30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite friendship/Favorite spoof

Holly: All together now: "Doctor Donna, friend! Doctor Donna, friend! Doctor Donna, friend!"

In terms of comic relief, these two definitely take the cake- they bicker and nitpick each other so much it's almost like watching an old married couple, which they actually get mistaken for a time or two.  A married couple, not an "old" married couple.....ANYWAY.  They go on some pretty wild adventures together.  Donna gets to meet Martha, the Doctor's "daughter", and even Rose!  Though the story has a terribly heartbreaking ending, it's still a hoot to watch them.  Plus, without Donna, you don't get Wilf, which....oh Lord.  If you don't love Wilf, you're wrong.  End of discussion.  

Kelly: You see, I have a different take on the first pairing; The Doctor and Rose. 

Yes, I do believe that without a doubt they loved each other. However I don't think it was always so. Like any couple starting out and wondering if there is "something more," it's like meeting a new friend. Especially with Rose and Ten; she had to re learn to trust, believe and ultimately love a new face all over again. Again, I think that they did love each other, yes, but I think their love was a brother/sister/looking out for each other love...that is, until Journey's End. And when you think about it, when someone gets married, they "marry their best friend." So that's the way I see it. It's a love, like a romantic love, but I think they also have a "best buddy" sort of love, if that makes sense. You see their relationship flourish throughout seasons 1 and 2, and you're just like oh my GOSH. I hope to have that with someone one day. They don't come right out and say "I love you," well....ok, there was once...SPOILERS. But it is sweet nonetheless. They complete each other. And you know what else is so great? They hit it off in real life and to my knowledge are still friends today. Now isn't that just super awesome? 

Our favorite spoof/spin off is one that I stumbled upon while just browsing the world wide web one day. No, we haven't seen Torchwood or the Sarah Jane Chronicles or any of the animated stuff, and we're still undecided about whether or not we want to delve into those yet. Anyway, this one we found is called The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. It was created by David Tennant's wife Georgia for the 50th Anniversary celebration of the show. It's in the style of The Office; as a "mockumentary/drama" sort of thing, and it's just goofy and fun. It features just about everyone who's been on the show, and it takes a look at some of the older doctors and "what they've done post Doctor Who" since they have hung up their keys to the TARDIS. It's only 30 minutes long, and if you are a fan of Who definitely take a look at it; if you just google it you should be able to find it. Please enjoy. 

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite Couple

Kelly: This took me a while to deliberate, but my favorite are the sweet, lovable and adorable Ponds!

Maw!!! Don't you just love them? :))))) 

I think I love them so much because they remind me of me; it took them a while to realize they were more than friends, found something, had some problems but got back together. Though I'm currently not in a relationship....there has been something stirring around in my life for a wee bit...stay tuned on that. They then let the Doctor into their lives and house when he has to solve the mystery of the millions of small cubes...ahh another one of my favorite episodes. Plus Rory's a nurse...like me!!! Like many of the Doctor's companions, he helps them, but I think that though he doesn't know it, they help him too. I hope one day to find someone who loves Amy the way Rory does. A man who would wait 2,000 YEARS for the woman he loves is a keeper, whoops. Spoilers.

Holly: If Amy and Rory were any sweeter, I would have diabetes.  Fo shiz.  I'm going to talk about a fairly popular combination.........drum roll please................

You probably guessed it a long time ago :)

Ah yes, Ten and Rose.  I loved them within the first five minutes of them being on screen together (granted, Ten was newly regenerated and mostly in a comatose-like state), but I digress.  Rose was his first companion, and over just the one season with Nine we went from MAJOR uncertainty, almost a brashness, to a deep caring, on both parts.  Rose was devastated to lose Nine, and it took a while for her to warm up to this completely different Doctor.  And then we lost Rose......man, that still gets me after all this time.

