Doctor Who Series 3: Difference between revisions

[[Doctor Who Series 2]]

(First watched 2007-07-06)  Wow, this episode never let up.  Feeling like 2 episodes in the space of 1.5, and existing as a mostly standalone episode between companions, this felt very movie-like.  Mysterious transportations, TARDIS flying down the street, draining the Thames!  It kinda bugged me that a few series back the Doctor was agonizing over the decision of committing Dalek genocide, but he didn't seem very concerned about exterminating the Racnoss tonight.  Of course, he did... change... between then and now.

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(First watched 2007-07-06)  Not a bad introduction for Martha Jones.  Good thing she's made out to be a bit less clueless about things; Rose was used as a reintroduction to the series, but it's not needed again just two years later.  Those Judoon rhinos looked pretty nice; my expectations were pretty low after the goofy-looking Slitheen.  Great use of a bit of audience-unexpected time travel trickery at the beginning/end.

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(First watched 2007-07-13)  Heh.  Well, [[Harry Potter]] and [[Back to the Future]] references certainly weren't something seen in [[Doctor Who Season 1|60s Doctor Who]].  "Wait until you read [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|book seven]].  I cried."

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(First watched 2007-07-20 and -25)  I found this episode... unbelievable.  In an allegorical sense I can appreciate that the people of the undercity were wasting their life away trying to get from one place to another, but... to have the entire upper city die off and noone notices?  That they very quickly get used to taking decades to go from one place to another, when noone is actually reaching above after all?  That nobody could figure out a way to open the ceiling?  That there were giant devolved crab people living down there, somehow eating enough people to sustain a population even before there was the permanent traffic jam?  That people already had the easy technology to create essentially free food and energy, but wanted to take a years-long trip to get a job?  That even if the believed rules of traffic worked properly, it would actually be that hard to get a group of three or greater when EVERYONE wanted to get in the fast lane?

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(First watched 2007-07-27)  I'm getting tired of the Daleks, frankly.  They're a cool enemy, but in that they were supposed to be wiped from time and yet this is the... fourth random run-in the Doctor has had with them in less than three years, it seems a bit much.

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(First watched 2007-08-03)  Interesting how the combination of one evil Dalek and one nasty lackey human ended up making for such a progressive human Dalek, though of course I knew things wouldn't work out.

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(First watched 2007-08-10)  OK, so finally Martha Jones is permanent.  Well, as permanent as companions get.

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(First watched 2007-08-18)  Beyond the near-real-time gimmick, this episode didn't do much for me.

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(First watched 2007-08-25)  Combined for the next episode.

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(First watched 2007-09-07)  Nice episodes.  I'm glad the conclusion had time to boil with a second episode; I was afraid things were going to get quickly resolved in the last five minutes of the first.

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(First watched 2007-09-14)  God, what a great episode.  The nonlinear story elements were fantastic, and the concept of statues that can only move when not being looked at is a genuinely creepy one.

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(First watched 2007-09-21)  That was pretty exceptional... Not just for the events of the episode itself, but for how they play into the larger tapestry.

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(First watched 2007-09-28)  Wow, a great mid part.  Having now seen the Master more... I like him.  He's got a sense of fun like the Doctor, but without the scruples; the kind of hammy villain that's just fun to watch.

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(First watched 2007-10-05)  Iiiiiii was not expecting to see "One Year Later" on screen.  However, I was then immediately prepared for the eventuality of the reset button, though at least the characters that matter most to us retain their experiences.