Fourth one this week! And I’m not even hungry.
This was a fun episode for all of the above reasons. I caught the TomTom joke, and knew the “Australian at Heathrow” comment was a reference to something specific but didn’t connect it to Tegan. Strax looked so utterly happy when he finally got to shoot something, although it was short-lived. And the Doctor managed to work in “There’s trouble at t’mill” which made me laugh.
I too am sick of the Cybermen (and indeed the Daleks) but can only hope that Neil G will make it worth our while.
Am I the only one that thought while watching the scene that the lizard thing was going to attach itself to Ana, and Ana was going to let it? I was thinking she’d get a new pet monster, maybe her goodness would make a good lizard symbiotic relationship and they’d be happy together…right about here is when she stepped on it.
Catch Rigg’s role in the current series of Game of Thrones. She had a scene with Charles Dance that made me wish they’d do another remake of The Lion in Winter. (Not that even one remake was ever needed.)
Ana was played by Diana Rigg’s real daughter–who also had a role in The Bletchley Circle, which finished on PBS last Sunday night.
I liked the lines leading up to that.
Cyber Leader: We have five million Cybermen. How many are you?
Dalek Sec: Four.
Cyber Leader: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
Dalek Sec: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek!
and a little later:
Rose Tyler: Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? NOW you’re scared!
Didn’t Mrs Gillyflower offer the Doctor a glass of amontillado at one point? Poe reference?
And, of course, The Doctor: “There’s trouble at t’mill!”
OK, someone is going to have to explain the “There’s trouble at t’mill!” reference because I’m not getting it. Thankyouinadvance.
I didn’t catch it either but found this:The ten-part period drama revolved around the fortunes of the Oldroyds, a Yorkshire mill owning family from 1812 to 1965. The early part of the series featured the Luddite riots involving the burning of mills and the subsequent execution of those responsible. The series turned the expression “There’s trouble at t’mill” into a catchphrase. Inheritance (TV series) - Wikipedia
She did. I caught that too.
It’s a fairly standard signifier of being from the “North”, at least in the UK. It just means “uh-oh”.
sigh My main problem is, I can’t (still) buy Matt Smith as the Doctor, so I can’t get swept up in the ride and ignore jarring notes. I’m glad I seem to be in the minority, and that most people are enjoying this iteration of the Doctor.
That said…they’re standing in what is, essentially, a missile silo, the thing takes off - and they’re not burned to a crisp!?! Argh!
On the good side, I did enjoy Strax as noted above - I’d like to see him as a Companion.
I liked the reference to Tegan from the 4th/5th Doctor days. (The “gobby Australian” he spent a long time trying to get to Heathrow Airport)
Honestly, I was worried when they replaced Christopher Eccleston with David Tennant, but I liked him. And I was worried when they replaced Tennant with Matt Smith (no relation) because I thought Smith just looked like a younger, lankier more manic version, but I like him now.
Plus Smith is a lot more fun. The last two guys were so morose all the time and it was always Rose this and Rose that.
I’m just glad we’re finally rid of the Ponds.
74 is old as fuck in 2013 too.
Doctor Who recycles a number of GoT actors. I’ve also seen the Onion Knight, Jorah Mormont and the kid who plays Anya’s blacksmith pal in episodes. That’s just what I recall of the top of my head.
Oh yeah, I love the show and am completely and totally addicted but it feels to me like a completely different show that just happens to have the same mythology, jargon and history. But I don’t really feel that historical run-up the way I did with OldWho and the previous seasons of NuWho.
Haven’t you heard? Seventy is the new fifty.
As for “Trouble at t’mill,” what may have firmly embedded it in the lexicon was Monty Python. It showing up in Doctor Who is no surprise, given the fundamental interconnectedness of British pop culture.
ETA: Bet you didn’t expect that.
Nobody expects the Gallifreyan Inquistion!
And where the hell was Cardinal Biggles when you needed him last Saturday? Like I said: Fundamentally interconnected.
The whole “No one expects the Spanish Inquisition…” thing is even funnier when you know that everyone expected them.
They had to give 30 days notice …
Weird, I would associate that with Lassie, right after “Timmy fell in a well”. Doesn’t mean it ever actually happened on Lassie, mind you, but neither did the well.
I would associate “Timmy fell in a well” with Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
And I’m not even Australian. :rolleyes: