Doctor Who: 3x03 Gridlock
Apr. 15th, 2007 02:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kerravonsenOkay, that was good!
That last bit, where the Doctor tells Martha what Gallifrey was like, that actually brought tears to my eyes.
CHARACTERS
Martha is good again -- she has good ideas, she's not stupid, she's empathetic, she's practical, and she won't take nonsense from the Doctor.
The Doctor was good again also; determined, manic, inventive, evasive, sorrowful, and of course, saving the day. I'm not quite sure what he thinks of Martha, though.
I liked the cat-driver (whatever his name was) he was amusing. And the two old ladies, knitting and car-spotting.
PLOT
Now, I liked this plot. Very cyberpunk, but I was expecting it to be "evil neglectful upper-class leave the underclass to die because they don't care" -- but to find that the upperclass were all dead, and that the underclass been trapped on the motorway in order to save their lives, well, I liked that twist.
STYLE
Cyberpunk noir, yes. Selling "happy", and "forget", yes. "Everyone goes to the Motorway"... Exhaust-smog and something creepy and dangerous living in the Fast Lane...
And the double-take at seeing the Novice with a gun...
The designers must have had fun with all the different car-inhabitants.
Other stuff:
Considering the trailer for next week's episode, I reckon the Face of Boe's "secret" ("You are not alone") was simply that, yes, the Daleks (or at least one Dalek) were still around. That's all. I don't think it means that there are other Time Lord survivors, because the Face of Boe did explicitly say that they were both the last of their kinds.
A bit annoying, but then, secrets that tend to have huge build-ups never live up to their reputation.
Namecheck: The Macra presumably from The Macra Terror.
That last bit, where the Doctor tells Martha what Gallifrey was like, that actually brought tears to my eyes.
CHARACTERS
Martha is good again -- she has good ideas, she's not stupid, she's empathetic, she's practical, and she won't take nonsense from the Doctor.
The Doctor was good again also; determined, manic, inventive, evasive, sorrowful, and of course, saving the day. I'm not quite sure what he thinks of Martha, though.
I liked the cat-driver (whatever his name was) he was amusing. And the two old ladies, knitting and car-spotting.
PLOT
Now, I liked this plot. Very cyberpunk, but I was expecting it to be "evil neglectful upper-class leave the underclass to die because they don't care" -- but to find that the upperclass were all dead, and that the underclass been trapped on the motorway in order to save their lives, well, I liked that twist.
STYLE
Cyberpunk noir, yes. Selling "happy", and "forget", yes. "Everyone goes to the Motorway"... Exhaust-smog and something creepy and dangerous living in the Fast Lane...
And the double-take at seeing the Novice with a gun...
The designers must have had fun with all the different car-inhabitants.
Other stuff:
Considering the trailer for next week's episode, I reckon the Face of Boe's "secret" ("You are not alone") was simply that, yes, the Daleks (or at least one Dalek) were still around. That's all. I don't think it means that there are other Time Lord survivors, because the Face of Boe did explicitly say that they were both the last of their kinds.
A bit annoying, but then, secrets that tend to have huge build-ups never live up to their reputation.
Namecheck: The Macra presumably from The Macra Terror.
