3x01 Smith and Jones

May 17, 2010 00:09

3x01 “Smith and Jones”
Grade: B+


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lunylucy May 17 2010, 17:31:00 UTC
I couldn't stop staring at his hair in that scene with the computer. It was RIDICULOUS. Made me think of RPattz XD And I loved the way he tossed out the screwdriver after agonizing over it lol.

Man, the angst. I am generally not a fan of angst, except I get sucked in when it's done well. And I think this is the case here. It's much preferable to the Doctor being all happy all the time when he obviously misses Rose, anyway.

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fauxkaren May 17 2010, 17:40:38 UTC
haha. Yeah. The screw driver thing makes me lol too. I almost included a cap of it in this recap, but then I decided I was rambling too much. Manic!Doctor is one of my favorite Doctors.

Also, Ten angsts so beautifully. And yeah, it only makes sense that he's a it screwed up because of losing Rose. Rose was important to him. Losing her is going to mess him up emotionally. I love that RTD explores that instead of just glossing it over. In the old series, companions just pretty much left without the Doctor or anyone mentioning them ever again, but I love that in the new series RTD examines what losing someone close to the Doctor would do to him, especially after the Time War.

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lunylucy May 17 2010, 23:25:17 UTC
By the way, would you happen to have any 10/Rose fic recs? Preferrably more wish fulfillment than angst, but whatever's good :)

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fauxkaren May 18 2010, 08:12:54 UTC
I have a few. I'm not suuuper into fanfic, but I've read a couple of decent ones. I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, so I gave you a sampling. Back in the day (2007) there were a lot of post-Doomsday reunion fics running around and during series 2 there was a lot of fluff. The end of series 4 was a game changer in a lot of ways, so there's a lot of fic set after that too. But I'm not going to spoil things for you.

Maturity by orange-crushed - spoilers for the end of series 4, but I love this fic. You should bookmark it for when you're done with series 4. It's pretty much my favorite fic ever.

Fisticuffs by rosa-acicularis - a cute little, silly, fluffy fic during series 2. The characterization is pretty great and made me lol.

Tea & Domesticity by mrv3000 - an amusing series 2 era story where the Doctor and Rose have an argument and Sarah Jane is a voice of reason

The Quiz by mrv3000 - a funny series 2 era fic where Rose has the Doctor take one of those couple compatibility quizzes in a magazine.

Three Things Rose Tyler Missed... by orange-crushed - a cute and only mildly ( ... )

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alumfelga September 2 2015, 13:40:02 UTC
I love manic!Ten, too and Smith and Jones is one of my favourite episodes. You mentioned all best moments, the hair, the suit (<3), the screwrdiver, the "you're completely mad!" moment (how could anyone keep a straight face when David Tennant was being so hillarious?), the angst.

It's very interesting reason not to enjoy an arc on tv - a resemblance to real life. For me, the more I can relate to a companion, the more I like her/him. And that's why I liked Martha the most. Like her, I have a big family, I tend to behave as a mediator, I have some academic ambitions and had crushes on people who didn't like me that way. I'm not as badass as her, unfortunately :) Wasn't she amazing in Last of the Time Lords?

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