May 2007: the Doctor becomes ubiquitous

5 May 2007

Back to modern day England for an encounter with a dangerous monster – but enough of Mrs Jones; what about Professor Lazarus?  Mark Gatiss was excellent, as was his prosthetic ’76 years old’ make-up. The CGI monster also worked well, and moved more convincingly that the Reapers and Krillitanes. The episode looked good, and there was some ostentatious clue-dropping by one of Mr Saxon’s henchmen. Maybe too many false climaxes for perfection, though.  Saw a bit of David Tennant on Parkinson later.  Parkinson clearly hasn’t watched it and was not very well briefed, but DT managed OK.

18 May 2007

Watched Jonathan Ross show as John Barrowman and Andrew Lloyd Webber were due to be on it, with clip from John Barrowman’s return to Doctor Who. For once, JB was totally upstaged by Ross’ previous guest, the completely insane Janice Dickinson. Oliver Reed was nothing compared with her.  God knows what she was on.

19 May 2007

42  was set in real time, on a space ship hurtling towards a sun.  It looked wonderful, and there was real tension, but I didn’t actually enjoy it that much.  I think it reminded me too much of Star Trek TNG.

23 May 2007

To the doctor’s surgery for pre-holiday vaccinations.  Now I know Doctor Who is ubiquitous – they had a couple of the ‘quick reads’ books in the waiting room.  Makes a change from last year’s magazines, anyway. 

According to London Lite, Kylie Minogue is taking acting lessons so she can play a Cyberwoman.  I really hope not!

26 May 2007

Human Nature was much better than I feared. The scarecrows were particularly creepy.

 

March 2007: Enter Martha Jones

31 March 2007

Well, after a week of David Tennant on Graham Norton, John Barrowman on Charlotte Church and everyone on a Weakest Link special, it was finally time for the start of series 3.  Or, as it may become known, ‘The One with the Space Rhinos’.  A bit of a conflation of the previous two season starts – starting from the point of view of a new companion whose everyday existence is changed as a result of an encounter with the Doctor – and set in a hospital in an alien environment. Oh, and the Doctor once again gets to kiss his assistant, no, sorry, make that ‘genetic imprint’. Actually, I thought it was the best season start so far.  The villainess, an apparently sweet old lady who brings her own straw for sucking her victims’ blood is really rather chilling, and the prosthetic Judoon head is very convincing.

And yes, Martha, it IS bigger on the inside.