Sorry for the late recap here, folks. (I seem to be saying that a lot lately). Once June is over there will be a lot less going on, so the last few Doctor Who episodes will be watched when they are actually on. For now, enjoy this recap of Cold Blood. It was part 2 of the episode from the week before.
*I'm sure it goes without saying but - SPOILER ALERT*
The Doctor and his female companion (not Amy) have both been taken by the Silurians underground. He tries to negotiate a peaceful solution, but the Silurians just counter with a proposal of their own - his execution. Meanwhile, Amy has escaped from her Silurian captors and is in search of The Doctor. And the Silurian that had been taken by our human group is trying to provoke them into killing her in order to fuel conflict between the two species. Yet again I have to say how much I love these stories about human nature. I said in last week's recap how the Silurians always seem to really bring this out. I have loved all the flashbacks to past situations, and continued to do so with this episode.
Eventually the whole group gets reunited, but only to be captured again. The leader eventually realizes what is going on and tries to settle the issue peacefully though. Other things I love about the Silurians - the fact that some of them actually want to be peaceful about this. Just like us humans, some are more violent than others. It's great to see this portrayal that not all aliens are bad. That different does not have to be a bad thing.
Back to the story though - Things are looking bad for our heroes with the death of the Silurian they had captured. The Doctor gives another of his epic speeches about the future being dependent on what happens today and Amy gives about the same reaction I would - "Well, no pressure there." Brilliant!
Other things I liked about this episode - how half of it was from the point of view of the lead Silurian. And how said Silurian actually seemed to be willing to work with the humans at a peaceful solution. He actually wanted them all to work together. IR students, take note. Peaceful negotiations actually work when both sides are willing to bring something to the table. True there will always be radicals in every group, but they usually represent the minority. A strong leader who is willing to work towards a change can do remarkable things.
On the other hand, sometimes that one radical can really mess things up. The lesser of the group becomes the representative of the whole race. One human makes a mistake and it has the potential to destroy everything. All because they choose the violent solution. See, people, violence never solves anything. I was really disappointed that a peaceful solution was in sight and then destroyed by one human. The Doctor has always had to let the Silurians down, and I really wanted to see some redemption for him here. I did love the idea, however, of making it so they would get another chance at sharing planet Earth 1,000 years from now. Hopefully that is enough time for the human race to sort itself out and finally learn how to co-exist with other species.
Final bit of academics for the day - how were Rory and Amy both on the hill if Rory dies here? I guess you're going to tell me that time traveling changed things but that will just lead to a huge paradoxical debate (which are fun but take up loads of time that I don't really have here). I mean, Rory doesn't just die - all the memories of him get wiped. Maybe that makes it less painful for Amy, but that doesn't necessarily make it better. I was angry at Rory's death, and Amy should be too. I really wanted the two of them to make it till happily ever after.
The final scene where they reveal the piece of the TARDIS suggests very big things are going to happen in the last few weeks. Make sure you stay tuned, because you're not going to want to miss a single second of it.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Doctor Who - The Hungry Earth
Sorry for the late recap, but I have class on Saturdays now. I know, lame, right? Anywho… without further ado, here is your recap of The Hungry Earth. *insert usual SPOILER ALERT here*
This week gave us part one of the two part episode which brought back the classic Who villains, the Silurians. If you were a fan of the original series, the last time you saw these guys was during Warriors of the Deep, which featured Peter Davison as The Doctor. Our Doctor's adventure with them starts with a "big mining thing" and his natural curiosity that has gotten him into trouble countless other times before.
In terms of the Silurians, past encounters have been due to research or military bases that have awakened the creatures. This time it is a drilling project that does it.
While The Doctor and Amy is directly dealing with the danger, Rory gets sucked in to a problem that is connected with the Silurians underground activities (and we use the term "underground" in the literal sense here). There are bodies in the graveyard that have gone missing, and one of the townsfolk have asked Rory to figure out why.
