Partners in Crime

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That really was not bad. Shows what going in with low expectations does for you.

-Plot was about as solid as candy-floss, but hey. I liked that the villain was using a weight-loss company as cover. As opposed to, say, humorously farting fat people.

-The whole missing each other thing was a bit overdone, especially with them both popping their heads out of the cubicles to look for the printer. The talking silently across the room was great, though.

-The Adipose babies were really rather sweet.

-I liked Donna's grandfather and his telescope. and that he was looking in totally the wrong direction to see the alien ship, but he saw the TARDIS

-I liked Donna's l33t investigatory skillz. Not keen on her doing it solely to find the Doctor.

-I liked her mum's 'Oh, not another bloody alien invasion' attitude.

-I LOVED the 'Well, you're not mating with ME, sunshine!' line. Stick with it, Donna!

-The Doctor admitted that he messed up with Martha. And that she was good for him. Heh.

-I did NOT expect to see Rose so early in the series. Looks like she's in the Cyberverse, but the walls are thin. Or something. Rose, you'd better not be causing this, you hear me? You're investigating for Torchwood, right? If you're breaking two universes to get back to your boyfriend I shall lose what little of my squee for you that remains.

Comments

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I thought it was slight but not actually groanworthy, which is about all I expect of a RTD-written episode. Also, I'm always happy to see Bernard Cribbins, though I do hope we get less irritating soap opera with the companions' families this series.

The miming through the door definitely played to Catherine Tate's strengths - it was pretty obvious at several points in the episode that she'd had a good decade's acting experience over either Freema Agyeman or Billie Piper. I thought she was a bit unwarrantedly screechy with the 'You want to mate?' line, but I'm glad they sorted out upfront that there isn't going to be yet more gooey unrequited love.

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I liked Donna a lot here. The screeching is toned down a lot from the Christmas special. And word on the no unrequited rubbish thing. Now, stick to it, Donna!