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[my_daroga]

"The Shakespeare Code"

Silly title. I mean, who thinks The DaVinci Code is cool?

Oh hey, it's that girl from Hex. Weird. I was into that, until my copy of ep. 6 (I think) was all corrupt, and I haven't been able to find a good one. I need to do that. I guess you have to be suspicious of a girl named Lilith, right? Shouldn't that be a sign to the boy?

This opening is very, very lame. Reminds me of the terrible beginning of the Buffy movie. Nope, hopes are not high, here.

Oh my god, did Martha just ask how something worked? How convenient the Doctor doesn't care!

Oh, and does no one ever consider their appearance in random places/times? It is nice that the Doctor is oblivious to these issues. I mean, it'd be OOC of him to change now, wouldn't it? Plus there'd be all these tedious explanations to sit through. But then, I'd probably enjoy that.

The Globe Matte Painting! Excellent!

There'd better be boys dressed as girls. I demand it. Oh, good. There they are. But not hot. Damn.

That guy behind Martha looks a bit like Blackadder. Which would be awesome. He should totally be here.

Dude what's with this Hex girl and voodoo? That's a strange bit of typecasting. I mean, does her "look" say "black magic"? Remind me not to trust her, if we meet.

Oh, yeah. I've been meaning to ask--do they really want us to believe that he's never been to visit Shakespeare? Really? I just looked it up; he has. So... is he trying to impress Martha, or what? Is it, like, every British person's dream vacation or something?
Because it's a bit of an assumption on his part that she'll care.

I'm glad the psychic paper doesn't work. One less MacGuffin. But I like the PC bit. I mean, what did she expect?

LOL FREEDONIA!!! Does he ever go play with the Marx Brothers?

Yes, yes, three witches, lovely. Doesn't work, quite, outside Macbeth. Do these witches have to look so much like witches? I mean, it's kind of cheap. I mean, I know he hasn't written it yet, so they've got to be somewhat like to "inspire" him. But still.

For a second, I thought that old guy was vomiting, and I was impressed. They don't do that on tv a lot. But it's just water. Oh well. Haha, Martha's cpr skillz do not solve all.

What's that look he's giving her from bed? He's very intense, sort of OOC degree. Looks like he's testing her or something.

Oh, except for how he's totally ignoring her now.

"Staring me right in the face and I can't see it." Wait... What? "Rose would know?" What? I mean, wait. Sorry, I had to pause, here. Because the toying with us is far too overt to be any fun for me. Seriously, do they need to lay it on so thick? I can't wait to see what other people have written about this.

Can you even imagine what Rose would have said that would make things make sense? Just rude--the writers and the Doctor, both.

Oh good, some animated green mist, to distract us. And puppets! Yay! I like the detail on the face. And the nice hair. It strikes me that a topknot wasn't very common, back in the day. Or, you know, ever.

I'd expect Martha's jeans to make more of a stir.

Okay, I forgive the Martha n' Doctor in bed bit, for the sake of the flirty!Shakespeare bit. Even if it does continue the "everyone wants the Doctor" business.

Aww, witch-girl has two mommies! That must have been hard, back in the dark ages.

Seriously, stop with the crap effects. It was much better when your crap effects admitted to being so.

Only the insane guy has bad teeth. That's pretty impressive. Sane people brush their teeth, even before they invented hygiene.

I need a fic that explains that either the Doctor stole the Vulcan mind-meld, or vice versa.

Why do witches alway shave long fingernails? You'd think they'd be more practical. They're probably always breaking them on their mortars and stuff.

The Doctor's been reading LeGuin or something. Power of the Name.

Damn, the Earth sure is valuable property. Who doesn't want to take over the Earth? I'm beginning to think it's not worth going anywhere else, you know?

I'm sorry, but the plot itself is just not grabbing me. It's all cobbled together and convenient. Doesn't feel organic. It's just running about and last-minute epiphanies and stuff.

Oh God, we're referencing Back to the Future? As gospel? That's both disappointing and unfortunate for them.

I guess I always assumed the Doctor *had* a name, you know, somewhere.

Rose? Give me a break. I have nothing against Rose. But The Most Specialest Companion Ever thing is... Well, it's disingenuous.

So sex magic won't work on him? Is that because he isn't? Or because he's just so damn good at it?

Clearly the latter, as he was begging for more mouth-to-mouth just then.

Oh, it's like Ghostbusters. I love that part, where that guy shuts the grid down.

I'm sorry again. I'm just not buying the "words are power" thing. I mean, I'm not against it in principle, but it's not working for me here. Too simplistic. I don't exactly think that Martha's name hold less power only because she's in the wrong time.

And the kissing up to Rowling? What's going on here?

O noes, all those papers! Paper was expensive, too.

See, everyone's clapping the spectacle, even when it makes no dramatic sense. Centuries in the future, Andrew Lloyd Webber would discover this again.

The Doctor doesn't have any luck with crowned female heads, does he?

Next week... Looks like more Back to the Future, doesn't it? Can't tell much, I'm afraid.


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ETA... Yeah... That should read "OTP," not "OPT."