New Who Review for Gridlock

[puppetmaker]

This one really had me of two minds. I thought it felt a little drug out as a story but then sitting on a highway and seeing if you can move just another inch forward feels very much like that too. I think anyone who has gotten caught in traffic sympathies with a lot of the characters we meet along the way. But then you also have the Doctor and Kittens. Where can you go wrong with that?

This had a Caroline scare factor of none. She watched the whole thing and of course loved the kitten part of the episode.

Next week "Daleks in Manhattan"

I am grateful for Fastpass and the kind people at Disney who helped us yesterday.



It was nice to see the Cat people again (if they have a name as a species, it is not coming to my brain right now). Having the Face of Boe in the mix is always fun. And the message he delivers foreshadows the end of the 3rd season. (Please discuss only up to Gridlock at this point).

I like the Doctor admitting that Martha has been kidnapped because he was showboating. It is his fault that she is in the situation she finds herself in. We have yet another Rose reference (which to me becomes the Torchwood of this season. The further we get into it the more I tend to groan when they bring it up again).

Martha did very well for herself. She dealt with the situation she found herself in and rather than screaming, sorted out solutions to her problems. Not that they worked very well. Martha is moving rapidly up behind Ace as my all time favorite companion by this point.

The message of this one seems to be that drugs (or in this case moods) are not the answer to everything or even anything. That a mood virus was created was kind of an interesting notion. And keeping people driving around to save them was rather brilliant. I have to say that I did feel for these motorists having been caught on Staten Island on more than one occasion for a period of time that doubled my total time getting back to Long Island.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Based only on the episodes broadcast on Sci Fi up until this point...

It is interested that the Face of Boe would refer to the Doctor as "old friend," given how few times they've actually met.

[ex-albee437.livejournal.com]

Urm, I loved the kitten part too. The Doctor loves cats...makes me all squishy!

[puggoddess.livejournal.com]

I loved it! I feel like that, sometimes. I sit in traffic all over the Tampa Bay area and I swear that it's a conspiracy SOMEWHERE.

I am a bit tired of the Rose references, though.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

While I can live without the Rose refs, keep in mind it's still a matter of days for the Doctor since she "left"; it went right into Runaway Bride and the three Martha eps cover about three consecutive days. There could be some time between Bride and Smith & Jones, but she's still pretty raw for him.

Gridlock was fun, but the world doesn't stand up to much thought. For example, how do the various married couples manage to meet? If there's a culture on the streets (the drug dealers), why is it no one's thinking "If it takes six months to drive 10 miles, why don't we just get out and walk it?" "What do these people do in those small cars day in and day out for years?" "How does medical care work (i.e. what if she'd had a delivery problem with those kittens?)?" and most importantly of all, where are all the Starbucks and the like for the drivers to get their morning caffeine fix? : -)

[wyrdmuse.livejournal.com]

When we first saw the cat people, they were called the Sisters of Plenitude. I don't think we ever heard a species name, just an order.

Kittens! Have you seen this (http://gemstar69.livejournal.com/30739.html) post?