Doctor Who: Utopia

[carmen_lj]

A wee list thing about this week's Who.

In summary, My Favourite Episode of New Who Ever. Quite.

• Does it count as 'calling it' when you guess the twist at the first sound of drums and realise that that Mad Fan Rumour you heard last year is actually true? Anyway, I flailed every time the drums sounded and then I may have screamed a lot when the watch appeared. Probably missed precious moments of Jacobi!acting.
  
  
• *SOB* At the horror of only a few minutes of Jacobi!Master. Luckily, there's Shalka too, hurrah! But, dude, Jacobi!Master ON THE TELLY. ON MY TELLY OMG. That was...oh, I can't explain it, I can't. But I was six years old when I saw The Claws of Axos for the first time and I loved and adored the character and then he was played by one of my most favourite actors ever and it's two decades later and just, oh, oh, oh.
  
  
• One of the very earliest fanwanky things I wished had happened in Doctor Who? That we saw a Master!regenration. I have no idea why, but I I remember talking about it with my uncle when I was about three feet tall after watching The Armageddon Factor. And they did it. Now, technically, I suppose it wasn't just for me. And that they didn't cast Jacobi just for me. BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE. Just...to see a childhood dream brought to life onscreen is something astonishingly, amazingly, unnutterably brilliant.
  
  
• I do have things that are not Master-related. And I loved them at the time, but, ah, my massive Master!love is pretty much obscuring them right now. I shall give it a shot: The Rose references? I loved. They were perfect. And Martha's feelings were understandable, and the Doctor is clearly happy that she's alive and livng her life and it feels like some good solid closure there. And they needed that, and I liked it a lot. Then the Doctor and Martha gang-up on him and that is Seriously Awesome. And then Jack and the Doctor sort it out and that is great. And Martha/Jack/Ten = Rose/Nine/Jack = SUPREME AWESOMENESS. And the idea of the Doctor's prejudice there being an issue is shiny. Essentially, that was as awesome as I thought it could be for their reunion. He ran away, man, and he admitted it. Win.
  
  
• Also, the Doctor said humans are "indomitable." Obviously a referance to his One True Love of Harry, heh.
  
  
• And then there's all the Hurrah, Romana and Brax and Narvin et all are easily smart enough to come up with the same plan as the Master, yes.
  
  
• And Jack is back to Awesome, thus proving that, in all things that are not Suzie, Doctor > TW, like woah.
  
  
• I just can't get over it. The Master. Jacobi. A regeneration. ALL HIS SHINY LINES. Pissing off quickity-quick saying no hints of my plans for you, Doctor. The Doctor's sheer desperation to speak to his ex. And the Master just said he fancied the Doctor, better get a body that the Doctor fancies, FOOLISHLY BLIND TO THE BEAUTY OF JACOBI, MAN.
  
  
• Oh, and I love how the Doctor and the Professor seem to be like a version of Theta and Koschei.
  
  
• I love Simm. I love the Master. That was my favourite episode of New Who. I don't give a flyin' fig what might be wrong with it, nothing is going to kill it for me. Nothing. It is the most beautiful thing in these three years. You want to beat that? (Er, which, to be fair, they probably will next week, since lots more Simm!Master, hurrah!) You're going to have to bring Pat Troughton back from the dead, man.
  

Oh, Confidential = quite good this week. If only because everyone is suitably wonderful at Jacobi.

"I love Doctor Who, I've watched them all. I'd love to be in it," said Jacobi. Hurrah! "One of my ambitions since the sixties has been to take part in Doctor Who." I LOVE HIM. HE'S LOVED IT SINCE MONOCHROME!! DT went to get his autograph at a stage door when he was young!

Oh, he is perfectly wonderfully perfect. I love him.

And, yes, still quite, perfectly dead.

Comments

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

GODDAMMIT WHERE THE HELL IS MY DOWNLOAD--er, I mean, it sounds not too bad, eh. And I choose to take this all as proof that Romana IS alive somewhere out there.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

IT IS PERFECT FOR SAVING ALL SENSIBLE TIME LORDS.