Something I have noticed in watching both the current series and classic Who is that humans tend to be very foolish on the show and rarely ever trust The Doctor, even though he usually knows best how to handle the situation. There was more of this seen in this episode, especially from one person in particular. I love that the kid trusts The Doctor almost immediately but his Mom is skeptical throughout the show. It just goes to show how perceptive kids can be and how easily they except even the most impossible of scenarios. It's a shame we tend to lose this as adults. Perhaps Doctor Who can be a lesson to try to keep the inner child from dying within us all.
Back to the matter hand though… Our bit of sunshine through the rain - when they are trying to get inside the one building but the door sticks:
Rory: Can't you just sonic it?
Doctor: It doesn't do wood.
Rory: That's rubbish.
Doctor: Oy! Don't dis the sonic!
Words to remember, folks. Words to remember...
It is worth noting that we don't actually get our first glimpse of the Silurians until halfway point. That should have been our first clue this would be a two-parter (assuming you hadn't read about it somewhere before). It also takes about this long for The Doctor to figure out who (or what) they are dealing with.
It is always fun watching The Doctor interact with different species, but it is especially true with the Silurians. They have been on Earth since before even the human race and have always fascinated The Doctor as a race. He also has always regretted not being able to negotiate a lasting peace between the two species. "Nobody dies today," he says. Fans of the classic series remember the last encounter with the Silurians and you will know just how important it is to him to keep that promise.
Part 1 of our adventure ends thus: The captured Silurian says one of our group will kill her and ignite a war between the two species. Meanwhile, The Doctor and his TARDIS are dragged underground where the rest of the Silurian tribe is (which turns out is really an entire civilization). Oh, and Amy is in danger of being dissected by a member of said tribe.
Will The Doctor be able to keep his promise and keep Amy and the rest of them from dying? You'll just have to tune in next week to find out.
This week gave us part one of the two part episode which brought back the classic Who villains, the Silurians. If you were a fan of the original series, the last time you saw these guys was during Warriors of the Deep, which featured Peter Davison as The Doctor. Our Doctor's adventure with them starts with a "big mining thing" and his natural curiosity that has gotten him into trouble countless other times before.
In terms of the Silurians, past encounters have been due to research or military bases that have awakened the creatures. This time it is a drilling project that does it.
While The Doctor and Amy is directly dealing with the danger, Rory gets sucked in to a problem that is connected with the Silurians underground activities (and we use the term "underground" in the literal sense here). There are bodies in the graveyard that have gone missing, and one of the townsfolk have asked Rory to figure out why.
Something I have noticed in watching both the current series and classic Who is that humans tend to be very foolish on the show and rarely ever trust The Doctor, even though he usually knows best how to handle the situation. There was more of this seen in this episode, especially from one person in particular. I love that the kid trusts The Doctor almost immediately but his Mom is skeptical throughout the show. It just goes to show how perceptive kids can be and how easily they except even the most impossible of scenarios. It's a shame we tend to lose this as adults. Perhaps Doctor Who can be a lesson to try to keep the inner child from dying within us all.
Back to the matter hand though… Our bit of sunshine through the rain - when they are trying to get inside the one building but the door sticks:
Rory: Can't you just sonic it?
Doctor: It doesn't do wood.
Rory: That's rubbish.
Doctor: Oy! Don't dis the sonic!
Words to remember, folks. Words to remember...
It is worth noting that we don't actually get our first glimpse of the Silurians until halfway point. That should have been our first clue this would be a two-parter (assuming you hadn't read about it somewhere before). It also takes about this long for The Doctor to figure out who (or what) they are dealing with.
It is always fun watching The Doctor interact with different species, but it is especially true with the Silurians. They have been on Earth since before even the human race and have always fascinated The Doctor as a race. He also has always regretted not being able to negotiate a lasting peace between the two species. "Nobody dies today," he says. Fans of the classic series remember the last encounter with the Silurians and you will know just how important it is to him to keep that promise.