I don't care what anyone else says, plain and simple, they loved each other.  Heck, Rose was the ONLY companion to tell the Doctor "I love you".  Traveling with the Doctor changed Rose, definitely, but it's only until later when we realize that traveling with Rose changed the Doctor as well.  "You made me better," he tells her towards the end of "Journey's End".  She saved him from himself, and he saved her from a life full of "what ifs".  And then some.  I think, secretly, they both made us all better.  The end of their story, of course, is nothing short of heartbreaking, but I think that in any love story there is some element of tragedy, loss.

I love their story, I love watching them together.  I don't think I'll ever grow tired of it.

30 Days of Doctor Who: Least Favorite Actor and Favorite Actress

Kelly: The first one...it's not nice. I don't have a least favorite. Really. I think everyone who has ever been on the show has done an excellent job, even if they were given obnoxious or just downright awful roles. That is all. When it comes to my favorite actress, I really had to think about this one. I think all of the actresses who have been companions/guest stars/whatever have all done a wonderful job. Each has played their role so well, so this was a hard choice. But the winner for me is....Karen Gillan.

Amy Pond. :) 

After 10's run, it took me a while to REALLY warm up to not only the 11th Doctor, but a new cast, new producer, new writers, etc. I have yet to see any of Karen's other work, but I have a few things on my list that I will be checking out within the next couple of months or so. I think she did such a good job of portraying Amy as someone that is easily identifiable; I relate to Amy in a lot of ways. She's married to a nurse (!!!) and for a while is torn between following the Doctor or settling down with a husband and a domestic life. But in the end, she chooses her husband, even though the circumstances were quite tragic...SPOILERS. Plus, I love the fact that she and Matt are still good friends. :) So yeah. Like I said, this was a hard choice for me, but don't knock change; you may end up really liking it!

Holly: So I also have to agree with Kelly on the "least favorite actor" bit.  Honestly, this show employs some incredibly, incredibly talented actors.  I truly feel each and every one of them give 110% in their roles.  There's some big names on this show and they all just do an awesome job!  Seriously.  Major props from me to them.  Anywho, that's that.

In terms of favorite actress, while I also utterly adore Karen Gillan (seriously, I follow her on Twitter and she is just so stinkin' cool and down-to-earth.  I would love to have coffee with her sometime), I am surprised at how much I fell in love with Jenna Coleman's portrayal of Clara.  She's only been on the show for a short time, but she, like the other companions, has the utmost of devotion for the Doctor.  And I love that.  We watched "Day of the Doctor" last night (!!!!!!!!!!) and there's a scene towards the end where the three Doctors literally have their hands on a button to destroy their home planet and everyone and everything else on it.  But it's Clara who gets through to Eleven and says "No.  These are your people."  She just gets him; she's almost motherly to Eleven. She's the Impossible Girl.  She comes on as strong and snarky, but doesn't really let on just how unsure she is, especially since Eleven seems to know A LOT more about her than he lets on.  I am really excited to see her in her first full season with a new Doctor.

In addition to all of that, Jenna Coleman is just beyond adorable.  I love her energy and her attitude; it's a lot like me! :)

30 Days of Doctor Who: Least favorite actress/Favorite writer

Holly: Again with this "least favorite" business...no.  Just no.  Every lady on this show does a fantastic job.  Seriously.  I'm done with that.

In terms of favorite writer, off the top of my head, Paul Cornell comes to my mind.  He wrote what is perhaps my favorite Who episode, "Human Nature/Family of Blood".  Oh. my. goodness.  To keep it brief without giving too much away, it's nothing short of brilliant.  And we won't even touch with a ten foot pole at just how AMAZING David Tennant is in it.  Ok, done with my bias there :)  Go watch it if you haven't yet.  Or if, like me, you've seen it a hundred times, watch it again.

Now, I know a lot of the fans are not terribly pleased with the direction that Moffat has taken the show since David Tennant and RTD's departure, but I admit, I think it's pretty awesome stuff.  Moffat writes some brilliant stuff (and funny too!).  However, RTD's episodes I still enjoy much more, especially his finales: he did a great job of wrapping up all the lose ends, and usually leaving us with a few tears shed in the process as well.  I still love going back to the "oldies" :))) every now and then...

