Smith and Jones
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owlIt's started! Finally!
First I'd like to say that the physics in this was completely whack. You crank up the X-ray x50 and expect Martha to say safe in the observation room that was meant for normal strength? And throwing your shoes in the clinical waste bin isn't going to help, either. And as for the MRI machine...50 000 Tesla? With the door open? Not that it matters, as any loose steel object is probably going to punch through the door....
So far, Martha is brilliant. She's clever and can work things out without the Doctor telling her, so she can be the audience exposition maybe for a change. Also she's a bit bossy which is good with the Doctor. I hope she stands firmly on any megalomaniac tendencies like becoming God that the Doctor happens to have this series. However, she might need to buy some trainers for running in. Does she stay in her party clobber for the whole series? She seemed to be wearing the maroon jacket a lot in the preview on Confidential. Still, it's better than Donna Miss Havisham-ing about in her wedding dress I suppose.
Oh, yeah, the plot. The rhino police guys were very good and stompy; I liked their skirts and boots. And the geeky looking JHO trying to welcome them and to calm down the patients was great. And Martha being wowed at being on the Moon. Hey, they've had a balcony scene!
And they did the hand-holding and "Run!" thing, and he earned being called "the Doctor" and he winked at her not to blow the gaffs about the two hearts. And he had a brother too, once? He's acquiring presumed-deceased family at a rapid rate. I loved him stalling the vampire granny with babble about his bunions. His death scene was a bit bizarre; how come Martha's running out of oxygen at the same time as the people who have the cylinders? Wouldn't she run out sooner? And what good are heart compressions going to do if he has no blood in his body?
Martha's family is harder to get straight than Rose's. I liked the "my cousin, Adeola" explanation. The row was funny in the way that rows are when you aren't part of them (This is me putting my foot down!). Is Martha in the middle? Did we get a name for her friend, the other girl? Martha seems to be the one who smooths things over; I wonder how they'll manage without her for a while? Because I can't see the Doctor managing to deliver her back to the same time as she left, even though he managed the thing with the tie very handily. I was wondering through the whole episode what was going on with it, and I was glad to have it solved. And she asks good questions about the TARDIS, like why it's made of wood. And I loved the Doctor mouthing along to "It's bigger on the inside!"
He's already snogged her so we won't have to wonder if they will. Am not too keen on the unrequited love thing that they were talking about in Confidential, as it seems rather depressing. And the romance is usually as subtle as a brick...ah, well, hopefully Martha won't let it get her down.
Now I want it to be next Saturday already!
First I'd like to say that the physics in this was completely whack. You crank up the X-ray x50 and expect Martha to say safe in the observation room that was meant for normal strength? And throwing your shoes in the clinical waste bin isn't going to help, either. And as for the MRI machine...50 000 Tesla? With the door open? Not that it matters, as any loose steel object is probably going to punch through the door....
So far, Martha is brilliant. She's clever and can work things out without the Doctor telling her, so she can be the audience exposition maybe for a change. Also she's a bit bossy which is good with the Doctor. I hope she stands firmly on any megalomaniac tendencies like becoming God that the Doctor happens to have this series. However, she might need to buy some trainers for running in. Does she stay in her party clobber for the whole series? She seemed to be wearing the maroon jacket a lot in the preview on Confidential. Still, it's better than Donna Miss Havisham-ing about in her wedding dress I suppose.
Oh, yeah, the plot. The rhino police guys were very good and stompy; I liked their skirts and boots. And the geeky looking JHO trying to welcome them and to calm down the patients was great. And Martha being wowed at being on the Moon. Hey, they've had a balcony scene!
And they did the hand-holding and "Run!" thing, and he earned being called "the Doctor" and he winked at her not to blow the gaffs about the two hearts. And he had a brother too, once? He's acquiring presumed-deceased family at a rapid rate. I loved him stalling the vampire granny with babble about his bunions. His death scene was a bit bizarre; how come Martha's running out of oxygen at the same time as the people who have the cylinders? Wouldn't she run out sooner? And what good are heart compressions going to do if he has no blood in his body?
Martha's family is harder to get straight than Rose's. I liked the "my cousin, Adeola" explanation. The row was funny in the way that rows are when you aren't part of them (This is me putting my foot down!). Is Martha in the middle? Did we get a name for her friend, the other girl? Martha seems to be the one who smooths things over; I wonder how they'll manage without her for a while? Because I can't see the Doctor managing to deliver her back to the same time as she left, even though he managed the thing with the tie very handily. I was wondering through the whole episode what was going on with it, and I was glad to have it solved. And she asks good questions about the TARDIS, like why it's made of wood. And I loved the Doctor mouthing along to "It's bigger on the inside!"
He's already snogged her so we won't have to wonder if they will. Am not too keen on the unrequited love thing that they were talking about in Confidential, as it seems rather depressing. And the romance is usually as subtle as a brick...ah, well, hopefully Martha won't let it get her down.
Now I want it to be next Saturday already!
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Date: 2007-04-01 03:08 am (UTC)I utterly agree with you on this. I also think she's either the eldest or the sandwhich child which would depend on which year of med school she's in. I think she's probably the eldest of three with the sister being the youngest. Thank God I don't know physics *grin* because then I would have been more annoyed. As it is I took the radioactive shoe as having been tempered - the radiation I mean - by it's trip through the Doctor's body.
Loved the episode.
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Date: 2007-04-02 07:45 pm (UTC)I have decided that 'It's not physics, it's magic' will help my enjoyment of the series.