Doctor Who Rewatch!

Well, why not. I found a community on LiveJournal (don't laugh at me) that is rewatching all available episodes until series four starts up in... March, I think it is. So I'm jumping in - kind of in the middle, since they're already halfway through series one, but oh well. I didn't want to watch the ones before that anyway.

So, here are my thoughts on this week's rewatch episode:
The Long Game.

So this is one of those episodes where they brought along that dumb Adam guy... I can't remember where they picked him up, but oh well. Oh right, he was in the Dalek episode. Anyway... so cute how the Doctor lets Rose play the tour guide. She's only barely less starstruck than Adam is.

Rose does a lot of annoying picking up of random guys in the first season... she started out with Mickey, and then Adam, and then Jack... well, Jack wasn't annoying actually. I like Jack. Thankfully, this goes away in the second season. Can't imagine why.

Face of Boe just announced he was pregnant... that's interesting. Very interesting. I already knew about that of course, but I don't know, just strikes me as much funnier than it was the first time I watched this. Not only is a male giant head in a jar having a baby, but given the series three finale... well, anyway. Makes me laugh.

The guy from Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, is in this episode. Double check. Triple check. Quadruple check. Did you guys know that he's also playing Scotty in the new Star Trek movie they're in the middle of making? Yeah. Fun fact. And Zachary Quinto, a.k.a. Sylar, is playing Mr. Spock. Just thought you guys would like to know that.

I like Suki. Too bad about what happens to her.

The entire process with the door opening to the brain and the information pouring into it just completely freaks me out. I would never be able to do that job.

One of the "safety" people, random extras, looks like Andy to me. Jessica, if you're reading this, you should watch this episode and tell me I'm not crazy.

The girl who played Cathica was in an episode of Pushing Daisies. She played Simone. One of the wives in the episode where the guy that died was a polygamist... she was the one Emerson liked.

"You're my lucky charm." "All right, I'll hug anyone." Oh Doctor, you warm my heart.

And Adam says... "Gonna take a better man than me to get between you two." That's right, Adam. It is.

"Once you go to floor five hundred, you never come back." HMMM. SOUNDS OMINOUS! Time to investigate.

For some reason it's more fun to write about shows when I already know what's going to happen. Orrrr maybe I just like rambling on about Doctor Who. Can't really say. Not that it matters.

If you ask me, Suki is in trouble. I mean, floor five hundred is definitely not as idyllic as everyone said it was! I mean, there are dead bodies lying around!

WHOA. Suki is an anarchist! She's trying to bring down the corrupted news network that controls everybody's minds! Too bad she's going to die in a second here.

Oh, and here's idiot Adam wandering off on his own. Here's my thing - the Doctor was like "go on, discover things and have fun." Did he really think Adam wouldn't do something stupid to get them in trouble?

I love the thoughtful looks on the Doctor's and Rose's face as they're listening to Cathica talk about Sattelite 5. Such a great team.

I'm so relieved Adam goes away after this episode. I'm a little disturbed by the doctor woman who convinced him to get the head thing. And do people really say "click of the fingers"? I thought it was called snapping.

AWWWWW Rose and the Doctor in the elevator. "Looks like it's just you and me." And he takes her hand. So adorable. I love it.

Doctor: The walls are not made of gold. You should go back downstairs.
Rose: Tough.
And then he gets this look like... I love that about her, but it's going to get her in trouble one of these days.

Okay, I adore this show, but the Jagrafess is such a lame monster. I mean... just look at it. It looks like an udder with teeth.

These manacles the Doctor and Rose get stuck in are kind of overly high tech for the purpose they serve. Oh - I guess they can electrocute them. That would make more sense.

One of the sound effects used in the end of this episode when Cathica is killing the Jagrafess sounds exactly like my alarm clock. It's really starting to bother me.

I love how the Doctor acts like Adam's dad at the end. And I love how the Doctor only stops terrorizing Adam after Rose tells him to.

Adam: But I wanna come with you!
Doctor: I only take the best. I've got Rose.
One of the best lines ever.

This isn't even close to one of my favorite episodes, but oh well. It's Doctor Who. That automatically makes it better than pretty much everything else I watch.