There was a lot of good in this episode, I thought (aside from the Epcot reference). I am again impressed with the Donna/Doctor interaction: she's not going to follow where he leads because she's smitten or anything, she's going to voice her opinion and challenge his decisions. Much more of a "mate" than an inferior, and I really like that so far.
The water gun has caused a lot of people to go a little crazy about "but the Doctor doesn't use a gun", but I liked the sequence, even if one has to wonder what he's doing carrying a yellow squirt gun around in his suit.
And it's nice to see the Doctor be a bit Time Lord-ish: they did a good job of conveying a bit of alien gravitas to him in a couple of the scenes there which was welcome.
It'll be interesting to see how the two prophecies bear out. "She is returning" seems pretty obvious from last week, but there's also a second person "she" could be. "You have something on your back," that one is going to be interesting to discover!
I'm kind of interested to see what they do with the Ood. It seems on the one hand they might be rehashing what happened to them on the planet, but it's hard to tell...
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Date: 2008-04-15 05:13 pm (UTC)The water gun has caused a lot of people to go a little crazy about "but the Doctor doesn't use a gun", but I liked the sequence, even if one has to wonder what he's doing carrying a yellow squirt gun around in his suit.
And it's nice to see the Doctor be a bit Time Lord-ish: they did a good job of conveying a bit of alien gravitas to him in a couple of the scenes there which was welcome.
It'll be interesting to see how the two prophecies bear out. "She is returning" seems pretty obvious from last week, but there's also a second person "she" could be. "You have something on your back," that one is going to be interesting to discover!
I'm kind of interested to see what they do with the Ood. It seems on the one hand they might be rehashing what happened to them on the planet, but it's hard to tell...