30 Days of Nu-Who: Day 28

[annissamazing]

Day 28 - Favorite Series Arc



I love the arc in season four. The whole series was well-planned and each episode has clues embedded in them that hint at where the series is going. The bees are disappearing, planets keep going missing, the Ood are freed, and underneath all of that, Rose Tyler keeps appearing and we don't know why. I think it's a fascinating story and was revealed in an intriguing way.

It also gives hints to the Specials and to future series with the Donna begging the Doctor to save someone from Pompeii (history repeats in "The Waters of Mars"), Wilf's character development, and the introduction of River Song.

While I definitely have my favorite episodes of Series 4, there's not a single one that I skip over.

Oh yeah, and I'm a total sucker for a reunion.



Day 1 - Favorite Incarnation of the Doctor: Nine
Day 2 - Favorite Companion: Donna Noble
Day 3 - Favorite Villain/Monster/Alien/Baddie of the Week: The Entity from "Midnight"
Day 4 - Favorite Character: Wilfred Mott
Day 5 - Favorite Guest Star: Anthony Stewart Head
Day 6 - Least Favorite Character: Lady Christina de Souza
Day 7 - Favorite Episode: "Midnight"
Day 8 - Favorite Series: Series Four
Day 9 - Least Favorite Episode: "Planet of the Dead"
Day 10 - Favorite Scene/Moment: "Don't... just don't."
Day 11 - Scene/Moment that makes you cry: Ten rages against the dying of the light
Day 12 - Scene/Moment that makes you giggle: Jackie Tyler smacks the Doctor
Day 13 - Favorite Era visited by The Doctor & Co: The End of the World
Day 14 - Fave Doctor Moment: "Basically, run."
Day 15 - Fave Rose Moment: "The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life."
Day 16 - Fave Martha Moment: "This is me, getting out."
Day 17 - Fave Donna Moment: "If I change things, I don't die? That's... that's right, isn't it?"
Day 18 - Fave Amy Moment: "Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall."
Day 19 - Favorite Ship: TenII/Rose
Day 20 - Prettiest Scene: "Vincent and the Doctor"
Day 21 - Favorite Location: The TARDIS
Day 22 - Something Silly: "Partners in Crime" and "The Unicorn and the Wasp" Charades
Day 23 - Something Epic: "Vale Decem"
Day 24 - Favorite Accessory of the Doctor's: Ten's maroon Chucks
Day 25 - Favorite TARDIS Team: Nine, Rose, and Jack
Day 26 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'awww': The Doctor cuddles kittens
Day 27 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'argh': Dalek Sec becomes Dalek-Human
Day 28 - Favorite Series Arc: Series 4
Day 29 - Favorite Music/Song
Day 30 - Why Do YOU Love Doctor Who

Comments

[flydye8.livejournal.com]

Yep one of my favorite things to do is rewatch episodes and see the things I didn't see before

[annissamazing]

I love that feeling when I'm watching and I catch something for the first time. :D

[ladyprydian.livejournal.com]

The one thing that bothers me about series 4 is the introduction of River Song. I think it could have been handled better for one reason. Rose’s return.

Now I have no problem with the Doctor meeting people out of order. It makes sense with the life he leads and makes for an interesting story line. The Doctor struggling to figure out where he’s met person ‘X’, person ‘X’ not being able to tell the Doctor all that much, etc.

I think that there was a lot being asked of the audience to accept River Song as the Doctor’s (possible) wife when it was being splashed everywhere that Rose was coming back, and, sadly for me, this way of introduction lessened her character because my initial reaction to her was “Other Woman”. As a Doctor/Rose shipper this makes her a character I am not inclined like.

I find, even upon re-watch, it still feels like a slap in the face to everything RTD worked for and did in his 4.5 seasons as executive producer. I will never say that his production years were perfect but it does feel like he was being muscled out. I think [Bad username or site: ”_thirty2flavors” @ livejournal.com] said it best in the [Bad username or site: ”dwrewatch” @ livejournal.com] that River would have been a stronger, more likeable, character if she was introduced in S5. Actually, I believe that if she was introduced in S5 I probably would ship Eleven/River. Matt Smith and Alex Kingston have a great rapport with each other.

Regardless, I don’t mind River now but I don’t think we’re going to get all that much character development from her. But if anyone can make me like the character it WILL be Alex Kingston (and I think the production is blessed to have her). And … well this has turned into a River rant and not me talking about what I liked about S4 so I am going to end that thought here.

As for the rest of S4, I was really struck (during a re-watch) how SO MUCH of The Unicorn and the Wasp foreshadows what’s going to happen to Donna. And yes Waters of Mars.

AND WILF!! My beloved Wilf! In a way it’s hard to watch Bernard Cribbens because just before I got to see S4 my Papa died. He and Wilf were practically one and the same so yeah. I can’t get through a Wilf scene without at least one *sniff*.

[annissamazing]

You and I pretty much share a brain. I actually started to write this, but felt it was too off-topic, so I deleted it.

Needless to say, I agree completely. On everything.

[ladyprydian.livejournal.com]

*GLOMP HUGS*
*laughs*
We really must be tele-pathetic, not telepathic, tele-pathetic.
^_^

[annissamazing]

*snort* :D

[sorrowballad.livejournal.com]

I have just finished Turn Left and am about to start The Stolen Earth.