DW: Episode 4.1

He's back, and there's no teaser trailer! And is that a new arrangement I hear?


You know that hilariously funny bit where two people just miss meeting each either other by the slimmest of margins? Well, just imagine how funny that gets over half an hour! As in: it doesn't, and gets less and less so as time goes on.

Still, when Donna and the Doctor finally meet, yeah, it is amusing. This episode is all about Donna getting back to the Doctor, and there's some other plot about some mad woman (RTD script, what else?) trying to do something, but it's really about Donna. And yes, I will give that Catherine Tate is already 100%... well, maybe 75% less annoying that in The Runaway Bride. I think I still decent nascent "Doctor love", but at least it might be able to stay at a more platonic level, but time will tell.

As for the other plot... what the? RTD needs to lessen his drug dose. Living fat cells? Fortunately, he does explain the entire body converting to these wee beasties (if not how shooting the middle of the door collapses the entire thing), but this is Doctor Who, and I'm sure the kiddies will love the things. (Who's for an Adipose doll then?) Interesting that the woman didn't get any chance to redeem herself, but she isn't human, as we know what this series is like there.

And as for the surprise guest at the end...

But Doctor Who is back, and hopefully without a budding romance might start being able to tell decent stories without throwing relationship bricks at the audience. We are off to a good start already!


Next Week: "It's Volcano Day"? As in a direct reference to the Big Finish audio, or just a similar source idea?

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