Re Daniel's whitefont:

It was a woman's hand, IIRC.

I thought it was Mrs. Saxon's hand which picked up the ring, which would fit into the abused spouse dynamic (I noticed the bruises too). I also did consider the possibility of a female Master (Mistress?), though, which would be SUPER interesting, if and when they decide to revive him/her.

I think I know which one she found harder.

Good point, ita.

Whofont! it was definitely Mrs. Saxon's hand taking the ring at the end. go back to the scene when Jack is taking the gun from her. she has those same, semi-long red nails.

Dr. Who 3.13:

Man, the internets are generally grumpy about this episode. I'm sorry it couldn't be as awesome as "Utopia" and "The Sound of Drums", but I still enjoyed it. My standards for sense-making aren't very high.

Aged!Ten looked alarmingly like Dobby the house-elf. That would make a hell of a crossover.

One major complaint seems to be that there was a reset. Well -- yeah. I always figured there'd be a reset. Aside from the fact that The Master killed SIX HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE, he set up something called a "paradox machine". It was pretty obvious to me that a name like that might as well be a blinking sign that said "please shoot me to resolve the plot."

I have no idea what's going to happen in the next series. Huh.

Who 3.13:

I definitely didn't love this one as much as some of the eps this year - like 3.12 and the creepy-ass angel one, but I liked it well enough. I admit I was a leetle "Oy," at the "Everybody, think Doctor!" wish him back to strength through the network... telepathic link... integrated with it for a year... blahbity, blah thing - including ascension lighting! But whatever, handwave.

Things what I particularly liked: the look of trepidation on the Master's face when he turned the Doctor into Dobby the House Yoda - he almost looked as if he were afraid he'd killed him. The whole bit at end with the don't leave me/I win. Man, those two are slasheriffic! Martha!! Being strong! Walking away! Calling cutie-head what-his-doctor! Ripping my heart out by leaving the poor Doctor alone again (naturally) but totally cheering for her resolve at the same time. The shared almost-smile between the Doctor and Mrs. Jones through the window. Tennant's whip-fast change from "OK, where are we off to now?" denial into resigned acceptance. Oh, and Martha again - giving that bouquet to the Professor - d'awwww. Jack as the Face of Bo(e?). That's just... that's just neat. Whole new levels to look for on series rewatch. Love.

So, yeah, the resolution to the plot wasn't anything exceptional, which would have been super, but I sure wasn't expecting anything but a reset. People didn't expect that? That seems odd to me.

All in all, I liked this season.

Whofont... i like the resolution of Jack = The Face of Boe, but i also have issues with it. in Utopia when Martha is telling the Doctor about the Professor's watch, she mentions The Face of Boe and Jack is standing right there and has no reaction to it whatsoever. surely they knew they were going to make this revelation at that point. so why not throw in a subtle reaction from Jack that wouldn't have made us think twice then, but on rewatch make us all go "oooooooh"? it bugs.

however, the thought of it being him way back when the Doctor and Rose first met The Face of Boe is so much fun to think about, i'm willing to handwave and focus on how damn cool it is.

I wondered whether there would be any inconsistencies with that, but I hadn't remembered that particular scene. The wave of my hand, she is mighty. Thank goodness.

Fuckity. Now I yearn for time to sit down and mainline all the episodes. Which I haven't even seen yet. I don't have TIME, people, stop teasing me! Of course, I could stop reading all the Whofont. But, no.

So, Doctor Who is 2.5 hours this week? Does that mean that the first episode is 90 minutes and the second is an hour?

4400:

1. Kyle's "power" is still lame.

2. Now that Killabelle is on the loose, I'm sure we're going to discover that she really does have some power. (I hope only "some" because it was ridiculous how powerful she was before.)

3. Did Diane's daughter come back from Spain? Or just the BF?

DZ: I thought that Johnny should do stuff outside of Maine and he does stuff In. Space.

For those wondering what is going to happen now that Martha has jumped ship (not permanently), I posted a Who companion update in Spoilers.