I would have liked a quiet moment somewhere. I was moved, but it was all... in a big way.
Although I'm largely satisfied with the episode, big bangs and all, I would have liked a few more conversations/reflections in the midst, too. I would have liked a proper conversation with Rose and Jack together to touch upon the consequences of Jack's immortality. I would have also liked more of Ten and Human!Ten. It was like The Doctor was as frightened of Human!Ten as he was of Jack and decided to leave him and run, leaving too much unresolved.
I did love the one quiet scene with Wilf and the Doctor at the end, though. For me, that's when the episode hit emotionally. Events and meanings were allowed to sink in, and I think the episode needed.
Loved Gramps better than ever, and it was nice to see Sylvia sticking up for Donna.
Bernard Cribbins has been wonderful throughout and I love him just as much as I love Donna (and Donna is my favourite companion out of the new). I liked that Sylivia stuck up for Donna, too. Poor Doctor, he's doomed to have always have a mother's dislike!
Rose now has her Doctor. I'm not sure I like the implication that a mortal can only love or live with another mortal - Ianto and Jack are doing fine with their asymmetrical affair. Our Doctor couldn't tell Rose he loved her because she would then never have left him.
Although I find Donna and the Doctor's relationship the most squee-worthy (I ship them so hard in a platonic way!), I find Rose's more interesting. I know a lot of people hate that the Doctor supposedly returns her feelings, but I actually like that. I think the Doctor loves all his companions equally, but in different ways. I personally have no problem with romantic love being one of those ways (even sexual love, although I do lean towards the Doctor being asexual). It's the incompatibility of that love with his Time-Lordiness and her humanness makes it all lovely in it's possibility and complexity :) The same issues probably applies to Ianto and Jack, which is why I like their relationship.
As such, I HATE that Rose has ended up with the half-Doctor. It's not a happy-ever-after (not that I wanted one for Rose and the Doctor) because he is NOT the Doctor, and there's no Tardis and no time travel. It's not the tragic ending that gave Doomsday it's punch. It's this weird-arse ending and I'm not sure what that doubtful/uncomfortable look Human!Doctor and Rose shared was suppose to mean...Meh.
I'm not sure why she had to go back to her other universe, but I'm not sorry she did.
I'm no sorry either, but I did feel that that Doctor was dumping Human!Ten with Rose to clean up the mess and running away as fast as he can! I think that undercut so many things.
Does this mean Mickey will join Torchwood?
Well, Jack has two vacancies :)
Loved Action!Martha.
I think Martha is the one companion who is so much more awesome when she's acting without the Doctor. Maybe it's reside resentment over the Doctor's treatment of her and how her crush kind of weakened her character, but oh - lone Martha rocks! I wish she'd get her own spin-off :) <3
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Date: 2008-07-06 07:35 am (UTC)Although I'm largely satisfied with the episode, big bangs and all, I would have liked a few more conversations/reflections in the midst, too. I would have liked a proper conversation with Rose and Jack together to touch upon the consequences of Jack's immortality. I would have also liked more of Ten and Human!Ten. It was like The Doctor was as frightened of Human!Ten as he was of Jack and decided to leave him and run, leaving too much unresolved.
I did love the one quiet scene with Wilf and the Doctor at the end, though. For me, that's when the episode hit emotionally. Events and meanings were allowed to sink in, and I think the episode needed.
Loved Gramps better than ever, and it was nice to see Sylvia sticking up for Donna.
Bernard Cribbins has been wonderful throughout and I love him just as much as I love Donna (and Donna is my favourite companion out of the new). I liked that Sylivia stuck up for Donna, too. Poor Doctor, he's doomed to have always have a mother's dislike!
Rose now has her Doctor. I'm not sure I like the implication that a mortal can only love or live with another mortal - Ianto and Jack are doing fine with their asymmetrical affair. Our Doctor couldn't tell Rose he loved her because she would then never have left him.
Although I find Donna and the Doctor's relationship the most squee-worthy (I ship them so hard in a platonic way!), I find Rose's more interesting. I know a lot of people hate that the Doctor supposedly returns her feelings, but I actually like that. I think the Doctor loves all his companions equally, but in different ways. I personally have no problem with romantic love being one of those ways (even sexual love, although I do lean towards the Doctor being asexual). It's the incompatibility of that love with his Time-Lordiness and her humanness makes it all lovely in it's possibility and complexity :) The same issues probably applies to Ianto and Jack, which is why I like their relationship.
As such, I HATE that Rose has ended up with the half-Doctor. It's not a happy-ever-after (not that I wanted one for Rose and the Doctor) because he is NOT the Doctor, and there's no Tardis and no time travel. It's not the tragic ending that gave Doomsday it's punch. It's this weird-arse ending and I'm not sure what that doubtful/uncomfortable look Human!Doctor and Rose shared was suppose to mean...Meh.
I'm not sure why she had to go back to her other universe, but I'm not sorry she did.
I'm no sorry either, but I did feel that that Doctor was dumping Human!Ten with Rose to clean up the mess and running away as fast as he can! I think that undercut so many things.
Does this mean Mickey will join Torchwood?
Well, Jack has two vacancies :)
Loved Action!Martha.
I think Martha is the one companion who is so much more awesome when she's acting without the Doctor. Maybe it's reside resentment over the Doctor's treatment of her and how her crush kind of weakened her character, but oh - lone Martha rocks! I wish she'd get her own spin-off :) <3