Doctor Who: "Bad Wolf"

This episode is one of my favorite from the first season.

I want to be indignant that there would be a society that thought this kind of thing was okay - the whole randomly selecting people to go on a game show or reality show of some kind to play for your life, all for entertainment purposes. And I am, but it's not like it hasn't happened before... it's just an upgraded and cleaner version of the gladiators in ancient Rome. So it's not totally out of the realm of possibility that something like this would be invented by someone in the distant future.

OH, oh, oh, did you catch that? That reference to Torchwood? It was the first one! Right here in the first season!

"Just a tweak of President Schwarzenegger"?! WHAT? I missed a lot of things the first time I watched this.

I love when that one girl grabs the Doctor's hand. He just looks so confused and annoyed.

"You have ten seconds to make your farewells, and then we're gonna get you!" How messed up is that?

I love when the Doctor vandalises the camera.

Robot: "Now it's time for the face off."
Jack: "What does that mean, do I get to compete with someone else?"
Robot: "No. Like I said. Face... off." (holds up surgery tools)
Jack: (Best look ever.)

Now initiating Bad Wolf montage.

The Doctor when he gets evicted... so hilarious. He's just giddy about it and everyone is looking at him like he's totally insane.

This is going to sound horrible, but I'm glad Lynda didn't make it through this two parter. Sorry, but I'm jealous on behalf of Rose.

"Well ladies, the pleasure was all mine. That's the only thing that matters in the end." Oh Jack. You're silly. And shallow. Granted, he was talking to a couple of decimated robots there, but still.

I love how protective Jack is over both the Doctor and Rose. When Rose gets "disintegrated" and the Doctor is in shock over the pile of dust that's supposed to be her, and he's ignoring everything that's happening to him, Jack is brandishing that huge gun and screaming for them to leave him alone. Heartbreaking. Good thing Rose will be fine.

I think Jack needs his own TARDIS.

Rose is still alive! Yay! She's alive! She's gonna be fine! She was transported to a Dalek ship! Wait... that's really not much better.

Holy crap that's a lot of Dalek ships.

"What is the meaning of this negative?"

Daleks are freaky. They look kind of ridiculous at first, and the first thing you think is something like, "couldn't you just run away from it" or "just go upstairs, they couldn't follow you." But then you realize that they're actually terrifying. I think the reason they're so scary isn't because the actual monster is scary, but because of how the Doctor, someone who isn't afraid of anything, is scared of the them. That makes all the difference.