Army of Ghosts
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kerravonsenOh my goodness!
I was actually taken by surprise by the ending of the episode. But it's certainly plausible enough.
- the Daleks could indeed have developed the technology
- especially if they were parallel Daleks
- and even if they weren't, it would be the ultimate way of hiding out
And you've got to say, to have a Cybermen-versus-the-Daleks fight has got to be one of the ultimate fanboy dreams. Though of course there's no guarantee they'll be fighting each other, they'll be so busy exterminating humanity, both of them...
Okay, let's stand back a bit...
Good:
The almost surreal reaction of the Torchwood folks to the Doctor.
"Does that mean I'm a prisoner?"
"Yes, but we'll make sure your stay is as comfortable as possible."
That the psychic paper didn't work for once.
Mickey's back!
It's interesting that the Void Ship is technology which is apparently beyond the Time Lords.
It's also interesting that the Cybermen have figured a way of cyberization which leaves the recipient still looking like the original human -- have they done anything like that before?
Nice alien planet at the start.
And the Cybermen still look cool.
Bad:
The almost surreal reaction of the Torchwood folks to the Doctor.
How did Mickey actually get there? Oh, I guess they came in at the same time as the "advance guard" Cybermen.
Um, how did the psychic paper affect the door lock?
As we wondered last week, how can Rose be narrating her own death? I guess it's just there for narrative effect.
Wonderings:
If the void ship connected the alt-Cybermen-Earth to this one, does that mean that those Daleks came from the alt-Earth universe? Perhaps the TARDIS landing there weakened the barriers somehow.
I wonder if, since Mickey's back and Rose dies, whether Mickey will become the new companion? That could be good.
Okay, Doctor, how are you going to save the world this time?
I was actually taken by surprise by the ending of the episode. But it's certainly plausible enough.
- the Daleks could indeed have developed the technology
- especially if they were parallel Daleks
- and even if they weren't, it would be the ultimate way of hiding out
And you've got to say, to have a Cybermen-versus-the-Daleks fight has got to be one of the ultimate fanboy dreams. Though of course there's no guarantee they'll be fighting each other, they'll be so busy exterminating humanity, both of them...
Okay, let's stand back a bit...
Good:
The almost surreal reaction of the Torchwood folks to the Doctor.
"Does that mean I'm a prisoner?"
"Yes, but we'll make sure your stay is as comfortable as possible."
That the psychic paper didn't work for once.
Mickey's back!
It's interesting that the Void Ship is technology which is apparently beyond the Time Lords.
It's also interesting that the Cybermen have figured a way of cyberization which leaves the recipient still looking like the original human -- have they done anything like that before?
Nice alien planet at the start.
And the Cybermen still look cool.
Bad:
The almost surreal reaction of the Torchwood folks to the Doctor.
How did Mickey actually get there? Oh, I guess they came in at the same time as the "advance guard" Cybermen.
Um, how did the psychic paper affect the door lock?
As we wondered last week, how can Rose be narrating her own death? I guess it's just there for narrative effect.
Wonderings:
If the void ship connected the alt-Cybermen-Earth to this one, does that mean that those Daleks came from the alt-Earth universe? Perhaps the TARDIS landing there weakened the barriers somehow.
I wonder if, since Mickey's back and Rose dies, whether Mickey will become the new companion? That could be good.
Okay, Doctor, how are you going to save the world this time?
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Date: 2006-07-02 02:22 pm (UTC)Yes - partial conversion for the purposes of infiltration goes back as far as as the Troughton era (arguably The Moonbase, and certainly Tomb and Invasion)
Personally, I suspect the Daleks are going to have to do it, to protect this "Genesis Ark" thing...
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Date: 2006-07-02 06:24 pm (UTC)I'm still not convinced she's going to die. Or that if she does, it won't be permanent. Look at Buffy, for example--her death was prophesied twice, both times that prophecy was fulfilled, but both times she was brought back, the first time by something as simple as CPR and yet it still counted as a death because it activated Kendra.
I think Rose is either going to "die" metaphorically (something happens that makes her feel dead inside--maybe she loses her mother?) or at the very least, temporarily, and that brush with death is what makes her decide to leave the Doctor. I could be wrong...but like you said, it doesn't make sense for her to be narrating from beyond the grave.
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Date: 2006-07-03 09:48 am (UTC)[grin] Greg said afterwards that he can't believe they never had them meet before.
How did Mickey actually get there?
I think he said that when the Cybermen disappeared, he followed them, probably with companions; I think he said 'we'.
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Date: 2006-07-03 09:58 am (UTC)Yeah, but there are such things as flashbacks...