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It's what, Tuesday now, and I've still got that bleeding song stuck in my head. Which I am not very happy about. It's not a good!catchy song, like Toxic, it's just an annoying!catchy. Pah.
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Way to spoil a really good cliffhanger last week. *grumbles*. Well you know me, I'm never happy, am I? The cliffhanger last week was really good, actually exciting and everything and the resolution for it was fobbed off in a flashback.
Mine may be a spacehopper but at least it saved our lives

Is there nothing the sonic screwdriver can't fix? Can it unburn-out burnt-out electronics? If so, I want one of those – it would be so useful around the house.
If one of the Futurekind grabbed onto Martha or Jack as they teleported would they have been brought through the vortex as well?
If the wrist thingy is nothing more than a spacehopper – then did they have to make lots of little jumps to get back to Earth? Does this mean Jack, the Doctor and Martha got to have lots of adventures together and not just three weeks of them. *really hopes so*
Asexual agenda for the lose

There's a number of ways you could look at this. The Doctor could be immensely impressed by how quick the Master snagged a wife or there could a be a bit of racial prejudice because the Master is 'getting jiggy' (as the kids say) with a humanor is he jealous that the Doctor is cheating on him?
But it is very impressive at how quickly the Master has entrenched himself. Would it have been so easy if the Doctor hadn't weakened Harriet Jones' position with his six-word whispering campaign? I wonder what constituency Saxon is MP for? I'd laugh my socks off for absolutely ages if it was Flydale North – talk about rubbing salt in the wounds.
I like the fact he taunts the Doctor too. He obviously very aware that he's now on earth and throws down his challenge. Now all he has to do is sit back, enjoy some jelly babies and wait for the Doctor to some to him.
Politics should be this fun

Oh, the number of times I've wanted to do that to paperwork I'm given. Let's face it even if the master wasn't a raving-mad megalomaniac he'd be a truly fun Prime Minister. Unhinged, but fun.
John Simm makes a wonderfully slimy politician too.
I can see what you've done there

Completely unbothered at killing off a pile of insignificant humans. Well, he'd denounced them as traitors and the Time Lords were never the most forgiving people when it came to sentencing people they considered to be traitors. This is actually quite, erm, humane; pretty quick and relatively painless.
I want to point out, right about here, where does that gas mask go too? If there was a canister of oxygen under the GLASS TOPPED table surely everyone would be able to see it. Or is it just always out of shot?
You really don't want to be a member of the Cabinet. That's the second time they've all been killed offand stuffed in cupboards – probably
Who says you can't teach an old Doctor new tricks?

At least this time he's not fiddling with Martha's smalls. It's probably a bad thing that I missed plot because I was exclaiming "I've got that! It's from IKEA!" (I hope BBC Wales get a big spender discount – the amount of stuff they've got from there over the years)
The attention to detail is impressive

It's a whole actual news story – just like the newspapers that cover the front of Cardiff's most welcoming Tourist Information Office there's a full story there. Annoyingly I can't make it big enough to read all the way though.
The Archangel project bears a lot of similarities to Cybus Industries' mind-controlling mobile phone system – although the Master's version is much more subtle and Derren Brown-like. (Subliminal messages for the win)
Meet my friends

This scene was so sinister.
She's a bit like Sarah Jane in a way. Although she's not quite as subtle at investigating as Sarah Jane is. Let's put it this way, at least Sarah Jane is still alive.
One of the Toclafane sounds like the Gelth spokesghost! Co-incidence (and reusing of actors in true DW style) or something more? *narrows eyes*
Why Russell Why?

