Thoughts on 42
May 21st, 2007 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kalihaAgain our poor little show is shoved around the schedules. It's the BBC's top rated drama and they shove it here, there and everywhere, no wonder the ratings have dropped when compared to last year, no one knows when it's on!
I wonder how many people turned over to Eurovision last week and thought they were watching some strange, musical version of Doctor Who?
Would Madam like an upgrade?
The Doctor likes his jiggery pokery. Obviously a super!phone is going to be integral to the plot
I bet that's going to be expensive
It's 70p a minute to call from France, just imagine how much it'll cost to call across the galaxy.
Mauve alert! Mauve alert!
Luckily the TARDIS has already changed the bulbs so she was ready for action. She's a clever old ship.
Gratuitous Converse shot
I'm positive this is classed as product placement. ;) *wags finger* naughty BBC. He's probably only doing it to show off just how tight them trousers are. Not that I can hear any complaints from much of the viewing public. :D
It's this year's licking, I swear.
I like it warm but I don't like it too warm.
It's just an excuse for Freema to show some skin. Probably.
They look so small
I do like shots like this. Showing how small they are in the big scheme of things.
Shouldn't the sun be, y'know, brighter than that?
It's obviously an energy-saving sun. 11 watts or something.
*makes 24-style noises*
I do like the idea of it being real time. Just a shame that, just like 24, it wasn't really real-time. It was also missing the 24-style noises. It also didn't really heighten the tension – like I think it was supposed to do. Although the background shots of Martha and Robin Hood-lookilikey working on the first door was a nice touch.
Gratuitious glasses!porn shot
Check.
Ooh, he's a cheery one, isn't he/
I suppose you need a doom and gloom naysayer on every ship, maybe it's in the job description. Even Martha wants to spark him out.
I spy with my little eye some reused props
Y HALO THURR MRI machine from Smith and Jones! Painting yourself red does not a good disguise make.
There's nothing more scary than a twitchy hand
oooooooh, scary!
The Doctor makes a biting social commentary on the state of education today
I'm not sure they even teach prime numbers in school now. They barely teach reading and writing judging by some of the things I've seen by the youth of today.
Intergalatic pub quiz
But is that UK or worldwide You're not being very specific there. Lives are at stake. That's just a bit of slopping writing there. Bad Chibbers, no cookie for you.
Okay then, who's tried to ring Martha?
Go on. Own up. The BBC should have set up a fake voicemail message attached to that number to be completely made of win.
I'm rather glad the Doctor has got rid of his licking fetish
Because that would have been really distasteful.
Cindy Beale's still a bit rubbish with men
Although Corwin seems to have a bit more about him than Ian Beale ever did.
Are you my mummy?
New!Who really does seem to be moving towards scary things in masks or helmets.
Ooh nasty
That's a bit harsh to be showing on an early Saturday evening. I'm very surprised there weren't any complaints about the man who got his head boiled.
They're picking us off, one by one
The crew realise that they've fallen into the bastard child of Event Horizon and Jason X. Abandon all hope all thee who enter here.
Help!
This was so nicely shot
elephant stew!
It really was. Maybe the Doctor should have gone for less shouting so that Martha would be able to understand what he was trying to say.
Icy
Why haven't they realised yet that freezing is only a temporary solution. Corwin's already defrosted himself once.
Martha gets a bit emo in her moment of doom
Poor Martha, did didn't expect to fall into the sun on her first trip out as a member of Team TARDIS. Thank goodness the Doctor super!phoned her phone so she could say goodbye to her mum…
Oh Francine what have you done?
…it's just a shame that her mum is selling her down the river. No cookie for her either. I thought it was Sally from UNIT to begin with and got depressed to think that UNIT have sold out the Doctor. So I was somewhat relieved to discover when I got a good look at her that it was some bint from Hollyoaks.
Why do spaceship designers put really important buttons on the OUTSIDE of the ship?
