the lonely doctor...one suffers a world of Demons for the sake of an Angel

[llywela]

initial thoughts, spoiler cut just in case.

Oh, I enjoyed the dialogue in this one. Some really fantastic lines in there.

Rose: "You can't keep the horse."
Doctor: "I let you keep Mickey."

This wasn't an average episode - this was the Doctor and Madame de Pompadour's story, leaving both Rose and Mickey out on the fringes. No typing up of the loose ends of last week re: how Rose would react to having Mickey along. Might have been nice to have a bit more focus on the actual Tardis team in their first story with the new dynamics, but I have to say I really loved the story that was told. Kind of classic sci fi - the high tech outsiders having this little window into the life of someone else, but whereas for the outsiders it's only a matter of hours, for that individual, years are going by in between visits. And it worked, it really worked.

Kudos to Sophia Myles as Reinette - she was fantastic.

Oh, and I'm a real sucker for detailed period costumes and sets like that

And such a sad ending - as soon as the Doctor left the fireplace, for a bare minute, I knew that it was over - it would be years later for her. And so it was, and he returned too late. Poor Reinette. And poor lonely Doctor.

Much emphasis on the theme of the Doctor being lonely this season. Hmm.

Might return with more thoughts later...

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[bagpuss1966.livejournal.com]

I'm shattered and therefore not very eloquent, but I loved this episode - it was great. :)

I am surprised that The Doctor didn't suss out that leaving Reinette would mean she moved on without him though...