You have to go and ruin a perfectly good scene with a bit of silliness don't you? Gah. Is it to break the tension so that the kiddies aren't scared? None of the other writers do it, and it really annoyed me because it trivialised the awful, painful death going on next door. *sighs*
I have to grudgingly admit that John Simm's fist in mouth made me crack a smile though,
Jack really is the Ianto of Team TARDIS

Last week he was holding his leader's coat, this time he's making the tea for everyone. Martha may only have been gone for four days but surely her milk would have gone off by now. See, these are the things I worry about – team TARDIS drinking sour milk – sod the fact the Master is taking over the world – I'm worrying about a bout of food poisoning. :/
Jack's still more wonderful here than on BBC Three, this makes me sad considering Torchwood is supposed to be HIS show.
Typically though, Team Torchwood are off chasing their arses on the side of some mountain, because yes, they really are that competent. I'm surprised Ianto got to go out on a field trip – you think he'd be mind the world most inviting Croeso Canolfan.
Eveerything's better with a nice cup of tea

All those tannins and free radicals – he'll be able to take on the world and win now, because everything's better after a good cup of tea. This is a fact.
Trust me, I'm the Prime Minister

Would you trust this man? Of course you would. Why wouldn't you? He's funny, he's got your best interests at heart. Why would you pick anyone else? tum tum tum TUM tum tum tum TUM tum tum tum TUM tum tum tum TUM…
Talk about Big Brother watching you. I bet Martha's flat has been bugged for months and months. You have to be impressed by the Master's sheer genius at finding Martha and taking control of every thread of her life. I wonder just how long he's been involved though? Talk about playing a long game.
A bomb though – that's a bit rubbish. Effective, but not really the subtle machinations of an evil genius.
He really needs a goatee to stroke…
Team TARDIS watch the budget go up in flames

How random must it have been for the people who own that house to have the BBC turn up on their doorstep and say, excuse me, mind if we blow up your front bedroom for Doctor Who? I'd let them do it for free!
Even the Doctor was impressed by the big bang

ooh…
Backseat drivers

Note the ever so slight look of fear on the chaps faces. I bet they were hanging onto the seats for dear life – but surreptitiously, so as not to let Freema know as she flings them around corners at high speed.
That must have been so much fun!
Was that even Martha's car, or just some random car abandoned in the street. Is she a car thief on top of everything else? And since when did Corsa's come with bullet proofing as an optional extra, and why can't I get that for my car?
The net starts to close

You have to feel a bit sorry for poor Tish. She thinks she's got all these high profile jobs thanks to her skillz – but nope, it's just because she's Martha's sister. Although she doesn't realise it just yet.
Clive however, is quite ace, because he actually does try to protect his daughter, and not sell her down the river like Francine has. Even if it did get him manhandled into the back of a van.
Leo's just chilling though

The rest of his family are now enemies of the state and there's Leo having fun beside the seaside. Oh the normality of it all.
The Doctor and the Master use up some 'friends and family' minutes


Look at the pair of them. In their suits. The air is practically sizzling. The Mill could have put in a heat haze effect and no one would have thought it looked out of place. The Master triggers a million smut fics by asking the Doctor if he's "asking me out on a date?"
Smile, you're on candid camera

Big brother is certainly watching them – and with the UK having the highest number of CCTV camera in Europe there really is nowhere for them to hide. Of course, the Master is just one man and even with CCTV operators on the alert it should be fairly easy for them to vanish.
Even when taking over the world, the Master finds time to relax…

However, Clangers >>>>> Teletubbies and that is a fact. Love the fact he doesn't realise that Tinky Winky and Co are men in suits. Surely he realises that there isn't a baby really in the sun. You'd think he notices.
…and enjoy the finer things in life

See, that's the difference between the two Time Lords, one like a bit of tea the other prefers a (mostly likely) fine Scotch.
Meanwhile, in a grotty old warehouse

Team TARDIS have a little campout, complete with chips and tales around the fireside.
Daddy or chips?


I bet by the time they finished filming they'd be happy to never see another chip ever again. Cold, soggy and slimy after a night shoot (the chips not the lovely David, John or Freema (who cleverly isn't seen eating a chip – no continuity chip-eating for her)) I suppose they sent Martha out on takeaway duty because Jack would spend his time chatting up the bloke/girl behind the counter, the Doctor would have an emo moment at the smell of chips and Martha's the only one with money on her.
Once upon a time there was a place called Gallifrey

No mention of it for years and now there's a pre-war CGI Gallifrey for us to gawp at. Looks a bit like New New York to be honest. But I suppose it is rather hard to make tower blocks look particularly space-age-y. It does look like a massive city-shaped snowglobe though.
And old-skool costumes

I loved those big hats when I was a kid, I used to think they were quite brilliant. (I winder if they borrowed the costumes from the Who Exhibition at Blackpool or if they made them up new.
What makes a man?

