I received a copy of this book for free to review from Blogging for Books. My initial thoughts were "yay, new Doctor story since its off the air for bit." But honestly it was just okay. Not bad. You can't go wrong with stories about a 2,000 year old grumpy alien and his companion's adventures. But that was the problem. It was very Doctor and Clara light. It was from the Governor's point of view which is okay also but Clara was almost non-existent. Well until the end but even then she was very minor. It was hard to get into the story. Not because it wasn't a little captivating but because I couldn't connect to any of the new characters.
SPOILERS BELOW
The story itself was interesting enough but it was not as action packed as one would like. Yes there is a mystery aboard a prison that just happens to be on an asteroid miles and miles away from Home Planet. The prison is run by corruption (shocking) and robots (that can't end badly). So the "good" people are actually bad, the "bad" people are kind of good, the robots turn on their "masters", no one believes the Doctor and there is a "big bad evil" living in plain sight (sort-of). My issue was the big baddie. It was very anticlimactic. Things went all kinds of crazy, nothing was working like it was supposed to, homeworld abandoned them so this big baddie must be horrifying.
Nope, not horrifying. Slightly disturbing, yes but not nightmare inducing. It's a rogue robot who is trying to understand humans by dissecting the guilty to save the innocent from a plague and then wearing their pieces and parts (ewww). I guess I just never really connected to the characters. I had no love for anyone that was introduced, except the book guy the Doctor befriended but well he didn't last very long. Every time a main person died or was taken I felt nothing. We know the Doctor and Clara aren't going to die but I should be sad when a main character is gone and I really wasn't. I think I was hoping for some sort of cannibalistic alien and all I got was some B-level sci-fi. I should put that on a t-shirt. "Oh no our own creation has turned against us.".....and our only hope is an invalid with a death wish, right. Sorry, I just wasn't impressed with this story.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
The Secrets of Life and Death - Rebecca Alexander
I received this book for free to review from Blogging for Books. I didn't realize it was historical fiction/supernatural. I'm not sure what I thought I was going to read but I was not expecting this. It was pretty good.
It was confusing at first. I had to get used to switching between the two time lines. But once you adjust to that its an easy read. I really enjoyed learning more about Dee and Kelley. It was a tantalizing mix of history and fantasy. Learning how the rituals came about in one chapter and then in the next following the lives of two young girls centuries later who are alive because of these rituals. It was a great way to tell the story. Jack/Sadie's plight made it hard for me to breathe, knowing how difficult things were for them. Sometimes the story seemed to drag but nothing drastic and it wouldn't cause me to stop reading it. With that said some of it also seemed rushed. Like we didn't quite get enough back story to be able to fully empathize with the characters. Not all but some. Regardless it was an interesting book. I give it 3 stars but its more like 3.5 stars. I would recommend it just because the concept behind Jack and Sadie is intriguing.
Spoilers
I am not one that needs romance in every book I read. Actually I've read many books that have zero love story. But I really really really need this Jack and Felix thing to happen. I mean it is kind of already happening but I need to go further. Especially now that he is like heroin to her. Oh that could get really interesting, just saying. He seems so genuine and kind with just the right amount of skepticism. Jack is set in her ways but her heart is in the right place. All she wants to do is help. Well there is that black market thing but I can't fault her completely for trying to make a living. Plus she doesn't really hurt anyone...right? Sadie is a great character. She is us. This CANNOT be real. This isn't happening. Truthfully the whole concept of borrowed timers is disturbing. A soul tethered to a dying body through sorcery. Yet it is fascinating at the same time. Its almost like a second chance at life.
Then we have Dee and Kelley. They have a very weird relationship. Clearly they care about one another but it is obvious Kelley, who is married, has a thing for Dee's wife. It's just odd. They are religious persons but they hint at sorcery, which we encounter with our first introduction to Dee. It is quite the adventure they go on. I legit laughed out loud when the Inquisition showed up. Not because it is funny in the least but because my first thought was "nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"...thank you Monty Python. Anyway, they are kidnapped and brought to lands of Elizabeth Bátory to heal her because she's dying and can't bear kids or whatever. Sad yes but now they are playing with dark forces. And I knew something was up with the Angel voices...I didn't trust them.
