DW 28x12: Army of Ghosts

[icepixie]

I dunno. That just sort of...left me cold, in much the same way as ROTC/AOS didn't really do much for me. About two thirds of the way in, I was thinking, "You know, I wish we had more episodes like 'Idiot's Lantern.'" Which, you know, at least was fun.

This was...not, really. Yvonne was not so much evil as irritating, and Torchwood would have been much better if we hadn't been hearing about it EVERY TWO SECONDS from the media and from the show itself. And I feel like a bad fan--here we have the Cybermen and the Daleks all together, which is supposed to be the coolest thing ever, and I...really don't care. Like, at all. Possibly my problem is that I still don't find the Cybermen a particularly scary villain, for reasons I stated when they first showed up this season and which I won't go into again.

They did tie together all the divergent little threads from this season--Cybermen, alternate univese, Torchwood, hell/beast--which was nice, but it felt kind of like a paint-by-numbers thing. Of course the sphere comes from a place some people call "hell." Of course it's in Torchwood's possession. Of course Torchwood is run by vaguely evil people. Of course it's related to the Cybermen and the AU. I was surprised that the Daleks showed up--I'd heard rumors that people had seen a Dalek exterminator ray in the preview (I didn't watch it so as not to be spoiled), but I'd forgotten until they flew out of the sphere.

But the beginning was sort of awful--the voice from beyond the grave thing was a bit silly. Although we did finally get to see a FRAKKING ALIEN PLANET or two, which was nice. I want to see the episode with those dragon-looking things in it that perhaps was made in some alternate universe. Then the middle sort of plodded along; I knew the moment we saw the plastic wrap around the "No Entry" area that there would be Cybermen behind it, and as soon as we saw people with things in their ears (even before they got one in both ears), I twigged to the connection to the AU. Then there was the ending, and I...kind of don't care how it turns out.

And what was up with the 3D glasses? Another Ghostbusters thing?

"How long you gonna stay with me?" / "Forever" was sweet, although very anvilicious. Rose is so outta here by the end of the next episode.

Hmph. I think I need to rewatch this when I'm in a better mood. We walked all over the world at the Frist and the library today, so I'm exhausted, and my knees are killing me.

*stalks off to sulk*

Comments

[elflore.livejournal.com]

*Huggles for your mood*

I really don't buy the opening as a voice-from-beyond-the-grave...I still definitely think there's a twist there. (Vague ideas in my post. Very vague.)

And c'mon...companion!Jackie was comedy gold! And the Doctor manipulating Yvonne, beautiful!

The "how long you gonna stay" thing...what I liked about that was that it was one place where the Doctor really seems to want Rose to stick around as badly as she wants it. He's been more realistic/fatalistic when the subject has come up at other times in the season. So I found him asking the question very sweet.

And of course I'm a fanboy who loooooooooves the Cybermen, so I'm all about the coming war. :?P But mileage varies and all that.

And you're reading Eyre Affair...WOO! Love that book/series so much! (And I should send you my mental 'cast list'...which includes Laura Fraser as Thursday Next and David Tennant as Bowden Cable, among others. *g*)