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auroracloudI just watched the newest Doctor Who episode, The Fugitive of the Judoon (ep. 5 of S12). If you haven't watched this one yet, my advice: stay away from spoilers until you do. Avoid the internet, maybe. And don't read the rest of this post because it will be full of spoilers.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*deep breaths*
I don't even know where to start. Jack is back! Ruth! What the hell is going on??????
In S11 things had so much lower stakes that I wasn't even prepared for this level of OMG OMG what the heck is going on how can this be I love this!!!
*hyperventilates*
Okay, with Ruth and the Doctor both being the Doctor but not remembering one another - the only thing that makes sense is that it's got something to do with alternate dimensions (like Pete's World) or alternate timelines. That somehow different versions of the Doctor's timeline have met. There's clearly more difference going on than just having regenerated into a different body - this Ruth!Doctor is more willing to use violence and is working for someone/something mysterious. Also the Gallifrey stuff? What is going on with all that???
What the heck, they brought Captain Jack Harkness back and managed to keep it secret (at least, I hadn't run into that spoiler at all!) and that wasn't even the most exciting thing about the episode! (And I'm saying that as a Jack fan, just to be clear.) Okay, I'm willing to partly forgive having been spoiled about Dhawan!Master because I got to both of these things completely unspoiled and got to just gape at the screen and make strange noises and be all around gob-smacked, and it was great!
This is a very hyper Jack, I'll just assume he's running particularly high on adrenaline (well, John Barrowman probably is, anyway). Probably been a while since Torchwood for him, eh?
It feels weird to have Jack assume the role of delivering cryptic messages with warnings that don't explain quite enough. Not really his style, you know? But at least there was a reasonable reason why he didn't get to finish the message.
I don't know what is going to happen with Ruth!Doctor, but I really do want the next Doctor or some other down the line to be a badass middle-aged black woman like her. The end credits said "Introducing [actress name, Jo something*] as the Doctor" and that felt amazing. Wherever this storyline is going to end up.
*I'm too excited and frazzled to go back to check her name right now.
Also hee Jack snogged Graham, and should we start betting on how many Jack/Ryan fics are going to turn up, say, within the next week?
Finally, should note I love the Judoon design here, and also that the lead Judoon was a woman. And oh, I should also add that Gat was seriously hot in a villainous way, mrawr.
I have nothing sensible to say, I'm just going to resume flailing incoherently. I've missed this feeling!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*deep breaths*
I don't even know where to start. Jack is back! Ruth! What the hell is going on??????
In S11 things had so much lower stakes that I wasn't even prepared for this level of OMG OMG what the heck is going on how can this be I love this!!!
*hyperventilates*
Okay, with Ruth and the Doctor both being the Doctor but not remembering one another - the only thing that makes sense is that it's got something to do with alternate dimensions (like Pete's World) or alternate timelines. That somehow different versions of the Doctor's timeline have met. There's clearly more difference going on than just having regenerated into a different body - this Ruth!Doctor is more willing to use violence and is working for someone/something mysterious. Also the Gallifrey stuff? What is going on with all that???
What the heck, they brought Captain Jack Harkness back and managed to keep it secret (at least, I hadn't run into that spoiler at all!) and that wasn't even the most exciting thing about the episode! (And I'm saying that as a Jack fan, just to be clear.) Okay, I'm willing to partly forgive having been spoiled about Dhawan!Master because I got to both of these things completely unspoiled and got to just gape at the screen and make strange noises and be all around gob-smacked, and it was great!
This is a very hyper Jack, I'll just assume he's running particularly high on adrenaline (well, John Barrowman probably is, anyway). Probably been a while since Torchwood for him, eh?
It feels weird to have Jack assume the role of delivering cryptic messages with warnings that don't explain quite enough. Not really his style, you know? But at least there was a reasonable reason why he didn't get to finish the message.
I don't know what is going to happen with Ruth!Doctor, but I really do want the next Doctor or some other down the line to be a badass middle-aged black woman like her. The end credits said "Introducing [actress name, Jo something*] as the Doctor" and that felt amazing. Wherever this storyline is going to end up.
*I'm too excited and frazzled to go back to check her name right now.
Also hee Jack snogged Graham, and should we start betting on how many Jack/Ryan fics are going to turn up, say, within the next week?
Finally, should note I love the Judoon design here, and also that the lead Judoon was a woman. And oh, I should also add that Gat was seriously hot in a villainous way, mrawr.
I have nothing sensible to say, I'm just going to resume flailing incoherently. I've missed this feeling!
