castalie | Doctor Who is LOVE.

Today is special, people! It's the birthday of the lovely and so very talented

rhianne. Happy Birthday to you, mate! Here to a fantastic day *cheers*

Part One of my Lazy & Grey Sunday has been accomplished, namely watching my Doctor Who download. I'm falling in love with the new series, Ten and Rose each time a little more *happy sigh*

So okay first I suppose that was the real Sarah Jane? Ie she was the actual actress who played the part in a previous series? And which Doctor was it, then? Also can someone help me with some of the references they made? Like, what was the 'I thought you'd died' 'I didn't but everyone else' - or something like that - referring to? How did they part ways?

I so wish I'd always known about Doctor Who, wish I'd been following it for the longest time because I wanted to feel the thrill of seeing her again... but as it is, and though I didn't have any kind of story with that character, I still loved her immensely - she's such a great lady and she so kicks ass - and I might have cried at the end, read I totally did. Also, I truly thought they'd killed K9 and man I was sad for that too *sniffles* We're three episodes into the series and I've already cried for two of them? Is DW going to break some kind of record for me, I wonder *is curious*

It was great how they addressed that theme: the fact that the Doctor doesn't age when his Companions do, how he has to leave them behind one day because even though they might spend the rest of their lives with him, he can't spend the rest of his with them and it's a theme that always makes me so sad with that kind of immortal - or kinda immortal, depending - characters. It's such a lonely life, such a high price to pay. I thought they dealt with the idea wonderfully. It was both sad and beautiful. And intense.

Another moment that was great was not!Giles confronting Ten about the universe paradigm thingie? When he offers everything Ten - or Sarah Jane - might have wished for. I loved the 'everything has its time' speech. It was fantastic. Even more so that it came from Sarah Jane herself.

I love how Doctor Who can, in one episode, makes me laugh and cry. They display such a high range of emotions in just one storyline. That's brilliant! They certainly know how to play with us :-)

As for the Random Stuff:

K9 was AWESOME! I love him soooo much *cooes* And I was sad when I thought they'd killed him but Ten made me him better and Sarah Jane was smiling again and everything was good. I so want a K9 now! Not the big one obviously, but a wee K9 as a keychain or a little toy or something *sigh*

Giles SO rocked! He looked so mean and dangerous and classy and scary. Hee he was great!

Mickey was great too. He has great lines :-) Poor guy, though, I'd have been hurt by Rose's unenthusiastic reaction when he asked if he could join them. Not that I don't get where she's coming from, but that has to sting, you know?

Rose v Sarah Jane was awesome too and their immediate hostility cracked me up - Jim Ellison doesn't have anything on them as far as territorial behaviour is concerned lol I loved their little contest, too. And when they made up and started to laugh and laugh and laugh I was totally smitten with their duo. I loved it even more when Ten arrived and they laughed even louder, mocking him - his clueless little face was just too cute!

Something else that was so incredibly cute was Ten-K9. Aww! I loved Ten's squeal when he saw him for the first time and his 'he recognises me' line - the delivery was so perfect and just too cute for words :-)

And yes, Doctor Who can do cute, he can do geeky down to a T as well but he can do dangerous too. I loved his 'I'm so old now. I used to have so much mercy' line. Ten with an edge is a sight to behold, yay!

Oh and I almost forgot the Torchwood ref again. It's like a game somehow: spot the Torchdwood reference :-)

Doctor Who rocks so much! Actually... oh yeah, I think I might need a DW icon!

And now, off for Part Two of my Lazy & Grey Sunday: read Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman snuggled in bed. No wait, maybe first hunt down some DW icons and then start my reading. Yeah, totally works :-)