Once the ritual in the past started and the kidnapping in the future happened, I had to force myself to put the book down. I didn't see the twist of the present day witch being Elizabeth Bátory...that shocked me. You batsh*t crazy woman.... killing the innocent so you can be immortal! Oh Dee and Kelley, what have you done. The "battle" was insane and everyone lived, whoohoo! Except Jack is now a "monster", uh no no no, she is a good guy! She is not a "vampire". But then it kind of just ended. Jack and Felix are in turmoil, Sadie is weak but alive and her mother is helping her, Dee and Kelley are allowed to live and the final "scene" is Jack speeding away from her mother. What the heck?!?! I haven't done any research into this but there better be another book. This better be a series because I will read it and I want to know more!
It was confusing at first. I had to get used to switching between the two time lines. But once you adjust to that its an easy read. I really enjoyed learning more about Dee and Kelley. It was a tantalizing mix of history and fantasy. Learning how the rituals came about in one chapter and then in the next following the lives of two young girls centuries later who are alive because of these rituals. It was a great way to tell the story. Jack/Sadie's plight made it hard for me to breathe, knowing how difficult things were for them. Sometimes the story seemed to drag but nothing drastic and it wouldn't cause me to stop reading it. With that said some of it also seemed rushed. Like we didn't quite get enough back story to be able to fully empathize with the characters. Not all but some. Regardless it was an interesting book. I give it 3 stars but its more like 3.5 stars. I would recommend it just because the concept behind Jack and Sadie is intriguing.
Spoilers
I am not one that needs romance in every book I read. Actually I've read many books that have zero love story. But I really really really need this Jack and Felix thing to happen. I mean it is kind of already happening but I need to go further. Especially now that he is like heroin to her. Oh that could get really interesting, just saying. He seems so genuine and kind with just the right amount of skepticism. Jack is set in her ways but her heart is in the right place. All she wants to do is help. Well there is that black market thing but I can't fault her completely for trying to make a living. Plus she doesn't really hurt anyone...right? Sadie is a great character. She is us. This CANNOT be real. This isn't happening. Truthfully the whole concept of borrowed timers is disturbing. A soul tethered to a dying body through sorcery. Yet it is fascinating at the same time. Its almost like a second chance at life.
Then we have Dee and Kelley. They have a very weird relationship. Clearly they care about one another but it is obvious Kelley, who is married, has a thing for Dee's wife. It's just odd. They are religious persons but they hint at sorcery, which we encounter with our first introduction to Dee. It is quite the adventure they go on. I legit laughed out loud when the Inquisition showed up. Not because it is funny in the least but because my first thought was "nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"...thank you Monty Python. Anyway, they are kidnapped and brought to lands of Elizabeth Bátory to heal her because she's dying and can't bear kids or whatever. Sad yes but now they are playing with dark forces. And I knew something was up with the Angel voices...I didn't trust them.
Once the ritual in the past started and the kidnapping in the future happened, I had to force myself to put the book down. I didn't see the twist of the present day witch being Elizabeth Bátory...that shocked me. You batsh*t crazy woman.... killing the innocent so you can be immortal! Oh Dee and Kelley, what have you done. The "battle" was insane and everyone lived, whoohoo! Except Jack is now a "monster", uh no no no, she is a good guy! She is not a "vampire". But then it kind of just ended. Jack and Felix are in turmoil, Sadie is weak but alive and her mother is helping her, Dee and Kelley are allowed to live and the final "scene" is Jack speeding away from her mother. What the heck?!?! I haven't done any research into this but there better be another book. This better be a series because I will read it and I want to know more!
Monday, November 10, 2014
Doctor Who: Death in Heaven Thoughts
Just when I thought this would be a season finale that WOULDN'T make me cry...I started to cry. Bastards! I actually had makeup on for once and ended up with streaks down my face. Throw real life at me and I am hard as stone, limited emotions...put on a fictional television show and I am sobbing. I have issues. I can't believe I have to say this but SPOILERS below. Don't read if you haven't watched Saturday's season finale.
