I
am still going through the Doctor Who Series on Netflix. David Tennant
stars as The Doctor and Billie Pyper as Rose Tyler. I have
recently finished season Two. The episodes are varied, but I think the
“Girl in the fireplace” is classic. This presents The Doctor forming a
relationship with Madame Pompadour from France. She was a real life
character who was actually mistress to the King of France. The Doctor,
however, only sees her sporadically in her life, as they are on
different time lines. It is sad, but the Doctor will say, “I’ll be
right back,” and it turns to be years in her time line. However the
Doctor is willing to sacrifice all to save her, but it turns out well,
relatively so, in the end. In one of those I’ll be right back, she
passes away, and the Doctor arrives to see her driven away in the
funeral carriage. The king presents him a letter, and uses this remark
he is said to have said in real life. “The marquise won't have good
weather for her journey.” It was a stormy day, and the roads were mud.
They carriage was taking her to her traditional home for burial.
Another
interesting item in this season is the parallel universe, in which
Rose’s father is alive. However, in that world, her mother (the
parallel mother not her real mother) is turned into a Cyberman. In another story the
Cybermen gain entrance into our world, and begin to raise havoc, taking
over the world. The Daleks (the four remaining) also show up and are
fighting the Cybermen. However the Doctor sends them all back into “the
void.” However in doing so, Rose and her family end up in the
parallel world with no way back.
There are
fourteen episodes in all. This was a very fun ride. My least favorite
were “The Idiot’s Lantern” and the two-part about a Satanic being being
freed. They wove several events into the show including the 2012
Olympics and the coronation of the queen.
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