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The Doctor's Daughter - When Fanfic Goes Pro
Actually, I had a blast with the episode, but that doesn't erase that it's a standard fanfic plot from beginning to end.
I am most amused that after all the "BLEURGH! The Doctor can't have girly bits!" responses to the notion of a female incarnation, the initial responses on my flist have been "That was a TON of fun and I want to see her again!"
My response isn't much deeper - that was a ton of fun and I'm rather expecting to see Jenny again; what a HUGE plot point to leave dangling! (Oh, lordy, someone write her coming to Earth and meeting Captain Jack right this very minute!) Which is all there is to say for the plot, really: It was fanwank, it was fun.
However, there's plenty to say about the character bits. After an episode of sitting on her hands and waiting for instructions, Donna is back to unabashedly using her varied experiences for figuring out clues. Huzzah! (Not so much huzzah on the "I'm gonna travel with him forever" bit, which was the one really big clunker moment. If she hadn't said that, I wouldn't have suddenly had the sinking feeling that she really is going to die at the end of the season.)
Martha's trek across the top was not what I'd expect from someone who walked a post-apocalyptic Earth for a solid year. I was also surprised at how torn up she got from the Hoth going under considering how many people she must have seen slaughtered during the Year That Wasn't - that's going to make her hard in ways we haven't seen. Then again, I was also surprised that the Hoth didn't pop back up, considering hello? Going underwater? With gills?
I desperately need a screencap of the look on Freema's face when they were all petting her, though. That was hilarious.
Hands up everyone who expected the Doctor to stop talking after "Look up genocide and you'll see my picture." Because, yes, dear, you have. More than once these days. Jenny had you pegged solid; you are a soldier and have been so for a long time. Since before the Time War, really. Even since before UNIT. Every adventure has had its element of quasi-military strategy. I love that Jenny dragged that right out.
I also really love that the Doctor didn't go all wibbly about "a new child! A new family!" What he has been through isn't so easily replaced, and parts of it can NEVER be fixed no matter what else comes along. He's broken, fundamentally broken. To get all excited about starting over without pointing out that there are experiences - and *people!* - which cannot be replaced would have been a bit nauseating, really. To see him fighting actively against considering Jenny family both from his companions and from himself was so much more meaningful and realistic a reaction.
But he just can't help that hope from creeping in. Because that is what makes him the Doctor.
Pinging back to the shallow end of the squee, I still adore the meta that she's Peter Davison's daughter best of all.
And now I will go back to stalking![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shaggydogstail's LJ to see how fast s/he gets that Jenny comm up.
I am most amused that after all the "BLEURGH! The Doctor can't have girly bits!" responses to the notion of a female incarnation, the initial responses on my flist have been "That was a TON of fun and I want to see her again!"
My response isn't much deeper - that was a ton of fun and I'm rather expecting to see Jenny again; what a HUGE plot point to leave dangling! (Oh, lordy, someone write her coming to Earth and meeting Captain Jack right this very minute!) Which is all there is to say for the plot, really: It was fanwank, it was fun.
However, there's plenty to say about the character bits. After an episode of sitting on her hands and waiting for instructions, Donna is back to unabashedly using her varied experiences for figuring out clues. Huzzah! (Not so much huzzah on the "I'm gonna travel with him forever" bit, which was the one really big clunker moment. If she hadn't said that, I wouldn't have suddenly had the sinking feeling that she really is going to die at the end of the season.)
Martha's trek across the top was not what I'd expect from someone who walked a post-apocalyptic Earth for a solid year. I was also surprised at how torn up she got from the Hoth going under considering how many people she must have seen slaughtered during the Year That Wasn't - that's going to make her hard in ways we haven't seen. Then again, I was also surprised that the Hoth didn't pop back up, considering hello? Going underwater? With gills?
I desperately need a screencap of the look on Freema's face when they were all petting her, though. That was hilarious.
Hands up everyone who expected the Doctor to stop talking after "Look up genocide and you'll see my picture." Because, yes, dear, you have. More than once these days. Jenny had you pegged solid; you are a soldier and have been so for a long time. Since before the Time War, really. Even since before UNIT. Every adventure has had its element of quasi-military strategy. I love that Jenny dragged that right out.
I also really love that the Doctor didn't go all wibbly about "a new child! A new family!" What he has been through isn't so easily replaced, and parts of it can NEVER be fixed no matter what else comes along. He's broken, fundamentally broken. To get all excited about starting over without pointing out that there are experiences - and *people!* - which cannot be replaced would have been a bit nauseating, really. To see him fighting actively against considering Jenny family both from his companions and from himself was so much more meaningful and realistic a reaction.
But he just can't help that hope from creeping in. Because that is what makes him the Doctor.
Pinging back to the shallow end of the squee, I still adore the meta that she's Peter Davison's daughter best of all.
And now I will go back to stalking
shaggydogstail's LJ to see how fast s/he gets that Jenny comm up.
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Really though. This worries me.
Hands up everyone who expected the Doctor to stop talking after "Look up genocide and you'll see my picture."
*raises hand*
I thought this episode was alright. A few of my household weren't particularly pleased by it, but meh. All in good fun. I'm gonna have to rewatch it for some picspammage squee.
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I have *got* to get a screencap of the look on Freema's face when they were petting her! In the Confidential, someone was delivering Hath lines offscreen for her to react to - I wonder what was being said there!
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