tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post2988210839902096597..comments2023-05-02T14:07:48.207-04:00Comments on The Resident Alien: Doctor Who Series 4 is nearly hereMark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post-71640800840213457082008-04-07T00:09:00.000-04:002008-04-07T00:09:00.000-04:00The episode was great. Yes, it was a fluffy, flawe...The episode was great. Yes, it was a fluffy, flawed season opener as we've come to expect, but with the amount it needed to cover, uit did it well.<BR/><BR/>Apart from anything else, it was so laugh-out-loud funny! I was not a fan of Donna in The Runaway Bride, but I absolutely adored her here. Enough for me to think she could become one of the best companions.<BR/><BR/>The scene of the Doctor and Donna miming at each other through the windows had my fiance and I laughing for ages.<BR/><BR/>As for Rose, I knew she was returning but I had successfully kept it secret from Shelley. She was screaming. "It's Rose. She's back. It's Rose! Oh my God!"<BR/><BR/>I think trying to work out what it all means now is counter-productive. We know this series will build to a huge climax and that Rose is a part of it. i thought that was a great little taste of things to come and wonder whether a Rose cameo may be the 'Bad Wolf' or "Vote Saxon' of this series, popping up in the background until the truth is revealed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post-1279463617739036612008-04-06T19:11:00.000-04:002008-04-06T19:11:00.000-04:00Loren, as predicted, you are *so* difficult to ple...Loren, as predicted, you are *so* difficult to please. The episode was wonderful; loved every minute of it. And the appearance of Rose at the end was one of the best moments of Doctor Who for a long time -- up there with Whogasm. 4 stars, no question about it.Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post-34384211699857759962008-04-06T11:48:00.000-04:002008-04-06T11:48:00.000-04:00I got to thinking more about Rose's cameo (now tha...I got to thinking more about Rose's cameo (now that my blood pressure is stabilizing). If she's working for Torchwood, it's obviously found a way to move across parallel worlds. But what if there's a time distortion here too? In other words, what if the last episodes -- <I>Turn Left</I> to <I>Journey's End</I> -- are Rose's starting point and this cameo her end? Her expression as Donna walks away, and subsequent fading, seems to say, "It's over now." <BR/><BR/>On second thought, it could just as well be saying, "The calm before the storm"...Loren Rosson IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002312216839280976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post-6494185581483400982008-04-06T07:30:00.000-04:002008-04-06T07:30:00.000-04:00I watched Partners in Crime this morning, and my p...I watched <I>Partners in Crime</I> this morning, and my prediction was right: 2 stars. It was pretty lame, but no more or less than what I've come to expect from season openers which introduce a new companion. Rose's cameo at the end gave me a new crop of hemorrhoids on the spot -- almost knocked it down to 1 star, in fact -- but it seems to the one redeeming feature to fans on Outpost Gallifrey who otherwise hated it!<BR/><BR/>But I'm definitely looking forward to <I>The Fires of Pompeii</I> next week.Loren Rosson IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002312216839280976noreply@blogger.com