Soon...very soon...I'll start writing reviews of Doctor Who episodes, starting chronologically with the first season of "New Who," starring Christopher Eccleston.
At the moment, I've been just watching episodes of New Who that I'll know I like - for example I love The Fires of Pompeii (not only the plot but Peter Capaldi as Caicellius is an extra bonus), The Runaway Bride, Mummy on the Orient Express, and Husbands of River Song.
I'm working on my own writing, and to do so I like to have, in the background, TV shows that I like. They're there, as background music, and I start paying attention only when a scene comes up that is my favorite.
But when I get the time to start actually reviewing these episodes, obviously they have to be done chronologically from the very first episode, so I'll need to watch and pay attention...and write!
Caecellius embraces his family as they wait for the end, Fires of Pompeii
The final Peter Capaldi Doctor Who episode has aired... there's still the Christmas episode where he will actually regenerate - and that won't be for six months!
But clips of his final episode are available on YouTube.
SPOILERS
Bill has been turned into a Mondasian Cyberman.
The two Masters (the female version, Missy, portrayed by Michelle Gomez, and the male version played by John Simm) refuse to help the Doctor fight the Cybermen army. (Well, the Master refuses, Missy intends to but fails to aim a killing a stroke at her male self...resulting in him killing her)
So the Doctor goes to fight the Cybermen on his own, knowing he'll probably be killed.
"Winning? Is that what you think it's about? I'm not trying to win. I'm not doing this because I want to beat someone, or because I hate someone, or because I want to blame someone. It's not because it's fun. God knows it's not because it's easy. It's not even because it works because it hardly ever does.. I DO WHAT I DO BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT! Because it's decent! And above all, it's kind! It's just that.. Just kind. If I run away today, good people will die. If I stand and fight, some of them might live. Maybe not many, maybe not for long. Hey, you know, maybe there's no point to any of this at all. But it's the best I can do. So I'm going to do it. And I will stand here doing it until it kills me. And you're going to die too! Some day.. And how will that be? Have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand.. Where I stand is where I fall. Stand with me. These people are terrified. Maybe we can help a little. Why not, just at the end, just be kind?" - The Doctor to the Master and Missy
Powerfully done, and certainly a touchstone for people watching it. What kind of people will see it as powerful, and what kind of people will react as the Master did?
My only nitpick is that the Doctor is almost in tears when he says, "Who I am is where I stand, where I stand is where I fall." (That's my new mantra, by the way).
When I try to imagine all the Doctors saying those lines - my favorites, Third and Fourth, would have never been in tears! Very much angry and determined...
I had intended to share a chronological history of my rediscovery of The Doctor, but I just came across an interesting bit of info that I decided I'd share immediately.
I was trying to find "the Great Curator" video (impersonator Jon Culshaw doing Tom Baker's and Jon Pertwee's Doctors) and another guy doing Mat Smith's and David Tennant's, and then decided to listen again to Peter Capaldi singing. Did a search on "Peter Capaldi singing" and came across this video (shared below) of Capaldi wanting "the Middle Eight" back in his theme music.
I love "the middle eight" part of the theme music, but I'd never known it was called "the middle eight." So I did a search on "Doctor Who the middle eight" and came across an article that discusses all of the Doctor Who theme music. A lot of what's covered in the article went over my head since I know nothing about music (except what I like) but now I know *why* I like certain of the themes more than othes.
