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Doctor Who – The Doctor’s Daughter ( 2008 )

Someone’s taking the mick around here? Really. That’s it?? There was a lot of hoopla about this episode and I guess that maybe my expectations were a bit high-ish, but… it was really underwhelming.

Tennant seemed to be a little on “automatic” on previous episodes and it felt like today was going to be another one. I was thankfully wrong at the end, but it was hanging precariously between “good acting” and “diabolical acting”.

The story promised a lot, but you can’t change the status quo of a show that much, is it? I’m hoping that this episode will be linked to something else in the ending, just like last year’s Lazarus Experiment (written by the same geezer, hmmm). It’s not that good, but it isn’t a mess like you would be led to believe.

…so, the plot?

Silly Doc Ten, Lauren a Silly PoFaced Bint Assistant arrive into nondescript quarry planet where he gets cloned and wouldn’t you know it? The clone comes out with perfect fitting clothes, make up and snarky dialogue, stolen from Joss Whedon’s scripts!

So, a lot of time and gurns after, Silly PoFaced Bint Assistant gets herself Marthanapped by some fish (wonder if they are related to the one in Torchwood?). It turns out that the planet has an inhospitable atmosphere (is it Villahermosa?) so exposure to the atmosphere can be deadly. Why do I mention this? No idea and I dun a poo why it’s even mentioned, except for padding reasons.

Which brings me to my main problem… why in the name of Terry Nation do you pad a story that hardly needs padding, that has enough emotional power that you can stretch?! Do they mention that she’s a clone of the last living Timelord? Nah, let’s go for a weepy travel through a badly lit marsh, just like, i dunno, an old overpadded episode that makes no sense! Yeah, we got 45 minutes to wrap up this story and instead of going for the “emotional journey” with the Doctor and his “daughter”, we get the MOST STUPID FISH IN THE WORLD… swim, you flippin’ idiot!

It gets a bit better by the end, though, even if it veers directly into the “oh, no… spin off!!!” territory with a twee afterthought.

Random thoughts:

-It’s the pimple teen from the simpsons!
-Buffy ?
-It’s the fish from Torchwood?
-Good moments with nice chats!
-This is like Fenric Flirting?
-Quarries! Quarries!
-NO! NOT THE MOUSE! WERE THE FCUK IS PETA?!?!
-The rifles shoot zippo lighters, AHOOGAH!
-She goes Sarah Jane on us!
-That fish has more personality than Martha.
-Hey she surived walking the earth. Heck if she survived the space equivalent of Villahermosa, she’ll survive everything!
-I really really really hope she doesn’t fly like her dad!

And now…THE RATINGS!

Silly companion moments

Proof that McCoy is the father too

“Yo, where’s Sarah Michelle Gellar?”

Stupid military moments

Moments you ask yourself “Why is Martha in this again?”

Instances you mutter to yourself that famous Marlon Brando phrase from On the waterfront…

Moments you go “padding on a 45 minute episode? geeeeeze!”

“Wow…she’s really cute!”

Feepo Moments

Times the thought of ” SPIN OFF!!! ” whirls in your head

“Crying towel” bits

Times you remember her father is a bastidd so tough that managed to survive a crash landing, go into some fekkin’ cave, fool a Lava Monster and save her best friend (all of this while under the influence of a deadly poison) and you just say to yourself “boy, she’s high maintenance!”

Frillyrating:

RTD says:

“Frilly, you are a silly straight living with your parents. YOU ARE NOT IN TOUCH WITH YOUR EMOTIONS!! This delivers!!”

Silly Captions!

“Ah! It’s Jeff Goldblum!”

Click here to see who plays this character…

Doctor:”For the last time, I’m NOT calling you Buffy!”

Donna: (thinking) “sigh…gotta call my agent!”

“No, really, I bought it at Tesco”

Heartbroken, David Tennant sees the plot for the next episodes and thinks “I shoulda stayed in Harry Potter…”

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