Ah... Human Nature - I've been looking forward to this one, with its rich colours, lush sets and David Tennant apparently in his element (and native accent).
And then I look at the episode count - this is Episode 10! Where have the last 10 weeks gone?!
Still, it could be worse - we could be about to see the last episode of Series 3... a series which has trounced the two previous ones in terms of consistency and quality of stories. A series which has seen David Tennant shrug off the shadow of his predecessor's relationship with the Companion Who Should Remain From This Moment Onwards Nameless, a series which has seen a dark conspiracy (well, dark for Doctor Who) interwoven into several stories creating an atmosphere... a new layer... n almost tangible semblance of fear.
Mr Saxon's presence seems to hang there in every episode, and was particularly well executed in last week's 42, as shady agents attempted to trace Martha's call. The phonecall itself was an interesting parallel to the one made by The Companion Who Should Remain From This Moment Onwards Nameless in The End of the World - with very different reactions from the individual mothers, despite their initial similarities.
Of course, this parallel can also be drawn with real life. Two years ago there were soldiers descending on the Powell Estate to grab the Doctor and utilise his skills. Now we see shady agents and machiavellian intrigue. All very post 9/11, and all very true of the current geo-political climate...
So thank goodness for some post-Edwardian escapism this weekend!
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Errr... It's episode 8, Mr C
My God, I didn't even know the voice of Kasterborous had an online journal!
(And the other fellow is right, of course -- we're not that far into the series, just beyond the halfway point.)
Damn, I can't count.
I did actually change it on the main site, so I've left this one as incorrect by way of an historical document.
Or something.
And Marc H Wilkinson - yes!
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