DW 3x02

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That was more mockable than the last one, but still suprisingly good. Yay for actually travelling in time! Woo!

- Martha is awesome. She asks useful questions, and comes up with good ideas, and thinks on her feet. She's kind of like Sarah Jane crossed with Liz Shaw, maybe? Anyway, I'm loving her.

- Except for the whole unrequited-Doctor-love bit. SUCK. If she has to moon over someone, could we please get some other companion(s) along for the ride and have companion/companion relationships? 'Cause she and the Doctor are good as friends or mentor/student, and the UST is so very tacked-on.

- Also tacked on were the Rose mentions. They are LAME, and need to go NOW. *rolls eyes so hard* I get the feeling that was RTD's addition to the script. Bah. (And no, Rose wouldn't "know what to say." She'd be all, "I was supposed to read Hamlet when I was in school, but I never got around to it." Words were not her strong point. She had her competencies, but words were not one of them.)

- Um, yeah, so, on to the plot. Which hung together pretty well, although the witches were so cheesy. (Then again, I love "The Horns of Nimon." I have no room to talk.) But they were cheesy. So cheesy.

- Shakespeare was great. Not too OTT, and charming as hell. Like everyone else, I got a kick out of the "Fifty-seven academics just punched the air."

- "When you go home, you can tell everyone you've seen Shakespeare."
"Then I could get sectioned!"
Oh, Martha, I love you.

- "I might use that."
"You can't; it's someone else's."
HA!

- Harry Potter saving the day was...amusing. "Wait until you read Book Seven. I cried" was priceless.

- Which house/witch house was an awful pun.

- CGIed sixteenth-century London was puuurty.

- Heh, Martha's the Dark Lady. I liked her practical concern over whether she'd be carted off as a slave, although I find it hard to believe that no one commented on her clothes.

- All through this, I was thinking, "If only Geoffrey Tennant were around." 'Cause that would've been awesome. Geoffrey's great-great-great...-grandfather, maybe, as played by Paul Gross? That was totally what this needed. (While I liked the focus on the "lost play," I also wouldn't have minded if they were around during the writing or performance of one of the works in the canon, so there could've been more intertwining of play-plot and episode-plot.

Okay, mostly I just want more Slings & Arrows.)

- So, yeah. Fun, adventurous romp that didn't have too many plot holes. As a English major, I would've enjoyed it more had they delved further into the plays, but it didn't really need that.

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Martha is awesome. She asks useful questions, and comes up with good ideas, and thinks on her feet.

Girl needs hard evidence before she takes anything seriously, but as soon as she gets that she's all for whatever the craziness of the week is. LOVE IT.

Except for the whole unrequited-Doctor-love bit. SUCK.

SHHHHHHH LISTEN TO MY CONVENIENT FANWANK: *Not* unrequited love. Not not not. She's just pissed because she met this fun guy who wants to take her on crazy dates adventures, and instead of having fun he's all, "Woes! You're not as awesome as my ex!" and she's all, "Hello, stop moping and pay attention to ME so we can have adventures like it said on the label!" She's not in love, she's just irritated that she's having all these crazy new experiences and the one guy she should be able to talk to about them tends to completely ignore her or else tell her she's a lame fill-in, which is understandably obnoxious. There! There is no unrequited love, and I refuse to believe that that is a theme. *pout*

Words were not her strong point. She had her competencies, but words were not one of them.

Good point. Although... the best literature a bright medical student could come up with was Harry Potter? I weep for Britain's youth.

Shakespeare was great. Not too OTT, and charming as hell.

Eh, he seemed a bit hammy to me. Maybe it was just that the five million "I might use that!" jokes got a bit old... Then again, hamminess could be in-character for an early-career Shakespeare...

Like everyone else, I got a kick out of the "Fifty-seven academics just punched the air."

What do you think of the little pause before he said it? Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I saw him thinking, "Awww, I miss Jack. Jack *so* would've shagged Shakespeare."

"Then I could get sectioned!"
Oh, Martha, I love you.

Heh, great delivery, too.

"Wait until you read Book Seven. I cried" was priceless.

LOVE.

I liked her practical concern over whether she'd be carted off as a slave, although I find it hard to believe that no one commented on her clothes.

I can see her getting away with the top, especially with the jacket, since she's already exotic-looking in context. But tight jeans? On a woman? I don't care how Moor-ish she looks, no WAY that didn't cause a riot. And it was a bit odd that he didn't let her play in the wardrobe anyway, since it was a one-time date adventure and he'd want to milk it for all it was worth. Bah, costuming department.

All through this, I was thinking, "If only Geoffrey Tennant were around."

NO NO BAD CANADA DOWN BACK AWAY. You're hopeless. Mirroring a play would've been awesome, but... only 45 minutes to work with? Although... hmmm... this actually could've been a great two-parter, if they'd gone that route...

Okay, mostly I just want more Slings & Arrows.

Never would've guessed! : )