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PTeppic · 14th April 2007, 10:34 PM

Having stayed offline to watch the "Confidential" I'm not first to post, but for those after a precis:

The Doctor, perhaps showing off, takes Martha back to New New York (where he formerly took Rose, twice) though this trip seems to be a couple of decades later. Almost on arrival Martha is kidnapped, to provide the third person to a car whose owners want to make use of a three-passengers-or-more "fast lane" on the (as noticed last week, a very "Fifth Element") motorway. As the Doctor begins to chase after her he finds how bad the motorway situation is: the passengers in his first vehicle have traveled a whole 5 miles... in 12 years! Passengers in other vehicles have been stuck in the gridlock for over twenty years. Obviously things are never quite that simple and a very old enemy of the Doctor is lurking in the fog at the bottom of the motorway. Meanwhile, an old but more recent friend is still resident in the city above, with problems of their own, but also with a legendarily final secret to reveal.

I still think the cat make-up on DW is some of the best I've seen on BBC, and Nurse Hame is curiously attractive as a cat. Further to Dave's comments I thought the Macra were quite reasonable and some of the motorway footage was fair (e.g. the jumping from car to car). Otherwise I'd have to disagree with Dave, about most of the motorway scenes: I thought they were obviously CGI and too clearly cloned. Much better mixing of CGI to live action though, compared to many episodes, e.g. Tooth and Claw.

As for content, another good episode for this season. Some cracking character development of the Doctor, I thought, over these first couple of shows, compared to many episodes last season. Martha is still coming out of her shell but promises great things. A fairly logical plot with only pretty small holes, with some clever digs at modern life. Nice continued story from the Face of Bo, with the final, though perhaps well-guessed secret finally revealed, contrary to the Doctor's belief he is not alone (as a Time Lord).

What I thought was much more revealing was a throw-away one liner in "Confidential":
The secret revealed by the Face of Boe doesn't just lead to the direction of later episodes in the season but part of the revelation will also identify who or what the Face of Boe actually is/was.
Let the discussions begin....

14th April 2007, 10:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
PTeppic Reetou Diplomatic Corp Join Date: May 2001 Location: North-west UK Posts: 3,108	Re: 29.03: Gridlock Having stayed offline to watch the "Confidential" I'm not first to post, but for those after a precis: The Doctor, perhaps showing off, takes Martha back to New New York (where he formerly took Rose, twice) though this trip seems to be a couple of decades later. Almost on arrival Martha is kidnapped, to provide the third person to a car whose owners want to make use of a three-passengers-or-more "fast lane" on the (as noticed last week, a very "Fifth Element") motorway. As the Doctor begins to chase after her he finds how bad the motorway situation is: the passengers in his first vehicle have traveled a whole 5 miles... in 12 years! Passengers in other vehicles have been stuck in the gridlock for over twenty years. Obviously things are never quite that simple and a very old enemy of the Doctor is lurking in the fog at the bottom of the motorway. Meanwhile, an old but more recent friend is still resident in the city above, with problems of their own, but also with a legendarily final secret to reveal. I still think the cat make-up on DW is some of the best I've seen on BBC, and Nurse Hame is curiously attractive as a cat. Further to Dave's comments I thought the Macra were quite reasonable and some of the motorway footage was fair (e.g. the jumping from car to car). Otherwise I'd have to disagree with Dave, about most of the motorway scenes: I thought they were obviously CGI and too clearly cloned. Much better mixing of CGI to live action though, compared to many episodes, e.g. Tooth and Claw. As for content, another good episode for this season. Some cracking character development of the Doctor, I thought, over these first couple of shows, compared to many episodes last season. Martha is still coming out of her shell but promises great things. A fairly logical plot with only pretty small holes, with some clever digs at modern life. Nice continued story from the Face of Bo, with the final, though perhaps well-guessed secret finally revealed, contrary to the Doctor's belief he is not alone (as a Time Lord). What I thought was much more revealing was a throw-away one liner in "Confidential": The secret revealed by the Face of Boe doesn't just lead to the direction of later episodes in the season but part of the revelation will also identify who or what the Face of Boe actually is/was. Let the discussions begin....