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So today I watched *cough* an undisclosed amount of Doctor Who.

Let's start at the end: The Impossible Planet? The Satan Pit? You people knew a television show could be this good, and you did not tell me? Oh my god, I thought my head was going to explode. I jumped up and down. I did Paul Gross arms. Oh my GOD.

Also, did anyone notice how ridiculously hot the Torchwood rocket crew was? I was especially fond of Danny, in the face if not the persona. It's a shame they didn't get a spinoff. That would have been some pretty, pretty fanfiction.

Also, zomgers, seriously, I am about to burst from the awesomeness. That was ridiculous.

Also, re: Ten/Rose, I GIVE UP. Their love is pure! I love them! They love each other! They make me wibble. ::glances at short, short list of episodes left:: ::maintains state of perfect denial::

Moving back towards Age of Steel, I was relieved to see Mickey find a place, and get out of that unhealthy thing he and Rose had going on. It was nice to see the poor kid get some respect in the end, after all that pining.

There was a moment in Age of Steel that - well, there are two gestures or bits of body language in Doctor Who that seem to me kind of central to the Doctor / Rose relationship. First, starting in The End of the World, the hand-holding: I like that, symbolically, because it makes sense to me that the Doctor / Companion relationship is all about having someone to hold your hand while the sun explodes. Second, in Age of Steel, and I've seen it before: there's this hug Rose gives the Doctor when they're sure they're about to die, with this big grin on her face. It's the I wouldn't have missed it for the world hug, and it kills me. It is possible to imagine that Rose Tyler believes so much in the Doctor that "we're all about to die" isn't real to her, but I think that somewhere in Season 2 the penny drops, and she still hugs him like it's the best thing in the universe just to be in that place at that moment together.

Seriously, I usually watch shows with a fair amount of ironic detachment, and I don't really know what's gotten into me that this particular show is hitting me so hard. Maybe it's just that good, or maybe it's that I wholeheartedly, for once, like the hero. Maybe it's that it is kind of a kids' show, and not ironic, itself, at all. Whatever. It is bringing me some serious joy.