I felt like Jilli at the beginning of the episode. The hostess said hello and I thought "I WANT that lip colour!"
I just said that you're pretty. Even when you're covered in...engine grease, you're... No, especially, especially when you're covered in engine grease.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Vortex - Jul 11, 2008 7:16:44 pm PDT #3518 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Frankenbuddha - Jul 11, 2008 8:01:32 pm PDT #3519 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Midnight" was seriously intense. I think that's about as helpless as I've seen the Doctor, even before the transference (i.e. the situation having gotten away from him).
Nice shout out to bottle episodes of all stripes (the shuttlecraft episode which was Spock's first command comes to mind), and love (in a saddened way) that no one knew the flight attendant's name.
SailAweigh - Jul 11, 2008 8:15:07 pm PDT #3520 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That's one of the hardest episodes of television to watch. It's as creepy as Blink, but in a totally "you can see it coming" way rather than "don't turn your back" way.
Kathy A - Jul 11, 2008 8:40:45 pm PDT #3521 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Huh--the Professor in "Midnight" was played by David Troughton, the son of Patrick Troughton, Doctor #2. Much taller than his dad, and IIRC, a big director of episodic Brit TV.
Typo Boy - Jul 11, 2008 9:05:37 pm PDT #3522 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.
In general the Doctor does not seem to handle possession well. One of variety of monster where "I'm the thing the monsters are afraid of" does not seem to apply.
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2008 9:46:22 pm PDT #3523 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
- Loved* this episode of Dr. Who--the weeping Doctor and the shaken Doctor at the end when Donna repeats molto benne (sp?) back to him? Yikes.
SGA: So who was that guy who helped them escape the Hive ship? And I suppose it was all meaningful and shit that Teyla's "I knew you would come for me" words were the same IRL as in John's hallucination. I just don't buy most of her lines, so it left me pretty cold.
Fiona - Jul 11, 2008 10:40:56 pm PDT #3524 of 30001
Much taller than his dad, and IIRC, a big director of episodic Brit TV.
Taller than his dad, yes, but not a director. I don't know who you're thinking of, Kathy. One of the directors of the current series of Who is Alice Troughton, but AFAIK she's not related.
OTOH Sam Troughton, who plays Much in the current series of "Robin Hood", is David's son and Patrick's grandson.
Edit: funnily enough, it was Alice Troughton who directed "Midnight"....
Frankenbuddha - Jul 11, 2008 11:13:35 pm PDT #3525 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It occurred to me that Nine would have handled this scenario a lot better.
Except, of course, Nine never would have gone off on this sight-seeing tour in the first place, I suppose.
Theodosia - Jul 12, 2008 2:28:10 am PDT #3526 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
SGA: You know, McKay really could have said "I'm a physicist, not a doctor!" in all seriousness.
Ailleann - Jul 12, 2008 5:26:14 am PDT #3527 of 30001
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So who was that guy who helped them escape the Hive ship?
I've blanked on his name, but that's the father of Teyla's baby. She had some scenes with him at the end of last season, trying to appeal to his remaining... Athosian-manity and get him to help her.