Well, judging from our moralistic story, looking into the abyss is likely to send you mad, but running away is the way to go. However, the Doctor's now all guilty as it's one of his own who is causing the trouble (oh how much easier it would have been had it been Romana inside Professor Yana) so he's going to be the one who fixes it.
Oh by the way…

Jack remembers to mention to the Doctor that he works for the super-sekrit (HA!) organisation that was formed to bring down the Doctor.
"But I made it good – we all love you know and are really not evil or anything. Honest! In fact, we're just a little bit incompetent, and we broke the rift and let out the son of the devil – but really, we’re nothing to worry about. We have a coffee club and everything! Oh and I'm in charge. So really, not going to cut you up for the good of Queen and Country. Really."
The Doctor isn't convinced.

"Thanks to you, (not actual you, but the you you work for) my best friend/one troo lub/saviour of the world (delete where applicable) is trapped in an alternate universe and isn't getting her regularly prescribed dose of dashing Doctor. Am I missing the good in you working for Torchwood there?"
There's then some manly glowering or something for a bit. Martha gets annoyed with the pair of them and finishes off their chips.
Now for the science bit

There's some gumpf about how Saxon/the Master has nicked Cybus' idea to control everyone though theirbluetooth mobile phones and the Doctor decides to save the day…
YOU GOTTA HAVE A MONTAGE!

Because really, a montage is the only way to go. It's all very delicate. There's some bad continuity with a pencil in David Tennant's mouth (or not as the case may be) (I don't spend all my time staring at his mouth, (or the things he puts in it) I just noticed during the screencapping, honest)
All that effort and fast cutting

For a key on a piece of string with a bit of chip on the back. Martha's course work is probably on that. She's so going to make him go back and fix her laptop when all this is over.
Coo-eee

Judging by Jack's smug look, the perception-filter doesn't really affect him looking in. Probably from all that time using the Magic Step at Torchwood.
"It's like not noticing when someone is madly in love with you."

The Doctor, so unknowingly cruel, although it would be hilarious if it turns out that he'd had a bit of a thing for Martha all the way through and she's really not noticed. Meanwhile Jack and Martha set up a Companions support group (other members include Sarah Jane, Turlough and Barbara)
Don't wind up the President

Especially when he's got access to enough weaponry to reduce our little island to charcoal. Thanks.
The Master revels in his power (which by his standards are small – in charge of one tiny island on the face of a tiny planet in the arse end of the universe), but you've got to ease yourself into domination of the universe. Eighteen months is probably enough time to be honest. But in the meantime he'll wind up as many people as possible as quickly as possible. It's a gift.
And let's welcome back the Jones'

Now, it's personal for Martha and she's not a happy bunny.

Martha is shocked by the complete infeasibility of the airship

Again, nicking ideas from Cybus, a big old airship to plan world domination? Don't you have any original ideas of your own 'Mr Saxon'?
And how does it stay up in the air? Is it full of helium?
And then there's running and screaming

Let's enjoy a nice bit of group running for a moment. It's not as good as last week's.
The welcome of an old friend

I love the fact the Doctor sensed the old girl. At least his TARDIS locating sense is working somewhat better than his Time Lord detecting sense.
This is why you should always put the parental lock on

Poor old TARDIS. Her insides are all ripped out and she's really not a happy bunny. And the Doctor grieves for her too because it is a horrible assault on the old girl – and one she really doesn't need at her time in life. Will the Doctor even be able to repair it? Will we end up with a brand new Console Room next year (I hope not, because I love this one dearly).
Jellybaby anyone?

