I'm BAAACK!

[lyore]

Back in the country and connected again. Yay! Unfortunately, on the RL front, I picked up a cold somewhere between London and Kuala Lumpur, and have now completely lost my voice. Yesterday I sounded like a 14 year old boy, all squeaky and breaking, but today I woke up and it was just gone. Completely. The only good side of this was that I didn't have to answer any questions in my course today, since no one could here me anyway :)

Pictures of the trip will be up when I have a chance to go through them. Shouldn't be too long.

Also, I'm finally up to date with Doctor Who! Despite my dubious reaction to the teasers and previews of Martha, I'm finding myself really enjoying her as a character, and the new season as a whole. A damn promising start to the new season.

I'm not sure if I'm surprised at this or not - I didn't really enjoy the second season as much as the first, but I can't really but my finger on why. Possibly the changes in the characterisation of the Doctor, although I should rewatch it and see if my opinion has changed now the season is complete. So I wasn't too optimistic about the characterisation of the new companion, based on what little I had seen of her in the previews Plus, I really hate the name Martha. Shallow, I know.

But when I was watching the actual episode, I really liked Martha. . Yeah, a little bit too pushy as times, but I'm hoping that will settle down as the season progresses and the character gets more settled.

But perhaps more importantly, I liked her interaction with the Doctor, and the way he responded to her. His reaction to her use of logic in the face of the unknown ("Oh, I like you"), the way she tried to reassure him, in her role as (trainee) doctor, having no clue that he was probably the only person with any idea what was going on. And perhaps most importantly, I liked how the Doctor reacted to her as a replacement for Rose (the 'not a replacement' bit, his ambivalence about accepting Martha as a 'permanent' companion, the way he so carelessly and callously compares Martha to Rose - inconsiderate, sure, but realistic and in character, especially for this incarnation of the Doctor.



I just about died laughing at the 'Expelliarmus' scene in The Shakespeare Code. Hey, I'm a sucker for the cross-referencing of my fandoms, okay?

It was sad to see the end of the Face of Bo - he was always a cool character. And Novice Hayne. And the Doctor being not alone? Interesting indeed - to paraphrase everyone's favourite evil emperor, I'll be watching this show with great interest.

Next on the list is catching up with SG-1. Unfortunately, my end-of-season-reluctance has kicked in again, doubly so because it is the end of the series. Yeah, I know there's movies, but it's not the same. But sheer curiosity and the desire for more Daniel will drive me to watch them soon enough, I'm sure :)

Damn holidays! They make me get behind on my TV shows!

Comments

[kasneeze.livejournal.com]

France... tv shows... France... tv shows...

only you could have this dilemma :P hehe... I hope that you had a good time! I had an awesome time :)

[lyore.livejournal.com]

Well, perhaps it wasn't such a hard decision to make... :P

I had a great time! Although now I have totally lost my voice (worse than what you had, if you can believe it. Completely gone. Fun)

[kasneeze.livejournal.com]

oh no! that's no good. You can't blame me for that! :P heh.. or perhaps you can :P

Hope you get better soon! :)

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Yay for being connected again! :-)