WHERE IS MY DOWNLOAD?? I HAVE TO SEE IT AGAIN

[sovietkiki.livejournal.com]

What last-year rumour do you speak of? I've not heard of it :(

The Master love was strong with this episode. Jacobi and Simm were both AMAZING and CAPSLOCK worthy.

I also want to commend you on actually being able to post a coherent review. *bows to your awesomeness*

[calapine.livejournal.com]

THE EFFORT IS QUITE GREAT.

I cannae remember where I read it. Possibly some fan spec at OG?

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Oh please oh please oh please let them not be brothers. Because I need slash. "Call me by my name!" "Master!" Ohhh yes.

[ionlylurkhere.livejournal.com]

I am confident they won't be (and not just because I'm already writing that fic in my head, yo); I think that's the particular sort of obvious that I think Rusty shies away from.

(OMG I think I'm dying, Confidential is showing John Simm showing his son the TARDIS console ...)

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Master!montage, lots more Master stuff next week! OMG TEH LOVE!

[calapine.livejournal.com]

If this happens, I have decided that I will get a copy and EDIT IT OUT and enver watch any other again.

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, the Doctor pleading with him, "it's all different now, it's just the two of us left"... he's going to be forced to kill him, isn't he? And then I will DIE OF ANGST.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

You can't KILL THE MASTER. Not unless you kill the Doctor. That is like THE LAW.

[that_mireille]

I think I whimpered at that. Because I need slash like I need AIR right now. I need it to be two weeks from now so we will see how the storyline plays out and there will be FIC.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

It's a whole thirteen hours later and THERE IS STILL NO FIC. Bad form fandom.

[that_mireille]

I know! I don't expect *big* fic now--it's part 1 of a 3-parter, after all, and nobody's sure how things will play out--but *something*.

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod, it was FANTASTIC! Everything just fitted perfectly. I was too busy concentrating on the Doctor/Jack/Martha/Yana/Master/Blue interactions to notice the Futurekind thing. The look on the Doctor's face when he realised that Yana was the Master was beautiful.

My favourite episode evah!

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I feel very silly as I have just has pointed out Yana = you are not alone. I AM FOOLISH.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I love how the Doctor and the Professor seem to be like a version of Theta and Koschei.

YES YES THERE NEEDS TO BE FIC NOW YES.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I have made a comm specifically TO DISCOURAGE SUCH WRONGNESS.

[some-stars.livejournal.com]

it's the Master! Oh my god! And the Doctor totally loses it and screams at him in the TARDIS and omg it's THE MASTER. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I actually, even though I knew the spoilers, I'm very slow to twig to things, so I didn't realize the Professor was him until halfway through? And it was when they were WORKING TOGETHER ON SKIENCE. Just like the old days!!!!!!

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I thought, yes, then no, then, yes, OMG YES IT'S TRUE.

I had Doubts, because it was Too Perfect.

[gwynnega]

OMG so good!!! Jacobi as the Master! And then Simm as the Master!! And Jack being Jack again and not Torchwood-Jack!

::flails::

[calapine.livejournal.com]

IT IS DESIGNED TO KILL WIT SQUEE, YES?

[oltha_heri.livejournal.com]

I LOVE IT SO MUCH I AM GOING MAD!!!!

But yes just Simm!Master, yes! And obviously Romana and he now get it on, and the moment I said that nasty jokes about the stubble came into my mind. OH BUT, BUT YESSSSSSSSS.

Just too much love, going to 'splode.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

TRUEFAX!

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

NARVIN IS TOO AWESOME TO DIE.

I'm listening to the Gallifrey audios again, and this is my conclusion. He's just ... hanging out on the planetoid, snarking at everybody and being his own bitchy self. Except now the Master's out destroying the fabric of everything, and you know, the Doctor's just going to make an even bigger mess. LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR CO-ORDINATOR NARVIN.

In my head, this makes sense.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

IT IS IT OBVIOUSLY IS.

Oh, dammit, I NEED next week. I have all these fics running around in my head and I need more for characterisation and there are DAYS to go, oh, oh. DARN.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

WHY CAN'T IT BE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW?