Kelly: We only have one episode left before the end of the newly designed series (tear) and wow I have been impressed. However, I am...sorry. Trying to nom while I write. Anyway I consider myself a fan of the RTD era still overall. In my opinion the post RTD has a lot of just "fluff." I don't like fluff. Chris Chibnall is another good writer, who has appeared in both the RTD and Moffat era. Though a couple of his eps weren't that great, he did write one of my favorite eps: 42. Ahhhh...it's just so good! It wasn't at all what I was expecting but oh my glob it's so good. Just give it a go; it's a heck of a thrill! So yeah. That's all I have to say about that.

30 Days of Doctor Who: Most annoying character/Favorite Actor

Holly: This is probably the longest 30 day writing challenge in existence.  haha.  Gosh, life just has a way of sneaking up on you and allowing the days to just fly and fly and fly, right on by.  We're combining a couple of days again, so I'm (briefly) chatting on what we think is the most annoying character.  Which, I think, is kind of mean, but whatever.  All for the sake of writing, I suppose.

We were not a fan of Lady Christina de Souza, who was in the Tenth special "Planet of the Dead."  To be honest, we weren't a fan of the episode altogether.  I (Holly) was really looking forward to another strong female companion but I just didn't see that in her.  She was really "my way or no way" and kind of greedy, at one point holding on tightly to a sacred treasure instead of letting it go to save a bus full of innocent people.  Not really much of a moral compass either.  Although I have absolutely nothing against the actress (watch Steven Moffat's Jekyll, she's brilliant), but yeah.  Just didn't roll with us too well.

Kelly: So it's no secret on who our favorite actor is.

Yup. You guessed it!

Oh my gloooooooooooooooooooooooooooobbbbbbbbbbbbbb. Talk about talent. Nothing short of genuine, pure raw and amazing talent. I mean seriously. Something that we do is when we like a new show or movie, we do our best to watch some of the other things the leading gent (or leading lady) have been in in the past. We've just started doing this with Matt Smith, and we've seen a good bit of David Tennant's other work besides as the dear Doctor himself. One thing that I really love is that he genuinely cares for and about his fans, and it's super sweet. Don't really know too many people in general who spare a second thought to those outside of their little comfortable network. We have some of our favorite pre/post Doctor media, like Broadchurch, Single Father and Nativity 2 (we strongly encourage you lot to check them out). But my personal favorite of his other than the Doctor is his role in a TV movie that came out a few years ago titled Recovery. Recovery tells the story of a man who after a tragic accident suffers from a traumatic brain injury. This changes his personality, his ambitions and his life as he struggles to relearn how to be a husband, working class individual and father. You will laugh, you will cry (or at least I did) and I hope you will spare a thought for those who have gone through what the story portrays.

Having been exposed to injuries and illnesses of that nature, I have to applaud David's performance, because in not only my personal, but as a healthcare provider, it was pretty spot on! But seriously, if you all have a favorite actor/actress, stray away from the role that they are "known" for, look into some other things they have done, and let me tell you you will have such a new found appreciation for them not only in their careers but as people. Yes. They are people before they are actors/actresses. I think that that is so often forgotten. So there you have it! 

30 Days of Doctor Who: Character you love that everyone hates

Kelly: Martha Jones. Seriously...WHAT is with all the Martha hate?! I don't get it. Next to Rose, she's my favorite solo companion. Ok, I will be honest, she did irritate me at first, but then at the end of Smith and Jones she redeemed herself big. Like I said, she's now my second favorite companion.  And that's all I really have to say about that.

Holly: Maybe because she asks a lot of questions???? Heck, I do that :P NEXT!! Seriously, I think her story arc is the best out of the companions: she starts out snarky and unsure to being the one person the Doctor can depend on, not to mention kicking some serious tail and literally saving the world (and the Doctor too!).  I don't get it either.  I will admit, I was the least emotionally attached to her because her exit was not horrendously sad or tragic, but I still missed her when she "got out" (SPOILERS).

