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Well, it was bit ... er ... unexciting I thought. I liked Martha's plot line, but thought they could have made much more of it. I would have liked her adventures throughout the 365 days to be a bit more visual.
To be honest there was so much to process, I found it all a bit confusing and have absolutely no idea how the human race telepathic link with the Archangel Network worked on the Doctor to regrow him (and the floating above the ground shots were silly) or how the Captain Jack/Face of Bo thing works re the time line. Will he become, or was he the Face of Bo? It's intriguing, so I hope they aren't playing fast and loose with us and that RTD2 has planned it out. Also I don't quite know what reverting the Doctor to his original alien form was meant to achieve. The transformation came before the Master had any idea of Martha and the Doctor's strategy re the matrix, so what was the point of it all? That seemed a bit gratuitous, even though it was of course interesting to see the original Time Lord species form.
GOOD: The "You're going to keep me?" ... "Yes." *be still my slashy little heart!* and the Master's death and funereal pyre scenes, brief though they were. Just fabulous for the tender, caring Doctor/Master fic that I know must be coming out of that moment. Imagine the h/c and seduction possibilities. My mind can't help but go to benign and healing sex slavery places *g* with all that. It was very wrenching to see the Doctor's outpouring of grief at the loss of the next to last of his species. Beautiful scripting, with the "keep me" lines and great acting on DT's part as he is holding and rocking the dead Master. Still, the death angst was rather diluted later, with the picking up of the Master's ring from the pyre. I was glad to glean though, that JS will be back *g*
BAD: JB looked very grungy in a not very attractive way and wasn't utilized the way I would have liked to see. I thought the vanity stuff contrasting after, was plain silly, especially considering the Doctor's recent immense loss. The Doctor said, "Come with me!" and was clearly feeling the loss, the aloneness and Jack should have been springing to that rather than doing the earth-protection gig and obsessing about his looks. Gah! I did like the masterful moment the Doctor displayed in neutralizing that wrist time-travelling teleport.
The quarry scenes were a gift to icon maker's though! All that neutral background with the Doctor and Master in virtual silhouettes are fertile fields to plough!
ETA: Ah forgot to mention ... I note they left the U.S President dead. One wonders what the TPTB are saying here.
Well, it was bit ... er ... unexciting I thought. I liked Martha's plot line, but thought they could have made much more of it. I would have liked her adventures throughout the 365 days to be a bit more visual.
To be honest there was so much to process, I found it all a bit confusing and have absolutely no idea how the human race telepathic link with the Archangel Network worked on the Doctor to regrow him (and the floating above the ground shots were silly) or how the Captain Jack/Face of Bo thing works re the time line. Will he become, or was he the Face of Bo? It's intriguing, so I hope they aren't playing fast and loose with us and that RTD2 has planned it out. Also I don't quite know what reverting the Doctor to his original alien form was meant to achieve. The transformation came before the Master had any idea of Martha and the Doctor's strategy re the matrix, so what was the point of it all? That seemed a bit gratuitous, even though it was of course interesting to see the original Time Lord species form.
GOOD: The "You're going to keep me?" ... "Yes." *be still my slashy little heart!* and the Master's death and funereal pyre scenes, brief though they were. Just fabulous for the tender, caring Doctor/Master fic that I know must be coming out of that moment. Imagine the h/c and seduction possibilities. My mind can't help but go to benign and healing sex slavery places *g* with all that. It was very wrenching to see the Doctor's outpouring of grief at the loss of the next to last of his species. Beautiful scripting, with the "keep me" lines and great acting on DT's part as he is holding and rocking the dead Master. Still, the death angst was rather diluted later, with the picking up of the Master's ring from the pyre. I was glad to glean though, that JS will be back *g*
BAD: JB looked very grungy in a not very attractive way and wasn't utilized the way I would have liked to see. I thought the vanity stuff contrasting after, was plain silly, especially considering the Doctor's recent immense loss. The Doctor said, "Come with me!" and was clearly feeling the loss, the aloneness and Jack should have been springing to that rather than doing the earth-protection gig and obsessing about his looks. Gah! I did like the masterful moment the Doctor displayed in neutralizing that wrist time-travelling teleport.
The quarry scenes were a gift to icon maker's though! All that neutral background with the Doctor and Master in virtual silhouettes are fertile fields to plough!
ETA: Ah forgot to mention ... I note they left the U.S President dead. One wonders what the TPTB are saying here.
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Date: 2007-07-04 01:23 am (UTC)Hmm, you could be right about JS not returning. I didn't think of the body issue.
And you're right re the Doctor and Master. Neither of them quite fit a trad. D/s role but I agree the Master is more a naughty Sub. Despite the Doctor's free spiritedness, those grim sentences he handed out to the Family make me think he could inhabit a stern and responsible Top role when it comes down to it.
It's a case of having your characters act out of character on purpose to fit with other considerations.
Yes, exactly. The first thing I thought with that was TPTB simply couldn't get JB schedule-wise. It was annoyingly transparent.
And yes to the Toclafane! LOL! That was idiotic! I'd forgotten that part too. 8shakes head*