On to the show. WHAT!? So in the previews we saw last week they made it look like suddenly Clara didn't exist. Which was a holy sh*t moment. Then in the first few minutes we learn its a ploy to trick the cybermen into thinking she's The Doctor...sneaky sneaky Mister Writer. Anyway, I wasn't scared for her, it wasn't creepy for me. Honestly the whole part was meh, even when we realize that Danny Pink is a rogue Cyberman trying to help her. I felt nothing about it. I know, weird.
Now, showing Missy and the Doctor, that had me laughing and freaking out all in the same breath. She is a nut...and I loved it. Is it sad that I liked the psychopath? And she played a wonderful psychopath, truly believable. She successfully portrayed the Master's insanity. She was hilarious and terrifying at the same time, purely awesome. When UNIT showed up I was confused. I like Kate and Osgood having another appearance so, whoohoo. I still don't get why UNIT likes to drug the Doctor. It makes no sense. Yes, he has a habit of running off but I would think he is better awake rather than asleep.
Did anyone else go "President of Earth?!?!?" and then laugh hysterically when they said it was the Doctor. To me that seemed like a pointless mention. It was like it was created just to be a joke but they didn't execute the joke very well. Anyway I didn't understand why they went there...maybe I should re-watch and see if I missed something. Of course when they flash over to Missy and she is singing, I had to pause the show because I was laughing so hard. That was comedic gold and yet terrifying...I mean she is utterly bonkers.
So they killed Osgood and I was pissed. Yes I know she's only been a short term character but I really liked her and thought she would be at least a fun temporary companion. I get that her death was to illustrate the insanity of Missy. She is someone we liked therefore killing her (a bit of a fangirl..."Bow ties are cool") versus an unknown person made sense but I don't have to like it. Then when Kate flew out the plane I lost my shit. You jerk! Why did you kill both of them?!?!?! *screaming*.
Moving on...there was an awful, just gut wrenching part with Clara and Cyber Danny. I mean I never really felt anything about there relationship. I liked him and I did like her for the most part. She annoyed me a bit this season. Anyways I liked the individual characters but I never felt like their being in love was believable. None the less the exchange in the graveyard was horrid. And Danny calling out the Doctor for being well the Doctor was irritating but it was good. Hell someone has to do it.
So up until this point, I was laughing, I was a little sad but not crying and I was "Meh" about the episode as a whole. It wasn't bad, I just wasn't really feeling it. Missy comes back and does this grand gesture for the Doctor. Which I guess illustrates the level of obsession the Master seems to have with the Doctor. It is a bit frightening. The madness within being construed into a weird sort of affection...a need to please the ex best friend but also destroy him at the same time. It was weird and of course the rogue Danny still being Danny and sacrificing himself to save Earth...it was nice but rushed and confusing. I did like the concept that even the upgrade couldn't overwrite Love because "Love isn't an emotion, it is a promise". What's that noise...oh that's just my heart fracturing a little. Again, sad and happy but not overly so. It made me smile but I still was meh. Truthfully the whole episode was rushed. It was a good idea but not quite executed fully.
After the "killing" of Missy, which by the way she better not really be dead, I was angry. She is a great contrast yet eerily similar to the Doctor and that should be explored further. I want her warped Mary Poppins ass to come back and wreak havoc! She burst into blue flames which I was hoping meant she transported but apparently she was blasted by yet ANOTHER rogue cyberman . "Did we run out of ideas???" "What in the world?!?! Who the eff is that?!?!" Snap to Kate on the ground...ALIVE, I immediately went "no...No...NOOOOOO freaking way...no...its *tears*, I hate him being a cyberman but...*sniffle* OMG". It was her father...are you kidding me...I'm not crying, you're crying. Then the Doctor saluted him and my controlled trickle became a waterfall because they had the Brigadier in the season finale...well "in spirit"...and the Doctor saluted him and I just may have died a little. No wait, yea I died, my heart completed its fracturing. Even in death he was defending the Earth, helping the Doctor and protecting his daughter. He "killed" the Master...okay yea the Doctor is saved yet again from doing something violent but at least Clara didn't have to do it and if anyone else had a beef with the Master (beside the Doctor) it would be him...he met him on various occasions...right?!?