Anyway, like Kelly, I don't really understand all the hate either.  Perhaps someone could shed some light on it...?  Or not.  We still love season 3 anyway :P

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite Music

Holly and Kelly: So technically, today is supposed to be favorite theme song, but that's silly, because this show has AWESOME music.  Seriously.  That's one of the things we love about this show.  Instead of the theme music, we are going to sample some of our favorite tracks from the show, since you only hear the theme for all of 30 seconds when the credits roll.

1. Abide With Me/The Old Rugged Cross

~This is heard in season 3 in one of our favorite episodes "Gridlock".  A seemingly hopeless situation (drivers stuck in a decades long traffic jam, trapped in an under city) show hope in their new home, and this song is heard being sung by the city as the Doctor tells Martha of his fallen home planet, Gallifrey.  The track is called "Abide With Me." Below is an earlier scene from the same episode; again, everyone is trapped in the gridlock.  But hope resounds in song, or in this case, a hymn.  It's really quite beautiful

2. Rose's Theme

Since Rose is our favorite companion, naturally we love her "theme" as well.  Beautiful, yet with a hint of sadness.  Even though it nearly destroyed us at the end of "Doomsday", we think it suits Rose perfectly.  Give it a listen.  

3. Four Knocks

This is in "The End of Time".  And I'll just stop there.  

4. Together or Not At All- Amy and Rory's song

We fell in love with Amy and Rory, hard, so it goes without saying that we were not really looking forward to "The Angels Take Manhattan".  The scene where you hear this track is unbelievably powerful...how far would you go for the one you love?

Clara's Theme

We have just recently begun Clara's run as companion, and there is something different about her as one. One thing that is different is her "theme." It's very whimsical and unlike the other themes. I (Kelly) think it's cute and want it played at my wedding :) 

And we saved our favorite two for last...

6. The Long Song

In the episode that this song plays in, The 11th Doctor delivers one of the most epic speeches in which he shares his gifts and burdens as a Time Lord who has lived for almost a Century. This speech is given as an attempt to deter a vicious beast from destroying an innocent race. It's amazing. 

7. Song of Freedom

This song still remains our favorite song from Doctor Who. It is heard in Season 4 after a great war has come to an end, and The Doctor, along with his 6 companions are guiding ol' Mother Earth back where she belongs. But what you don't understand is that it just isn't just a song of freedom; it's a song of so much more. It's a song of hope, inspiration, and of course freedom, but a freedom of fear, worry, despair and hopelessness. You feel empowered after you listen to it, seriously! 

30 Days of Doctor Who: Funniest and scariest episode

Day 11: Funniest episode
Day 12: Scariest episode

Holly: I'm being scandalous and combining days again.  Deal with it.  :P

There are a ton of funny episodes in my opinion...Doctor Who really is quite funny, and I was surprised at first.  Now I just kind of expect humor at some point, even if it's just a chuckle.  One funny ep that sticks out to me is "Aliens of London", which is waayy back in season 1 with Nine.  What makes it funny to me is that it features the Slitheen, which are just an absolutely ridiculous alien species.  Ridiculous.  It also is littered with excellent one-liners, my favorite one being "Excuse me, do you mind not farting while I'm saving the world?" In fact there's quite a few fart jokes thrown in there.  I'm so mature, I know.  It's just so silly and ridiculous and unexpected that it's funny.  I enjoy it, personally.  But that's just me.

Now, scariest, and I think this is a tie for Kelly and I.  

"Blink."  Hands down.  Features the Weeping Angels, which we've mentioned in earlier posts.  This is the episode in which they first appear.  Oh my gosh.  It's creepy, but not like Psycho cut-people-up creepy.  Creepy as in sends-a-little-tingle-down-your-spine creepy.  The last time I watched it, I was by myself, which is something I do not recommend.  If you're new to the Who fandom, "Blink" tells the story of Sally Sparrow who receives a message from The Doctor (not heavily featured in this episode) from 1969 warning her of the Weeping Angels.  "Don't blink," a recorded video message says, "Don't even blink.  Blink and you're dead."  Through it all she encounters the Weeping Angels and even finds herself in the TARDIS (oh my gosh that scene freaks me out.  SPOILERS).  It's a bloody brilliant episode.  But it is legit scary.  And Sally Sparrow is awesome.

