Doctor Who (2006) 2x06

[jmatonak]

I thought for a while Ricky lived and lied, but I'm too devious for my own good.

I liked Mr. Crane, the chief minion guy. I'm not saying he was a "good guy" or even a good person. But he was fun, and I especially liked the "oh no you don't!" when the Super Hypnotic Bluetooth went off.

I liked the final scene with Pete. I even liked seeing the weirdness of it all pop a vital fuse in his brain and cause him to stagger off. That was well acted- he's been a good sport and a "good bloke" through some really excessively weird events, and that last twist visibly wrecks something behind his eyes.

I was a bit surprised Mickey could be allowed to stay behind, but apparently he could.

Can't think of anything I didn't like, except the Doctor and the Lumic Cyber-Controller Thingy only did the first two steps of a familiar argument about imagination. But that's in the vein of not seeing as much as I wanted, so it's no fair to complain. Oh, wait, the exploding Cyberman head sucked. But in a super short scene way, so there's that.

The TV monster looks really cool, although a bit meta. Or, I am overthinking it.



I guess I should dip a toe into the wider fan community as it now exists. But I can already tell that there are going to be pro-Rose and anti-Rose factions, possibly with cute animal names. I don't know if I am up to it.