see it, having not seen it for many months now. And I loved it as much as ever. It remains one of my favourite episodes of Doctor Who even though it has some of the aspects I usually don't like - like rhino-headed aliens and bizarre events. But. The episode is just so much fun. And Ten is so sexy. Did he really become less sexy and less fascinating as the season progressed? Did he really become more inner-directed? I'll have to sort out why I think that happened, and how, and when.

Meanwhile, I could still just sit back and thoroughly enjoy that episode: what a terrific introduction to Martha, whom I still adore.

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[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

tangerines (I think...?)

Mineolos. Effectively the same.

And Ten is so sexy. Did he really become less sexy and less fascinating as the season progressed? Did he really become more inner-directed? I'll have to sort out why I think that happened, and how, and when.

I really noticed that as well. It seemed to me he was deliberately turning down the sexy charm towards Martha. Was it lingering guilt at Rose's fate, and knowing how close Martha was to her family and not being willing to risk killing her or separating her from her family? Or the effect of temporarily losing part of himself in the Family of the Blood episodes? Or was it simply he realized how easily he could deeply fall in love with her, as she had already with him?

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

There is now a Martha doll in the 12" series.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Mineolos. Effectively the same.

Delicious under any name!

It seemed to me he was deliberately turning down the sexy charm towards Martha. Was it lingering guilt at Rose's fate...?

Probably. I think the Doctor is actually depressed through a fair amount of the season, actually - and fairly suicidal, as in the "Kill me, then!" scene with the Daleks in "Daleks of Manhattan". I think there is plenty of reason to think he loves her - but he isn't about to show it, least of all to her.