Kelly: I really won't add too much, except that I LOVE New Earth as a funny one! New Earth was the 10th Doctor's and Rose's first adventure together where they travel to New New York and discover some not so good things going on. I will post a video at the end of this as to why I think it's so freaking funny. However, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship from Season 7 was rather amusing too. Granted, the plot was downright awful but the dialogue was great and there were so many great one liners! Definitely one I'm going to go back to if I have a really crappy day. Often with this show, I sit and wonder how in the world these writers come up with what they do. It's freaking brilliant! This show has some of the best writing; funny, sad, heart breaking and heart warming. Sometimes all in one episode. Anywho, that's about all. The video below is when evil lady Cassandra possesses the 10th Doctor. She has quite a few choice words to say about her new body...quite humorous. Enjoy. :)

30 Days of Doctor Who: Saddest Episode

Kelly: The End of Time. The first time I sat through it, I along with Holly, cried through the majority of the second half and periodically throughout the first half. It's a beautiful and very sad story of 10's departure. But the second time around, the end didn't make me cry at all. It was when he realized that Wilfred was trapped and he would have to let him out, thus sacrificing himself. SPOILERS.

One thing I love about David Tennant is that he is good at saying so much without saying a single word. It's at this moment where he knows what is about to happen, and there's nothing else to be done. But me? I could do so much more! So much more! But this is what I get. My reward. And it's not fair. Oh. I've lived too long. In the previous special, The Waters of Mars, we see The Doctor trying to be a God; trying to save those that were not intended to be saved. But when's about to...well...you know, he goes back to those he met along his life; those he saved without them really knowing it, but for them, it was ok. Mickey and Martha, Donna, Sarah Jane and Luke, and of course Rose. Rose was the first and last set of eyes the 10th Doctor saw. Seeing him leave, and say goodbye, was like losing a friend. This was the Doctor I fell in love with. In the end, he just lets go; lets go of the fact that he has lived for a very long time. But his words, his expressions, all of it, were real and genuine, because he, along with most of Who viewers, have lost someone. We know what that's like, what it feels like, and to see that realness on the big screen just stuck with me. Stuck with the both of us so much that we waited almost a month in between from the End of Time finished until we started Season 5. Yeah. For real.

Holly: So I was going to also pick "The End of Time"...which, let me just say this, made ME cry, and I don't cry at anything.  Ask anybody.  And Kelly so beautifully described it above that I don't think I could add any more to it, even if I tried.  Having said ALL that, a sad episode for me was season 6's "A Good Man Goes To War".

This episode has a lot of stuff happen in just under an hour: The Doctor and Rory find Amy and newborn Melody, with a very, very touching scene between the four of them about halfway through the episode.  The Battle of Demon's Run is on the verge of breaking out, but the Doctor manages to peacefully stop all fighting; even Madame Vastra is pleased, calling it his highest hour.  And then almost instantly, fighting starts and lives are lost.  Little Melody, it turns out, is a Flesh Avatar, and she disintegrates in Amy's arms.  The Doctor tries to console her but she backs away from him.  One of the Doctor's unknown admirers, Lorna, dies as well, reminiscing about her childhood encounter with him in the Gamma Forest.  And River.  River confronts the Doctor, almost blaming him; it's at this point that even the Doctor realizes just how powerful he really is.  Turns out the enemies are afraid of our favorite Tardis-traveling Time Lord.  I won't even mention the River storyline...we find out who she really is.  SPOILERS.

There's a lot more to it than this.  Truth be told, it's been a while since I've seen this episode, but it's powerful good stuff.  I liked Matt Smith at this point, but from here on out he just gets better.  (And I'm only saying this because we watched "The Rings of Akhaten" last night and oh my word.  Just oh my word).

