Doctor Who: Rise of the Cybermen
Oh my god, Mickey. This is going to be his couple of episodes, you can tell…and we learned so much about him and my heart just bloody broke.
So *that’s* where it all stems from…all the insistance that he’s probably useless, all the fake self-confidence we saw in Rose and all the rest. His gran brought him up, and Mickey didn’t fix the carpet and she tripped and broke her neck. Blimey.
And his mother ‘couldn’t cope’- what did Rose mean by that? We came to her in mid-sentence, so there could have been anything there. Maybe she couldn’t cope because she never wanted a kid, or she couldn’t cope because Mickey had a brother or sister who died, or something. And his Dad left (which, I am slightly proud to say, is one detail in my fanfics I got right, ha) and then his gran died. And in the parallel ‘verse she’s alive, so Mickey’s essentially facing the same choice Rose is- if you found a world where your dead loved ones still lived, what would you do?
And his dad was called Jackson Smith and worked in a key shop. *notes that down for future fic*
Slight spoilers/speculation for future episodes now: scroll down to read:
-There’s been lots of talk (although, I think, nothing concrete) about Mickey choosing to stay on alt-Earth, and although I hated the idea first (what about Jackie? The real Jackie?) I can buy it now. Although what I’d love the most would be Mickey going back to the estate and living with Jackie (I’m not what you’d call a shipper, but I love the relationship between those two) or Mickey opting to stay for a bit and asking the Doctor to pick him up later. Although it doesn’t look like that’s possible. Sigh.
Real spoiler now, but if you were alright reading the above you’ll probably be alright reading this too: Noel Clarke’s in episodes 12 and 13 too, according to OG. So at least no matter what happens, it won’t be quite the end. Whew.
Oh, and the Cybermen? They were pretty good too. ;)
May 13, 2006 @ 7:40 pm
I took it to mean she had post-natal depression. Which..has next to no basis, but that’s how it is in my head. The part with the carpet just broke my heart. Poor guy. May I say: Noel Clarke, looking VERY fine with his tattoos and shirtlessness. Or as my friend texted me: “Hullo sailor!” I loved this one. I’m still grinning.
May 13, 2006 @ 7:46 pm
Oh yes, the tattoos. GOD, the tattoos. *swoons* (still on a high, I’m afraid. ;) )
May 13, 2006 @ 7:54 pm
I loved Mickey SO MUCH in this. And oh, given how much I love the Ten/Mickey (platonic or otherwise, I don’t care, I just want ’em interacting) I adored the Doctor telling him about the Time Lords, and “you can’t follow both of us and it’s never gonna be me, is it?” and the guilt over never having asked about Mickey’s family…
May 13, 2006 @ 9:28 pm
(Didn’t he have a mother back in Rose?) When he went to his gran I just thought “yeah, it makes sense to me now. I could see him staying here if he can have this.”
May 13, 2006 @ 9:33 pm
(Didn’t he have a mother back in Rose?) Yeah…so maybe she just left the family? Hmm. We’ll probably never know, but still, leaves it open for fic. ;) *hopes he doesn’t stay, but fears it is inevitable*
May 14, 2006 @ 3:34 pm
To see more of Mickey/noel tattoos and all buy reveal out now in the UK and the june issue of cosmo> also out now
May 15, 2006 @ 3:09 am
*dances you* *does a wee bit of ‘told-you-so’ bragging about the awesomeness of Mickey* *really wants in-his-pants!Mickey icons* My take on his mum was just that she couldn’t cope with being a mum, and then her partner left, and so she sort of chucked it all in the bin. Not too uncommon, despite what we’re supposed to believe about women and mothering. I guess she could still be around a bit what with the comment in Rose.
May 15, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
*seconds, seconds, and VERY seconds.* ;) I’m not sure what to think about his mum. My only theory so far is that she had some sort of breakdown and sent Mickey off to live with his gran, and just let him stay there once it was obvious his dad wasn’t coming back. *nods*
May 15, 2006 @ 3:02 pm
You know, I am really worried that as the carpet still hasn’t been fixed his gran will fall down the stairs and die anyway, AU or not. And that poor Mickey will be shattered.
May 15, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
*meeps* That would indeed be awful. :(