Dr. Who 29/3.12 The Sound of Drums
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selenakSo, um. Rusty made it canon?
The Doctor/Master'ship, that is. While simultanously reassuring people who were worried about the long lost brother rumour ("you've watched too much tv" indeed); fandom being what it is, this wouldn't have stopped anyone from 'shipping, of course, but hey, still nice to hear, RTD.
But seriously. It's not even the obvious lines like "are you asking me on a date?", it's how the Master reacts as soon as he hears the Doctor's voice, and vice versa, and "I'm going to save him" and... okay. Official now. Thanks!
Simm!Master is completely insane, of course, and yet never so that you don't take him seriously as a threat. The poor TARDIS. That was one of the must gut-wrenching visuals on New Who. Plus despite getting all the one liners this episode, he also gets continuity from the last episode - the drums - and the Gallifrey moment (which goes into chilling again, because you can't decide whether he's horrified or turned on by the idea or both) - and obviously there is the big question as to what is responsible for that sound of drums in the Master's head, and is there a third party with an agenda (possibly represented by whoever Lucy Saxon really is; I know the journalist said she had a genuine background, but that could just mean she has it better faked). Or it could tie in to the "I could tell you, but your hearts would break" line, the fact the Master used a fake name that was obviously the Gallifreyan equivalent of leprechauns for the aliens, and the chunks of backstory we got, about looking into the vortex and the Master having been resurrected by the Time Lords after the tv movie of doom. I'm still working on a theory, but it could be that this whole enterprise somehow is a part of an operation to bring back the Time Lords - mirroring what the Daleks tried in the Dalek two parter earlier this season - and is what the Master was programmed to do as a price for his resurrection in the event of a complete Time Lord defeat.
Speaking of backstory and continuity: we get a Gallifrey visual! And the collars are back, now with GCI! Aw. Also, clearly the fact Gallifreyans make their eight years old look into the abyss explains a lot about the Doctor and Master both.
Meanwhile, Dr. Who continues the tradition of taking pot shots at US Presidents (both metaphorically and literaly); maybe cheap, but still funny, and it's not like they spare the British side, what with Simm including some neat Tony Blair parody in Saxon's first day in office.
I don't think we've seen Martha as genuinenly angry with the Doctor before as she was in this episode. It reminded me of the tone she had said "she's dead" about Chantho last episode (nobody but Martha even noticed; the Doctor was too busy yelling at the Master, and Jack was busy with the door). Seeing her family - and her planet - used as a chess piece in some struggle between Time Lords would do that to a person. At the same time, she focused on what was important, because she's Martha, and when the Doctor got aged up, she was there to support him. Not just literaly, but in the end by doing what she did when the Doctor was out of commission in Human Nature/Family Blood as well; step up and be the Doctor. I've no doubt she teleported as part of a plan to save the day, and by the exchange of looks between her and the Doctor, he doesn't doubt her, either. *hearts Martha*
Good tie-in with Torchwood this week, btw, and thanks, RTD, for telling us what Team Torchwood is up to while all of this is happening.I'm so writing the Himalaya trip story. Also for answering whether or not the Doctor was aware Jack is working for Torchwood; that was another intense moment, though poor Jack - "I build it in your honor" is a pretty open declaration, but the object of his affection is busy with his bitter ex boyfriend arch nemesis.
Now: is it next week, please?
And lastly: jelly babies!
The Doctor/Master'ship, that is. While simultanously reassuring people who were worried about the long lost brother rumour ("you've watched too much tv" indeed); fandom being what it is, this wouldn't have stopped anyone from 'shipping, of course, but hey, still nice to hear, RTD.
But seriously. It's not even the obvious lines like "are you asking me on a date?", it's how the Master reacts as soon as he hears the Doctor's voice, and vice versa, and "I'm going to save him" and... okay. Official now. Thanks!
Simm!Master is completely insane, of course, and yet never so that you don't take him seriously as a threat. The poor TARDIS. That was one of the must gut-wrenching visuals on New Who. Plus despite getting all the one liners this episode, he also gets continuity from the last episode - the drums - and the Gallifrey moment (which goes into chilling again, because you can't decide whether he's horrified or turned on by the idea or both) - and obviously there is the big question as to what is responsible for that sound of drums in the Master's head, and is there a third party with an agenda (possibly represented by whoever Lucy Saxon really is; I know the journalist said she had a genuine background, but that could just mean she has it better faked). Or it could tie in to the "I could tell you, but your hearts would break" line, the fact the Master used a fake name that was obviously the Gallifreyan equivalent of leprechauns for the aliens, and the chunks of backstory we got, about looking into the vortex and the Master having been resurrected by the Time Lords after the tv movie of doom. I'm still working on a theory, but it could be that this whole enterprise somehow is a part of an operation to bring back the Time Lords - mirroring what the Daleks tried in the Dalek two parter earlier this season - and is what the Master was programmed to do as a price for his resurrection in the event of a complete Time Lord defeat.
Speaking of backstory and continuity: we get a Gallifrey visual! And the collars are back, now with GCI! Aw. Also, clearly the fact Gallifreyans make their eight years old look into the abyss explains a lot about the Doctor and Master both.
Meanwhile, Dr. Who continues the tradition of taking pot shots at US Presidents (both metaphorically and literaly); maybe cheap, but still funny, and it's not like they spare the British side, what with Simm including some neat Tony Blair parody in Saxon's first day in office.
I don't think we've seen Martha as genuinenly angry with the Doctor before as she was in this episode. It reminded me of the tone she had said "she's dead" about Chantho last episode (nobody but Martha even noticed; the Doctor was too busy yelling at the Master, and Jack was busy with the door). Seeing her family - and her planet - used as a chess piece in some struggle between Time Lords would do that to a person. At the same time, she focused on what was important, because she's Martha, and when the Doctor got aged up, she was there to support him. Not just literaly, but in the end by doing what she did when the Doctor was out of commission in Human Nature/Family Blood as well; step up and be the Doctor. I've no doubt she teleported as part of a plan to save the day, and by the exchange of looks between her and the Doctor, he doesn't doubt her, either. *hearts Martha*
Good tie-in with Torchwood this week, btw, and thanks, RTD, for telling us what Team Torchwood is up to while all of this is happening.
Now: is it next week, please?
And lastly: jelly babies!
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Date: 2007-06-24 09:06 am (UTC)And masterfully, pun intended, played by John Simm. Such great casting!
And that whole conversation was rather disturbingly sexy.
It was. If that doesn't inspire writers, nothing will! Which leads me to:
(I think I give up now. The Whovian smut bunnies win. :))
Yay!
I think I'm more curious about her than anything else in this episode, which is saying something. Who is she? How much does she know? What exactly is the nature of her relationship with the Master?
I think it all depends whether she's truly human or not. If she's human, then I think she knows as much as Lance did in Runaway Bride (when he was working with the Empress of the Raccnoss) and probably goes along to be queen of the world or something like that. If she's not human but something else, she could be the Master's liason to whatever the flying 'bots truly are (AU timelord? The human race post-Utopia? Entities living in the Vortex?). Either way, meta-wise we obviously have another mirror to the Doctor/Companion relationship; Yana and Chantho were one in a positive way (as long as he was still Yana), the Master and Lucy are the psycho and psychodelic version.
Also? So very amused the Doctor is put off by the sight of the Master smooching someone else on tv.*g* ("...his WIFE?")