Human => Timelord

Days left till the 50^th: 66

Episodes watched:  37

Today’s Episode: Family of Blood

Writer: Paul Cornell

This is one of those great episdoes where Tennant brings the FEELS on. He just does a wonderful job, of showing how difficult it is to be Human, to stand by and watch events take place around him, rather than to take control, which is what Time Lords do.

Tim Latimer sums up what a Time Lord is.. that makes you stop and think…

LATIMER: Because…I’ve seen him. He’s…like fire and ice and rage. He’s like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun.

THE DOCTOR: Stop it.

LATIMER: He’s ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time and he can see the turn of the universe.

THE DOCTOR: Stop! I said stop it.

LATIMER: And he’s wonderful.

All thought this scene, Tennant is just bawling, giving us this amazing acting, as John Smith has to die for the Time Lord to come back. We really see John Smith there.. not the Doctor, as he doesn’t want to die..

That sequence of what would happen if John and Joan did get together and did live a happy life… its just not meant to happen, as World War I is just on the horizon, and the Family of Blood would destroy everything to get at the Time Lord.

Then we have this awesome sequence as to what he does with the Family… as they wanted to live forever..

BAINES: (v.o.) He never raised his voice. That was the worst thing. The fury of the Time Lord. And then we discovered why. Why this Doctor, who had fought with gods and demons, why he’d run away from us and hidden–he was being kind.

Shot of CLARK screaming, bound in thick metal chains. The THE DOCTOR is standing behind him, unmoved.

BAINES: (v.o.) He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains, forged in the heart of a dwarf star.

JENNY, the TARDIS doors open behind her, is being pulled backwards out of the ship.

BAINES: (v.o.) He tricked my mother into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy to be imprisoned there…forever.

The THE DOCTOR watches coldly, no emotion on his face.

BAINES: (v.o.) He still visits my little sister once a year every year.

The Doctor looks into an ornate mirror where a door is cracked open and LUCY peers out.

BAINES: (v.o.) I wonder if one day he might forgive her, but there she is–can you see? He trapped her inside a mirror, every mirror. If ever you look at your reflection and see something move behind you, just for a second, that’s her. That’s always her.

BAINES is dressed as a scarecrow out in a field.

BAINES: (v.o.) As for me, I was suspended in time. And the Doctor put me to work…

The THE DOCTOR places the hood over his head.

BAINES: (v.o.) …standing over the fields of England…as their protector.

The THE DOCTOR walks away.

BAINES: (v.o.) We wanted to live forever, so the Doctor made sure that we did.

Its just heartbreaking, after the Doctor meets up with Joan again after dealing with the family, She just flat out says “no” when asked to be a companion, which is understandable as she has to stay behind and clean up the mess he made when he came.

Martha and the Doctor do have a massively awkward conversation, about their “relationship”, its a wee bit like how Rose dealt with 10 after the Girl in the Fireplace, they just agreed to keep traveling.. not acknowledging any feelings. 10 is still rebounding from Rose, and now he’s in a way also rebounding from Joan too. I just feel so bad for Martha, getting the short end of the stick all the time.

Till Tomorrow… BLINK!!!! 😉

Paradox Time

Days left till the 50^th: 95

Episodes watched:  8

Today’s Episode: Father’s Day

Writer:  Paul Cornell

This episode has always hit really too close to home for me. Since I lost my mum to cancer, I’ve always wondered what my life would have been like if she was still around. To create a time machine, and whoosh… right back to the moment she was first exposed to the stuff that made her cancer accelerate.. and have more time with her than I did. Alas, I cannot, as that would bring about a possible paradox. Never ever a good thing to have occur, as we learn in Father’s Day!

Now, Rose convinces the Doctor to go back to visit her Dad, as she never got the chance to really meet him and get to know him. First we visit their wedding… then she manages to convince him to go to the site of the car accident where he died, using the information that her mother told her over the years, using the excuse that no one was with him when he died, and that she wanted to be there for him. The idea of going back on your own personal timeline has always been a bit taboo on the Whoverse, and this is no exception. She gets too scared when they first do it.

 

Then she asks for a second try, and lo she decides to save his life rather than seeing him die again. Thus begins the temporal paradox.. and begins the possibility of the Blinovitch Limitation Field coming into play. Both of these are hugely scientific and damaging to the timelines, so whilst Rose saves her dad, and follows him back to his flat, the Doctor goes back to the Tardis after they have a huge fight about why she saved her Dad.

However the Tardis isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and, out come these monsters that begin eating everyone trying to restore the timeline. The Doctor then goes after Rose to save her, as he knows she is going to a wedding at a church, and lo the monsters kill one or two of the wedding party before going inside, as luckily the church is quite old thus keeping everyone inside safe from the monsters.

Thus when inside, the Doctor and Rose have this great little conversation..

The Doctor: The entire Earth’s being sterilized. This, and other places like it, are all that’s left of the human race. We might hold out for awhile, but nothing can stop those creatures. They’ll get through in the end; the walls aren’t that old. And there’s nothing I can do to stop them. There used to be laws stopping this kind of thing from happening – my people would have stopped this. But they’re all gone. And now, I’m going the same way.

Rose: If I’d realized…

Doctor: Just… tell me you’re sorry.

Rose: I am. I’m sorry.

Bang.. that’s it.. he forgives her for creating a paradox. They do have a failed attempt to try to bring the Tardis to them. Alas it all goes wonky when Pete tries to convince Jackie that the baby they have is the same blonde woman he’s been talking to and Rose is handed to herself.

So monsters in the church! The Doctor then sacrifices himself to save the others as he’s the oldest one in the room.. and Pete realizes what he must do, and says his goodbyes to Rose..

So, he then goes outside and dies again when the car hits him. Only this time.. Rose is there with him and says goodbye.

Thus… the timeline is restored! The Doctor is back!! Onto more Adventures!!