The Master really is a Doctor wannabe, isn't he? Lets look at the evidence: Slightly hyper, nice line in suits, sexy female companions (Jack found Chantho hot), liking of jellybabies, good at doing the emo, likes the himan race (but seemingly in a slightly different way to the Doctor), he even has his own version of the sonic screwdriver. He also share the annoying habit of starting the ball rolling and then sitting back, looking smug to see the avalanche it sets off. He amore insane version of the Doctor.
Worry when you see this smile

When he smiles this smile there can only be serious, jeopardy-friendly trouble ahead.
I know you're there

The Master knows what they are up to. Surely the Doctor would have realised that a perception filter wouldn't work on another Time Lord, especially if it doesn't work on him. Did he do it just to create a false sense of confidence in the others. Admittedly it did get them past any guards or humans that were in the way, so it had it's uses, but they're uses that end vanished the moment they stepped though the door there.
I come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill

(bonus points if you recognise where that caption comes from). The President gets no luck at all. But that's what happens when you call the Master 'an ass'.
Size matters

Oh there's definitely a inferiority complex at work here. There will be essays written about it in the future, you just wait and see.
Oh. And killing jack just for the fun of it is not very nice. Especially as he feels the pain of being killed, even if he does come back to life after, and being burnt from the inside by a laser is surely not a nice way to go. And you can tell he's going to take advantage of jack's immortality to have some 'fun' with Captain Harkness (but I don't think that Jack will be finding it that much fun).
Be grateful, at least you don't look like David Dickinson this time

The Doctor is grateful for small mercies. I wonder if 150 in Time Lord years is like 500 hundred years or something in Human Years, otherwise most Time Lords (the ones who aren't so jeopardy-friendly) would spend a lot of time being really really old. Which is no fun at all.
The sky is torn asunder

Well at least it's not the Rift (big R) this time, after all they've only just finished cleaning up Cardiff from the last time.
The Saxon's enjoy the decimations

Is Lucy blinded by power or does she have an agenda of her own? She's a bit like Lady Thaw in a way. Be interesting to see what she gets up to next week – and more importantly – if her dancing improves.
Don't cry emo!human

Poor Martha has to make a horrible choice. And discovers why the Doctor really slaps on the moisturiser, but she's a bit torn between helping the dead bloke and helping the old bloke
Martha does the only thing she can

And runs away to fight another day.
Grey smoke rising

But how's she going to do this? All she has is a wrist watch that'll let her space hop through time and space…. I just hope the Doctor explained to her the Golden Rules of Time Travel otherwise it'll be reaper time (again)
The Master gets the last gloat

This really is the best way to get revenge on the Doctor – by destroying the one race he really, truly loves. What a git.
Next Week
Martha saves the world. Jack gets mucky. There's some explosions.
They're really not given anything away are they?
In Conclusion
Absolutely loved bits of it, like the moments between the Doctor and the Master and between the Doctor and Jack. Loved all the funky camera angles and all the attention to detail.
Hated some of the silly plot points put in for the sake of it (like the moment with the door) and the plot is a bit recycled too, only this time with balls rather than Cybermen and no Mickey to save the day. Didn't really like the little voxpops either – apart from the Ann Widdecombe one – because the way she gazed adoring at Saxon was made of win.
tum tum tum Tum – does it sound familiar? Go listen to the theme tune. That bloody Russell T Davies – he's been mind controlling us for years – that's why all the new!Who merchandise is selling so well. Ooh, Lookit that, a TARDIS Toaster – I really must own one. Now.
John Simm was ace (as always).Gene Hunt wouldn't take any messing around from this noncy upstart. Equal parts mad and brilliant and the phone scene was hot like burning. Oh yes.
7.5/10
Will next week make me cry though? What with The Parting of the Ways and Doomsday to tug at the tear ducts, Rusty has some work ahead of him.

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Way to spoil a really good cliffhanger last week. *grumbles*. Well you know me, I'm never happy, am I? The cliffhanger last week was really good, actually exciting and everything and the resolution for it was fobbed off in a flashback.
Mine may be a spacehopper but at least it saved our lives

Is there nothing the sonic screwdriver can't fix? Can it unburn-out burnt-out electronics? If so, I want one of those – it would be so useful around the house.
If one of the Futurekind grabbed onto Martha or Jack as they teleported would they have been brought through the vortex as well?
If the wrist thingy is nothing more than a spacehopper – then did they have to make lots of little jumps to get back to Earth? Does this mean Jack, the Doctor and Martha got to have lots of adventures together and not just three weeks of them. *really hopes so*
Asexual agenda for the lose

