Fear Her

[drakyndra]

Completely spoiler free, because I am too lazy to do a proper review or anything right now, but all I have to say is that I really liked this episode, and I haven't the faintest idea why.

I mean, it hasn't got the gorgeous visual style of Tooth and Claw or Girl in the Fireplace. It hasn't got the brilliant emotional stuff like GitF or School Reunion. It hasn't got the creepiness and philosophising of The Impossible Planet two parter, or the deeply fun vibe of Rusty's eps, or even the Mickey stuff that made me like the Cyberman eps. It hasn't even got the fandom imploding ability of Love and Monsters

But, I still really liked it. And I haven't the foggiest why.

Maybe it's the Matt Graham effect (I still can't define exactly what it is about Life on Mars that makes me like it so much). Or maybe it's just the fact I've finished exams, which puts me in a good mood.

Also, the trailer for the next ep? Is rocking my world.

ETA: Everywhere I go, I see hating on this episode. WHY? How can people hate something that made me cry? Yes, I am terribly soppy, but still...

Comments

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

To be fair, the line was "a storm coming" which isn't quite the same thing. And I took it to be the Doctor having a bad feeling about their personal future, rather than the linear future. And so the Doctor's just getting the build up of bad things coming (you know that feeling you get, when you know something's going to happen, but you don't know what), and it takes Rose's words about the inseperability of the two to trigger him into sharing it.

And as cheesy as the Doctor with the torch thing was, it worked for me - I literally laughed out loud. I think it was just the sheer joy he seemed to have about it. It seemed so genuine.

And I think I am rather fond of Mr Graham, now. He's got ore episodes in the works, if I recall correctly.