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Doctor Who: Partners in Crime
I liked this. I'm not sure I have a great deal to add beyond that. My favourite bit was the scene between Donna and her grandfather in the allotment - to be honest right up until the moment Donna went all dreamy eyed about travelling between the stars. It occurs to me that there are a lot of these speeches sprinkled through NuWho and they only occasionally work because, frankly, they are just not the sort of thing people say and they break the down-to-earthness it strives for in its contemporary characters.
We missed the very start of the episode so I was a little unclear on the set-up. Was it ever made clear that Adipose (aside for the issues of consent and the fact they were killing folk that witnessed them) were harming their victims? The story came close towards the end to pointing out that these were not straightforward villains but didn't seem to have quite the courage to say so. But it was a clever counterpoint to the Runaway Bride to make this story also about alien children. My jury, I must admit, is still out on Donna. I can see how they've tried to mellow the character a bit but the end result was a little schizophrenic as if they weren't quite sure how to make her challenge the Doctor while at the same time wanting to travel with him. Hopefully this will settle down as the series progresses and once he has no choice but to have her with him.
We missed the very start of the episode so I was a little unclear on the set-up. Was it ever made clear that Adipose (aside for the issues of consent and the fact they were killing folk that witnessed them) were harming their victims? The story came close towards the end to pointing out that these were not straightforward villains but didn't seem to have quite the courage to say so. But it was a clever counterpoint to the Runaway Bride to make this story also about alien children. My jury, I must admit, is still out on Donna. I can see how they've tried to mellow the character a bit but the end result was a little schizophrenic as if they weren't quite sure how to make her challenge the Doctor while at the same time wanting to travel with him. Hopefully this will settle down as the series progresses and once he has no choice but to have her with him.