![]() ![]() The Doctor’s all “Ugh, FINE” and says he’ll be back for dinner and they basically bicker like an old married couple. I don’t know, I just love that Donna seems more okay spending some time away from the Doctor than he seems to be spending time away from her. Donna says it sounds like a school trip and no thank you please, she’ll stay with the fluffy robes and the sunbathing and the cocktails. On the other end, a deliciously scruffy Doctor starts rambling about waterfalls made of sapphires and begging her to go with him on an organised tour that’s about to leave. A bow tie clad man approaches with a ringing phone. Cut to Donna, lying by a pool in a fluffy robe. We start with a shot of a glittering city and some awful muzak playing in the background. But I may also be biased because nostalgia. TL DR version? This episode is fucking creepy and super great. Conveniently, this is one of those episodes like Blink that requires no prior knowledge of the show, so it was basically the perfect starting point. And I was still pretty meh about it, but was too lazy to get up and put a DVD on, so I watched it. But one Saturday night in 2010, I was home alone in Canberra and had nothing to do (because I’m cool like that), and when ABC News finished, Doctor Who started. I’d had friends telling me for years and years that I’d love it, that I had to watch it, that it was amazing. Kirsti: You guys, I’m really excited to be recapping this episode for one simple reason – this is the first episode of Doctor Who that I ever saw. Previously: A library full of murdery bits of dust, Donna was saved, and River sacrificed herself for her future with the Doctor. ![]()
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