Doctor Who - "Into the Dalek" - Initial Reactions

Intro

First "proper" Peter Capaldi adventure. Annoying as all get-out Daleks to help welcome our new Doctor.  Not entirely looking forward to it.

SPOILER WARNING: Don't read if you haven't seen the episodes. Also don't expect to follow along... my thoughts are random.

Doctor Who - "Into the Dalek" - Initial Reactions

• Oh joy, crashing space ship...
• Hello Dalek mothership.
• Bye bye little ship.
• Oh look, you got rescued by the best ship in the universe.
• Gotta love being held at gun-point.
• Lol. Doctor gets to remind soldier of her manners.
• How nice of you, soldiers.
• And of course we gotta deal with a Dalek... So far, though, not bad.
• Hello PE teacher.
• You're creepy and annoying, Ms. Secretary person...
• Kids are dumb. That's clearly a "yes."
• Wow, Clara. Nice.
• Awkward...
• Also, Danny's not a PE teacher.
• And now Danny's reminding me of Mickey...
• Lol, Clara.
• Lol, I thought they were going out for coffee...
• Doctor, that's so weird... and there's the explanation.
• Of course that's unhelpful.
• A Dalek who wants to destroy the other Daleks. Sounds like Dalek Khan...
• "Do I pay you? I should give you a raise." - Doctor
• "I am a school teacher." - Clara
• "I don't need armed babysitters." - Doctor
• "Don't be lasagna." - Doctor
• Honey I Shrunk The Doctor
• So trippy.
• So nice of the Daleks to build their armor with corridors.
• So now we're naming it? Okay then... Rusty.
• Yeah, don't shoot the living thing. Bad plan.
• That was pragmatic of you, Doctor. I like that, actually.
• Down the LED slide.
• EWWWW
• Daleks eat people? Well then. That's kind of cool.
• So we get some quoting from the Dalek that's been re-purposed from Trek. Well then.
• Rusty is watching you and you have no idea...
• I think you've been played there, Doctor.
• You fixed the Dalek too much.
• Slow mo was not necessary there...
• I love it when things don't go right and people freak out when they were perfectly aware they might have gone wrong.
• So now what are we doing?
• Memory banks. W00T.
• You've gone and made me tear up, Gretchen Allison Carlyle.
• Oh look, TARDIS save once again... or else Missy the insane woman. Damn.
• I am generally unaffected by the Daleks massacring people... seen it fifteen jillion times too many.
• Science!
• Yup. Of course the Dalek would focus on that.
• Goodbye, Daleks...
• You turned the Dalek into a kind of Hitler...
• And that's at least the second time a Dalek has said that to him...
• She's going to try to go with them?
• And that's where he's saying "no."
• I'm slightly disappointed for her.
• "I think you try to be and I think that's kind of the point." - Clara
• Oh geez. That dress on Clara in the preview is awesome.

Doctor Who - "Deep Breath" - Initial Reactions

Intro

So... I seriously suck at keeping my blogging promises. Work and non-thinking online activities and chores and shopping keep doing that thing where I end up not wanting to, forgetting, or just not blogging.

However, today marks the return of Doctor Who to our television screens. So I'm doing an Initial Reactions post... which may or may not be the first of the season... meaning I want to do one every week, but I might have to work or something. So there's that...

Watching the final moments of "The Time of The Doctor" while I'm typing this. Probably gonna cry a little bit losing Matt again... because I've been watching BBC America all day. Really looking forward to Capaldi's take. From the small amount I've seen, he's awesome, which I never doubted for a moment. So on to the Initial Reactions! (There are spoilers)