Anyway, the ending pissed me off! She's unhappy and he's unhappy and they lied to each other so the other wouldn't know they were unhappy. The level of "that is a toxic relationship" is off the charts. You are supposed to be BEST FRIENDS dammit. Tell him that Danny didn't come back...that he saved this boy he killed instead....TELL HIM. And you, you arse, tell her Missy lied and you did NOT find Gallifrey...TELL HER. Tell her you had a break down in the console room mainly because holy bejesus that part hurt. It ends with a hug..."never trust a hug, it's just a way to hide your face". Dammit I'm going to cry again. Stupid characters and their stupid trying to act tough...stupid, *sigh*.
So those are my thoughts. I didn't hate it but it wasn't mind blowing. Of course by the end I was a mess so I guess I became more emotionally invested as it went on.
The preview for the Christmas Special had me giddy! I love Nick Frost and to have him playing Santa that is a win win in my book. If Simon Pegg doesn't make a surprise appearance as like a grouchy elf or something, I will be sorely disappointed!
On to the show. WHAT!? So in the previews we saw last week they made it look like suddenly Clara didn't exist. Which was a holy sh*t moment. Then in the first few minutes we learn its a ploy to trick the cybermen into thinking she's The Doctor...sneaky sneaky Mister Writer. Anyway, I wasn't scared for her, it wasn't creepy for me. Honestly the whole part was meh, even when we realize that Danny Pink is a rogue Cyberman trying to help her. I felt nothing about it. I know, weird.
Now, showing Missy and the Doctor, that had me laughing and freaking out all in the same breath. She is a nut...and I loved it. Is it sad that I liked the psychopath? And she played a wonderful psychopath, truly believable. She successfully portrayed the Master's insanity. She was hilarious and terrifying at the same time, purely awesome. When UNIT showed up I was confused. I like Kate and Osgood having another appearance so, whoohoo. I still don't get why UNIT likes to drug the Doctor. It makes no sense. Yes, he has a habit of running off but I would think he is better awake rather than asleep.
Did anyone else go "President of Earth?!?!?" and then laugh hysterically when they said it was the Doctor. To me that seemed like a pointless mention. It was like it was created just to be a joke but they didn't execute the joke very well. Anyway I didn't understand why they went there...maybe I should re-watch and see if I missed something. Of course when they flash over to Missy and she is singing, I had to pause the show because I was laughing so hard. That was comedic gold and yet terrifying...I mean she is utterly bonkers.
So they killed Osgood and I was pissed. Yes I know she's only been a short term character but I really liked her and thought she would be at least a fun temporary companion. I get that her death was to illustrate the insanity of Missy. She is someone we liked therefore killing her (a bit of a fangirl..."Bow ties are cool") versus an unknown person made sense but I don't have to like it. Then when Kate flew out the plane I lost my shit. You jerk! Why did you kill both of them?!?!?! *screaming*.
Moving on...there was an awful, just gut wrenching part with Clara and Cyber Danny. I mean I never really felt anything about there relationship. I liked him and I did like her for the most part. She annoyed me a bit this season. Anyways I liked the individual characters but I never felt like their being in love was believable. None the less the exchange in the graveyard was horrid. And Danny calling out the Doctor for being well the Doctor was irritating but it was good. Hell someone has to do it.
So up until this point, I was laughing, I was a little sad but not crying and I was "Meh" about the episode as a whole. It wasn't bad, I just wasn't really feeling it. Missy comes back and does this grand gesture for the Doctor. Which I guess illustrates the level of obsession the Master seems to have with the Doctor. It is a bit frightening. The madness within being construed into a weird sort of affection...a need to please the ex best friend but also destroy him at the same time. It was weird and of course the rogue Danny still being Danny and sacrificing himself to save Earth...it was nice but rushed and confusing. I did like the concept that even the upgrade couldn't overwrite Love because "Love isn't an emotion, it is a promise". What's that noise...oh that's just my heart fracturing a little. Again, sad and happy but not overly so. It made me smile but I still was meh. Truthfully the whole episode was rushed. It was a good idea but not quite executed fully.
