Army of Ghosts

[carmen_lj]

I loved that. I did.

And here is my Oh-So-Exciting Penultimate Bullet Point Thing of the Series:

Right, first thing: I'd actually heard a rumour about a Dalek/Cyberman war. But it was a joke. So I thought. Surely such a fanwanky thing could never be done? Oops. But...but..but since we've now finally seen how Peggy Mitchell got into Doctor Who and heck, that worked for me - twas hilarious, yes - I am still confident it will not be awful. War on Earth - Cybermen v. Daleks - humans caught in the middle. That could easily not be completely awful.


• MICKEY! OMG! His reappearance was not the first shriek I gave, but it was probably the loudest. His confidence, his cool, he was TRULY FABULOUS. "Mickey, Mickey Smith. Defending the Earth." I died a little bit inside. (Though, admittedly, this is now causing me huge worries that they will kill him.)
  
  
• Ten/Jackie, dude. I am amused that the Doctor has now snogged three women this series and none of them were actually properly Rose and one was her mother. Then to see Nos's One Horrid Thing That Never Happened To The Doctor actually happening on-screen...well, yes, that was pretty darn special.
  
  
• "They can shoot me dead, but I'll still have the moral high ground" - I paraphrase, yes - that is now my One True Ten moment. Not just the words, but the way he says them and the expression. That's it, and I loved it.
  
  
• Also DT brought it the whole way though. Everything was fabulous, even when he was loud and especially when he was quiet. Adored how he convinced Yvonne to stop the program by doing nothing.
  
  
• Old Skool reference! - the Eternals (Enlightenment, dude) call it the Howling. (Also, possible Bad Wolf thing?)
  
  
• Jackie's reaction to the Doctor 'killing' those people, Tennant getting away with being loud!angry there and Yvonne's "Ew! It goes in their brains!" was both disturbing and wonderful. I have very much love.
  
  
• I love Yvonne. I want Ten/Yvonne, oh yes.
  
  
• Rose was great - she didn't seem to be in it much, but she was intelligent and pro-active and Doing Things. And she'd even learned stuff about the TARDIS and she did have a lovely cute moment with Ten with Not Knowing what things on the console did. Muchly liked that.
  
  
• All that stuff about the Void, ain't that where he went in The Mind Robber?
  
  
• As for the Sphere, was guessing constantly what was in it, much to annoyance of Parental. Cries of ROMANA ROMANA DAMMIT, were clearly not heard by the telly. Also Face of Boe (when he coming back?), Jack, and many other Time Lords. Also, at first I thought the Sphere was some sort of Time Lord technology and that was why the Doctor looked at it so funny.
  
  
• Anyone else think the Time Lords have set up some sort of colony in this Void? At the very least, it's pretty much all the explanation they need for having one of them survive what with the whole Magic Outside of Time stuff with the Sphere and it Being Undetectable and able to Sit Out The Big Bang. There's got to at least be another one with a Time Lord in it SURELY?? (Er, yes, I might want another Time Lord Quite Badly, shhh.)
  
  
• And after all that stuff at the beginning with the general belief in the dead coming back, Jackie talking about after she'd gone, and Rose losing herself if she stays with the Doctor forever, I am pretty convinced Jackie's gonna cop it and Rose is going to find her own path and "this is when I died" is a metaphor for summin'.
  
  
• Cack, I am really worried about the fanwankiness of Cybermen v. Daleks. And did they actually keep that quiet or have I just been really good at avoiding spoilers?
  
  
• And, really, it should be no contest, Daleks would win flat-out and at least they seem to realise that what with it being three Daleks v. Millions of Cybermen. And I'm still pretty sure the Cybermen don't stand a chance.
  
  
• Ghostbusters! Another lovely Ten/Rose moment, and the humour was just right for me in this one, and I do love their relationship here, and I guess I can see why they had to be so nauseating in T&C, else Vicky might not have got pissed off enough to found the Institute.
  
  
• I might even like Jackie now, dammit. Her and Ten, well, yeah, they're good. (MAYBE JACKIE IS NEW COMPANION??)
  
