'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Yeah, I wasn't at all happy with the Donna mindwipe, either time. I bawled like a baby, again. Especially when Wilf said he'd look up for her. Geez, I'm still teary.
And, can I smack Rose? She's got a Doctor, be happy! He's got all the same damn memories, he's the same man, minus one heart. And guess what, he'll say he loves you! Be happy! Yeesh.
I don't get why the Doctor had to erase all Donna's memories of himself and the TARDIS.
I think I need to go read ariastar's alternate Season 5. [link] I highly recommend it for how it fixes Donna.
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Yeah! And I can finally use all my DW icons on LJ. It's been killing me not to use them for fear of spoiling someone.
I was a weepy mess at the end. Poor Donna! Oh, well, at least Rose gets her Doctor at the end.
Jackie was seriously ill-used here--why bother bringing her back at all, other than to trick us into thinking she'd be the one "child of time" to croak in that test run of the bomb? Feh.
Loved Jack's mind immediately going to naughty places with the thought of three "Doctors" available!
The only thing I'm curious about is that Dalek Caan said that one of the Children of Time would still die. Do you think he meant Donna, if the Doctor didn't do what he did? Or do you think one of them still has to die and we'll see it in season 5?
She's got a Doctor, be happy! He's got all the same damn memories, he's the same man, minus one heart. And guess what, he'll say he loves you! Be happy! Yeesh.
Agreed.
Did anyone else hear DT slipping into his brogue in the Bad Wolf Bay scene?
And having watched this episode four or five times now, I think it would have been better served without Sarah Janes son and her constant going-on about him, Mr. Smith, K-9, Jackie, Gwen and Ianto. No disrespect to the characters, there was just far too much shoe-horning going on, and I'd rather the story had been served, rather than the memory of RTD's tenure. Especially since we still have him for some of the specials. Dude, you can't have your going away party before you take vacation and then come back to work for one last month. (or, well, you can, but it's a bit anti-climatic)
The only thing I'm curious about is that Dalek Caan said that one of the Children of Time would still die. Do you think he meant Donna, if the Doctor didn't do what he did? Or do you think one of them still has to die and we'll see it in season 5?
I was just reading the comments over at the Flick Filosopher's blog post on this ep, and someone over there had the brilliant idea that the "ever-faithful child of time" that Dalek Caan was referring to was himself. After all, he protected the Doctor and Donna, shepherding them to exactly that point in time.
Just a little bit, Juliebird! I forget which word it was that pinged me, but, yeah. I wish he could use it all the time. I love listening to him in his little video blogs on the DVDs.
the "ever-faithful child of time" that Dalek Caan was referring to was himself
Ooh. That could be! Nifty idea.