After the "killing" of Missy, which by the way she better not really be dead, I was angry. She is a great contrast yet eerily similar to the Doctor and that should be explored further. I want her warped Mary Poppins ass to come back and wreak havoc! She burst into blue flames which I was hoping meant she transported but apparently she was blasted by yet ANOTHER rogue cyberman . "Did we run out of ideas???" "What in the world?!?! Who the eff is that?!?!" Snap to Kate on the ground...ALIVE, I immediately went "no...No...NOOOOOO freaking way...no...its *tears*, I hate him being a cyberman but...*sniffle* OMG". It was her father...are you kidding me...I'm not crying, you're crying. Then the Doctor saluted him and my controlled trickle became a waterfall because they had the Brigadier in the season finale...well "in spirit"...and the Doctor saluted him and I just may have died a little. No wait, yea I died, my heart completed its fracturing. Even in death he was defending the Earth, helping the Doctor and protecting his daughter. He "killed" the Master...okay yea the Doctor is saved yet again from doing something violent but at least Clara didn't have to do it and if anyone else had a beef with the Master (beside the Doctor) it would be him...he met him on various occasions...right?!?
Anyway, the ending pissed me off! She's unhappy and he's unhappy and they lied to each other so the other wouldn't know they were unhappy. The level of "that is a toxic relationship" is off the charts. You are supposed to be BEST FRIENDS dammit. Tell him that Danny didn't come back...that he saved this boy he killed instead....TELL HIM. And you, you arse, tell her Missy lied and you did NOT find Gallifrey...TELL HER. Tell her you had a break down in the console room mainly because holy bejesus that part hurt. It ends with a hug..."never trust a hug, it's just a way to hide your face". Dammit I'm going to cry again. Stupid characters and their stupid trying to act tough...stupid, *sigh*.
So those are my thoughts. I didn't hate it but it wasn't mind blowing. Of course by the end I was a mess so I guess I became more emotionally invested as it went on.
The preview for the Christmas Special had me giddy! I love Nick Frost and to have him playing Santa that is a win win in my book. If Simon Pegg doesn't make a surprise appearance as like a grouchy elf or something, I will be sorely disappointed!
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Secret Outlast Clear Gel - Not my cup of tea
I received Secret Outlast Clear Gel from BzzAgent to try for free and give my honest opinion.
After using the outlast gel for a few weeks I just can't bring myself to like it. I will say it definitely is great for no white marks. Which honestly is a huge selling point. I hate having to rub white marks off my work clothes or before I go out. It is very annoying but deodorant is a necessity. It is one of the few deodorants that did not leave streaks all over my clothing as I was putting it on or throughout the day/night.
The scent itself was refreshing. It is a little strong when you first put it on but it smells good. Throughout the day you could catch a whiff if you moved the right way. Putting my arm around my friend one day caused her to smell it and she was very curious what I was wearing because it smelled good. I don't believe I had any major problems with odor whenever I wore it but that is not to say that it was perfect. I did notice if I got hot or started to sweat a little the deodorant would go from dry to not dry. I won't say wet but it definitely wasn't dry...maybe damp. And although I didn't necessarily smell anything I could tell it was masking something. So there wasn't a stinky issue so much as I felt like I needed to reapply to make sure I didn't end up with a stinky issue. Of course if I didn't sweat it worked fine. I don't know if it protected for 48 hours but it worked for a whole day. If I put it on in the morning (and didn't get sweaty) by the time I got home I didn't feel unfresh. And you could still smell the strong perfume scent here and there. Like I said its not a bad scent but it is strong.
My only other issue with it is it went on "wet". As in I felt like I had to hold my arms out and wait for it to dry. Even after it "dried" my underarms felt "sticky". It is hard to explain but it felt if I put a shirt on it would stick to my underarms. Not something I wanted. So I would procrastinate on getting dressed so I didn't have to worry about my clothing sticking to me before it was dry. I wasn't a fan of this feeling at all. So although I never had white marks or had major odor issues, my underarms felt moist which is just unpleasant.
