I love how dorked up he was for the photo in the newspaper at the end.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
'Safe'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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§ ita § - Jun 12, 2010 7:30:33 pm PDT #13303 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 12, 2010 10:14:54 pm PDT #13304 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
OK, that Who ep was AWESOME
UK or US? (Probably easier to give me an episode description, if the latter!)
UK Who: I enjoyed it, but there were a lot of odd unexplained things. Are we ever going to find out who was trying to build a TARDIS? It was a bit of a missed opportunity for playing with timey-wimey - for a minute I thought we'd find out that sometime in the future the *Doctor* had tried to build a TARDIS, or that his attempt to find out what was going on upstairs would cause the events, or something else very cool like that, but it was not to be. I did love James Corden, as well as everything that came out of Matt Smith's mouth. That man has completely won me over and I will never doubt the DW team's casting skills again.
And WHAT was with the evil yellow picture in the hall? It almost made The poor Girl cry! I assumed it would become part of the story, it was so clearly watching them talking in the hallway, but then it wasn't. Apparently the props department were having an evil day.
Trudy Booth - Jun 12, 2010 10:17:29 pm PDT #13305 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
UK or US? (Probably easier to give me an episode description, if the latter!)
US. Amy is underground and the whole thang is goin' to hell.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 12, 2010 10:19:17 pm PDT #13306 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Ah! Yeah, good episode. Love the dyslexic kid.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2010 10:38:49 pm PDT #13307 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Seska, completely agree on "as well as everything that came out of Matt Smith's mouth. That man has completely won me over and I will never doubt the DW team's casting skills again." I love him SO MUCH. I pretty much come to this conclusion over and over again with every single episode. With this one, it was at "They call me the Doctor. I don't know why. I call me the Doctor too. Still don't know why."
Excited for the finale!!
DCJensen - Jun 12, 2010 11:39:41 pm PDT #13308 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I liked a lot of lines this week (UK Who).
One:
“Hello, I'm Captain Troy Handsome of International Rescue. Please state the nature of your emergency.”
beekaytee - Jun 13, 2010 5:18:10 am PDT #13309 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Daniel, that was my favorite line...perhaps of the whole series.
Fiona - Jun 13, 2010 9:08:19 am PDT #13310 of 30001
Yes! Matt Smith was fantastic as a pretend human. Although I did wonder why he didn't call himself "John Smith" in this one. .
Also, does he only headbutt the mind-meld when he's in a hurry? Just as well, because I'm not sure Madame de Pompadour would have liked it .
Interesting side note: Matt Smith was training to be a professional football player until he was injured and decided to try acting instead. It certainly showed.
Dana - Jun 13, 2010 9:33:31 am PDT #13311 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Fiona, I kind of figured that was half of the reason we got that football scene.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2010 10:10:45 am PDT #13312 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha, I didn't know that, Fiona. Heh. And I also wondered why he didn't call himself John Smith.
Oddly enough, when Amy brought up the bowtie, and the Doctor repeated his "Bowties are cool" catchphrase, I thought that I liked it much more than "Geronimo!!!" which didn't actually seem to fit him very well. And then he apparently mind-melded THAT catchphrase into Craig.