Thoughts on Gridlock

[littlemoose]

No matter how many prosthetics you slap on him, Ardal O'Hanlon will always be Ardal O'Hanlon!

We'd all guessed the Face of Boe's message, hadn't we? Bring on Mister Saxon! :D

Martha has a brain, but very little street-smarts; couldn't she tell the Doctor was heartbroken talking about Gallifrey at the beginning?

I thought it was rather interesting that the occupants of the three featured cars were all very committed couples... (and very cute couples, in the case of Brannigan and Valerie and Mrs and Mrs Cressini) Russell's not beating us over the head with this at all, is he?

The monsters of the week felt... surplus to requirements. We didn't even find out what happened to them! Bit lazy, I thought.

I mean, I know this was all about Martha finding out more about the Doctor, and the Face of Boe and the symbolism of the motorway and the undercity, but not at the loss of the story!

*shakes head*

(The athiest in me also didn't like that the Big Uplifting Moment™ was a hymn, but I suppose it ties with the heavy-handed Christian symbolism of the whole episode - waiting for the promised land, indeed... sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now!)

Daleks next week... am I the only one getting bored of the daleks? I never thought I'd say that, but I think they're over using them! Ah well...

Comments

[rionaleonhart]

I noticed that they were all couples, but I didn't think the message was 'everyone needs a significant other' so much as 'look, young heterosexuals, middle-aged interspecies couple, older lesbians, not a big deal'. I will say that Doctor Who does, er, make a bit of a big deal out of the message that sexual preference is Not A Big Deal.

Daleks bore me so much. I generally try not to say it too loudly, in case rabid hardcore Doctor Who fans descend upon me and tear me apart.

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

Oh, that part of it I have no problem with (even though as you say, they make a big deal of how inclusive they are), it's just that they are rubbing in the Doctor's lonliness in ever more heavy-handed ways... which of course seems like a lead-up to the Big Thing that appears to be coming, but they could do it all with a bit more subtelty, you'd think...

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

Big Thing?? What Big Thing?

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Saxon#Mr._Saxon) Big Thing. ;)

[raspangles.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I wanna hug Mr Tennant...*well i do normally, but even more after the end of that ep...* hes soooooooo sweet - y cant i find a man that'd look after me like that?!?! *stop, its a tv programme, i know!!*

Bit early for Darleks tho...?? oh well, i'm sure i'll get the kids views on it on mon... so i think i should watch it again....!!!

Thank you Mr Davis for another wet Tennant moment *mwah*



xXx

[jamaisneutral.livejournal.com]

Not seen the episode yet, but yep... Daleks. How many time will the Doctor kill off the daleks only for them to return? It's time for new superbaddies like ooh... I don't know... Heterosexual bigots who claim the doctor is purely heterosexual and only fancies women that resemble Ladies from Gallifrey (allbeit from other species).
Yes! That would be interesting!

I stole (well, asked and credited) some new icons!
Yours is fan-tas-tic!

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't put it past Russell ;)

Hee, I love your '10' one!

Thankee, it came from here (http://community.livejournal.com/tick_icon/) :)

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the whole Daleks every season thing is getting a bore, but at least next week it'll be the sarcastic Dalek Sec, which is something, at least! But I do hope they'll leave them alone for a few years after this.

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

Dalek Sec does rule, true. Sadly, I have a feeling Russell will get as much mileage out of them as he can - in this week's Confidential, he said something along the lines of 'the daleks are back and always will be' :S

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

Still, I should hope he does give them a bit of a rest after this.

[raspangles.livejournal.com]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

heeere kitty kitty ;)

[taleya.livejournal.com]

The Big Uplifting Moment, as sad as it sounds, did absolutely jack shit for me. Le sigh. Guess I'm too jaded :P

And yeah, criminal use of the Macra there. Bah. And can we lose the squawking seagull daleks? Not until their licensing agreement with Nation's estate runs out...