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Yay Doctor Who is back!!!
::dances::
This might be a bit stream-of-consciousness.
I like Martha, a lot. I like how calm she is in the middle of everything - girl will make an excellent doctor! And, can I tell you how much I love the overt sexual tension between her and the Doctor? I'm a sexual tension whore, sue me. ;)
I like the fact that this relationship starts out on a completely different playing level than the relationship between the Doctor and Rose. Martha is closer to starting off as an equal ... as much as any human can be, I guess. The two (Martha and Rose) come at their initial relationshop with the Doctor from very different angles. With Rose, the initial attraction was the fact that he wasn't human - wasn't like anything she'd ever seen, provided something she couldn't have in her real life, excitement and adventure and importance. Martha, on the other hand, has a life and something important to do - a life she doesn't necessarily want to give up. She persists, even after knowing that he's an alien, in seeing the Doctor as more human than he really is, I think, which might be exactly what he needs.
But, speaking of her life at home, I'm going to be very interested in seeing how they justify her continued journey with the Doctor. Something's going to have to happen, I think, something that makes her think she's doing better work with him than she can at home. I think that has to be her motivation, at least from what I've seen of her ... she's not the kind who will abandon everything just for an adventure, so I'll bet that it'll be the idea that she can help people more if she stays with him than if she goes back to her normal life.
A random point - I just read a post over on one of the communities that talks about the word "Saxon" possibly being this season's "Bad Wolf" ... the folks commenting pointed out that it's appeared in this episode, "The Runaway Bride", and possibly even in the last episode of Torchwood? I may have to go back and check the references myself, because ... huh.
And in completely shallow news, David Tennant can wink and kiss and take off his tie and take off his shoes and babble at a rate that makes me have to rewind the DVD three times to hear what he's saying, and I will melt entirely into a puddle in the chair. EVERY TIME. ::swoons::
Next week ... Shakespeare! I don't know who the actor is that's playing him, but he might possible be hotter than Joseph Fiennes in the same role. Mmmm.
::dances::
This might be a bit stream-of-consciousness.
I like Martha, a lot. I like how calm she is in the middle of everything - girl will make an excellent doctor! And, can I tell you how much I love the overt sexual tension between her and the Doctor? I'm a sexual tension whore, sue me. ;)
I like the fact that this relationship starts out on a completely different playing level than the relationship between the Doctor and Rose. Martha is closer to starting off as an equal ... as much as any human can be, I guess. The two (Martha and Rose) come at their initial relationshop with the Doctor from very different angles. With Rose, the initial attraction was the fact that he wasn't human - wasn't like anything she'd ever seen, provided something she couldn't have in her real life, excitement and adventure and importance. Martha, on the other hand, has a life and something important to do - a life she doesn't necessarily want to give up. She persists, even after knowing that he's an alien, in seeing the Doctor as more human than he really is, I think, which might be exactly what he needs.
But, speaking of her life at home, I'm going to be very interested in seeing how they justify her continued journey with the Doctor. Something's going to have to happen, I think, something that makes her think she's doing better work with him than she can at home. I think that has to be her motivation, at least from what I've seen of her ... she's not the kind who will abandon everything just for an adventure, so I'll bet that it'll be the idea that she can help people more if she stays with him than if she goes back to her normal life.
A random point - I just read a post over on one of the communities that talks about the word "Saxon" possibly being this season's "Bad Wolf" ... the folks commenting pointed out that it's appeared in this episode, "The Runaway Bride", and possibly even in the last episode of Torchwood? I may have to go back and check the references myself, because ... huh.
And in completely shallow news, David Tennant can wink and kiss and take off his tie and take off his shoes and babble at a rate that makes me have to rewind the DVD three times to hear what he's saying, and I will melt entirely into a puddle in the chair. EVERY TIME. ::swoons::
Next week ... Shakespeare! I don't know who the actor is that's playing him, but he might possible be hotter than Joseph Fiennes in the same role. Mmmm.
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*dances*
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As for Martha deciding to stay with the Doctor, I can see her wanting to take a break from her life. It appears full of stress - professional and personal - at the moment. Also, as much as I'm not sure I like it, she already seems to have a little bit of a crush on the Doctor himself. She might think of it as a sabbatical before her exams. "I'll take some time for myself." I could truck with that.
IIRC, Saxon is the name of the character John Simm is playing. And if rumors are true about him, it WILL be the Bad Wolf/Torchwood of this series.
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Hmmmm ... I don't know! To me, her family seemed a little crazy, but in a pretty normal sort of way - and other than the end, she seemed to be pretty amused by and indulgent of them. My personal guess is that we'll get a story pretty early on that shows us that Martha will do more good for her family and/or the world with the Doctor than she will at home. I think she might be more the type to get caught up in too much responsibility, rather than wanting to escape. If that makes any sense?
IIRC, Saxon is the name of the character John Simm is playing.
That would make sense! And, of course, made me look things up on Wikipedia and think about a semi-throwaway line last night, which has me speculating about what's coming. I'm looking forward to seeing if I'm right or if I'm completely talking/thinking out of my ass ... ;)
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And, of course, made me look things up on Wikipedia and think about a semi-throwaway line last night, which has me speculating about what's coming.
Oh, if you read the right Wiki articles and are referencing a throwaway line about "do you have a brother or something?", I'm interested in reading your speculation on JS's character. Oh yeah. ::gets all giddy fangirl squee-like at thought of John Simm on DW!!!::