30 Days of Doctor Who: Days 8 and 9

Day 8: Least favorite season
Day 9: Favorite master

Holly and Kelly: Well...now that we're a few days behind already...oy. Back to it! These next two are a consensus made by both of us. Our least favorite season was season 5. Not that it was bad by any means, but the majority of the episode plots in our opinion were just, blah. Not climatic, but some of them were actually just not good at all. We have a few from that season we do enjoy (Amy's Choice and The Lodger being our two favorite). Season 5 also began 11's run; while we do love 11 the season opener was really way too long. So that's about it, really. Overall we were pretty disappointed.

Now when it comes to the Master, there's only one that we have watched, so the winner by default is...The Master! You first meet the Master at the end of season 3, although he's mentioned throughout. His last appearance is at The End of Time. The Master has an interesting back story; he saw all of time and space and was driven mad. He's the only other living Time Lord, other than The Doctor. The Master, AKA Harold Saxon, played by John Simm, is brilliant, one who plays mad very well...like Moriarty from Sherlock. You want to hate him because he's an evil dude, but you can't. It's pitiful in a way. This video below is from Season 3's "The Sound of Drums" and it is by far our favorite Master scene. You see not only his madness, but his brilliance and evil all in one.

The Master, having come from another planet, also relearns a lot about the culture he is now immersed in, having been elected Prime Minister of Great Britain. His new discovery? The Teletubbies. Take a look below.

The Master and Teletubbies

So there you have it! 2 days in one! Thanks for hanging with us on our hiatus, but we're back on regular schedule now...for now. Stay tuned for more Doctor Who related posts.

A break from Who: E-Town Wedding Weekend Adventure

Holly: We are taking a short break from our Doctor Who challenge, mostly for two reasons: 1. because we are dinguses and picked a really, really bad month to do a 30 day challenge, hence the reason why we are so flipping behind, and 2. because we wanted to share the tale of the awesome weekend we had.  We will resume our challenge starting tomorrow.

Yesterday morning Kelly and I woke up semi-earlyish and traveled to Elizabethtown, in the midst of some spotty rain and some fairly windy roads.  The occasion: a wedding that we've known about for quite some time now.  The bride is a friend of ours from Berea, and she worked with Kelly for a while at the Learning Center.  We weren't sure of the goings on in E-town, as known by Kentucky folk, so we left early and arrived at our hotel at about 11.  The wedding wasn't until 2:30.  Our first eyebrow-raiser is that we did not have cell phone service.  ANYWHERE.  Naturally, we needed something to do for a few hours, so we asked the front desk for a mall or something in which to occupy ourselves.  En route to said mall we found a Goodwill, so needless to say, we stopped.  Pretty rockin' Goodwill if I do say so myself.

We got to the mall and Kelly took it upon herself to try to find an outlet so she could plug in her cell phone and try to find where we were going, since, at this point, we still did not have cell phone service (it wouldn't be until just outside of Danville coming home that we finally got back in range).  We ate at an Italian express place and then shopped around for a bit.  Pretty decent mall; nothing like Fayette, but it got the job done and we enjoyed ourselves despite our lack of contact with the outside world.

Kelly: I will continue this story. After we left the mall we decided to make our way to the church, after writing down directions on how to get there. We were on this main stretch of road and the directions told us to go on a bypass, so we found one and were like "uh...is this the right one?" We went on it, not really knowing if it was the right one, but after about a mile or two we started seeing signs for where we were supposed to go. Not going to lie, we were pretty amazed. So then we arrived at the church, watched the wedding, celebrated and then decided to check into our hotel. We checked into our hotel, which was a very lovely Best Western in Elizabethtown (the wedding was in a small town outside of the city) and went from our hotel to the reception. Unbeknownst to me at this point, I left my wallet in our hotel room. The wedding and reception were very lovely and we had a blast at the reception! Lots of good food, a TARDIS cake and lots of dancing. We're still sore from yesterday, needless to say. It was then I realized I left my wallet at the hotel and was worried that I left it at the desk when I checked in. We stayed at the reception until about 7PM, then decided to go to Target and malinger around. We got back to the hotel around 8 that evening and relaxed in the hotel, watched Big Bang Theory and got milkshakes from Wendy's.