It really is very poor design. If you needed to have buttons on the outside then why not have corresponding ones on the inside of the ship? Like planes have handles on the inside and the outside of the doors. It's common sense really.
IT'S ALIVE!
*tries not to make a Brian Blessed comment here*
*fails*
I do like a siwrly special effect
Have a mentioned yet this week how ace The Mill's CGI work is? No? Well Ill do it here then. I like the fact the ship looked a bit like a bird, it reminded me of Baltazar's ship.
I'm burning up
It's a scene that's made of so much win:
[x] Martha reading the instruction manual so that she doesn't accidentally kill the Doctor.
[x] The Doctor trying to tell her about regeneration – Martha won't listen though because nothing's going to happen to the Doctor – she's very sure of herself isn't she?
[x] The Doctor being scared – oh bless him.
[x] Time Lord dental cover – so the new teeth come complete with fillings? No wonder they felt so weird. ;)
Cindy realises that she's bollocked up
Shame it's taken her forty minutes to realise that. But that's humankind for you, always doing stuff on the cheap, even in the future. Was it even established how far in the future they were? I don't remember there being anything said, but I did only see the episode once.
It's officially nippy, so say his nips
Anyone spotted that spacesuit from anywhere? It really is an episode of recycling. *considers being really harsh here, but decides against it*
Hasn't got the hang of hide and seek
What a rubbish place to hide. Surely Martha and Robin Hood-lookilikey proved that an airlock is the worst place to go and hide.
What an awful way to die
:(
Burn with me!
Poor old Doctor, it can't be fun getting burnt up form the inside, particularly when your core body temperature is so much lower than a human's. (Is that fact or just fanon?)
Martha takes control
See, you need to have someone bossy around to take control. That's what I really like about Martha, she does take control and she does try to keep a level head. (Admittedly she does fall apart occasionally, but who wouldn't?)
Pretty CGI
So, so pretty.
Like a really bad hangover
I don't think a couple of alka seltzer will cure that headache.
Awwww
no really, awwwwwwww.
Poor charred TARDIS
She can survive earthquakes, space travel, asteroids and all sorts without a scratch but sat in a hot room and she ends up all toasty. I wonder if she'll still be looking a bit battered next week too? (Like the arrow staying in the door between The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock
Martha says thank you in her own special way
He still looks like Robin Hood. But with less hoodie.
Martha is very pleased that they're not dead
Well any way you return unscathed is a cause for yay in the TARDIS.
The Doctor has an emo moment
because it’s not an episode without it.
Incidentially, I really prefer this way of lighting the TARDIS, more gold, less green. Looks a lot better.
Keys to the door
Martha's now officially a companion. It only took half a series.
Martha rings home
because she loves her mum…
Oh Francine, what have you done?
…sadly her mum's love seems to involve putting her daughter into greater danger, without even realising.
Why does Mr Saxon have such a vendetta against the Doctor? In a roundabout way the Doctor got him in power, and it can't be because of [Spoiler] because [Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler]. It's very strange.
In Conclusion
Another solid episode. I wish Chibbers' Torchwood episodes where of this standard.
8/10
Next week looks made of win. Small children are going to be petrified of scarecrows though. I'm going to be petrified of scarecrows.
I wonder how many people turned over to Eurovision last week and thought they were watching some strange, musical version of Doctor Who?
Would Madam like an upgrade?
The Doctor likes his jiggery pokery. Obviously a super!phone is going to be integral to the plot
I bet that's going to be expensive
It's 70p a minute to call from France, just imagine how much it'll cost to call across the galaxy.
Mauve alert! Mauve alert!
Luckily the TARDIS has already changed the bulbs so she was ready for action. She's a clever old ship.
Gratuitous Converse shot
I'm positive this is classed as product placement. ;) *wags finger* naughty BBC. He's probably only doing it to show off just how tight them trousers are. Not that I can hear any complaints from much of the viewing public. :D
It's this year's licking, I swear.
I like it warm but I don't like it too warm.
