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grimorieRecently watched the latest Doctor Who episode and loved it, particularly loved the Girl in the Fire Place.
I liked New Earth, and Billie gave a lovely performance as Cassandra. I didn't think I'd be as affected as I was with her death. I have to admit, as much as I like Ten, he's still new to me, I miss the manic energy of Nine. The way he just explodes, out of the blue and goes quite, simmering with anger.
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jonquil who mentioned that Nine was like a seeley (sp?), capricious, kind and angry. He giveth and taketh away.
Tooth and Claw, I think was lovely but too fast paced, but it did give lovely hints about Rose. About the Bad Wolf, and, ascasirafics pointed out, when the werewolf was feeding on the man, Rose could not look away.
They're doing something with her character, I don't know if they're going to pull out the special card. I both hope and hope not. I hope because, really, I think, Rose could not have absorbed the Time Vortex without changing.
It has to affect her somehow.
At the same time I don't want her to be perfect. I love Rose the way she is, I love her flaws and her humanity, I love the way she cares about so many people but is still selfish and self-absorbed to see how she's hurting Mickey.
I want her to make mistakes and to grow and become something more, enriched by her experience with the Doctor.
School Reunion was also a lovely introduction (for me, at least) to Sarah Jane and it worked for me, it showed Rose her real future that the Doctor will live on forever and she will not, and that no matter how much she will change, the Doctor will still out pace her.
I loved Sarah Jane and I loved Rose and Sarah bickering and bonding.
But also, I loved evilGiles! Giles! I missed you! You've become evil!
And then there's A Girl In the Fireplace. I loved it, I was completely sold on the Doctor's connection with Reinette. Reinette was lovely and brave and, oh, my poor Rose.
I especially love how quiet and mature she's become, how weary. I want to see more of that from her, retain the wonder yes, but also the knowledge of what is to come. Someday.
Because, I think, that should have been the rightful progression of her character from the end of the series, because to be quite truthful, even through my Rose love she's become quite a stranger to me.
Immediately after the events at the end of season 1, Rose seems to have gone around again, where was the girl who was demanding to stand up for what's right? To do something in the face of impossible odds just because it was the right thing to do?
Then, someone in LJ reminded me, that for Rose, it hasn't been months, for her its just been a day. A day. She hasn't had a decent sleep. She's been through war, kidnapped by the Daleks, sent back home by the person she loved and trusted, fought her way back, absorbed the time vortex, saved the Doctor, and bam, explosion and suddenly New!Doctor.
Yes, its certainly very, very stressful. But Rose manages to work on it and stand up to the Sycorax.
But then, she manages to stay quiet during the time the Doctor cuts down Harriet Jones. It wasn't like Rose to do that, to stand by and let the Doctor pass harsh judgement without at least questioning it.
Rose still cares, but it was something, I think, Billie said in a radio interview, she's just so afraid to lose the Doctor. She has in fact lost him *once* and now, she's treading softly because I get the sense she knows that no matter his insistence he's the same man, Rose knows, deep down, he isn't.
Ten is capable of leaving Rose behind, when once Rose was certain the Doctor will never leave her, now she isn't sure.
Now, she's silent in the face of the Doctor's hubris, maybe taking some of it on, she was awful silent when evil!Giles (because he will be forever be Giles to me!) was tempting the Doctor. Only Sarah Jane reminded him what's right.
Then, there was the silence as she watched the Doctor smash through the window. She may have insisted he do it, she may not but the fact was, she still saw him leave her.
She was silent and quiet and thinking. She was snarky when needed and she was weary.
I couldn't help thinking, 'Oh, Rose...'
I want that progression on Rose,that maturity, that learnings brought about by her travels but I don't want her to lose the sense of wonder and awe because traveling through space and time without appreciating it is no fun at all.
Because that's what I think Doctor Who is, its about adventure and fun and wonder, of walking through new worlds with new eyes and enjoying life wherever they may find it...
I liked New Earth, and Billie gave a lovely performance as Cassandra. I didn't think I'd be as affected as I was with her death. I have to admit, as much as I like Ten, he's still new to me, I miss the manic energy of Nine. The way he just explodes, out of the blue and goes quite, simmering with anger.
I think it was
jonquil who mentioned that Nine was like a seeley (sp?), capricious, kind and angry. He giveth and taketh away. Tooth and Claw, I think was lovely but too fast paced, but it did give lovely hints about Rose. About the Bad Wolf, and, as
casirafics pointed out, when the werewolf was feeding on the man, Rose could not look away. They're doing something with her character, I don't know if they're going to pull out the special card. I both hope and hope not. I hope because, really, I think, Rose could not have absorbed the Time Vortex without changing.
It has to affect her somehow.
At the same time I don't want her to be perfect. I love Rose the way she is, I love her flaws and her humanity, I love the way she cares about so many people but is still selfish and self-absorbed to see how she's hurting Mickey.
I want her to make mistakes and to grow and become something more, enriched by her experience with the Doctor.
School Reunion was also a lovely introduction (for me, at least) to Sarah Jane and it worked for me, it showed Rose her real future that the Doctor will live on forever and she will not, and that no matter how much she will change, the Doctor will still out pace her.
I loved Sarah Jane and I loved Rose and Sarah bickering and bonding.
But also, I loved evilGiles! Giles! I missed you! You've become evil!
And then there's A Girl In the Fireplace. I loved it, I was completely sold on the Doctor's connection with Reinette. Reinette was lovely and brave and, oh, my poor Rose.
I especially love how quiet and mature she's become, how weary. I want to see more of that from her, retain the wonder yes, but also the knowledge of what is to come. Someday.
Because, I think, that should have been the rightful progression of her character from the end of the series, because to be quite truthful, even through my Rose love she's become quite a stranger to me.
Immediately after the events at the end of season 1, Rose seems to have gone around again, where was the girl who was demanding to stand up for what's right? To do something in the face of impossible odds just because it was the right thing to do?
Then, someone in LJ reminded me, that for Rose, it hasn't been months, for her its just been a day. A day. She hasn't had a decent sleep. She's been through war, kidnapped by the Daleks, sent back home by the person she loved and trusted, fought her way back, absorbed the time vortex, saved the Doctor, and bam, explosion and suddenly New!Doctor.
Yes, its certainly very, very stressful. But Rose manages to work on it and stand up to the Sycorax.
But then, she manages to stay quiet during the time the Doctor cuts down Harriet Jones. It wasn't like Rose to do that, to stand by and let the Doctor pass harsh judgement without at least questioning it.
Rose still cares, but it was something, I think, Billie said in a radio interview, she's just so afraid to lose the Doctor. She has in fact lost him *once* and now, she's treading softly because I get the sense she knows that no matter his insistence he's the same man, Rose knows, deep down, he isn't.
Ten is capable of leaving Rose behind, when once Rose was certain the Doctor will never leave her, now she isn't sure.
Now, she's silent in the face of the Doctor's hubris, maybe taking some of it on, she was awful silent when evil!Giles (because he will be forever be Giles to me!) was tempting the Doctor. Only Sarah Jane reminded him what's right.
Then, there was the silence as she watched the Doctor smash through the window. She may have insisted he do it, she may not but the fact was, she still saw him leave her.
She was silent and quiet and thinking. She was snarky when needed and she was weary.
I couldn't help thinking, 'Oh, Rose...'
I want that progression on Rose,that maturity, that learnings brought about by her travels but I don't want her to lose the sense of wonder and awe because traveling through space and time without appreciating it is no fun at all.
Because that's what I think Doctor Who is, its about adventure and fun and wonder, of walking through new worlds with new eyes and enjoying life wherever they may find it...
