ita, I think he could have, but he wasn't going to. He was going to bring them home and reunite them with their families, or else. Bit of tunnel vision going on there.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
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Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Dana - Nov 17, 2009 10:57:01 am PST #10904 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Shir - Nov 17, 2009 11:01:13 am PST #10905 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Dana,
>Bit of tunnel vision going on there.
You see, that's the Doctor I know and love. Brilliant, yet, tunnel-visiony.
Also. Am I the only one who shouted at the screen, when he felt all victorious, "Donna! Rose! Donna! Rose!"?
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2009 11:33:04 am PST #10906 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dana, that makes sense, in a typically flawed sort of a way. What Hiro did (or didn't do) on Heroes this week to Mohinder reminded me of that.
I'm nervous about the next installment, from the trailer. It's Donna. Her poor brain. Never mind The Master. I read an interview about how he's going to play that, and I'm just plain looking forward to it.
Kate P. - Nov 17, 2009 4:59:30 pm PST #10907 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Waters of Mars: OK, first of all, yay new Doctor Who! On to the spoilers: I LOVED Captain Adelaide Brooke, and was really hoping she'd stick around for a while -- seemed unlikely she'd be a companion, but maybe a nemesis of sorts? But, of course, I get why she did what she did in the end. (Was anyone else thinking, "Dude, go get her body and hide it somewhere so it'll still look like she died on Mars!" But then he would have had to go track down the other two who ran off and dispose of them too, and that REALLY would have gone way too far, even for Ultimate Time Lord!Doctor.)
ita, I hadn't thought of it this way, but I think you're right that we haven't seen the Doctor be this cold, at least to humans, since Nine. Which makes me wonder how I would have reacted if it had been Nine instead of Ten on that crazy power trip. But somehow it makes more sense with Ten, who has always seemed a little more unhinged to me. Maybe it's just that I always trusted and believed Nine, no matter what, whereas Ten has never inspired the same loyalty in me (much as I love Tennant).
Anyway, I liked the themes of this one a lot, but watching the Doctor go mad with power was... uncomfortable, to say the least (and not necessarily in the way that was intended, I think). Also, wayyy too much Purposeful Voiceover of Remembrance for my taste. But on the other hand, flaming robots!
Polter-Cow - Nov 17, 2009 7:17:03 pm PST #10908 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
V: Okay, how did Erica know the combination to that room?? I mean, she is clearly awesome in many ways, but there has to be a reason.
I enjoy how manipulative the Vs are.
Typo Boy - Nov 17, 2009 8:07:07 pm PST #10909 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK, the ending of the Prisoner was really depressing.
Typo Boy - Nov 17, 2009 8:10:21 pm PST #10910 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Sort of human spirt vs. evil corporatate CEO turns out to be Bambi vs. Godzilla.
Trudy Booth - Nov 17, 2009 9:28:07 pm PST #10911 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My recording of V cut off! What happened after hottie blonde V girl walked through the silver door smiling smugly?
Polter-Cow - Nov 17, 2009 9:50:29 pm PST #10912 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What happened after hottie blonde V girl walked through the silver door smiling smugly?
She tells Anna that Erica's son is the one, and they should use him. Anna tells her she's proud of her, to which she replies, "Thank you, mother." Dun dun DUN!!!
I just watched "Living in Harmony." Ahahahaha what the fuck??
Typo Boy - Nov 17, 2009 10:09:21 pm PST #10913 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The original (1960's) "Living in Harmony"? Yeah, if that is WTF wait until you see the series end.