Doctor Who - "Deep Breath" - Initial Reactions

• Ick, pre-show... which I was randomly hoping they'd decided to skip that... Let's just pretend we didn't watch that... because I don't wanna...
• I cannot express how much I am irritated by this pre-show. Good God, just give me my Doctor Who. >:(
• Dinosaur in London. Probably not a good thing.
• Oh hey, Paternosters!
• A choking dinosaur? Oh hey, TARDIS. Poor girl.
• Well who else would it be, Vastra?
• And of course The Doctor is really confused.
• Something always goes wrong with regeneration.
• Awwwwwwwww.... Handles... T_T
• The Paternosters don't know about regeneration? Or at least Jenny doesn't?
• Oooohhh!!! Shiny new titles! That's awesomesauce! New music, too. Awesome!
• Vastra is awesome in this scene. It's cute.
• "No dear, people are apes. Men are monkeys." - Vastra
• Poor Clara.
• And I just have the "Aw cute"s for Jenny and Vastra. ^_^
• Sleep translations. That's cool... unless it's not translations...
• Aw, Strax. Funny as ever misunderstanding humans.
• Well who's cyborg guy? Bad guy, obviously.
• Well go school Clara why don't you, Vastra?
• Now what are you smelling for, Doctor?
• I'm with Clara on this one. Shush, Vastra.
• Lol, Jenny. Good going with that. Vastra has horribly wicked tests for Clara.
• Why is the dinosaur on fire? Why? Poor thing!
• Ouch. Poor Doctor.
• Well okay then... that's one way to use a sonic.
• The carriage bleeps? Don't know how to feel about that.
• Ooh! Poor Clara.
• I imagine a Victorian household would be rather boring...
• What is his gadget?
• Well geez, Strax. Way to suck at pep talks.
• Interesting wandering down regeneration lane...
• Yay for the Scottish Doctor.
• I think Jenny looks rather amazing in that outfit.
• Ya know, for someone who's seen all the Doctor's faces, she's really judgmental of his behavior.
• Fancy schmancy restaurant. Hello Doctor.
• Oh well then. Neither of them placed the ad. How confusing... without time travel.
• Automatons!
• Evil automatons are incredibly creepy. Listen to them tick...
• Oh that's gross and creepy.
• You're in the only colored booth in the entire place, of course it's an elevator.
• He misses Amy. Lol.
• Hello creepy Asian Automaton...
• Oh crap, Clara's stuck... and The Doctor's just leaving her there. That's no good.
• And now she's got to hold her breath. This is a difficult one...
• Much tension on the getting out part... Poor, poor Clara...
• Shit that's a lot of robots.
• Still alive is a good sign.
• Clever Clara.
• Oh, that's disturbing...
• Still not the right person.
• Lovely Victorian Ninjas... with Strax... because the Paternosters are awesome.
• Commercials really kill the tension...
• Those poor policemen...
• Oh joy, a ship inside a building...
• Sounds very much like the clock-work droids...
• Well that's because you parked the TARDIS in front of the portrait and then failed to look at the outside of the S.S. Madame du Pompadour. That's a clever re-imagining.
• That's a clever way to get out of it, Clara.
• So... who was lying then? That's the question...
• No TARDIS. That's not good.
• I love Vastra's dress.
• Hooray, he's back. Which wasn't ever in question.
• Let's reference "Day of The Doctor."
• I LOVE IT!
• Wha?! Oh. Yay time travel...
• Oh geez. Much crying. And now Matt's making me miss him...
• That's a new one.
• Oh Doctor...
• Hug time!
• Well hello, Mr. Automaton. The frick is this nonsense?
• Okay... insane woman much? Missy?
• No really, WTF?

The Day of The Doctor - Initial Reactions

Intro

I've used some personal abbreviations in these notes so here's what they mean:

10 - David Tennant

Doctor - Matt Smith

WD - John Hurt

SPOILER WARNING

The following Initial Reactions are for Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor." If you haven't seen it, please don't read these. Go watch it first.

Doctor Who - "The Day of the Doctor" - Initial Reactions

• Original titles! AWESOME!
• Teacher Clara at the school Suan went to. Interesting.
• Why is he reading Advanced Quantam Mechanics?
• Someone's airlifting the TARDIS. For why?
• Hello UNIT. Kate has the same ring tone I do.
• Why would you grab the TARDIS while he's not in there?
• Elizabeth the First gave him orders.

"Why shouldn't I have a job? I'd be brilliant at having a job." - Doctor

• It's kind of a gorgeous painting, despite the destruction. 3D oil painting of the last day of the Time War.
• W00t, Time War and Dalek music.
• Shooting a message in the wall while Arcadia falls? Okay then... Well now that makes a bit of sense.
• That is an awesome table.
• That's an interesting mostly destroyed building... Cool looking weapon, too. Very steam punk.

"Why is there never a big red button?" - WD

• Well hello Rose. She's being all weird... all Wolfy. She's the interface, so that makes sense.
• The suffering really, really bugs him.
• As a punishment, it kind of works. When I say kind of, I really mean great, as punishments go... painful.
• He married her, too? Alrighty then.
• Rather cool we get to see that bit with Elizabeth.
• She's not the real Elizabeth... weird.
• Zygon.

"Big red rubbery thing, covered in suckers." - 10

"Oh good lord, Doctor. Nice one." - 10

• Threatening a rabbit with that ridiculous speech. Lol.
• Why is he throwing fezzes at himself?
• Why is it all sandy?

• "Hey you. Are you sciencey?" - Doctor
• "Someday, you could just walk past a fez." - Clara

• Tennant does not look as good in a Fez.
• Oh God, this Sonic gag is going to annoy people.
• Okay, those two together is slightly amusing.
• The Fez helps figure that out then. Interesting.
• UNIT dating issue, solved by Dating Protocol.