It's just an excuse for Freema to show some skin. Probably.
They look so small
I do like shots like this. Showing how small they are in the big scheme of things.
Shouldn't the sun be, y'know, brighter than that?
It's obviously an energy-saving sun. 11 watts or something.
*makes 24-style noises*
I do like the idea of it being real time. Just a shame that, just like 24, it wasn't really real-time. It was also missing the 24-style noises. It also didn't really heighten the tension – like I think it was supposed to do. Although the background shots of Martha and Robin Hood-lookilikey working on the first door was a nice touch.
Gratuitious glasses!porn shot
Check.
Ooh, he's a cheery one, isn't he/
I suppose you need a doom and gloom naysayer on every ship, maybe it's in the job description. Even Martha wants to spark him out.
I spy with my little eye some reused props
Y HALO THURR MRI machine from Smith and Jones! Painting yourself red does not a good disguise make.
There's nothing more scary than a twitchy hand
oooooooh, scary!
The Doctor makes a biting social commentary on the state of education today
I'm not sure they even teach prime numbers in school now. They barely teach reading and writing judging by some of the things I've seen by the youth of today.
Intergalatic pub quiz
But is that UK or worldwide You're not being very specific there. Lives are at stake. That's just a bit of slopping writing there. Bad Chibbers, no cookie for you.
Okay then, who's tried to ring Martha?
Go on. Own up. The BBC should have set up a fake voicemail message attached to that number to be completely made of win.
I'm rather glad the Doctor has got rid of his licking fetish
Because that would have been really distasteful.
Cindy Beale's still a bit rubbish with men
Although Corwin seems to have a bit more about him than Ian Beale ever did.
Are you my mummy?
New!Who really does seem to be moving towards scary things in masks or helmets.
Ooh nasty
That's a bit harsh to be showing on an early Saturday evening. I'm very surprised there weren't any complaints about the man who got his head boiled.
They're picking us off, one by one
The crew realise that they've fallen into the bastard child of Event Horizon and Jason X. Abandon all hope all thee who enter here.
Help!
This was so nicely shot
elephant stew!
It really was. Maybe the Doctor should have gone for less shouting so that Martha would be able to understand what he was trying to say.
Icy
Why haven't they realised yet that freezing is only a temporary solution. Corwin's already defrosted himself once.
Martha gets a bit emo in her moment of doom
Poor Martha, did didn't expect to fall into the sun on her first trip out as a member of Team TARDIS. Thank goodness the Doctor super!phoned her phone so she could say goodbye to her mum…
Oh Francine what have you done?
…it's just a shame that her mum is selling her down the river. No cookie for her either. I thought it was Sally from UNIT to begin with and got depressed to think that UNIT have sold out the Doctor. So I was somewhat relieved to discover when I got a good look at her that it was some bint from Hollyoaks.
Why do spaceship designers put really important buttons on the OUTSIDE of the ship?
It really is very poor design. If you needed to have buttons on the outside then why not have corresponding ones on the inside of the ship? Like planes have handles on the inside and the outside of the doors. It's common sense really.
IT'S ALIVE!
*tries not to make a Brian Blessed comment here*
*fails*
I do like a siwrly special effect
Have a mentioned yet this week how ace The Mill's CGI work is? No? Well Ill do it here then. I like the fact the ship looked a bit like a bird, it reminded me of Baltazar's ship.
I'm burning up
It's a scene that's made of so much win:
[x] Martha reading the instruction manual so that she doesn't accidentally kill the Doctor.
[x] The Doctor trying to tell her about regeneration – Martha won't listen though because nothing's going to happen to the Doctor – she's very sure of herself isn't she?
[x] The Doctor being scared – oh bless him.
[x] Time Lord dental cover – so the new teeth come complete with fillings? No wonder they felt so weird. ;)
Cindy realises that she's bollocked up
Shame it's taken her forty minutes to realise that. But that's humankind for you, always doing stuff on the cheap, even in the future. Was it even established how far in the future they were? I don't remember there being anything said, but I did only see the episode once.