There's a number of ways you could look at this. The Doctor could be immensely impressed by how quick the Master snagged a wife or there could a be a bit of racial prejudice because the Master is 'getting jiggy' (as the kids say) with a human
But it is very impressive at how quickly the Master has entrenched himself. Would it have been so easy if the Doctor hadn't weakened Harriet Jones' position with his six-word whispering campaign? I wonder what constituency Saxon is MP for? I'd laugh my socks off for absolutely ages if it was Flydale North – talk about rubbing salt in the wounds.
I like the fact he taunts the Doctor too. He obviously very aware that he's now on earth and throws down his challenge. Now all he has to do is sit back, enjoy some jelly babies and wait for the Doctor to some to him.
Politics should be this fun

Oh, the number of times I've wanted to do that to paperwork I'm given. Let's face it even if the master wasn't a raving-mad megalomaniac he'd be a truly fun Prime Minister. Unhinged, but fun.
John Simm makes a wonderfully slimy politician too.
I can see what you've done there

Completely unbothered at killing off a pile of insignificant humans. Well, he'd denounced them as traitors and the Time Lords were never the most forgiving people when it came to sentencing people they considered to be traitors. This is actually quite, erm, humane; pretty quick and relatively painless.
I want to point out, right about here, where does that gas mask go too? If there was a canister of oxygen under the GLASS TOPPED table surely everyone would be able to see it. Or is it just always out of shot?
You really don't want to be a member of the Cabinet. That's the second time they've all been killed off
Who says you can't teach an old Doctor new tricks?

At least this time he's not fiddling with Martha's smalls. It's probably a bad thing that I missed plot because I was exclaiming "I've got that! It's from IKEA!" (I hope BBC Wales get a big spender discount – the amount of stuff they've got from there over the years)
The attention to detail is impressive

It's a whole actual news story – just like the newspapers that cover the front of Cardiff's most welcoming Tourist Information Office there's a full story there. Annoyingly I can't make it big enough to read all the way though.
The Archangel project bears a lot of similarities to Cybus Industries' mind-controlling mobile phone system – although the Master's version is much more subtle and Derren Brown-like. (Subliminal messages for the win)
Meet my friends

This scene was so sinister.
She's a bit like Sarah Jane in a way. Although she's not quite as subtle at investigating as Sarah Jane is. Let's put it this way, at least Sarah Jane is still alive.
One of the Toclafane sounds like the Gelth spokesghost! Co-incidence (and reusing of actors in true DW style) or something more? *narrows eyes*
Why Russell Why?

You have to go and ruin a perfectly good scene with a bit of silliness don't you? Gah. Is it to break the tension so that the kiddies aren't scared? None of the other writers do it, and it really annoyed me because it trivialised the awful, painful death going on next door. *sighs*
I have to grudgingly admit that John Simm's fist in mouth made me crack a smile though,
Jack really is the Ianto of Team TARDIS

Last week he was holding his leader's coat, this time he's making the tea for everyone. Martha may only have been gone for four days but surely her milk would have gone off by now. See, these are the things I worry about – team TARDIS drinking sour milk – sod the fact the Master is taking over the world – I'm worrying about a bout of food poisoning. :/
Jack's still more wonderful here than on BBC Three, this makes me sad considering Torchwood is supposed to be HIS show.
Typically though, Team Torchwood are off chasing their arses on the side of some mountain, because yes, they really are that competent. I'm surprised Ianto got to go out on a field trip – you think he'd be mind the world most inviting Croeso Canolfan.
Eveerything's better with a nice cup of tea

All those tannins and free radicals – he'll be able to take on the world and win now, because everything's better after a good cup of tea. This is a fact.
Trust me, I'm the Prime Minister

Would you trust this man? Of course you would. Why wouldn't you? He's funny, he's got your best interests at heart. Why would you pick anyone else? tum tum tum TUM tum tum tum TUM tum tum tum TUM tum tum tum TUM…
Talk about Big Brother watching you. I bet Martha's flat has been bugged for months and months. You have to be impressed by the Master's sheer genius at finding Martha and taking control of every thread of her life. I wonder just how long he's been involved though? Talk about playing a long game.
A bomb though – that's a bit rubbish. Effective, but not really the subtle machinations of an evil genius.
He really needs a goatee to stroke…
Team TARDIS watch the budget go up in flames

