Oh I got some splainin' to do.
Yeah sorry for how long this has taken but even now I can't do two full reviews for these.I just don't have the time at the moment due to work.But however I can give the general jist and give my thoughts.
First thing I want to say is both of these episodes are great for differents reasons. Planet of the dead is a classic adventure with alot of really nice characters. Kind of like a better version of "Voyage of the damned." While Waters of mars is a darker thriller that ends in one of the darkest moments in doctor who history. They're almost a complete 180 of each other and show off the better of each type of episode; The light and the dark.
Planet of the dead follows the tenth doctor as always played by David Tennant and his for the episode companion christina de souza played by michelle ryan as they and a group of assorted people travelling in a bus are sent into another dimension and try to find their way out.Simple story and alot of fun.
On the other hand the waters of mars is dark and very cerebral.The doctor finds himself on mars in 2059 running into a group of explorers from earth making the first colony on mars.The problem being that the doctor knows they're all destined to die the next day and there is nothing he can do about due to it being his responsibility as a time lord to keep time as it is and not manipulate it as well the reprocussions involving space travel years from then.This one is damn fascinating and I won't dare spoil how this ends.
Like I said these are both great episodes for different reasons but my god waters of mars is beautiful and tragic and in my opinion the better of the two.
There is one more thing I wanna mention that being the storyline that starts in planet of the dead and ends in the next episode "The end of time" and that's a prophecy mentioned by a psychic woman in planet of the dead.....don't ask. She said that the doctor is coming to an end and that the one who does the deed will "Knock four times". I'll get more into that with the end of time but it sets up some things very nicely and adds alot of size to the end of time.....not like an episode with that name needed it but you get the idea.
Nonetheless watch these two eps.They're an oddly perfect way to summarize the tenth doctor and being two of the last three episodes of the tenth It's a very good way summarize the tenth but the we have end of time which I'll talk about next time.One of my favorite episodes in the franchise.
Planet of the dead follows the tenth doctor as always played by David Tennant and his for the episode companion christina de souza played by michelle ryan as they and a group of assorted people travelling in a bus are sent into another dimension and try to find their way out.Simple story and alot of fun.
On the other hand the waters of mars is dark and very cerebral.The doctor finds himself on mars in 2059 running into a group of explorers from earth making the first colony on mars.The problem being that the doctor knows they're all destined to die the next day and there is nothing he can do about due to it being his responsibility as a time lord to keep time as it is and not manipulate it as well the reprocussions involving space travel years from then.This one is damn fascinating and I won't dare spoil how this ends.
Like I said these are both great episodes for different reasons but my god waters of mars is beautiful and tragic and in my opinion the better of the two.
There is one more thing I wanna mention that being the storyline that starts in planet of the dead and ends in the next episode "The end of time" and that's a prophecy mentioned by a psychic woman in planet of the dead.....don't ask. She said that the doctor is coming to an end and that the one who does the deed will "Knock four times". I'll get more into that with the end of time but it sets up some things very nicely and adds alot of size to the end of time.....not like an episode with that name needed it but you get the idea.
Nonetheless watch these two eps.They're an oddly perfect way to summarize the tenth doctor and being two of the last three episodes of the tenth It's a very good way summarize the tenth but the we have end of time which I'll talk about next time.One of my favorite episodes in the franchise.