  
• Nice to see another alien world, even if it only was a couple of lines and a twenty second shot at the beginning. It was a very pretty alien world, yes.
  
  
• I think the only thing (apart from my worries re. Fanwankery Dalek v. Cybermen stuff) I didn't really like was Rose saying she was going to be with the Doctor forever. Just, dude, stop with the sledgehammer already.
  
  
• In conclusion, I eagerly await next week and will probably end up wishing hate on them all cause I bet it's some horrific cliffhanger, hmph.
  
  
  ETA: Ah havnae seen next week's trailer TELL ME NOTHING. Thank you. :)

Comments

[serriadh.livejournal.com]

I liked the other planet too. It amused me that it was still slightly quarry-esque. That was the first time I cried in the episode. I teared up a little at Mickey too. I thought the interaction between him and Rose was very interesting. She was just a little clingy (reaching out to touch him) and he didn't seem quite so keen. probably because Byker Grove Boy is now his boyfriend

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I don't really want to admit it, but I teared up at the beginning too, ahem.

Mickey loves Jake, so he does. I am dead scared they're not going to make it through next week. :(

[glow-boy.livejournal.com]

I think it would be amusing if Jackie was the new companion. RTD is a big enough fan of Camille's for it to happen. *g*.

I loved the Eternal's reference. And I don't think Rose is going to actually die. At least I hope not. Actually I'm wondering if we're going to get some kind of Phoenix reference from the x-men type thing. Rose becomes the Bad Wolf again but at a major cost.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I...I don't want Rose to be Magick. I would quite like her to save things, but to do it with her own skills and determination and such. *flails a bit* But I can't really, actually see that happening and I can see Magick and hmm, yes, quite.

[shishmish.livejournal.com]

Twas a very good episode, can't wait to see it, but dreading the prospect of tons of fanwanking going on too.

My mate is mates with someone who stars in the Doctor Who plays in Portsmouth/Plymouth (it's starts with a P...) and the said mate's mate found out from one of the producers the Dalek/Cyberman thing was going to happen, so I knew about it for a few weeks. Was hoping it was going to be something else in the sphere...I for one want to see the Master coming back XD

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I for one want to see the Master coming back

DUDE!

Ahem. Yes, I would quite like to see that.

(OG seems to have overloaded. I cannot see what's going on, but I bet it is dead good for All The Wrong Reasons.)

[tau_sigma]

Oh yes, let there be Time Lords, please?! I am so so hoping for that, because they absolutely must come back sometime. Otherwise I will be most sad.

And oh goodness, I want to hit RTD with that big sledgehammer, because that is the one thing that has annoyed me all season. Grr.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Yes. RTD does quite deserve to be hit with his own sledgehammer. It would be a fitting fate. *nods*

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Though, admittedly, this is now causing me huge worries that they will kill him

I have the same fears. Hold me. Mickey and his huge gun! 'Mickey, Mickey Smith'! DON'T DIE MICKEY!

And I forgot the thing about the moral high ground! That was the best thing ever! Truly a moment of great writing from a season that mostly (sadly) disappointed me.

::WAITS FOR NEXT WEEK::

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Mickey was So Cool. Too Cool To Live, is what I think. :((

[spiralsheep.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEE!!

MICKEY!

Now Jackie's almost officially a companion can we call her the Time Mumster? Can we? Please?

"this is when I died" is a metaphor for summin'

I reckon either an alt!Rose will die or our!Rose will get a new ID courtesy of Torchwood.

I'm still pretty sure the Cybermen don't stand a chance.

Heh. True.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

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I am currently Dying A Bit at the AWFUL PUN. :P

I pity the poor Cybermen, and their inevitable massacre.

[ctanworldkiller.livejournal.com]

Yeah, The Eternals reference was great :)

'All that stuff about the Void, ain't that where he went in The Mind Robber?'

I was wondering the same, in that case "Hell" sounds an apt term.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

It was fun! Sort of...there were games, anyways and he'd always wanted to meet Gulliver and really, that kind of needed a fictional world to happen, yes.

