School Reunion

Mark Walker@Mark_Walker I can't believe how long ago this was now! 

Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer While I liked New Who up to that point, for me this was the first episode where it felt like the same show as classic Who! 

Oh look, it's that nice Mr. Giles from Buffy. 

Some kid's faking a headache to get out of English. 

"It's nearly time for lunch..." Great line. 

Look, baby David Tennant! Doesn't he look young. Poor sod. 

Physics, eh? 

Bek Hobbes@Greebobek I reckon they should have replaced the theme tune with the one from 1980s Grange Hill.

The Doctor puts the kids through their paces, Milo knows all the answers. 

How many chips has that kid eaten? 

Mark Walker@Mark_Walker should be a lot fatter!

Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer Quite fancy some chips for lunch now... :-) 

Rosie Chavington is working as a dinner lady. 

Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer  Half expect Jamie Oliver to show up and go on about healthy school dinners! :P 

It was Mickey that clocked something was up. Spends a lot of time hanging round schools does he? 

The Doctor thought they'd all be happy slapping hoodies with ASBOs. 

The dinner ladies handle the barrels of chip fat like it's nuclear waste. 

The chip fat melts a dinner lady. Nasty. 

"It's fine. She does that." 

These scenes of the kids at the computers reminded me of RTD's Dark Season. 

Murray knocks it up to EPIC for a minor scene of kids at computers. 

Sarah! 

Alright, we'll give Mickey that one. If Sarah's looking into it then there's something up. 

"I used to have a friend with that name."

"It's a very common name."

"He was a very uncommon man." 

"You must be new." I see what you did there. 

When Kenny sneaks into the classroom, the IT teacher seems to have turned into a monster of some sort. 

Sarah has broken into the school at night. 

So have comrade Doctor, comrade Rose and comrade Mickey. 

Sarah turns a corner... and there's the TARDIS. 

That camera move when she backs away and we swing around to see the Doctor and she realizes it's him. Perfect. 

Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayerThis is my favourite bit, where Sarah Jane sees the TARDIS! :-) 

"You've regenerated."

"Half a dozen times."

Not as literally as we thought, we know now. 

There's a scream... from Mickey. He's smelled a rat. 

Now Sarah and Rose begin their big bitch off, which RTD thinks is great, but which transformed Rose into an irreversibly obnoxious arsehole overnight. 

Not Whithouse's fault - It's a bit of fun here but becomes the default template for Rose's character from now on. 

Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer K9!!! #ThatIsAll  

Mickey has prepared a little "I was right" dance. Maybe later. 

 

Sarah thought he was dead. Turns out when he left her at the end of The Hand of Fear, she was in Aberdeen. 

Yay! The Doctor's managed to fix K9!  

K9 diagnoses the chip fat as Krillitane oil. They absorb DNA from the races they defeat. 

Sarah helps Mickey to realize that he's the tin dog. 

The Doctor helps Rose to realize she's not the only companion he's ever had, or will have. 

Now he needs to work on everyone else that can't accept that fact. He's got his work cut out. 

The Doctor leaves Mickey in the car with K9 and heads for a showdown with Giles. 

This scene by the pool is another great. Not enough great villains in modern Doctor Who. 

Finch describes the TimeLords as "dusty old senators", "peaceful to the point of indolence." 

Really jars now all the time war stuff has been shown. 

Mark Walker@Mark_Walker 'you get one warning - that was it'. Have to admit to using that line! 

Steve Powner@StevePowner Tennant reminds me of the 7th Dr in this scene full of quiet menace 

This monster competition rant scene is the whole reason RTD wanted Rose & Sarah to be at each other. 

THE Loch Ness Monster! 

Does he still stroke bits of the TARDIS? 

The Krillitanes decide to have an early lunch... 

We are in a car. 

The chips are making the kids super intelligent. Right, to the chippy! 

Skasis paradigm? Whatever. Silly bit of nonsense. 

The Krillitanes attack. 

Kenny figures out that as they're like bats the fire alarm won't go down well. 

K9 goes into maximum defence mode! 

Get the shooty dog thing! 

"Running mode" - K9 has some great lines in this! 

The Krillitanes are allergic to their own oil? Not Toby Whithouse's finest moment. 

K9 volunteers to sacrifice himself. "No alternative possible, master." 

"Good dog."

"Affirmative."

Sorry, there's something in my eye. 

K9 detonates the oil, which now explodes for some reason. 

Oh my god, they *didn't* kill Kenny! You bastards! 

Simon Pittman@LibraryPlayer This scene is really sad. Like the scene where he says "bad dog" and K9 replies "affirmative"! :-) 

John Mark Frankland@JMFrankland This was the first time, though not the last, Doctor Who made me weep. 

 

Sarah gets to do the "you've redecorated..." bit, but cocks up the punchline. 

Sarah tells the Doctor he needs a Smith aboard, sticking it to Rose one last time. 

"Goodbye... my Sarah Jane." Sorry, there's something in my other eye now. 

But of course, he's left her a NEW K9! 

 

TTFN. K.
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