Doctor Who: Turn Left
That was all kinds of awesome.
The world without the Doctor was actually more scary than I ever imagined, just the sheer hopelessness of it, Donna and her family refugees while Adipose ate America and Torchwood died. Poor, poor Donna.
The scene that actually stands out the most for me in this episode, despite all the other stuff going on, is when Donna speaks to her mother and whispers “I was always a disappointment,” or something of the sort. Her mother just stares ahead tearfully and murmurs “Yes.”
Oh, and the other scene that stands out- and that’s one of the grimmest, saddest scenes I’ve seen in Doctor Who- is when Donna’s landlord Mr Santo and his family are taken away, and Donna doesn’t even comprehend what’s going on, and Wilfred gives the man a salute with tears in his eyes and Mr Santo is being unrelentingly cheerful in order to spare Donna and then Donna finally gets it and runs after the truck…
:(
Martha goes out heroically in this timeline, then, giving the last of the air to a coworker. When I was watching Confidential RTD or someone pointed out that Donna and Rose are a lot alike, and I think the thing with Martha is that she’s not really much like either of them; she’s calm and collected and hyper-intelligent and a geek. But anyway, it was good to see her get a mention, and prove (along with loads of other characters) that you don’t need the Doctor to be heroic.
It was good to see Sarah Jane and her teenage gang get a mention too, as well as Gwen and Ianto. I can’t believe they’re going to be in the next episode. It’s like a massive interfandom crossover. :)
Rose! It’s actually so good to see her again, being all mysterious and Doctorlike. (“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.”) She seems a lot more grown up, too.
Oh, the BAD WOLF reveal at the end must be my favourite moment of Series Four so far; I love the whole mystery that surrounds Bad Wolf and how it seems to connect everything together. To see BAD WOLF all over the TARDIS made me grin like crazy.
Lastly: who spotted Mickey? :p
June 21, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
What, Mickey? WEHRE?!
June 22, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
Dangit, having checked the episode again, I was wrong. It’s just someone with similar hair. Oops. :o
June 22, 2008 @ 10:47 pm
Ooooo, grrrrr *g*
June 21, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
Mickey? No, where?? I’m NOT going to watch that trailer yet another time before bed! :-)
June 22, 2008 @ 10:44 pm
I thought I saw him in the episode, but I went back and had another look and actually it wasn’t him. Still, at least we know he’s back next week. :p
June 21, 2008 @ 10:28 pm
Here from friendsfriends, just saw the ep. That scene with Mr. Santo just killed me, especially with Bernard Cribbins being the brilliant actor that he is. God, I loved this ep. Hated it and loved it, and am so relieved that Donna got back to her own timeline before the cliffhanger, because otherwise I would have screamed.
June 22, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
Bernard Cribbins was so good in this episode I kind of want him to be a companion now. :p
June 23, 2008 @ 5:32 am
Oh, absolutely. Too bad old men don’t seem to be allowed.
June 22, 2008 @ 5:46 am
Wait a second. Mickey!! Now I’m gonna have to watch that trailer again. I’ve watched it a bunch of times already and I haven’t seen Mickey at all. Any help as to where he shows up?
June 22, 2008 @ 10:46 pm
I thought I saw him in the episode, in the scene where Donna and her family arrive at the hotel, but I was wrong. I am rather embarassed now. :p
June 25, 2008 @ 12:21 am
No problem. I thought on noticed several things that, on the second watch, weren’t really there. That would’ve been pretty interesting if he had shown up though.
June 22, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
Where was Mickey?!?!
June 22, 2008 @ 10:47 pm
Rather embarrassingly, it wasn’t actually him I saw. I went back to the scene I thought I saw him in (where Donna and her family arrive at the hotel) and actually it’s just someone with similar hair. :p Dangit.
June 23, 2008 @ 1:08 am
If it makes you feel any better, I had a Mickey sighting myself in the scene where Rose and the UNIT soldiers escort Donna to the mirrors to travel back in time. The soldier walking next to Rose looks like Mickey to me and he later appears to vanish, although is more likely just standing behind a mirror. I don’t know. I instantly rewound, and my husband didn’t think it was Mickey, so I figured I was wrong. But I’ve looked again, and I’m not sure. Still, I’m embarrassingly bad with faces, so it’s entirely probable I’m laughably wrong.