[sea_thoughts]

MICKEY! OMG! His reappearance was not the first shriek I gave, but it was probably the loudest. His confidence, his cool, he was TRULY FABULOUS. "Mickey, Mickey Smith. Defending the Earth." I died a little bit inside. (Though, admittedly, this is now causing me huge worries that they will kill him.) - I squealed too. And jumped up and down. I love Mickey. He was in the trailer, I hope you don't mind me saying that. :D

Technically, Jackie snogged him, he didn't snog her back. In fact, he wiped the kiss off, which made me laugh, like little boy with a despised auntie. And Cassandra snogged him, he didn't snog her back. In fact, the only girl he might have snogged back is Reinette. And who can blame him? :D

I'm hoping for Time Lords in the Void, much hope. And yay for Ghostbusters.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I was not expecting him to drop dead between episodes, so smashing, yes. :D

Time Lords for teh win! Yes. *nods*

[boji.livejournal.com]

Adored how he convinced Yvonne to stop the program by doing nothing.


Oh yes, SUPERB acting and you're hearing that from someone who was meh... at best about DT all series.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Ah, well, yes, I think he's marvellous so long as he's not being too loud.

[(Anonymous)]

And everyone said that Adeola was going to be the new companion. Well she's NOT! SHE'S DEAD! DO YE HEAR! DEAD DEAD DEAD! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! WHO'S YOUR NEW COMPANION NOW MATEY!

Ahem.


Sorry about that. I just love it when I'm right. :)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Yay Mickey!

And I loved Ten wiping his mouth after Jackie snogged him.

[marcella-riddle.livejournal.com]

I might even like Jackie now, dammit. Her and Ten, well, yeah, they're good. (MAYBE JACKIE IS NEW COMPANION??)

They've got fantastic chemistry. Totally bounce off each other. This episode more than made up for the lack of Jackie this series. I really hope this isn't the last we see of her.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

JACKIE SHOULD BE THE NEW COMPANION NOW.

And... *your post, times ten*

YES! Fanwankiness, for that is what I felt at Cyber/Dalek OTPness, but AIEEEEEEEEe. YVONNE IS TEH HAWT. And and and Ten does lovely things and it reminded me of Three. THEY FUCKING NEED THE BRIGADIER BACK.

And everything, yes. MICKEYYYYYYY. And everything. *clings to you*

[purple-smurf.livejournal.com]

Cries of ROMANA ROMANA DAMMIT, were clearly not heard by the telly.

I'm hoping for some form of temporal anomaly when it airs here in Australia and we still get to see her.

Yes, I'm the equivalent one of those Doctor/Rose shippers who want Rose to regenerate when it comes to Romana, and I have no problems with that.

And if they kill Mickey, it's just another reason to spork/drop anvils on RTD in his sleep.

TIME LORDS. Bring back the Master and Romana!

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm the equivalent one of those Doctor/Rose shippers who want Rose to regenerate when it comes to Romana, and I have no problems with that.

*mumble*me too*mumble*

I also want to marry David Tennant, and the intensity of my crush is actually starting to disturb me.

[gwynnega]

"They can shoot me dead, but I'll still have the moral high ground" - I paraphrase, yes - that is now my One True Ten moment. Not just the words, but the way he says them and the expression. That's it, and I loved it.

I adored that moment as well.

Cries of ROMANA ROMANA DAMMIT, were clearly not heard by the telly.

I wanted it to be Romana too! But Daleks were almost as good. :-) (But I bet Romana has a sphere too, somewhere!!!)

[eido.livejournal.com]

Old Skool reference! - the Eternals (Enlightenment, dude) call it the Howling. (Also, possible Bad Wolf thing?)

That's the second time "Howling" has been mentioned in S2 (barring all the Wolfalien howling in general in T&C). There was "Howling Halls" in "Love & Monsters". Probably is just a Bad Wolf thing , although those Eternals do sound interesting. ::adds "Enlightenment" to long list of classic Who must-sees::

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Enlightenment is gorgeous in concept and jsut about pulls it off onscreen. Pirates! Edwardian sailing ships in space! Incomprehensible jokes about pigs!