Part 1 of our adventure ends thus: The captured Silurian says one of our group will kill her and ignite a war between the two species. Meanwhile, The Doctor and his TARDIS are dragged underground where the rest of the Silurian tribe is (which turns out is really an entire civilization). Oh, and Amy is in danger of being dissected by a member of said tribe.
Will The Doctor be able to keep his promise and keep Amy and the rest of them from dying? You'll just have to tune in next week to find out.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Doctor Who - Flesh and Stone
*As always, Spoilers ahead*
When last we left The Doctor and Co, they were trapped by an army of Weeping Angels. That is exactly where we pick things up this week, with the aftermath of The Doctor firing the gun he borrowed from Father Octavian up into the air. They have jumped up onto the ship that had crashed and away from the Angels - but not for long.
The Angels follow them onboard the ship, and with that the chase is on. At this point it is important to note that Amy seems to be counting down from 10. The audience notices this (or should) as does The Doctor. Also worth noting is the crack in time has made a surprise early appearance. That is because it is going to become the focus of the rest of the episode. The Doctor says it is pure time energy and the end of the universe. That doesn't sound very good to me...
Back to the thing with the counting though... turns out there is an Angel inside Amy's mind (from back when she had a staring contest with the one) and it is kinda just chilling in the vision center of her brain. The Doctor has her close her eyes to "starve" the Angel. Problem: she can't open her eyes or the process will start up again and she will die. I loved how this sort of switched things up from what we were used to when dealing with the Angels - instead of "don't blink" and have to keep staring we now aren't allowed to open our eyes.
At this point the story with the crack starts to take precedence. The Doctor explains something about there's going to be a very big bang and things will collide and *poof* a crack in time will emerge and bring about the end of the universe. This particular crack seems to originate from Amy's time. The Doctor ponders, "what would happen if time could run out?" and I start clinging to the edge of my seat. I knew this was going to be our story arc from early on, but it was still cool watching it play out. This is the reason that Amy couldn't remember the Daleks. And these memory lapses aren't going to be the last thing the crack in time changes. People are forgetting things, as if time is being altered. And it seems to affect the Angels as well - they all run in fear from the light (which is shaped like the crack in the wall).
I've noticed this pattern that The Doctor and Amy seem to split up a lot. Is it just me, or did that not happen nearly this often in past seasons? I'm not sure how I feel about him always leaving her behind or letting her fend for herself. It's as if he just thinks she will get in the way. And then he wonders why she doesn't trust him...
While Amy is dealing with cracks in time making her guards disappear one by one, The Doctor is with Father Octovian, who gets caught by one of the Angels. Before he dies he tells The Doctor that River was in prison for killing a man and that she can't be trusted. My reaction - River killed someone?! WTF?!
Finally we see a merging of the two stories going on (Amy, the Angels, the crack, all of it). Now that Amy is all alone The Doctor has realized just how dangerous that crack can be. "If the time energy catches up to you, you will never have been born," he warns her. Amy has to literally walk blind and try to get to The Doctor while staying ahead of the time energy. The crack is hungry and needs to be fed. I loved The Doctor's comment at this point, "The Angels came to feed on the time energy, and now it's going to feed on them." I loved the irony in this, but not as much as what happened next.
The Doctor feeds the Angels to the crack to get it to close! The crack is not gone forever though. The explosion that created it in the first place is still happening somewhere in the universe. This means we have not seen the last of this story arc. As for River and the "good man" she killed - could it possibly be The Doctor? If she cared about him as much as she seems to have, then why kill him though? And when The Doctor says, "Time can be rewritten," is he referring to the person River killed? I tried figuring out River's timeline with The Doctor in my head but it just made my head hurt.
