Because there are too many days in the week that aren't Saturday

[such_heights]

Gosh, it seems like a long week until next Saturday! So, a bit more on episode 12.

I love Wikipedia for looking up info on TV. In particular, they have excellent continuity sections on big programmes like Doctor Who, and from the article on The Stolen Earth I picked up a couple of things that had passed me by while watching.

01. I knew the Mr Copper Foundation that invented the subwave network rang a bell, and for anyone else that was slow on the uptake, I have worked out why - he's the guide from 'Voyage of the Damned', last seen wandering off into the snow at the end of the episode. So that's what he's been up to, then. A nice touch, I thought.

02. Haha, and I'd forgotten that Clom was the twin planet of Raxacoricofallapatorius, home of the Abzorbaloff from 'Love and Monsters'. "Clom, who'd want Clom?!"

03. The gun Jack zaps away with to find the Doctor? The modified defabricator gun from Satellite Five! Hee, that's fantastic, and appropriate as this is the most Who S1!Jack we've seen since, well, Series 1.

So, I am of the opinion that the section of the episode from 27 minutes in to 35:00 is everything you could possibly want from Doctor Who, and I can't stop watching it. Subwave network of epic awesome! Flirting, teamwork, in-jokes, fantastic soundtrack, improbable technology, a heroic death (or is it?) complete with an 'oh the humanity' moment, and then culminating in the TARDIS flying into the GIANT RADIO WAVES OF DOOM. ♥ ♥ ♥

Lastly, and mostly because coming up with some of the names amused me far too much not to share, a poll!

This was the episode wherein everyone and their mother, quite literally, was awesome, but who was the greatest of them all? I've assembled what should be an fairly all-encompassing shortlist.

[Poll #1213793]

I really can't decide yet, gosh. I was so flaily about them all! For now, I am owned by Wilf and his paint-gun. :D

Comments

[such_heights]

Ooooh. Yes. I too shall be pondering on that one, think of the possibilities!

Hmm. So, the original problem was that both Gwen and Ianto should already know a little about the Daleks? The first time around, the Daleks weren't really about for very long before getting sucked back into the void, and I'm sure pretty much everyone thought they were to do with the Cybermen rather than being a separate race. The name and hearing 'EXTERMINATE' probably wouldn't trigger anything at all for Gwen, and even if British people in general recognise them that doesn't really mean they know anything about them per se, like a name. Also, we know that pre-Torchwood Gwen's very sceptical of aliens so may not really recall details.

And with Ianto, my guess is that with the craziness that must have been Torchwood itself, plus Lisa, plus him being pretty junior, he may not even have really seen Daleks let alone been able to clock who they were.

Which is all a very long-winded way of saying that I bet the writers haven't thought about all of this as much as we are currently, but that with jiggery-pokery it might just work?

[purplefringe.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, thank you. That does indeed make sense in my mind, so yay! Ianto was definitely otherwise engaged. And yes, the writers probably never think about the scripts as much as the fans do...clearly we should become scriptwriters for the show!

And, jiggery-pokery...is that a technical term?

[such_heights]

And that is the most important thing, excellent! See, this is why one of my secret dream jobs is being a script editor for Doctor Who, because thinking of stuff like that is a big bit of your job, how much geeky fun!

And yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery, what about you?

[purplefringe.livejournal.com]

You would be a fabulous DW writer - I've said it before and I'll say it again: what else are you going to do with a degree in Time and Space?! :-P

And nah, I failed hullabaloo.

[such_heights]

Hee hee hee, indeed! (I study some other things too, I swear! :P)

Oh, that's got me all nostalgic for Nine&Rose now, yay. We should do an epic marathon at some point whenever our locations collide, yes?

[purplefringe.livejournal.com]

Yeah right :-P Even your door has a Tardis on it, you can't fool me!

Absolutamente, si. Marathonage shall happen. We need to survive the next 5 months somewhow. Aw Nine&Rose.......