Tis one of my favourite Davison stories, yes.

And aha! About Howling, interesting indeed, yes. *nods*

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

THERE TOTALLY HAS TO BE TIME LORDS IN THE VOID.

I mean, it's soooo something they would do, isn't it? And Romana has to be one of them, dammit! Or the Master. I'd go for the Master being in the void.

Old Skool reference! - the Eternals (Enlightenment, dude) call it the Howling.

Oh, oh, and then I remember the White Guardian's line to the Eternals at the end: "Back, back to the echoing void..."

[fizzixrat.livejournal.com]

But the Master is powering the TARDIS! ;)

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

There's got to at least be another one with a Time Lord in it SURELY?? (Er, yes, I might want another Time Lord Quite Badly, shhh.)

Someone should write a fic where Romana and the Master are stuck inside a Void Ship, snarking at each other, drinking too much and cheating at cards.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

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Um...

This means you are going to write it, right? Cause you can't make a suggestion like that and not. That would be deeply cruel, yes. *makes wee adorable puppy eyes*

[dune-drd.livejournal.com]

Anyone else think the Time Lords have set up some sort of colony in this Void? At the very least, it's pretty much all the explanation they need for having one of them survive what with the whole Magic Outside of Time stuff with the Sphere and it Being Undetectable and able to Sit Out The Big Bang. There's got to at least be another one with a Time Lord in it SURELY?? (Er, yes, I might want another Time Lord Quite Badly, shhh.)

Ever watched Farscape? I'm quite sure there's at least ONE Time Lord sitting in that void. ;)

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Yes! Me loves Farscape! Though, if ye are not talking about the Alien What Sometimes Looks Like Crichton's Dad, ah not know what ye referring to cause ah havnae seen it for ages, yes.

[secretive-bus.livejournal.com]

"Cack, I am really worried about the fanwankiness of Cybermen v. Daleks. And did they actually keep that quiet or have I just been really good at avoiding spoilers?"


It's been rumoured that the Daleks were going to come back - The Sun actually reported it as fact some time ago but the beauty with that was that, well, pff, it was The Sun. Who the Hell's going to believe that?

That's why an undisclosed BBC source leaked to the press that the Cybermen were definitely coming back, so that the media would think we already knew the main twist. Then they brought back the Daleks too, which was jolly nice.

[juliejordan.livejournal.com]

I just saw the episode today (I was busy in London this weekend, rubbing shoulders with Carrie Fisher and cast members from Lost and Johnny Depp and quite a few more *squee*) and I was really blown away by it. Best episode of season two by far IMHO. Had the same sort of epic feel that TCI had too, I thought, and Murray Gold's score was at it's best. RELASE A CD SOUNDTRACK, DAMNIT! Er, please?

Unfortunantly my Mum spoiled the Mickey thing, though I wasn't expecting him at *that* moment so it was still quite cool. Hasn't he come such a long way since "Rose"? Such wonderful character developement...so naturally I'm panicking madly over his fate in the next eppy. *bites nails*

There were so many cool bits in this ep. Ghostbusters! Jackie-as-Rose saying "I'm 40!" and the Doctor claiming she was deluded. Like you I am worried for Jackie also. I've got her down as the one most likely to cop it, to be honest. I can just feel it. It'll be either her or Mickey, I'm sure one of them will die. :-(

Aa for the fan wank, I'm keeping away. I will post my reviews, then that'll be that. I'm not going to read through pages of negative rubbish and have it bring me down if I enjoy the episode. What's the point? I'll just read your reviews instead, since they're such fun and I usually agree with most things. :-)

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Oh, I did not thin I coul love mickey even more, But I can and he was so smashing and oh, gosh, yes, I cannot quite believe he is going to make it to then end and I will vry indeed, yes. :(

Ee! SOunds exciting in teh London, yes!