What did you think of this episode?
Sonic!
Good!
Bumpy-wumpy!
Exterminate!
Am I going mad or did Russell have a bit of a boner for the royal family in 2006? Personally I don't see RTD as a royal family fan, but they pop up a lot in series 2. The Coronation, Queen Victoria, King of France, I did my duty for Queen and country...!! Anymore? Potentially they pop up at some point in Fear Her, pretty sure they are mentioned in some way or another. Is this something I am missing? A link to Torchwood?
"Ah, Cliff. I knew your mother would be a Cliff fan."
Something in me doesn't vibe with this one!! I never go back to watch it, and on my big rewatch I have just confirmed why I don't.
I am never a big fan of an over the top bad husband for starters. Are there hints of domestic violence? Potentially, but the character of Eddie seems half comic half over the top villain of the piece, so in a way I am not sure. I assume it is more a hint of the times that they were, the husband making the living, calling the shots, being someone in the house who was feared. I would like to think that if there was some potential domestic violence then the ending with Eddie and Tommy wouldn't happen. Although it is hard to forget how quickly times change, 2006 is a long time ago now, people and TV and what it can and cannot say have changed so much!
I certainly wasn't thinking any of this when I watched it way back when - I just thought Eddie was a bit of an irritating dick.
I don't overly like the Doctor and Rose in this episode, I am sorry, so sorry. They seem, for want of a better word, cocky!! Now I get the Doctor can be cocky now and again, but this just seems a bit too much for me.
"Conduct me to my victory, Magpie."
The wire (Maureen Lipman) seems to be having an orgasm over an empty tummy most of this episode. It was a fun portrayal but I just didn't feel any worry about the shit going down. I guess in Doctor Who you don't always need that threat, it is just my most memorable Doctor Who episodes have me feeling the situation is at a major fucked up level.
I also wanted to reverse the polarity and give Magpie a shake - he offered no resistance and I didn't see an awful lot to justify him being such a slave to the wire.
Doctor Who isn't Doctor Who without a couple of cringey moments, and the police officer offered a couple of those for us in this episode.
Tommy saves the day by working out what the Doctor had built and fitting a broken part and then everybody lives Rose Tyler, just this once, everybody lives - well apart from Magpie!!
RATING: Bumpy-wumpy!
BEST LINE: "Rubber soles! Swear by them!"
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