prillalar: (the doctor)
prillalar ([personal profile] prillalar) wrote2006-04-15 04:52 pm
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Doctor Who: New Earth

Tennant, you win at being the Doctor. Oh, I am all made of squee right now. All my flist darlings who are waiting for your torrents -- be strong!

This was such a manic episode. I loved the beginning, poor Mickey standing alone as the box disappears and inside, Rose so excited to be gone.

Rose and Ten are so sparky, sparky, sparky! It's hard to get a good sense of their interaction considering they spent most of the ep apart or possessed, but I'm thinking good, good thoughts.

Zoë Wanamaker is always, always fabulous. I want to have her babies.

The hospital was gorgeous and the readouts by each bed looked like giant iPods. The cat-nurse-nun sitting with the Face of Bo was really hot. And the design of Intensive Care -- that whole Matrix effect -- also great.

Just such a fun outing. Action, action, action, great character moments. I thought both BP and DT did a great job channelling ZW. And what a lovely way to end things. Maybe a touch too heartwarming, but right now I don't care. My heart is warmed. I am happy.

eta: Doesn't this look like something straight out of The Avengers?



Must. Make. More. Icons.

::covers eyes to avoid spoilers::

[identity profile] laurashapiro.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Downloading now. I'm so glad it's still good! I have been worried that my Eccleston love would make me stubborn and cross. Sounds like it's just more of a good thing, though.

No, I haven't seen The Christmas Invasion yet, although I have it on hand. (:

Re: ::covers eyes to avoid spoilers::

[identity profile] laurashapiro.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's lovely to see you so chipper. (:
ext_9872: (nine is my lucky number)

[identity profile] zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
i hate you.

Christopher Eccleston hates you for saying David Tennant wins.

Nine hates you for saying Ten and Rose are sparky.

i hate you.

but when i´ve watched it i´ll love you again and we could talk about how you can make it up to me by writing lots of porn.
ext_9872: (nine is mine)

[identity profile] zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
because i have already been spoiled! i know what happens in the ep as well as anyone who has actually watched it. i am that spoilers whore.

Christopher Eccleston resents your love for Ten. he likes me because i claim my love for David Tennant comes from somewhere else (Blackpool, Casanova, Bright Young Things) and that he is the Doctor is just a coincidence.

TezuRyo porn, of course Nine/Rose porn, of course. Or Ten/Sarah Jane, or Ten/French chick from episode four that just happens to be David Tennant´s girlfriend (Tom Baker/Lalla Ward deja vu?).
ext_9872: (ten forward flirting)

[identity profile] zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
he loves me better because i went to see "Jude" when i was too young to watch sex scenes and the ending scarred me for life.

If you spoil me I will write TezuRyo porn that is also soulful and distressing and the most perfect thing ever and I will filter it to everyone but you.

don´t worry, i have learned (the hard way) to be careful about spoilers with people.

[identity profile] wickedcherub.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I will never, *never* get used to seeing icons of Billie Piper.

She's still the teenage pop star to me that sang "Because We Want To" and "Honey to the B" and that ran away and married a radio DJ 3 times her age.

Why you gotta play that song so loud?
Because we want to! because we want to!
Why d’you always run around in crowds?
Because we want to! because we want to!


ext_9872: (tennant not ten)

[identity profile] zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
OH GOD THE PIC!

(i can feel Chris Eccleston glaring at me. Oh, Ten, our love is so forbidden...)
ext_9872: (full-time insane cinephile)

[identity profile] zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
the suit is very smexy (though Chris´ leather jacket is still the most erotic thing ever). i bet David is wishing they´d let him wear Tom Baker´s scarf sometime.

i´m the only one in my flist who doesn´t have Ten/Rose icons! how strong and loyal i am. *is proud*

[identity profile] tabimendou.livejournal.com 2006-04-15 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still too full of squee to make any kind of critical response to the episode *-* though I've already managed to get into arguments with people who hated it u,u

BUT IT MADE ME HAPPY

Tennant *___*~~~~
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[identity profile] xanthelj.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
I loved Tennant! I loved Ecclestone too - there's nothing to choose between them but they're so different. I thought Tennant was fabulous and I think kids will particularly love him. I thought there was far more sparkage between Ten/Rose than between Nine/Rose. Yay - DW is back!

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[identity profile] ell-dee.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Wasn't it great. BP was just excellent. I'm consistently amazed by what a good actress she is.

And David Tennent! I adore him. I take back everything I said when I found out he was taking over from Chris Ecclestone.

I did think the resolution was a bit rushed and WTF?ish. I mean really, pouring intravenous drugs on people makes them better?

The BBC showed a 'making off' thing after the show and the rest of the season looks fantastic!

[identity profile] ellipsisblack.livejournal.com 2006-04-16 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
You have inspired me to hunt down a download. :D It'll be a very long time before this shows up on our screens, and I have agreat love for David Tennant, irrespective of his Whoian merits.
selenay: (Doctor/Rose shipper)

[personal profile] selenay 2006-04-16 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'm still largely at the "squee, Doctor Who!" stage, but there was indeed much to love about this episode. And I'm already totally sold on DT :-))

And my admiration for BP's acting just keeps rising.

This is one of the few shows where I have a genuine adoration for the canon(ish) het ship and I'm so pleased to find Ten/Rose so darned sparky and shippy :-)

I need to make me some iconses...

I just watched "New Earth"!

[identity profile] laurashapiro.livejournal.com 2006-05-01 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
While I thought the plot had some problems, I enjoyed myself thoroughly. I agree 100% about the sparkiness -- it's just as strong as it was last season, with all the manic glee, the beaming, the...

You know, I love how G-rated their love is. I mean, the love just shoots out of every pore on them, the way they smile at each other, the way holding hands and being snarky is just the best darned thing ever, and it's like a grade-school crush or something. I don't know if I could bear it if they ever loved each other like grown-ups (though I'm very happy to read smutty fic about it *g*).

I was very pleased to see Billie Piper hold her own in this episode. I had a blast watching her channeling Cassandra.