How random must it have been for the people who own that house to have the BBC turn up on their doorstep and say, excuse me, mind if we blow up your front bedroom for Doctor Who? I'd let them do it for free!
Even the Doctor was impressed by the big bang

ooh…
Backseat drivers

Note the ever so slight look of fear on the chaps faces. I bet they were hanging onto the seats for dear life – but surreptitiously, so as not to let Freema know as she flings them around corners at high speed.
That must have been so much fun!
Was that even Martha's car, or just some random car abandoned in the street. Is she a car thief on top of everything else? And since when did Corsa's come with bullet proofing as an optional extra, and why can't I get that for my car?
The net starts to close

You have to feel a bit sorry for poor Tish. She thinks she's got all these high profile jobs thanks to her skillz – but nope, it's just because she's Martha's sister. Although she doesn't realise it just yet.
Clive however, is quite ace, because he actually does try to protect his daughter, and not sell her down the river like Francine has. Even if it did get him manhandled into the back of a van.
Leo's just chilling though

The rest of his family are now enemies of the state and there's Leo having fun beside the seaside. Oh the normality of it all.
The Doctor and the Master use up some 'friends and family' minutes


Look at the pair of them. In their suits. The air is practically sizzling. The Mill could have put in a heat haze effect and no one would have thought it looked out of place. The Master triggers a million smut fics by asking the Doctor if he's "asking me out on a date?"
Smile, you're on candid camera

Big brother is certainly watching them – and with the UK having the highest number of CCTV camera in Europe there really is nowhere for them to hide. Of course, the Master is just one man and even with CCTV operators on the alert it should be fairly easy for them to vanish.
Even when taking over the world, the Master finds time to relax…

However, Clangers >>>>> Teletubbies and that is a fact. Love the fact he doesn't realise that Tinky Winky and Co are men in suits. Surely he realises that there isn't a baby really in the sun. You'd think he notices.
…and enjoy the finer things in life

See, that's the difference between the two Time Lords, one like a bit of tea the other prefers a (mostly likely) fine Scotch.
Meanwhile, in a grotty old warehouse

Team TARDIS have a little campout, complete with chips and tales around the fireside.
Daddy or chips?


I bet by the time they finished filming they'd be happy to never see another chip ever again. Cold, soggy and slimy after a night shoot (the chips not the lovely David, John or Freema (who cleverly isn't seen eating a chip – no continuity chip-eating for her)) I suppose they sent Martha out on takeaway duty because Jack would spend his time chatting up the bloke/girl behind the counter, the Doctor would have an emo moment at the smell of chips and Martha's the only one with money on her.
Once upon a time there was a place called Gallifrey

No mention of it for years and now there's a pre-war CGI Gallifrey for us to gawp at. Looks a bit like New New York to be honest. But I suppose it is rather hard to make tower blocks look particularly space-age-y. It does look like a massive city-shaped snowglobe though.
And old-skool costumes

I loved those big hats when I was a kid, I used to think they were quite brilliant. (I winder if they borrowed the costumes from the Who Exhibition at Blackpool or if they made them up new.
What makes a man?

Well, judging from our moralistic story, looking into the abyss is likely to send you mad, but running away is the way to go. However, the Doctor's now all guilty as it's one of his own who is causing the trouble (oh how much easier it would have been had it been Romana inside Professor Yana) so he's going to be the one who fixes it.
Oh by the way…

Jack remembers to mention to the Doctor that he works for the super-sekrit (HA!) organisation that was formed to bring down the Doctor.
"But I made it good – we all love you know and are really not evil or anything. Honest! In fact, we're just a little bit incompetent, and we broke the rift and let out the son of the devil – but really, we’re nothing to worry about. We have a coffee club and everything! Oh and I'm in charge. So really, not going to cut you up for the good of Queen and Country. Really."
The Doctor isn't convinced.

"Thanks to you, (not actual you, but the you you work for) my best friend/one troo lub/saviour of the world (delete where applicable) is trapped in an alternate universe and isn't getting her regularly prescribed dose of dashing Doctor. Am I missing the good in you working for Torchwood there?"
There's then some manly glowering or something for a bit. Martha gets annoyed with the pair of them and finishes off their chips.
Now for the science bit

There's some gumpf about how Saxon/the Master has nicked Cybus' idea to control everyone though their
YOU GOTTA HAVE A MONTAGE!

