Did you guys notice Leoben's reaction to the little bonding moment between Kara and Casey? What was that? Was he happy because he thinks his vision is starting to come true? Disturbed because she's paying more attention to the toddler than she ever paid to him - -besides killing him? What?

Also, aside from the giant continuity error with Cally and the running and the guns: Chief tells Laura and Tom that Adama is coming to get them while he's standing right in front of that truck and not really that far away from the dying Cavil. Seems like a bad idea to me.

My question for those who were not sure of enjoying David Tennant's performance as the Doctor - and to whom I said (or meant to, anyway) to give him up to "School Reunion" to prove himself - is, what do you think of him now?

My squee for the episode was about evenly divided between Sarah Jane Smith, K-9, and ASH as the headmaster. What affection I've been able to summon for Tennant is because I've heard (here, I believe) that he's a huge Who geek and actually has artifacts from shows with previous incarnations. He's manic. Okay, so was Baker, and I loved him. He feels more wobbly than Nine. And let's face it, I fell hard, deep, and repeatedly for Nine. He broke me, then put me back together, stood me on my feet, patted my fanny and said "on you go." I'd have trusted him, even if I knew he had to betray me, because it was for a bigger necessity.

I don't trust Ten. But I don't really know Ten. Ask me again at the end of the season.

And yes, I enjoyed the Barrowman Keys to the Castle thing SO very much. So, apparently, did he.

Also? SO freakin' good to see Chief's beardless face again.

I really didn't think I could love another doctor as much as CE. School Reunion broke me. Tennant doesn't do menacing nearly as well as CE but I'm all in on number ten. Must be the glasses. Or it could have been when Cassandra was in his body on New Earth.

Also, loved ASH in SR.

I honestly didn't know what to expect from Ten, but SR definately got my buy in. It was such an earth-bound story, but it touched on everything in the universe that was important to The Doctor: his dead homeworld, his honor, his companions and the joy and pain that they bring to him. Many of his incarnations have been manic. Few have been so transparent and warm. I hope this one is in it for a good long time.

I'd really liked Tennant in his initial "The Christmas Invasion" appearance, then felt let down by the tics and buffoonery of the next two episodes. The story with Sarah Jane forced the actor to employ some much-needed restraint and subtlety, and just about everything struck me as note perfect.

Has anyone seen Christmas Day at Doctor Who's?

Has anyone seen Christmas Day at Doctor Who's?

Ach, I forgot about mentioning that.

The guy who plays Tom Baker does a lot of impersonating of his doctor. The voice is down perfect. I made Andi a LJ icon of the final sign shot.

If anyone wants a downloadable .avi or .wmv version of the sketch, I have restored the ones I made to the links in this post:

Daniel C. Jensen "Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"" Apr 17, 2006 8:56:11 pm PDT

There's also a video floating around of the real reason Chris E. quit Dr. Who done by the same people.

Here it is:

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"Eccleston Quits"

I am amused to the HGTV description of "Keys to the castle"

Keys to the Castle

American host John Barrowman tours four castles

Sure he was raised here, folks, but he was born there and holds dual citizenship.

Interesting note about Barrowman: he was up for the part of Will in Will and Grace, but they decided he seemed "too straight," claims Wikipedia.

WS, it's very funny to watch people dance around spoilers in discussions (I know exactly 1 spoiler from late in the season, so this is mostly, but not entirely, about other people, rather than me.)--particularly big, thematic, season-long-type-stuff discussions. (I do love that we can have these discussions in a meaningful way, rather than just hoping that the writers keep to the stuff they plant.)

It's also interesting, knowing the spoiler I do know, to try to figure out where and how it fits in. Much like trying to figure out the lay of the land wrt Torchwood.

I do hope that they get back to the "No Second Chances" Doctor of CI. Given that I've heard the title "Girl in the Fireplace" a lot, I'm assuming that we're going to be getting back into it, if you will, from the set-up-heaviness of Tooth and Claw and School Reunion (which, as much as I like it, was setting up, if I had to guess: at least SJ, Mickey on the TARDIS, thematic stuff, and, possibly, the aliens of the episode.)