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After using the outlast gel for a few weeks I just can't bring myself to like it. I will say it definitely is great for no white marks. Which honestly is a huge selling point. I hate having to rub white marks off my work clothes or before I go out. It is very annoying but deodorant is a necessity. It is one of the few deodorants that did not leave streaks all over my clothing as I was putting it on or throughout the day/night.
The scent itself was refreshing. It is a little strong when you first put it on but it smells good. Throughout the day you could catch a whiff if you moved the right way. Putting my arm around my friend one day caused her to smell it and she was very curious what I was wearing because it smelled good. I don't believe I had any major problems with odor whenever I wore it but that is not to say that it was perfect. I did notice if I got hot or started to sweat a little the deodorant would go from dry to not dry. I won't say wet but it definitely wasn't dry...maybe damp. And although I didn't necessarily smell anything I could tell it was masking something. So there wasn't a stinky issue so much as I felt like I needed to reapply to make sure I didn't end up with a stinky issue. Of course if I didn't sweat it worked fine. I don't know if it protected for 48 hours but it worked for a whole day. If I put it on in the morning (and didn't get sweaty) by the time I got home I didn't feel unfresh. And you could still smell the strong perfume scent here and there. Like I said its not a bad scent but it is strong.
My only other issue with it is it went on "wet". As in I felt like I had to hold my arms out and wait for it to dry. Even after it "dried" my underarms felt "sticky". It is hard to explain but it felt if I put a shirt on it would stick to my underarms. Not something I wanted. So I would procrastinate on getting dressed so I didn't have to worry about my clothing sticking to me before it was dry. I wasn't a fan of this feeling at all. So although I never had white marks or had major odor issues, my underarms felt moist which is just unpleasant.
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Sunday, November 2, 2014
Doctor Who: Dark Water Thoughts
What the...what...what?!?!? Okay so I am sure most everyone in the fandom freaked the eff out last night. Seriously, unless you have zero emotions, you screamed by the end of the episode. Even if you figured it out, you had to freak a little once it was confirmed. I can't believe I have to wait a week to see the rest!
SPOILER ALERT. If you didn't watch it, don't read this yet.
I know the main piece everyone is focused on was the ending. The big Missy reveal. To which I yelled "I f**king knew it!" This got me the look of death from my significant other because I was being a bit fangirly. I called it weeks ago and he was all "no way, its probably his wife...River or whatever her name is." He tries to play the I don't know much about the show card but we both know he knows more than he lets on. So yea, when she said "Missy...short for Mistress." I started making squeaking noises. Then she said "I couldn't very well keep calling myself, The Master, now could I?" Cue the inhuman squealing and expletives.
Once I finally came back to myself, the reality of what happened set in. "wait...wait...WAIT! OMG, The Master kissed the Doctor! I repeat The Master KISSED The Doctor." Ahhhhhhh! Then I thought about it and before we knew for sure who she was she said both her hearts belonged to the Doctor! She called him her boyfriend at one point! OMG the Master and the Doctor...weren't they best friends before they became mortal enemies?!?!?! The Doctor kissed his ex best friend! They've been flirting for 50 years...or centuries...maybe millennia, hahaha. omg omg omg omg. I'm sorry, coherent thought left me.
Anyway, lets move on to the rest of the episode that isn't focused on the last 5 minutes. So I didn't in a million years think "oh lets kill Danny Pink" he's not my favorite but he didn't...he shouldn't have died! Shock factor, off the chart. Then is no one going to talk about how the Doctor pretty much told Clara he loves her?!? At least that's my interpretation! He said "Why? Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?" *internal screaming*. Whether you think its romantic or familial, it doesn't matter. It is a level of affection we aren't expecting to be voiced from this regeneration. Later in the episode he tells Clara "Be strong - even if it breaks your heart". You don't say that to someone unless you care about them...sorry.
Of course, you also have the whole dark undertones of Dark Water. I mean seriously, after the exchange below, I was slightly disturbed.
Doctor Chang: There is one simple, horrible possibility that has never occurred to anyone through out human history.
Voice: Don’t cremate me. Don’t cremate me!