"Why are you pointing your screwdrivers at me? They're scientific instruments, not water pistols." - WD

• Poor Clara.
• You big Liar, 10.
• Hello Weeping Zygons.
• Sucks for that chick, but at least she's a bit clever.
• Memory stuffage going on. TARDIS proof room.
• Captain Jack gave UNIT a vortex manipulator. Interesting.
• Yep, American time travel movies always end up horribly.
• Everyone's been taken over by Zygons. How rather sad.
• Clever Clara.

"The man who regrets and the man who forgets." - Rose Interface

"Sorry. It just occured to me. This is what I'm like when I'm alone." - Doctor

• No one actually locked the door. That's hilarious.
• Oh joy, more taking over the planet nonsense.
• So they essentially made Elizabeth a bit more awesome... and married The Doctor to her.
• He is such a liar. Hello coral TARDIS.

"Hey look. The round things."
"I love the round things."
"What are the round things?"
"I have no idea." - Doctor and 10

• Kate vs Kate

"Cup o Soup. What is Cup o Soup?" - WD

• Hero shot of Doctors. Brilliant.

"Hello. I'm the Doctor. Sorry about the Dalek." - WD, 10, Doctor

• That's a very clever solution. Except inhalers are helpful.
• The weapon turned into a bit of TARDIS console... or at least looks like that... and a flower.
• THE COAT!!! I miss that coat!

"You were The Doctor on the day it wasn't possible to get it right." - Doctor

• T_T

"Never cruel or cowardly."
"Never give up. Never give in." - 10, WD

"Bad Wolf Girl. I could kiss you."
"Yup, that's gonna happen." - WD, Rose

• ALL OF THEM! ^_^
• That's brilliant! ^_^ T_T
• Hello Capaldi!
• No catch phrase for WD, then.
• I'm so crying right now.

"And if I grow up to be half the man you are, Clara Oswald..." - WD

• Regeneration into 9 now. W00T.

"Oh, never say nothing." - 10

• Frigging again with you?! Seriously, 10? Slightly better than last time, but really?
• TOM BAKER!!!! That was unexpected. XD
• Roundels on the wall of that room. Yup, I noticed.

Housekeeping

Reviews will be forthcoming... hopefully. My brain's kind of on: THAT WAS AWESOME right now.

Love ya, Jessie

The Truth Hurts - IR

SPOILER WARNING

If you have not seen tonight's episode of Warehouse 13, please leave the blog and come back later. Initial Reactions, like live Tweets, contain spoilers.

Warehouse 13 - "The Truth Hurts" - Initial Reactions

• Well that gigantically sucks.
• Was that supposed to be a parallel to Myka's cancer?
• Wonder what Artie was lying about... because he was totally lying according to the look on Jinks' face.
• Well that's weird and oh so bad.
• Why is that anyway? It seems like a ridiculous system... and causes endless badness.
• Is he seriously thinking to leave without Myka? I do not understand. It's not like she's in late stages.
• Oh, hey, thought we were done with them.
• Yeah, Nick, throw a hissy fit and storm off. You might not mentally be a teenager, but apparently he still acts like one a lot.
• And now Pete is having funky visions.
• Oh look, a cancer cure.
• We're thinking Paracelsus is going to use that against the Warehouse team.
• That was a nice freak out, Claud.
• You sound doubtful, Artie.
• Lies, Pete.
• He sounds like he's talking through something.
• What is that, anyway?
• OOOOOWWWW!
• Way to be a little snot. Knew he was.
• Good point, Claud. You're awesome.
• Artie and Claud are so amusing while attempting to deliver explanations.
• He's sending you on a wild goose chase guys.
• Or ya, know, not.
• Ouch.
• Double ouch.
• And now he's immortal.
• All the people are dying. That figures.
• It's weird when the show does the "dun dun dun" for me.
• I'm seriously annoyed that they're still in this.
• This is not going to end well.
• You can prevent bronzing?
• FINALLY! Go AWAY!
• Nope, that wasn't a bunch of padding AT ALL.
• That would sound a lot more convincing coming from anyone but Pete.
• Wait... is Artie Claudia's actual father?
• Ghost-y Leena?
• Yup, prey on Pete's fears.
• She has a sister?! What?!
• No crap, dude. You deserve whatever it is.
• He's got something else up his sleeve.
• Warehouse 13 finales aren't like other finales...
• Really, Pete? You're listening to him? Really?
• That's exactly what he wants, Pete. Don't even.
• This thing about Claudia's sister would have been more heart-wrenching if I felt anything about the sister, which I don't.
• Of course that wasn't going to work. Seriously, duh.
• You fell for that, Pete? WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!????????
• Okay... that's weird, if kind of cool.
• That was interesting.
• Time for everyone else to regroup.
• Okay, this bit might make me cry.
• We're getting a cliffhanger. I can tell.
• Yeah, that sucks gigantically!!!!! Stupid cliffhangers!