Going back to the story though... The Doctor returns Amy home, they snog a little bit, and The Doctor has a light bulb moment where it all suddenly makes sense. Except it doesn't entirely make sense to this blogger. I get that it has something to do with Amy but that is all. And it seems that we are dropping this until the season finale, especially since the date they mentioned in the show was 26-06-2010 - June 26, 2010 for those Americans who might not be used to this way of writing the date. Looks like we're going to just have to take what we have so far and enjoy the ride as it happens. No spoilers!
When last we left The Doctor and Co, they were trapped by an army of Weeping Angels. That is exactly where we pick things up this week, with the aftermath of The Doctor firing the gun he borrowed from Father Octavian up into the air. They have jumped up onto the ship that had crashed and away from the Angels - but not for long.
The Angels follow them onboard the ship, and with that the chase is on. At this point it is important to note that Amy seems to be counting down from 10. The audience notices this (or should) as does The Doctor. Also worth noting is the crack in time has made a surprise early appearance. That is because it is going to become the focus of the rest of the episode. The Doctor says it is pure time energy and the end of the universe. That doesn't sound very good to me...
Back to the thing with the counting though... turns out there is an Angel inside Amy's mind (from back when she had a staring contest with the one) and it is kinda just chilling in the vision center of her brain. The Doctor has her close her eyes to "starve" the Angel. Problem: she can't open her eyes or the process will start up again and she will die. I loved how this sort of switched things up from what we were used to when dealing with the Angels - instead of "don't blink" and have to keep staring we now aren't allowed to open our eyes.
At this point the story with the crack starts to take precedence. The Doctor explains something about there's going to be a very big bang and things will collide and *poof* a crack in time will emerge and bring about the end of the universe. This particular crack seems to originate from Amy's time. The Doctor ponders, "what would happen if time could run out?" and I start clinging to the edge of my seat. I knew this was going to be our story arc from early on, but it was still cool watching it play out. This is the reason that Amy couldn't remember the Daleks. And these memory lapses aren't going to be the last thing the crack in time changes. People are forgetting things, as if time is being altered. And it seems to affect the Angels as well - they all run in fear from the light (which is shaped like the crack in the wall).
I've noticed this pattern that The Doctor and Amy seem to split up a lot. Is it just me, or did that not happen nearly this often in past seasons? I'm not sure how I feel about him always leaving her behind or letting her fend for herself. It's as if he just thinks she will get in the way. And then he wonders why she doesn't trust him...
While Amy is dealing with cracks in time making her guards disappear one by one, The Doctor is with Father Octovian, who gets caught by one of the Angels. Before he dies he tells The Doctor that River was in prison for killing a man and that she can't be trusted. My reaction - River killed someone?! WTF?!
Finally we see a merging of the two stories going on (Amy, the Angels, the crack, all of it). Now that Amy is all alone The Doctor has realized just how dangerous that crack can be. "If the time energy catches up to you, you will never have been born," he warns her. Amy has to literally walk blind and try to get to The Doctor while staying ahead of the time energy. The crack is hungry and needs to be fed. I loved The Doctor's comment at this point, "The Angels came to feed on the time energy, and now it's going to feed on them." I loved the irony in this, but not as much as what happened next.
The Doctor feeds the Angels to the crack to get it to close! The crack is not gone forever though. The explosion that created it in the first place is still happening somewhere in the universe. This means we have not seen the last of this story arc. As for River and the "good man" she killed - could it possibly be The Doctor? If she cared about him as much as she seems to have, then why kill him though? And when The Doctor says, "Time can be rewritten," is he referring to the person River killed? I tried figuring out River's timeline with The Doctor in my head but it just made my head hurt.
Going back to the story though... The Doctor returns Amy home, they snog a little bit, and The Doctor has a light bulb moment where it all suddenly makes sense. Except it doesn't entirely make sense to this blogger. I get that it has something to do with Amy but that is all. And it seems that we are dropping this until the season finale, especially since the date they mentioned in the show was 26-06-2010 - June 26, 2010 for those Americans who might not be used to this way of writing the date. Looks like we're going to just have to take what we have so far and enjoy the ride as it happens. No spoilers!
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