All righty then.

This episode, I liked.  I mean, it was formulaic a bit, following the trend of "See new companion.  See new companion travel to the past.  See new companion travel to the future.  See new companion go back home to deal with more aliens.  Run, new companion, run."

But it was nice.  It gave the Ood a bit of a backstory (am I a geek for wanting a copy of both Ood songs on my iPod?), and it wasn't completely focused on the Doctor.  I quite liked Donna's reaction of "Oh Gods, everyone's so horrible, I wanna go home ;_;" too.  I didn't like that she decided to stay with him though.  Come on Rusty! Don't give us something awesome like Donna pointing out what a fucking god complex the Doctor has and seriously thinking "Time and space is cool, but this shit is fucked up.  I'll go back home now, kthxbai", and then have her be all "LOL it's okay, where next? :D :D :D"

I mean, yeah if she left we wouldn't have a show anymore but at least make the transition from "Christ, get me out of here!" to "You're not so bad, let's go somewhere else!" better.  But then I remember: Team Cardiff, can't write as well as they think they do (bar Moffat) etc.

But I loved the ending.  It's quite a change from the emo that was "Fires of Pompeii."

And I liked the way they dealt with the head honcho there.  His loyal Ood Sigma, all submissive and ever pouring hair tonic into him.

OOD: "Would you like a drink, sir?"
HH (getting ready to shoot the Doctor): "What?! Not now!"
OOD: "Please have a drink, sir [insert evil little grin where tentacles are, cos I'm sure he was grinning quite evilly here]"
ME and HH and the Doctor: ".......:O!!!!"

Everything was awesome except for that cryptic bit at the end of the Doctor's "...song ending soon."  It's either another "Rose is returning, fall on your knees and despair/worship!" (which brings up the rather awful possibilty that the Doctor's had some Joy Division/My Chemical Romance-esque lament in his head since Rose left :/ ) or a hint that maybe this current incarnation of the Doctor is gonna wave goodbye at the end of the season.

PLUS OMFG MARTHA! MARTHA! MARTHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, yeah OMFG MARTHA but I don't like how UNIT's been portrayed in the preview.  They're basically the Army in red caps now, plus I didn't like Donna's comment of "So you turned her [Martha, presumably] into a soldier, did you?"

A lovely person on my f-list said that she thinks Rusty's going to turn UNIT into this gung-ho, anti-peace, "We r humans, blow everything up!" type organisation and put them at odds with the Doctor, all so that Torchwood will look better in comparision, and then Martha will leave and join Torchwood (I love you Martha, but YOU'RE NOT TOSH OR OWEN ;_;).  I...don't think I'd like that.  I've been watching old Who episodes and I quite like UNIT as they're portrayed, especially the Brigadier and Harry.  Rusty, don't ruin UNIT.  Just because Torchwood's fairly dumb doesn't mean you have to crap on the legacy of Classic Who D:

...I'll still watch it.  If I'm wrong, I'll get kick-ass!Martha and hot DT and Donna's awesome boobies and a somewhat good story.  If I'm right, I'll have something to bitch about on my journal :P