It's officially nippy, so say his nips
Anyone spotted that spacesuit from anywhere? It really is an episode of recycling. *considers being really harsh here, but decides against it*
Hasn't got the hang of hide and seek
What a rubbish place to hide. Surely Martha and Robin Hood-lookilikey proved that an airlock is the worst place to go and hide.
What an awful way to die
:(
Burn with me!
Poor old Doctor, it can't be fun getting burnt up form the inside, particularly when your core body temperature is so much lower than a human's. (Is that fact or just fanon?)
Martha takes control
See, you need to have someone bossy around to take control. That's what I really like about Martha, she does take control and she does try to keep a level head. (Admittedly she does fall apart occasionally, but who wouldn't?)
Pretty CGI
So, so pretty.
Like a really bad hangover
I don't think a couple of alka seltzer will cure that headache.
Awwww
no really, awwwwwwww.
Poor charred TARDIS
She can survive earthquakes, space travel, asteroids and all sorts without a scratch but sat in a hot room and she ends up all toasty. I wonder if she'll still be looking a bit battered next week too? (Like the arrow staying in the door between The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock
Martha says thank you in her own special way
He still looks like Robin Hood. But with less hoodie.
Martha is very pleased that they're not dead
Well any way you return unscathed is a cause for yay in the TARDIS.
The Doctor has an emo moment
because it’s not an episode without it.
Incidentially, I really prefer this way of lighting the TARDIS, more gold, less green. Looks a lot better.
Keys to the door
Martha's now officially a companion. It only took half a series.
Martha rings home
because she loves her mum…
Oh Francine, what have you done?
…sadly her mum's love seems to involve putting her daughter into greater danger, without even realising.
Why does Mr Saxon have such a vendetta against the Doctor? In a roundabout way the Doctor got him in power, and it can't be because of [Spoiler] because [Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler]. It's very strange.
In Conclusion
Another solid episode. I wish Chibbers' Torchwood episodes where of this standard.
8/10
Next week looks made of win. Small children are going to be petrified of scarecrows though. I'm going to be petrified of scarecrows.
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Date: Monday, May 21st, 2007 09:46 pm (UTC)Although I suspect I shall be sorely disappointed if I expect one the scarecrows next week to take off its mask and be Cillan Murphy...
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Date: Monday, May 21st, 2007 10:12 pm (UTC)Great review as always, love some of the really detailed caps you got, like Martha's number!
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Date: Monday, May 21st, 2007 11:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 01:09 am (UTC)I liked the ep but I must admit that it did still feel a bit like what can we have Martha do that Rose did too at times. Like the key that was forgotten after season one being resurrected for whatever reason this episode. And life being threatened by a sun and the threat of being burned up- The End of The World and here. The jiggerrypokered phone. I'd like something completely new please... or at least that feels new.
Saying that I liked it.
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Date: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 04:08 am (UTC)Enjoyable and witty recap as always. Huzzah!
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Date: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 11:55 am (UTC)BWAhahahaha!
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Date: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 04:13 pm (UTC)I was so thinking as soon as Martha's number was shown that people were going to call it? I wonder what you get ...
And I'm just about to watch Cyberwoman and now I'm afraid to watch if Chris Chibnall's Torchwood eps aren't so great ... eep!
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Date: Thursday, May 24th, 2007 08:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Friday, May 25th, 2007 02:08 am (UTC)The Robin Hood lookalike was in Shakespeare Retold's Midsummer Night's Dream. He was very good in that *nods* He can believe in me any time he likes ^^
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Date: Saturday, May 26th, 2007 03:50 am (UTC)I hope you don't mind, but I've added you to my friends list, because I really love reading your picspam commentaries. No need to add me back (unless you're insanely bored); it's just for my own convenience. :D
Also agreed on the disturbingness (which totally isn't a word) of the guy getting his face fried. Yikes.
I hope this week's will be as good as it looks in the previews!