Oh, and I loved hearing the Torchwood theme music worked into the score as the Doctor stood over Jack that first time.
Angel: If I'm not back in a couple of hours— Gunn: You're dead, we're screwed, end of the world.
'Underneath'
Boxed Set, Vol. IV: It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that.
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Dana - Jun 16, 2007 2:24:03 pm PDT #2682 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
§ ita § - Jun 16, 2007 2:40:33 pm PDT #2683 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Weirdly enough, when I first saw Jacobi in his getup, and even more with the addition of Chan To, I thought--cool! Time Lord! For a couple seconds, and then moved on. I got to the realisation of the full truth at just about the speed the plot intended.
Kate P. - Jun 16, 2007 5:30:52 pm PDT #2684 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Doctor Who 3x11: Eeeeeee! That was wicked cool, especially the second half of the episode. It felt a bit slow and off-kilter in the first half, and Jack and the Doctor were so stiff and strange with each other -- but of course, then everything fell into place after their little chat. I loved the reveal that Jack missed his mark by a century and change and had to live through all of it to get back to where he was supposed to be.
So how the hell are the Doctor, Martha, and Jack going to get back to the 21st century? And will the answer involve Utopia in some way? Surely we have to find out what that is in the next episode -- something tells me it's not quite all it's cracked up to be.
Mostly, though, I'm just all *wavy hands* over the Master. JOHN EFFING SIMM! So cool! Yay! He should be evil on my TV all the time.
Anne W. - Jun 16, 2007 5:53:22 pm PDT #2685 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Kate, I have a feeling that Jack's wristband is going to get sonic screwdrivered next episode. And I also have a feeling that the Doctor is going to have to endure a fair amount of needling from Jack about how his crappy little time hopper saved their asses.
Kate P. - Jun 16, 2007 5:58:26 pm PDT #2686 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hah, Anne, I completely forgot all about Jack's space-hopper thingy, but of course you're right.
DCJensen - Jun 16, 2007 7:39:18 pm PDT #2687 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Doctor Who 3x11:
Also, what did Martha mean
ita, I think she has heard Harold Saxon speak. In the previews, he's taken on the persona of Harold Saxon in the 21st century. I wonder if he's running against Harriet Jones?
DCJensen - Jun 16, 2007 8:56:05 pm PDT #2688 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Doctor Who 3x11:
Chantho was cute as a bug. Chan so to speak tho.
Fiona - Jun 16, 2007 10:20:31 pm PDT #2689 of 10001
Fiona, was there spoilage for....
Yes, ita, as others have mentioned, there was spoilage for that specific person in that specific part, but AFAIK nobody called Jacobi for it too. Very cool.
So how the hell arethe Doctor, Martha, and Jack going to get back to the 21st century?
My theory involves the Master's TARDIS. Which must be around somewhere - maybe that console with the wonky connection (which was played up to be really big but then didn't really come to anything). He has to have one, because how else could he have done the chameleon arch ?
Also, I realised last night that I no longer felt cheated by not seeing John Smith transform into the Doctor, because we saw it happen to the Master.
I am VERY EXCITED.
Me too!
Mikey - Jun 17, 2007 1:15:04 am PDT #2690 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
omg omg omg. Sorry, just watched it myself.
Beverly - Jun 17, 2007 5:20:49 am PDT #2691 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Sumi, I'm glad those were collected somewhere. There used to be a site that had the actual journal, front cover open so you could see John's medals clipped to the pocket, and a stack of folded news clippings and notes shoved into the pocket.
The official SPN site still has an interactive thing up where you find the journal in the back floorboard of the Impala. Click on it and you can turn each page, and read those entries in "John's handwriting", along with a few clippings and drawings pertaining to S1 episodes. This site doesn't, but the other one had the back cover pocket, with photos of John, Mary, and the boys, and John with his Marine unit.