Doctor Who: Army Of Ghosts
So, let’s do this in a calm and organized fashion, shall we?
Okay, first things first:
On Jackie: She’s going to die, isn’t she? :( That conversation about ‘what if I die?’ virtually signposted it. She dies to save Rose, I imagine, and Rose stays on Earth because of it.
I heard a very good theory about all that- that Jackie dies, and Rose begs the Doctor to save her, but he won’t. Or something.
On Torchwood: ‘Welcome to Torchwood…yes, it’s a shed.’
On the Doctor: Good as usual, but I’m surprised there wasn’t more of a reaction to meeting the very people who shot down the Sycorax ship. Loved the breaking-glass scene.
On Rose: Nah, she’s not going to die. I reckon that shot of her standing there on the beach is the last shot, and the TARDIS is just leaving.
On Mickey: I screamed ‘YES!’ when he appeared. Come on, I bet you did too. (And I loved that his undercover name was ‘Samuel’ -that was done because Noel Clarke is a Samuel L Jackson fan, right?)
And: I suppose this borders on the meta-ish- Jackie’s speech got me thinking. ‘She’s not Rose Tyler, not anymore.’- Rose has got to come back. Because if she doesn’t, she’ll go on and on and eventually she won’t be human, she’ll be just like the Doctor. Which probably sounds just fine to her- she gets to save people and befriend people and sometimes have a good laugh- but what about the loneliness and the forgetting people? I suppose that’s the last thing she’s got to learn. Well, maybe not the last thing. There’s still the daddy issues.
And onto Mickey: he’s changed so much and I’m not sure it’s for the better. The thing I loved about him was the fact that he’d try and fight off the monsters, fail, and keep trying until he did it. (And wouldn’t boast about it afterwards, while Rose might). But new-Mickey wouldn’t need to try.
He’s not Mickey Smith, not anymore?
Well, we’ll see more of him next episode, I’ll see what happens then. I hope he doesn’t die. :(
Roll on next Saturday!
July 1, 2006 @ 7:50 pm
Which probably sounds just fine to her- she gets to save people and befriend people and sometimes have a good laugh- but what about the loneliness and the forgetting people? I suppose that’s the last thing she’s got to learn. Well, maybe not the last thing. There’s still the daddy issues. Word. He’s not Mickey Smith, not anymore? Ooh, is that Rose’s final clue-by-four?
July 1, 2006 @ 7:51 pm
I loved Mickey. But, yes, he does seem to have become a bit of a Hero. Potentially with a bit of Arrogance. The kind that gets you Killed. Because only the Doctor can deal with the monsters, everyone knows that. But I don’t think he’ll die, for reasons within the trailer. I think Rose will die. I think he might try, and fail a bit, and then want to do the Tragic Sacrifice thing, and she’ll be all ‘No. I’m the Companion. This is my planet’, and do it instead. To save him and Jackie and all of them. But then at the beginning of the ep I was convinced (like you) she wouldn’t die, so God knows. I await next week with trepidation/anticipation.
July 1, 2006 @ 8:00 pm
Rose said she died. While I’m still at odds as to how she can say she died if she’s dead, I thought that settled the matter. Does this make me gullible? (You don’t have to answer that! lol!)
July 1, 2006 @ 8:10 pm
*points at icon* Buffy died twice and she was still around by the end of the series. Hell, Jack died last year on this show!
July 1, 2006 @ 9:34 pm
Yeah but not being a Buffy fan…meh I’m just gullible. I can see how she might die and come back but why say it if it isn’t true?
July 2, 2006 @ 3:11 am
She won’t be really dead, just “tv dead.” ;)
July 2, 2006 @ 8:56 am
I hope so.
July 2, 2006 @ 6:26 pm
Me too. I think it’s a pretty safe bet.
July 2, 2006 @ 10:21 am
Depends – the narrators of Sunset Boulevard and American Beauty are both dead in the films, so you can narrate and be dead at the same time. That said, I’m not sold on Rose dying. She’s gonna get a reprieve.
July 1, 2006 @ 8:24 pm
Mickey had that tagline from whoisdoctorwho.co.uk with “Defending the Earth”, but he missed off “because friends stick together”. Which is probably nothing. He’s definitely got a tinge of Rickey to him in this ep. He was distinctly less impressed by Rose than she was by him. There’s still the daddy issues Well, Pete’s in the next ep, so hopefully they’ll be sorted once and for all.
July 2, 2006 @ 3:10 am
Honestly, when Mickey appeared on screen, I was awfully busy bouncing around screaming “Mickey! Mickeymickeymickey! Mickey’s back!” and might have missed some things. ;) But yes, he’s definitely Changed. Much more focused on the baddies than on Rose, for example. I’m not convinced Jackie’s a goner, but then I hadn’t considered that before– shall have to have a think on it. I hope not. I am terribly fond of her.
July 5, 2006 @ 10:04 am
Honestly, when Mickey appeared on screen, I was awfully busy bouncing around screaming “Mickey! Mickeymickeymickey! Mickey’s back!” and might have missed some things. ;) I did a pogo-ing dance around the room. It was a bit embarrassing. Much more focused on the baddies than on Rose, for example. Because he has Jake now!
July 5, 2006 @ 6:24 pm
Much more focused on the baddies than on Rose, for example. Because he has Jake now! It’s so true! Also, your icon is all kinds of awesome.
July 2, 2006 @ 11:11 am
Since the big-bad-asses knwon as the Daleks made a cheeky return, I’m wondering if we’re gonna have a Bad Wolf relapse from PotW, since it’s that kind of Doctor-vs-Daleks finale again, but perhaps this time round saving Rose would be impossible…? Or maybe not. I believe Rose will die, but since the Daleks were wholly unexpected for me, I’m open for more surprises. :) We’ll just have to wait and see.