Doctor Who Club

[opaltiger]

Torchwood is terrible 90% of the time, but it's worth it for Children of Earth, which is better than pretty much anything in Doctor Who.

 

[Light]

:/

LIES Donna becomes one of the MOST IMPORTANT characters. And it's hardly spoilers... That season is pretty old. But seriously Donna is amazing she is the companion after Martha.

Fixied. It's spoilers if you haven't seen it. Whatever though.
I haven't started the next season yet, is Martha next? And what makes Donna so amazing?

 

[Phantom]

I guess you'd call it spoilers... but she was the most important person in the universe.

 

[Light]

and that magically makes her an intriguing character?

 

[Phantom]

Gah you have to see it.

 

[opaltiger]

Re: Torchwood:

Spoiler

Ridiculousness aside (through the centre of the Earth what), did they ever bother explaining why exactly Jack was made mortal? I mean, everything else kind of makes sense, but that really seemed to be a "for the sake of the plot" sort of thing.

Also Donna is awesome because a) she isn't madly in love with the Doctor and b) she isn't afraid to call him out on his bullshit.

 

[Phantom]

Re: Torchwood:

Spoiler

Ridiculousness aside (through the centre of the Earth what), did they ever bother explaining why exactly Jack was made mortal? I mean, everything else kind of makes sense, but that really seemed to be a "for the sake of the plot" sort of thing.

Also Donna is awesome because a) she isn't madly in love with the Doctor and b) she isn't afraid to call him out on his bullshit.

Agreed on the Donna love. And I didn't get how Jack could be mortal either, obviously he isn't, he might have been overreacting. Maybe the Miracle just hurt his healing abilities or something. How do we know, he never died to prove he was mortal... if that makes sense.

 

[Harlequin]

Torchwood is terrible 90% of the time, but it's worth it for Children of Earth, which is better than pretty much anything in Doctor Who.

yeah children of earth was wonderful. I'm actually slightly annoyed they moved Torchwood to the US. I've not seen much of the new series but what I've heard hasn't been great.

 

[Phantom]

I think Miracle Day isn't as great as CoE, but it's still pretty damn good. I think CoE was a masterpiece.

 

[opaltiger]

Phantom: I thought the reason Jack survived was because the Miracle was reversed before he died, thus granting him immortality back? Clearly he was mortal or his blood wouldn't have worked.

 

[Butterfree]

So tonight's episode!

I bawled. So much. It was the particular bit where the two Amies were talking about why Rory is the most beautiful person in the whole world to them that really got to me, and then I spent the rest of the episode still kind of sobbing after that and then old!Amy got left behind and then I cried even more. D:

Though I was a bit disappointed to find it was less plot-relevant than I thought it would be. I imagined "The Girl Who Waited" would be about the fact Amelia waited for the Doctor and not a completely new plot.

 

[Phantom]

I shouldn't have read that....

opal: Yeah I get that much, but seeing it from a Doctor Who standpoint it doesn't make sense. Jack is a fixed point, something that can't be changed. He's a fact. He shouldn't have been affected at all.

 

[Murkrow]

I just saw the Torchwood finale.

Spoiler

And they didn't explain who were in the helicopter in the first episode and as I said after the first episode aired, "If they don't explain that, I will say the entire series was terrible no matter how good the rest was"

Yes it COULD have been the families doing it but at the time that entire scene was Americanized to the max (also Rhossili Bay with no holidaymakers? What.) and so unless they has a good reason for putting the scene in, it's stupid.)

I shouldn't have read that....

opal: Yeah I get that much, but seeing it from a Doctor Who standpoint it doesn't make sense. Jack is a fixed point, something that can't be changed. He's a fact. He shouldn't have been affected at all.

What I never get about this is If he's a fixed point, why does he still age?

 

[Valerunner]

Jack is a fixed point in the universe, a fact. The universe states that there is Jack Harkness. In some form or another. Jack's blood is a fact, therefore for a while, Rex may be immortal until Jack's blood is flushed out.

The series was badly paced. Well written but badly paced. The Blessing wasn't even explained much, and it showed up in two episodes. I was expecting four if it was that big.

 

[Phantom]

What I never get about this is If he's a fixed point, why does he still age?

Because John Barrowman does.

 

[Murkrow]

Because John Barrowman does.

>:(

 

[Phantom]

>:(

What it's true. They did the same thing with River when she said she was going to 'reverse' her age, explaining why she looked younger when she was supposedly older. (Silence the Library)

I think that was just a explaination for why he looks older.

Still not sure how he turns into the face of Boe

 

[Murkrow]

What it's true. They did the same thing with River when she said she was going to 'reverse' her age, explaining why she looked younger when she was supposedly older. (Silence the Library)

I think that was just a explaination for why he looks older.

Still not sure how he turns into the face of Boe

I get that the actor ages but there's no real in-universe explanation for that. They could have just not mentioned it in whatever episode it was (Last of the Time Lords?) and I doubt anyone would complain.

 

[Light]

DON'T BLINK!

Best Episode Ever!!

 

[Phantom]

^ Agreed, one of the best. Love the bit about chickens.