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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. | (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. | ||
Jack Harkness: In Britain, by this point they'd have had the entire [[Torchwood Series 1|first series of Torchwood]] finished, but we've only had two episodes here. So some of what is here presented as new material may have been old hat; I don't know. But his age... wow. I assumed he hadn't been back in the "present" long, but come to find he's lived on Earth for nearly 140 years? That's pretty crazy, but does give more of an explanation as to why he seems to fit in so well in modern Cardiff. It also makes him seem really Doctor-obsessed to have been waiting to meet him again for so long. They only knew each other for what, 5 episodes? I guess he wasn't planning on accidentally ending up in the 19th century, though, so it's not like he planned the waiting 140 years bit. | Jack Harkness: In Britain, by this point they'd have had the entire [[Torchwood Series 1|first series of Torchwood]] finished, but we've only had two episodes here. So some of what is here presented as new material may have been old hat; I don't know. But his age... wow. I assumed he hadn't been back in the "present" long, but come to find he's lived on Earth for nearly 140 years? That's pretty crazy, but does give more of an explanation as to why he seems to fit in so well in modern Cardiff. It also makes him seem really Doctor-obsessed to have been waiting to meet him again for so long. They only knew each other for what, 5 episodes? I guess he wasn't planning on accidentally ending up in the 19th century, though, so it's not like he planned the waiting 140 years bit. Eternal youth is an interesting trait for a character to have, but of course it presents a problem as a TV character; the actor does age. | ||
The Master: I know this is an old character returned, but I'm not very familiar with him. I believe he was in the 1996 movie, but I recall jack-all about that. I thought part of that plot had to do with him running out of regenerations, though? Anyway, seeing his whimsy after regeneration makes for an interesting comparison to The Doctor, though. When I first saw that he had the watch, I thought maybe it was The Doctor of the future, having become human again for whatever reason. It seems kind of goofy to go on about how it was THE SAME watch, when it turns out that all Time Lord-to-human converters use identical watches for storing identity? | The Master: I know this is an old character returned, but I'm not very familiar with him. I believe he was in the 1996 movie, but I recall jack-all about that. I thought part of that plot had to do with him running out of regenerations, though? Anyway, seeing his whimsy after regeneration makes for an interesting comparison to The Doctor, though. When I first saw that he had the watch, I thought maybe it was The Doctor of the future, having become human again for whatever reason. It seems kind of goofy to go on about how it was THE SAME watch, when it turns out that all Time Lord-to-human converters use identical watches for storing identity? | ||