Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
That was okay, but I have no desire at all to watch it again. The only really exciting bit was the Dramatic Foreshadow at the end. Maybe Doctor Who’s the sort of show that works better with arcs, or something.
Guess Captain Magambo is the replacement for the late Harriet Jones: a woman willing to do very unpleasant things to defend the Earth. Actually, that makes her quite interesting. I hope she shows up again. I’d really like to read/write a fic where she’s a not-necessarily-positive role model for Martha.
Speaking of Martha, she and/or Jack and Torchwood would have fit so perfectly into this story. Every Doctor Who story is made instantly better if Martha is in it.
Didn’t really like Lady Christina very much. She is quite Timelordy though. I expect that if she ever returns to the show she’ll have a pocketwatch in tow.
(Wow…that was like a little poem or something.)
I expect there to be fanfiction, probably of the slashy variety, about Barclay and Nathan working for UNIT.
Suspect slightly that maybe the real reason the Doctor didn’t take Christina along at the end is because of her hesitation before giving up that gold cup she stole to save everyone on the bus. I mean, come on! Random shiny stuff is nothing compared to seven lives. I thought the Doctor would give that for his reason, but actually it’s because he’s still upset over Donna. He does save her from the police and give her a flying bus, though.
Loved the trailer for the next special. Is it Stephen Moffat’s work? It looks like the sort of thing he’d come up with.
Oh, and a desert planet with three suns? Someone’s been watching Star Wars…
April 11, 2009 @ 8:30 pm
Yes, I also thought Martha would come striding out of a UNIT truck. Or wished they’d called Cardiff instead *g* Unlikely as that may be. Thought it was light and fun – but damn if the ending didn’t pack a punch! Echoes of the Ood indeed.
April 11, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
I think the next one is a co-written job with Phil Ford and RTD.
April 13, 2009 @ 10:39 pm
I kept thinking how nice Martha would be! It’s funny how you said that about Christina being TimeLordy. As he was leaving, I said that would have been a very Romana relationship for him.