Because really, a montage is the only way to go. It's all very delicate. There's some bad continuity with a pencil in David Tennant's mouth (or not as the case may be) (I don't spend all my time staring at his mouth, (or the things he puts in it) I just noticed during the screencapping, honest)
All that effort and fast cutting

For a key on a piece of string with a bit of chip on the back. Martha's course work is probably on that. She's so going to make him go back and fix her laptop when all this is over.
Coo-eee

Judging by Jack's smug look, the perception-filter doesn't really affect him looking in. Probably from all that time using the Magic Step at Torchwood.
"It's like not noticing when someone is madly in love with you."

The Doctor, so unknowingly cruel, although it would be hilarious if it turns out that he'd had a bit of a thing for Martha all the way through and she's really not noticed. Meanwhile Jack and Martha set up a Companions support group (other members include Sarah Jane, Turlough and Barbara)
Don't wind up the President

Especially when he's got access to enough weaponry to reduce our little island to charcoal. Thanks.
The Master revels in his power (which by his standards are small – in charge of one tiny island on the face of a tiny planet in the arse end of the universe), but you've got to ease yourself into domination of the universe. Eighteen months is probably enough time to be honest. But in the meantime he'll wind up as many people as possible as quickly as possible. It's a gift.
And let's welcome back the Jones'

Now, it's personal for Martha and she's not a happy bunny.

Martha is shocked by the complete infeasibility of the airship

Again, nicking ideas from Cybus, a big old airship to plan world domination? Don't you have any original ideas of your own 'Mr Saxon'?
And how does it stay up in the air? Is it full of helium?
And then there's running and screaming

Let's enjoy a nice bit of group running for a moment. It's not as good as last week's.
The welcome of an old friend

I love the fact the Doctor sensed the old girl. At least his TARDIS locating sense is working somewhat better than his Time Lord detecting sense.
This is why you should always put the parental lock on

Poor old TARDIS. Her insides are all ripped out and she's really not a happy bunny. And the Doctor grieves for her too because it is a horrible assault on the old girl – and one she really doesn't need at her time in life. Will the Doctor even be able to repair it? Will we end up with a brand new Console Room next year (I hope not, because I love this one dearly).
Jellybaby anyone?

The Master really is a Doctor wannabe, isn't he? Lets look at the evidence: Slightly hyper, nice line in suits, sexy female companions (Jack found Chantho hot), liking of jellybabies, good at doing the emo, likes the himan race (but seemingly in a slightly different way to the Doctor), he even has his own version of the sonic screwdriver. He also share the annoying habit of starting the ball rolling and then sitting back, looking smug to see the avalanche it sets off. He a
Worry when you see this smile

When he smiles this smile there can only be serious, jeopardy-friendly trouble ahead.
I know you're there

The Master knows what they are up to. Surely the Doctor would have realised that a perception filter wouldn't work on another Time Lord, especially if it doesn't work on him. Did he do it just to create a false sense of confidence in the others. Admittedly it did get them past any guards or humans that were in the way, so it had it's uses, but they're uses that end vanished the moment they stepped though the door there.
I come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill

(bonus points if you recognise where that caption comes from). The President gets no luck at all. But that's what happens when you call the Master 'an ass'.
Size matters

Oh there's definitely a inferiority complex at work here. There will be essays written about it in the future, you just wait and see.
Oh. And killing jack just for the fun of it is not very nice. Especially as he feels the pain of being killed, even if he does come back to life after, and being burnt from the inside by a laser is surely not a nice way to go. And you can tell he's going to take advantage of jack's immortality to have some 'fun' with Captain Harkness (but I don't think that Jack will be finding it that much fun).
Be grateful, at least you don't look like David Dickinson this time

The Doctor is grateful for small mercies. I wonder if 150 in Time Lord years is like 500 hundred years or something in Human Years, otherwise most Time Lords (the ones who aren't so jeopardy-friendly) would spend a lot of time being really really old. Which is no fun at all.
The sky is torn asunder

