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doctor rose sarah Last week Friday, the Sci-Fi Channel had a marathon of Doctor Who episodes and my DVR faithfully recorded all of them for me. Now thanks to the online world I had seen all of the first season, but missed a few here and there from the second season. Even though I knew that I had missed a few, I wasn't quite sure which ones I had seen and which ones I had missed. The episode titles weren't firmly embedded in my memory like the ones from season three. So this morning after work I was determined to watch as many as I could before sleep conquered me. After doing a little research, I quickly determined that had seen the first two episodes of the second season and could delete them from the viewing list, but the third episode featuring the return of Sarah Jane Smith was new to me and seeing that it had been recorded made me glad for a number of reasons. The primary reason for my interest was the inclusion of Sarah Jane Smith in the episode. Sarah Jane was the very first companion for the Doctor when I first started watching the program some twenty years ago. So it was not only a reunion for the two characters within the series, but it was also a reunion for me. Personally I thought the interaction between the current version of the Doctor played by David Tennant and Sarah Jane played once again by the charming and fun Elisabeth Sladen was very well done. Unbeknownst to him, Sarah had been waiting for The Doctor to return for her after hastily abandoning her in Scotland. He had changed her life by introducing frightening aliens and other worlds to her and then just as suddenly left her life. From her perspective her life had been turned upside down in a grand and exciting way and then reset back to the mundane for no good reason. I found this line of thinking from Sarah and the Doctor's reaction to it to be very real and interesting to see. An honest response to the fantastic had been worked into the program and I appreciated seeing it. Although I don't remember either Jon Pertwee or Tom Baker being that affectionate to Sarah Jane during her stay in the TARDIS as a companion, but I could wrong on that point. Finally, I liked how in the beginning Sarah and Rose both felt hostile towards one another when it came to The Doctor. Yes, one might see it as sexist catty behavior, but the two of them quickly bonded over how The Doctor would spout off technical jargon to them and seem confused as to why neither of them understood what he meant. Having seen that kind of bonding happen in real life, it made complete sense to me. Sadly all of this emotional interaction made episode four The IdiotŐs Lantern that much less interesting for me, but it was a nice change of pace from the emotional story that preceded it. ... I find it hard to believe that Thanksgiving will be here already next week. Then again I did say that this time of year rushed by in a heartbeat. Everyone is scrambling to have fun and then suddenly when they take a moment to try and enjoy it, it is all over. |