Doctor Who: Father’s Day
Just a quick note as I’m getting ready to carpool to Rebecca’s wedding: “Father’s Day” seemed like the weakest of the Eccleston episodes so far. Time bacteria — sterilizing the wound in time? Surely a more apt comparison would’ve been time maggots eating away the dead or contaminated time, or time white blood cells, no? I think of bacteria as a contaminant, not as something that cleans a wound. Also, I completely missed how the time bacteria ate the Tardis innards, and no clue at all why the Tardis key suddenly developed a mystical connection to the Tardis itself. And since when did the Time Lords of old ever really get involved in things, policing the borders and enforcing rules and whatnot? I just remember them swanning around on Gallifrey being snooty, and occasionally putting the Doctor on trial for meddling. Oh, and wearing garbage bags on their heads.
Maybe I missed something vital. I’ll have to watch it again and see whether it makes more sense.
On the up side, I am liking Rose a bit better now. She’s still not particularly good at thinking ahead about consequences (duh), but she means well and does have empathy for others, which counts for a lot.