Well at least it's not the Rift (big R) this time, after all they've only just finished cleaning up Cardiff from the last time.
The Saxon's enjoy the decimations

Is Lucy blinded by power or does she have an agenda of her own? She's a bit like Lady Thaw in a way. Be interesting to see what she gets up to next week – and more importantly – if her dancing improves.
Don't cry emo!human

Poor Martha has to make a horrible choice. And discovers why the Doctor really slaps on the moisturiser, but she's a bit torn between helping the dead bloke and helping the old bloke
Martha does the only thing she can

And runs away to fight another day.
Grey smoke rising

But how's she going to do this? All she has is a wrist watch that'll let her space hop through time and space…. I just hope the Doctor explained to her the Golden Rules of Time Travel otherwise it'll be reaper time (again)
The Master gets the last gloat

This really is the best way to get revenge on the Doctor – by destroying the one race he really, truly loves. What a git.
Next Week
Martha saves the world. Jack gets mucky. There's some explosions.
They're really not given anything away are they?
In Conclusion
Absolutely loved bits of it, like the moments between the Doctor and the Master and between the Doctor and Jack. Loved all the funky camera angles and all the attention to detail.
Hated some of the silly plot points put in for the sake of it (like the moment with the door) and the plot is a bit recycled too, only this time with balls rather than Cybermen and no Mickey to save the day. Didn't really like the little voxpops either – apart from the Ann Widdecombe one – because the way she gazed adoring at Saxon was made of win.
tum tum tum Tum – does it sound familiar? Go listen to the theme tune. That bloody Russell T Davies – he's been mind controlling us for years – that's why all the new!Who merchandise is selling so well. Ooh, Lookit that, a TARDIS Toaster – I really must own one. Now.
John Simm was ace (as always).
7.5/10
Will next week make me cry though? What with The Parting of the Ways and Doomsday to tug at the tear ducts, Rusty has some work ahead of him.
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Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 09:30 pm (UTC)Star Trekkin' by the Firm. Still love that song.
And BTW, just have to say that I love reading your recaps. You have me smiling every time I read them, and this was a fantastic ep.
Sam TylerJohn Simm is <3And dude, I'm still sure that rift is the ribbon from Star Trek Generations. If Whoopi Goldberg and William Shatner come out, I will be only too impressed.
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Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 09:32 pm (UTC)I'd rather have that stuck in my head than Voodoo Child at the moment.
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Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 09:37 pm (UTC)Instructor played Voodoo Child in both classes... sigh... It made the pain of squats even worse.
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Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 10:24 pm (UTC)wrt the door bit whilst that woman was getting dissected (or whatever) - I thought it was meant to emphasize the Master's sadism / the sheer glee he has in people being hurt. As such it worked pretty well for me.
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Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 09:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 10:22 pm (UTC)*is so totally on the Dark Side here*
I doubt it'll be a tearfest, cos Martha's no Rose, to be frank.
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Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 11:01 pm (UTC)Next week: Gene Hunt comes in and beats the shit out of the Master for being a fairy. And Jack. And the Doctor, for that matter. And when one of the Toclafane tries to fry him, he beats that too.
Basically, I just want him to come busting in a door and knock a few heads around.
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Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 02:15 am (UTC)I do love waiting for your post.
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Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 10:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 01:28 pm (UTC)TARDIS = Paradox Machine + Sonic Screwdriver = reset!
Then again it could just be RTD's red herring and he has some other fiendish way of sorting the Master out.
And i just knew RTD was going to use that silly voodoo child song.
As for the Master, he was sublime, i'm really intrigued by the whole drumming thing. I feel it's pointing towards some form of Time Lord return, i think the toclafane are Gelth in robo spheres killing machines. Then again they could be the esseneces of Time tots.
Jack didn't have much to do in this episode, but i guess he'll be action hero Jack next week and take the fight to the Masters lackeys hehe.
As for Gallifrey, that was apparently a 3-D model, not 2.5D model like new new york was. Seems having an orange sky causes all sorts of problems.
As for the Time Lord robes, they were original costumes borrowed from fans across the UK. Probably patched up as well in some cases.
Overall twas a brilliant episode, but i expect more from the last of the time lords.
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Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 09:56 pm (UTC)