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[sapote]

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.

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[sapote3.livejournal.com]

I have the feeling that Australia has regular contact with the BBC in many capacities? Here, not so much. tvlinks.co.uk is slowly getting more classic Doctor, though, and since that's where I watch most of my tv nowadays, I'm hoping to catch some of it as it appears. Ace sounds awesome.

[rilestar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we've had Doctor Who airing since almost the same time as England. I grew up on a steady diet of British teev. I always felt bad for American children, to be deprived of the experience of growing up with Doctor Who. We had all the novelisations of the early shows, too, in case we missed an episode.

Ace was frickin' awesome. She was the first real companion who was able to really help herself, and not spend a lot of time yelling "Doctor!" We were gutted when the show was cancelled after one season of 7. It lived on in the "new adventures" books & audios, some of which were good, but partway through the writers "reinvented" Ace's future and wrote her as a battle-scarred veteran in a rubber catsuit. At this point I started throwing the books under passing buses. I wish I could sit you down right now and show you "Rememberance of the Daleks", the 25th anniversary episode. I'd have to explain all the canon-dependent references, though, so it might not be as enjoyable for you as for me!

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

hee, people trying to explain their huge sf canon mid-episode is usually awesome, if confusing. And yes, five minutes on wikipedia and I've already seen the rubber catsuit. Why, why must there always be a catsuit in the end?

No, seriously, feel sorry for us. No Dalek jokes! Not ever! British people would go "Exterminate! Exterminate!" and we'd just stare at them like they'd sprouted extra heads.

[rilestar.livejournal.com]

Why, why must there always be a catsuit in the end?

sing it, sister.

here's a journal entry of mine you probably haven't seen - it pre-dates our friending, i think...

http://rilestar.livejournal.com/17395.html

[sapote3.livejournal.com]

omg ::very much admires your satchel::