Doctor Who: The Forest Of The Dead
That was so, so good.
Really, I can’t review this coherently. Might be an idea to split it up into sections.
Donna and her dream life:
I loved all of Donna’s life inside CAL. Funny how the kids looked just like her despite them being ‘all the same children’, though. :p Unless that was explained and I just didn’t hear it.
The revealing of Miss Evangelista’s face was THE MOST SCARY thing I’ve seen on Doctor Who since that moment with the Weeping Angel. In a way this was actually even scarier, because you weren’t expecting it. I certainly wasn’t.
Too bad this part of the story ended really quite sadly. Poor Donna’s actually-real husband. :( I hope she finds him again somehow. Maybe she’ll bump into him on a distant planet or something. If Catherine Tate ever leaves the series, she’s got the perfect get-out right there…
The Doctor and River:
Oh that was so sad. But resolved so perfectly. I wonder if they actually will ever fill in the blanks of the Ten/River story. I am also glad that they finally gave Ten a break, after all the constant tramua he endures.
Love that there was actually a reference of sorts to Susan’s grandmother in there, too.
The rest:
I love the Ten/Donna relationship. “Is ‘alright’ Time Lord speak for not alright at all?” Donna’s a brilliant companion, in that she really absolutely seems to get him. Catherine Tate and David Tennant were absolutely fantastic in this episode, also. Everyone was. :)
I also loved the repitition of ‘everybody lives’, and the finger snap. I nearly cheered at the finger snap. :D
June 8, 2008 @ 2:55 am
You know he’s going to use that finger-snap thing at ever opportunity from now on, just because he can. (also, he probably could have done that all along, but never thought of it. Ha!)
June 8, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
I have theory that Donna and her husband will meet again…although it’s a bit flimsy and based on what my housemate heard. He was on the verge of saying Donna’s name, just as he stepped into the teleport where he was supposed to state his destination. SO – What if he managed to get Donna’s name out just as he was teleporting, and he’s now been zapped to some point on Donna’s timeline? Yeah, I know it’s flimsy. But seeing them back together = so much squee! What was the reference to Susan’s grandmother?
June 14, 2008 @ 10:44 pm
When he says “There was only one time when I could [tell someone my name]…” I’m guessing that time was when he met Susan’s grandmother. ;) I so want Donna’s husband to show up again now. :D