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.

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.

Hah, Anne, I completely forgot all about Jack's space-hopper thingy, but of course you're right.

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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?

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Chantho was cute as a bug. Chan so to speak tho.

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 are

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!

omg omg omg. Sorry, just watched it myself.

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.

Oblique spoilers for Who 3.11 I have just started watching Life on Mars, and I am now dying for someone to write a crossover fic.

DW: I am so overcome with joy for this episode that I can't even begin to talk about it yet. I am just marinating in joy. If joy were barbeque sauce, I would be a pulled pork sandwich. With extra pickles. And John Barrowman would be beer.

Oh, RTD, I can't believe I'm saying this since you have so brutally earned my wrath in the past, but I take it all back. I will trust you from now on, because if you can smooth all this out TWO YEARS after you set it up, and leave me happy like a one-night stand with Claudia Black, you are so worthy of my trust.