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We've just watched yesterday's episode...

It wasn't Doctor Who, but I loved it.



This was the closest we're ever going to get to seeing fanfiction on the screen. All about the people on the edges, telling the story from another angle, showing what life's like for those left behind. The heroes are barely seen, but their absence is a tangible that the tale is told around. Oh and the monster isn't quite up to the standard of those designed by the professionals.

And I loved it.

I thought Mark(c?) Warren was amazing, as was Shirley Henderson. And I admit I cried at the end, (breastfeeding hormones you know) although the girlfriend on a paving slab was one of the few bits that didn't ring true, (Peter Kay being the main other bit).  I loved Linda (with an i), they did an amazing job of making me care for these people in a very short space of time.  And I knew it was going to end badly for them, and I desperately didn't want it to.  I was watching the flashbacks of them singing, and hoping that someone was going the write Golden Age Linda fanfic.  Pretty please? (And who else thinks that RTD has just christened fandom Linda-with-an-i?)

And I thought Jackie was fantastic in this episode, as was the interplay between her and Elton. The whole mysterious flat-wide fuse failure made me laugh, (and I didn't realise just how fit Mark Warren is, I've obviously watched the wrong episodes of Hustle) and the segue into pizza and friends was sweet and lovely. And then when Jackie caught him out, I really felt for both of them.

It is weird, because I should resent this episode.  There's barely any Doctor and/or Rose in it, and there's now only two episodes left to go.  Last season I would have been really pissed off that an episode was "wasted" in that way, but this season? Meh.

Although how much is because the Doctor/Rose relationship and the storylines are missing that undefinable factor, and how much is because, well hey, newborn twins and I'm really not in that headspace right now.

However, having said all that, the few brief glimpses of the Doctor, worked so well that I did finally panic that there were now only two episodes to go. But still nowhere near the levels I was panicking at last time.

This wasn't the perfect epsiode, and I suspect I'll probably be in the minority for liking it so much, but I can see myself re-watching this many times over.


Also how many people are considering what they write in their LJ's today, very, very carefully? And has anyone informed [livejournal.com profile] time_and_chips that it wasn't the comm featured in the confidential yet? (And that online DW fandom doesn't revolve around that community?)
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