Doctor Who: The Long Game
Hmmmm.
So, the basic plot of this one (exploding aliens aside)- Adam turns out to be a bit of a nitwit, and the Doctor decides he’d rather have Rose instead. He does in fact spend most of the episode complimenting her, is decidedly crueller to Adam than he really needed to be, and at the end of the episode both of ’em actually come off as rather dislikable.
…and personally I think it’s building up to something. Father’s Day, to be exact. :D During the trailer, there’s a bit where the Doctor says ‘I did it again, picked up another stupid ape.’ and it looks like he’s talking to Rose. Adam messes about trying to change the future, and now Rose is going to mess about trying to change the past- she may not be the ideal companion either, simply because she is human, and humans are ruled by their emotions, be it self-interest (Adam) or love (Rose).
And yeah. But leaving Adam like that- not especially smart, I reckon. Is it just me, or is this definately beginning to have the feeling of one of those ‘only the strong survive’ fairytales? (And it is beginning to seem a bit like a fairytale, albeit a very modern one) ;)
I’m (still) fascinated by CE’s Doctor. You get the feeling you really, really don’t want to get on the wrong side of him. He has absolutely zero tolerance for greed or stupidity, and yet you get the feeling that he’s only just sane himself. And he appears to be grinning a lot less.
Rose…as I said, I think she’s being set up for a fall. Roll on next episode. :)
Two other random things: 1) Simon Pegg was good, as always, and 2) What happened to the thing about Suki being one of Rose’s friends from school, somehow kept alive all these years? Read that one in a magazine, I guess it was just a rumor…
Oh, all right, 3) We’ve had Simon Pegg, now I want Martin Freeman in an episode, dangnabbit.
Oh, and my ranking so far: End of the World, Dalek, Aliens of London, WW3, The Unquiet Dead, Rose, The Long Game. (This might change after I get the DVDs and can watch them again, though.)
May 7, 2005 @ 8:11 pm
He does in fact spend most of the episode complimenting her, is decidedly crueller to Adam than he really needed to be, and at the end of the episode both of ’em actually come off as rather dislikable. …and personally I think it’s building up to something. Father’s Day, to be exact. :D During the trailer, there’s a bit where the Doctor says ‘I did it again, picked up another stupid ape.’ and it looks like he’s talking to Rose. *nodnod* I was a bit “Dude, killing a fascist killing machine is Wrong, but leaving Adam with a thing in his head is Fine? Whu?” I was sat there watching the preview going “Ahhhh, so that’s why Adam’s right before this.” Is it just me, or is this definately beginning to have the feeling of one of those ‘only the strong survive’ fairytales? ‘Only the Rose survive…’ *criez*
May 7, 2005 @ 8:18 pm
The thing I don’t get is – why does the Doctor appear to be under the impression that Adam will do a good job of keeping it to himself? Won’t his inevitable exposure and dissection /really/ mess up history? Still, I don’t know why Nine and Rose thought Adam might be a suitable companion, given that he was the scientist minion of an evil and insane billionaire, who appeared not to really care about some of his boss’s more questionable work practices. I think we shouldn’t really blame him for his errant stupidity, since he was born that way, but instead focus on who wanted to bring him along in the first place. Yeah, so I’m kind of looking forward to the fact that it seems Rose will actually get kick in deh hed when she messes up next week. Heh.
May 7, 2005 @ 8:33 pm
The thing I don’t get is – why does the Doctor appear to be under the impression that Adam will do a good job of keeping it to himself? Won’t his inevitable exposure and dissection /really/ mess up history? Especially since Adam’s just gone and shown an eagerness to harvest future technology for his own benefit. He’ll be poking that thing in his brain eventually, oh yes…
May 7, 2005 @ 8:41 pm
now I want Martin Freeman in an episode, Hitch Hiker’s Guide Movie Xover, perhaps? Without Mos Def, hopefully. I love Simon Pegg….
May 7, 2005 @ 9:37 pm
I liked Mos Def in that movie, he made a great Ford! All that hugging simply because he didn’t know why we hugged, only that we did. And the way he played it. Anyway, back onto DW… no good is going to become of Adam staying on earth that’s for sure. And a crossover between the two would be funnny. It is quite possible that this is leading onto the next one.
May 8, 2005 @ 8:10 am
I agree the quirkiness was good. And incredible slashibility. But he just annoyed me. Yes, back to the matter. Adam will probably be a problem, if we ever see him again. A crossover would be hilarious, but I doubt singing and dancing dolphins would go over too well with the hardcore Whovians.
May 8, 2005 @ 9:34 am
Naaa, didn’t annoy me at all. I loved it!! He would be. I don’t know, Adams worked on Doctor Who for a while so some of his stuff has already come through. And, in anycase, a large number of DW fans are also British and no doubt ‘so long and thanks for all the fish’ will mean something to them/us. A crossover would be just plain funny. And if it confuses the hell outa people, well that’ll be funny too.
May 8, 2005 @ 8:31 am
I’ve not seen the movie yet, but am wondering whether he plays Ford as… well… stupid enough.
May 8, 2005 @ 9:41 am
Well, it’s a good movie (though I like the TV show better). And Ford isn’t the brightest crayon in the box, no. Ooooo, and look out for a cameo or two in there from guys from the TV show. They’re not big but…