Damn, you made me want to rewatch that season, as if I did not have too much to watch already! But a big shout out to the first appearance of River Song, as I am deeply in love with this out-of-sync story, even if it got messy towards the end/beginning 😁
And so glad to have you on Episodic Medium for the return of RTD. See you there!
i agree with stolen earth and journeys end probably served better as a 3 parter because with so manyyy characters its hard for them to well interact! rtd has admitted it was hard for him to write the rose ending in journeys end cause well knowing her character she would never just be like well see ya to the doctor im hoping we get a one off tv movie or mini series of tentoo/rose adventures in petes world
I just feel like there's a way to make the Rose/TenToo story so romantic and still so devastating, and it's forever frustrating to me that RTD didn't quite nail it.
More than anything, I think we needed to see Rose and TenToo actually interact throughout the episode—establish their own dynamic; actively prove he's like her Doctor only more emotionally available. (Like the scenes TenToo and Donn share, which are a delight.) And then TenToo should be the one leading the beach scene while Ten watches on sadly. You'd still have the fundamental tension and weirdness and sadness, but more sweetness and romance to balance it out too. And since Rose would have her own burgeoning dynamic with TenToo, it would feel more like she's making a (difficult!) choice rather than receiving him as a weird, semi-unwanted present.
lol idk how im just seeing this now! but i agree i wish we saw more i understand like he had 45 minutes or whatever and so much to do i hope we get something with them to see it i highly doubt it now since tennant was 14 we do get that moment on the tardis where rose gives him a look but yeah fundamentally i wish we got to see the dynamic a bit more
Have you written about "The Power of the Doctor" anywhere? I think that's the only gap missing between The AV Club and Episodic medium. Looking forward to the specials!
Damn, you made me want to rewatch that season, as if I did not have too much to watch already! But a big shout out to the first appearance of River Song, as I am deeply in love with this out-of-sync story, even if it got messy towards the end/beginning 😁
And so glad to have you on Episodic Medium for the return of RTD. See you there!
i agree with stolen earth and journeys end probably served better as a 3 parter because with so manyyy characters its hard for them to well interact! rtd has admitted it was hard for him to write the rose ending in journeys end cause well knowing her character she would never just be like well see ya to the doctor im hoping we get a one off tv movie or mini series of tentoo/rose adventures in petes world
I just feel like there's a way to make the Rose/TenToo story so romantic and still so devastating, and it's forever frustrating to me that RTD didn't quite nail it.
More than anything, I think we needed to see Rose and TenToo actually interact throughout the episode—establish their own dynamic; actively prove he's like her Doctor only more emotionally available. (Like the scenes TenToo and Donn share, which are a delight.) And then TenToo should be the one leading the beach scene while Ten watches on sadly. You'd still have the fundamental tension and weirdness and sadness, but more sweetness and romance to balance it out too. And since Rose would have her own burgeoning dynamic with TenToo, it would feel more like she's making a (difficult!) choice rather than receiving him as a weird, semi-unwanted present.
lol idk how im just seeing this now! but i agree i wish we saw more i understand like he had 45 minutes or whatever and so much to do i hope we get something with them to see it i highly doubt it now since tennant was 14 we do get that moment on the tardis where rose gives him a look but yeah fundamentally i wish we got to see the dynamic a bit more
Thank you for doing these!
Have you written about "The Power of the Doctor" anywhere? I think that's the only gap missing between The AV Club and Episodic medium. Looking forward to the specials!
It's the only episode of the Whittaker era I didn't review, sadly, but I did do this Twitter thread with some of my thoughts on it https://twitter.com/CarolineSiede/status/1586441427260952576
(I also reviewed "Legend of the Sea Devils" for FOX 5 NY, but I often just forget that episode even happened https://www.fox5ny.com/news/doctor-who-review-legend-of-the-sea-devils)
also turn left and midnight are my top 2 of the season but yeah lol