lunedì 25 agosto 2014

Doctor Who series 3

Continuing from when we left them, Donna has just been transported into the Tardis, and she wants to go back, she wants to get married. It's a very funny episode, I loved him when he said "I'm not..I'm no.. I'm not from Mars". She keeps shouting at him because she can't understand what's happening, and I loved every moment of this episode. The Tardis chasing the taxi with Donna driven by a robot-killer-Santa was spectacular, unforgettable. He was perfect in every shot, both funny and melancholic because he has just lost Rose. Another thing I loved this episode, that by the way was not the first but the Christmas Special, is that the people saved themselves, the Doctor was too busy saving Donna and the world. There is also the first naming of Mr Saxon! It goes almost unnoticed because at this time we don't know who he is and how important he is, but it's already there. It's such a great special, wonderful.
I loved Donna when she started laughing, making the doctor laugh, and then when she wanted to protect him, yelling that she won't let them kill him! Sweet thing! Anyway every word is brilliant! And the end, when he's losing it, and is risking their lives by staying there, and only because Donna is there he comes back to his senses and runs away with her. At the end, he asks her to go with him because he's now alone, but it has been too much for her that day, knowing about aliens, discovering her fiancèe betrayal, watching him die, watching the doctor killing the spider-aliens... so she says no. I was there looking at the screen shouting inside What??? It's David Tennant! It's the Doctor!! What do you mean, no???
Let's talk about the episodes now. If you're careful, you can spot the name of Saxon almost anywhere...
1 Smith and Jones  The Doctor, on his own, is at a hospital where he meets Martha Jones. She's studying to be a doctor, she's beautiful, smart and brilliant: ske keeps cool when she sees what's going on and she even saves the Doctor's life; then the whole hospital gets transported to the moon by some alien searching for another alien, a murerer alien, so the Doctor is in a bit of a trouble there, and when he needs some time he thinks of giving her a bit of alien dna. So he kisses her. He kisses her telling her honestly that it doesn't mean anything, but ehi, seriously, can you blame her? One kiss, one little adventure, and our girl is madly in love with him. Of course she is, I understand...
2 The Shakespear code  Just one trip, he doesn't need anyone, it'll be just one trip to say thank you, and to impress her they go back to meet Shakespeare, but it won't be nice and simple, because some witches-like aliens have a plan. It'll all end well with a bit of help from 'good old J.K.'.
Poor Martha, though, he can't help thinking and talking about Rose, he misses her, we know, we understand, in a way we miss her too, I loved them together because they were like teenagers when together :lol: but still is a bit heartless to tell Martha how Rose would always know the right thing to say or do.
3 Gridlock  One more trip, and the Doctor takes Martha to the same place he took Rose: to New Earth, but this time is not so beautiful as we all remembered. There is no sun, it's all underground, and anyone who goes on the road never comes back.. Martha herself is taken prisoner by a young couple, and now on the road, and the Doctor feels guilty. There's the risk of losing her and he doesn't even know her: in his own words "I was too busy showing off": Yeah, we noticed actually. He will sort everything out with the help of the Face of Boe, the old friend. It's a very interesting story, fascinating, and David is so adorable as ever, with the smile and the kittens and... I mean, the Doctor is. Of course, that's what I mean. The Doctor.Yes.
4-5 Daleks in Manhattan - Evolution of the Daleks  a two part story set in 1930s New York. Daleks again, always Daleks... they are kind of fun, but it breaks my heart to see how they hurt my Doctor, always surviving "while I lose everything" sic
6 The Lazarus experiment Mark Gatiss is Lazarus, an old man that invented a machine to make himself young again. Have you seen the film 'the fly'? Different reason, but no better results, I assure you. Martha's mother doesn't trust the Doctor. Martha's sister and herself are in danger, but the Doctor always knows what to do. (Like Buffy said "I always find a way!"
7 42  Not my favourite episode for sure, but the nice thing is the absolute faith of Martha in the Doctor. She always showd it in Gridlock , she shows it again now. The situation is bad, really bad, but she trusts the doctor will save her. Good girl, I feel for you.
8-9 Human nature - The family of blood  This two parts-episode will remain in history. The Doctor makes himself human, hiding in England 1913, with no memory of who he was. There's a family of alien with very short life, that wants the Doctor to live forever. He wanted to hide until they wouldn't be a threat anymore, he didn't want to fight with them, but they find where he's hiding, and they kill to get to him.
Not knowing who he was, poor human John Smith really believed to be nothing more than a teacher, and fell in love... It was so intense, and David was really great. He really wasn't the Doctor anymore, he moved and talked different, he was so moving. He was great, and the screenplay was great. The speech at the end, about the Doctor just trying to be nice to the bad guys? wow. Didn't care much about the boy's plotline, honestly, it was completely superflous to me, bit boring, but the rest was great.
 Episode written by Paul Cornell.
10 Blink  This is a masterpiece. Written by Stephen Moffat. An absolute masterpiece, I love it so much, which is strange since we see the doctor for less then half the time. The protagonist of this episode is Sally Sparrow. Carey Mulligan was perfect as Sally. Perfect. Great episode! The story is that now Sally receives messages from the Doctor stuck in 1969, and is the only one that can help him, incidentally helping herself too. The Weeping Angels make their appearance, and they're scary.
This is also the episode that teaches us what Time is " it's like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey stuff", and I can't tell you how much I love the Doctor when he goes technical "this is my timey-wimey machine: it goes ding when there's stuff". Oh, sure, don't need any more.
This is an episode that everyone should watch, fan of DW or not. I mean, it's perfect.
11-12-13 Utopia - The sound of drums - Last of the Time Lords  Captain Jack wasn't dead of course, and never stopped looking for the Doctor. Why? Asks Martha, she knows well how knowing the Doctor means loving the Doctor. They are thrown far away and meet professor Yana, who seems such a nice old man, but unfortunately Martha notices a watch identical to the one where the Doctor had hidden his Time-Lord-identity, and just like Rose once touched a Dalek now Martha & the watch, and that's where it all starts! Professor gone, time lord here he comes! And there will be trouble! Now he calls himself Harry Saxon, and he's causing lots and lots of trouble. Reign of terror, with unknown aliens killing for him, and Martha's family and the Doctor himself his prisoners. A whole year, than Martha Jones comes back, and saves the world. How? By being brave, never too tired for her mission, by having faith in the doctor as she always had. She's not a warrior, she's a smart and very brave girl.

Both the special and episodes 1,3,11,12,13 are written by Russell T. Davies.


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