Well, yesterday saw the finale for Torchwood season 2 and i must admit that it was more twisty than the average helterskelter! Captain John was fabulous and i'm hoping he's going to be a fairly regular character (as were the 1900s Torchwood ladies...!) and Gwen really came into her own. i'll admit that i cried at the end, but i'm a soppy get and it was a very sad moment; i won't say exactly what happened in case there are folks reading who haven't seen it yet, but the entire episode was an emotional roller coaster that somehow managed to go out on a high from the biggest low point. i do hope a new season has been commissioned because it really needs to be continued.
And as Captain Jack and company head off into the sunset, a certain police box comes barreling out of an ethereal tunnel nearby because the Doctor is back. i can't remember if i've previously mentioned my doubts about Donna coming in as a full-time character but generally speaking she's more like the Donna at the end of "Runaway Bride" and, apart from a few moments that were vaguely reminiscent of the late Lauren (the scene where the two finally clap eyes on each other being the one that springs to mind) she didn't get on my nerves as such and the quiet moments with her grandfather with the telescope,the truncated version of which appeared in the trailers, were very well done on Catherine Tate's part and far better without the bit about the Doctor that was added. The Adipose were incredibly cute little creatures and i was quite pleased with how their part of the story ended... i suspect a few people would've found them a little too cute with the little waves and so forth but i liked that and it was in keeping with what they were meant to be...
And i simply have to mention the fantastic Bernard Cribbins in there as Donna's grandfather simply because it's about bloody time he had a proper turn at being in Doctor Who rather than one of the Hammer movies - although you'd think he would know the significance of the little blue box! And his little dance... well, it might be considered over the top but he's Donna's relation so it must run in the family! And speaking of guest appearances, there was another that i won't mention specifically but it was at the end and i really didn't expect it that early in the season - who knows, perhaps that particular "ghost" will be turning up throughout? It'd be a killer way to do the "no doctor" story for this season...
And a little "television moment" that's just happened as i was writing this blog, one of the Thunderball machines on the National Lottery Live jammed up and stopped working on air - not an Earth-shattering moment but still a point of note.
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