Clara: Don’t say it.
Doctor Chang: The dead remain conscious.
WTF?!? That's horrendous! I don't want to even think about the possibility of THAT being true *hyperventilating*. Moving on...turns out it is a crazy old baddie...effing Cybermen! So now we have the nutcase, warped Mary Poppins version of The Master leading a band of Cybermen to take over the earth. Who are using the uploaded concisenesses of the recently deceased. One more disturbing line from last night, "The key strategic weakness of the human race? The dead outnumber the living.” *gasp* So are we saying that suddenly the deceased will rise from their graves like some futuristic zombie robot things screaming "Delete, delete." *thanks for the nightmares*.
All in all, I really liked the episode. I'm not always a huge fan of Moffat but I enjoyed having a Time Lord regenerate into a Time Lady. It may not be a female Doctor but its close. Plus it was a creepy episode when you think about the context. My heart breaks for Clara but I hope this brings her and the Doctor closer, sadly I am thinking it wont *tear*.
NOTE: Sorry for all the updates...my blogger seems to be possessed
SPOILER ALERT. If you didn't watch it, don't read this yet.
I know the main piece everyone is focused on was the ending. The big Missy reveal. To which I yelled "I f**king knew it!" This got me the look of death from my significant other because I was being a bit fangirly. I called it weeks ago and he was all "no way, its probably his wife...River or whatever her name is." He tries to play the I don't know much about the show card but we both know he knows more than he lets on. So yea, when she said "Missy...short for Mistress." I started making squeaking noises. Then she said "I couldn't very well keep calling myself, The Master, now could I?" Cue the inhuman squealing and expletives.
Once I finally came back to myself, the reality of what happened set in. "wait...wait...WAIT! OMG, The Master kissed the Doctor! I repeat The Master KISSED The Doctor." Ahhhhhhh! Then I thought about it and before we knew for sure who she was she said both her hearts belonged to the Doctor! She called him her boyfriend at one point! OMG the Master and the Doctor...weren't they best friends before they became mortal enemies?!?!?! The Doctor kissed his ex best friend! They've been flirting for 50 years...or centuries...maybe millennia, hahaha. omg omg omg omg. I'm sorry, coherent thought left me.
Anyway, lets move on to the rest of the episode that isn't focused on the last 5 minutes. So I didn't in a million years think "oh lets kill Danny Pink" he's not my favorite but he didn't...he shouldn't have died! Shock factor, off the chart. Then is no one going to talk about how the Doctor pretty much told Clara he loves her?!? At least that's my interpretation! He said "Why? Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?" *internal screaming*. Whether you think its romantic or familial, it doesn't matter. It is a level of affection we aren't expecting to be voiced from this regeneration. Later in the episode he tells Clara "Be strong - even if it breaks your heart". You don't say that to someone unless you care about them...sorry.
Of course, you also have the whole dark undertones of Dark Water. I mean seriously, after the exchange below, I was slightly disturbed.
Doctor Chang: There is one simple, horrible possibility that has never occurred to anyone through out human history.
Voice: Don’t cremate me. Don’t cremate me!
Clara: Don’t say it.
Doctor Chang: The dead remain conscious.
WTF?!? That's horrendous! I don't want to even think about the possibility of THAT being true *hyperventilating*. Moving on...turns out it is a crazy old baddie...effing Cybermen! So now we have the nutcase, warped Mary Poppins version of The Master leading a band of Cybermen to take over the earth. Who are using the uploaded concisenesses of the recently deceased. One more disturbing line from last night, "The key strategic weakness of the human race? The dead outnumber the living.” *gasp* So are we saying that suddenly the deceased will rise from their graves like some futuristic zombie robot things screaming "Delete, delete." *thanks for the nightmares*.
All in all, I really liked the episode. I'm not always a huge fan of Moffat but I enjoyed having a Time Lord regenerate into a Time Lady. It may not be a female Doctor but its close. Plus it was a creepy episode when you think about the context. My heart breaks for Clara but I hope this brings her and the Doctor closer, sadly I am thinking it wont *tear*.
NOTE: Sorry for all the updates...my blogger seems to be possessed
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