[calapine.livejournal.com]

BECAUSE REALITY SUCKS AT LETTING US CHEAT

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

Also, the Doctor said humans are "indomitable." Obviously a referance to his One True Love of Harry, heh.

HELL YEAH. *squishes Harry*

The Doctor's sheer desperation to speak to his ex.

I don't think I am ever going to stop loving the Doctor and the Master together. Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, it's just so them. Them for now but still so, so them. This:

"I'm asking you really properly, just stop."

- that sold it completely for me. It's so, so just LOVE.

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

I cannot wait till when they get to have a more proper conversation that does not involve a set of TARDIS doors between them. (While Jack's and the Doctor's proper conversation took place with doors between them, at least they could see each other and still flirt madly.) Because, yes, sheer unadulterated LOVE here.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

*wibbles* I can't think about it really since it just causes mad!squee and flailing at How Slow Time Is.

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

I've gotta say, I never really gave much thought to the Doctor/Master ship, but after the Master demanded tonight that the Doctor say his name and the Doctor stood outside the locked Tardis and said "Master" in a pleading voice ... Oh my god! I'm running to find supporting fanfic!

[calapine.livejournal.com]

*cough*saxonvoters*cough*

[shadowturquoise.livejournal.com]

Oooohh! Thanks!

[fantasyjax.livejournal.com]

He said blond! HE SAID BLOND! ROMANA WAS BLOND LOL!!!!

[calapine.livejournal.com]

AND THERE IS VIRTUAL PROOF SHE IS ALLLIVE!

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

yana and saxon are both arguably blond as well.

just sayin'.

[darenothope.livejournal.com]

Anyway, I flailed every time the drums sounded and then I may have screamed a lot when the watch appeared.
Me too!

I love John Simm as the Master. And I'm such a newbie to DW that I don't really get the significance of him so I was just looking at John Simm and words were just washing over me.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

It is rather wonderful that it works whether you're aware of the history or not, yes.

[eido.livejournal.com]

The Doctor's sheer desperation to speak to his ex.

Did you see?? There was lip wibble even!

And the Master just said he fancied the Doctor, better get a body that the Doctor fancies

Cuz he knows him obv and the whole pretty 'n' young ("and strong") fetish.

But yeah, that "no rest for the wicked" line/scene? Could watch that for days. When Ten is all kneeling down in front of him and the Jacobi gets right up in his grill. Oh dear god *flails*

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Aaargh! Oh, oh, right, I'm off to watch the rest of the episode again. Apparently this is ANOTHER thing I missed a bit.

OH THAT ICON OH

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

DID YOU MISS THIS TOO THEN??



WHAT ABOUT THIS?



they are running and holding hands. RUNNING AND HOLDING HANDS. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE NEW SERIES.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I MIGHT HAVE PAUSED A LOT OVER THESE TWO MOMENTS WHEN I WATCHED IT THROUGH AGAIN.

[medie]

*has found the ep on Sweet Blessed YouTube* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! *runs around the room waving hands like mad*

And ahem, yes, while squeaking in unholy glee over the Master my brain was also thinking "Gee, this means that Romana is *TOTALLY* out there somewhere and she, The Master, and the Doctor will forever be all OT3 running through time and having whacky highjinks and meglomania-filled plots" because, *YES*.

But EEEEEEEEEEEEEE MASTER! *TWIRL*

[calapine.livejournal.com]

YES EXACTLY ALL THAT VERY MUCH SO

Hey is it ok I jump in???

[zagethe.livejournal.com]

Your thread is just so animated. I want to play too!


Oh my my my... I havent seen such slashy goodness like the Doctor/Master since the first couple of seasons of Smallville. I mean the whole phone conversation between them was just dripping with sexiness... The Master answers the phone with a breathless, "Doctor" followed by the slash screaming "I like it when you use my name." Whoo hoo hoo! And you already mentioned the other instance of "Say my name!!" (bitch implied) LOL God I love John Simm's potrayal of the Master.. evil genius and insane to boot. Perfection.

And I mean COME ON, the doctor is ready to give up his life of roaming to "take care of the Master" I can't even think about that without grinning like mad. He wasnt even willing to do that for Rose. (and I do think he loved her) but hey you just can't compete with Master lovin' LOL.