Waters of Mars

[muneca_brava]

OMG, it's been so long since we've had new Who!! And especially something this good!

My view in short: Great episode, left me wanting more. Very dark, but we knew that. I LOVE THIS SHOW.
I'd sort of forgotten how much, lately.

Jumbled up thoughts - I'm still in a bit of an adrenaline rush or something

- I liked, as usual with RTD , all the side characters. I love how they aren't just 'random people getting killed in the background", but have loved ones and dreams. Of course that does make it harder to see them die. Especially that woman, I can't remember her name... But that's the only time I was actually close to tears.When she turns on that video, so it is the last thing she sees.... Yeah, it got me.

- The monsters were SO CREEPY! One of the best Who-monsters yet, I think.


But the end was what is going to stay with me (and everyone else, I dare say)

First of all, though, I have to say: RTD went too far with the angst. It is still a KIDS' SHOW! I mean, it was hardly less that Torchwood! And that was the most depressing thing I had ever seen.

But it was good.

- The scene with The Doctor hearing everyone die, and slowly walking away - I don't really have the words to express why, but I thought it was really good. You can sort of understand where he's coming from, why he decides to go back. It takes a lot of strength to walk away when you can help, and he just doesn't have it anymore.

- The quotes from previous eisodes was a cheesy trick to make his thoughts clear, maybe, but it did work.
( Did I hear a Rose-reference there, btw? - that will piss off the haters again)
EDIT: No, I didn't. Apparently, I am but a crazy fangirl hearing things that aren't there :p

- I was really happy at first, when he went to save them. It wasn't until I realised he'd brought them back to their own planet and time, that I understood this wasn't a good thing. At all.

- He has never, ever, been this terrifying. When The Doctor starts to abuse his power, you know it's very, very bad. And I think they did a great job showing the way he got there. It didn't seem like an unbelievable transition at all - he's always been headed here, especially lately.

- I did see the suicide coming, although I didn't believe they would actually go there on (I say it again) A KIDS' SHOW. I'm glad I'm not a kid watching this, I'd be traumatised.

Now: OMG the anticipacion! I can't wait for the final!!!
This has made me confident it's going to be really good, but impossible not to get sucked in.

I do love those trailers with all that ~drama~. But in this case, it's probably justified...

Comments

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

I guess the curious thing about this show is that it's always straddled the line between being for kids and being for adults. The suicide was definitely a bit of a "wtf" moment because, while I sort of saw it coming and was kind of heartbroken but it was so very dark.

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

Rose reference? Where? Please, tell me!

[muneca-brava.livejournal.com]

Yes, I usually like the mixture of kids' stuff and deeper, darker material, but I do think this was a little far for the 8year-old viewers they keep referring to.

I remember seeing that moment on Torchwood and thinking "Wow this is dark. At least DW will never go this far". AND THEN IT DID!

[muneca-brava.livejournal.com]

I listened again, and it wasn't what I thought it was. But there is a bit from Doomsday, which you can call a reference with some imagination.

I thought I heard something about 'The walls have closed", but apparently it was all in my imagination :p
Sorry :)

[okelay.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a reference to the moment in school reunion when he talks to rose about the curse of the timelords?
I'll have to listen to the quotes again

[muneca-brava.livejournal.com]

I listened again (because I am obsessive like that ;)) And I don't think that part is there.
It's mostly Gridlock and Sound of Drums, and the one from Doomsday ( Same old life, last of the Time Lords).

XD

[johnmayergirl23.livejournal.com]

lirl, I once had a conversation with _thirty2flavors about how little British children must be so shocked when they watch shows like Hannah Montana. "But mum, why hasn't anyone been forced to lock their true love in an alternate universe? Why hasn't he had to wipe his best friend's memories? WHAT IS THIS?"

[muneca-brava.livejournal.com]

lol, I would take DW over all the Disney Channel stuff any day, though. And I feel most would agree with me there :p

But I don't think any of the shows I watched as a kid were even remotely this depressing. I can't remember anyone commiting genocide even once .

[johnmayergirl23.livejournal.com]

I definitely don't remember any genocide. No murder, either. And certainly nobody bending the laws of time to suit their will.

But for serious, I would never show WoM to my kids. I was scared, and I'm a college student!

[tribalmink.livejournal.com]

RTD went too far with the angst. It is still a KIDS' SHOW! I mean, it was hardly less that Torchwood! And that was the most depressing thing I had ever seen.

THIS! I can't believe how dark it got at the end. I know we're supposed to see 10's mind unravel but WTF. I can't believe she committed suicide. I thought Adelaide was going to shoot him. I must have spent 30 minutes in shock after seeing WoM. I'm not a kid anymore, but I found the end a little traumatizing.

[muneca-brava.livejournal.com]

It was traumatizing, especially because I don't expect Doctor Who to be this dark. Watching this, it's almost unbelievable there were once silly little flirty episodes like Fear Her.

I'm still slightly in shock, tbh.
XD

[muneca-brava.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't show it to my kids, either. This isn't fun hiding-behind-the-couch anymore, this is fulblown trauma!

I've been trying to remember what I liked when I was eight: it's mostly Disney princesses and musicals. I'm only ready for this now, at 18 :p

[johnmayergirl23.livejournal.com]

lol, me too. I watched Rugrats and Pocahontas all the time. I was freaking the fuck out in my dorm last night while watching WoM... my roommate was very confused because I wouldn't let her watch (she's only up to Runaway Bride, and I declared NO SPOILERS.)