This morning we woke up in our hotel, had breakfast and left around 10:15 this morning. While we were driving yesterday it dawned on one of us that we should stop in Danville on the way home to poke around. So we did. It was a lovely day today, a bit warm, but a nice breeze and the sun was out. We walked around Centre's campus, had lunch at a local coffee joint and enjoyed the nice day. We've been home since 2 this afternoon and are still reeling from this really fun and awesome weekend. I don't think either of us are ready to go back to work tomorrow. I like living here in Berea; I love my church, my friends and my job but sometimes it's nice to just get away, especially since we haven't really had the chance to in a while. We always enjoy our getaways when we get them, and this one was no exception.

Post day-in-the-car, post mall trip, post realization-of-no-cell-phone-service, post more-driving, exasperated that we actually made it to the church and actually made it ON TIME! 

A prayer for the new family :)

"You may now kiss the bride." 

The best groom's cake in the history of groom's cakes

Us and the blushing bride.  Apologies for the grossness; we had all just finished dancing like mad :)

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite season

Kelly: 3. Still 3. I don't know if that's ever going to change. Season 3 has some of my favorite episodes and story lines, including my favorite favorite (Human Nature/Family of Blood). Season 6 was a VERY close second, but 3 is still my favorite. It also has my second favorite villain, which I will go more in-depth in a couple of days. The writing is the best, and the progression from start to finish is amazing. Watching Martha go from mere sidekick to actual companion is a treat to watch. Although I do wish she would have gotten a somewhat happier ending...not that it was bad by any means. But she loved the Doctor, and he was still grief stricken  over losing Rose...SPOILERS. Plus I really liked Martha's character...don't know why a lot of the Who fandom didn't.

If you're not a fan of the show already, this season will make you love it, in my opinion....baaah. Had to get up and readjust the washing machine. I also like that in this season you learn a bit about the Doctor's home planet and what his people were like. Previously, all we knew was that he was a Time Lord and his home planet was called Gallifrey, and that was about it. Granted we only learn about one other Time Lord, who turns out to not be like the Doctor at all...gaah. Sorry. More spoilers. Just promise me that those who aren't fans of the show will watch it eventually. Pretty please.

Holly: So, since Kelly discussed Season 3, which is pretty stinkin' hard to beat, I'll chat briefly about season 6.  3 and 6 come in a very close tie for me.  6 was such a great season.  It was the second season featuring Eleven, and we were totally disappointed in the 5th season...a lot of the episodes were, just quite frankly, stupid, with no climaxes, no real plot development.  No real plot.  No real anything except a bunch of sub-par episodes...ANYWAY, I digress.  6.  I think what I love the most about this season is that we see more of Amy and Eleven's relationship; it grows so much stronger.  In fact, Eleven and Amy just shine in this season; they both have some great moments, great lines, great conversations, etc.  Plus, we see more of Rory, whom I love to pieces and then some.  I love the story arc with River/Melody (SPOILERS).  "The Doctor's Wife" and "A Good Man Goes to War" are probably some of the best episodes of the revived series, in my opinion.  With the exception of one episode (and even the ending is awesome, at that), every episode I really, really enjoyed.

If you're new to Eleven's run, give it time.  It gets better, SO much better!

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite Special

Holly: The End of Time.  Hands down.  Although I haven't watched it since we watched it for the first time back in February.  Kelly watched it not too long ago and she says it's still as good as we remember it to be.  I don't want to ramble on and on and give too much away, but for any of you new fans who are still tredging their way through Ten's run and have fallen in love with him as much as we have...yeah, you're in for a doozy.  Basically a non-stop emotional roller coaster that lasts for 2 hours and then time afterwards: I laughed, I held my breath, I yelled, I cried (yes, you read that correctly).  It was shot beautifully, written beautifully, Ten's exit was pretty much as close to perfect as it gets.  It's a different side of Ten, too; he's much more despondent, almost as if he knows his time is coming to an end.  It's absolutely mesmerizing (and SAD!!!!) to watch. 

Now I feel like I need to sit down and watch it again.  Lord have mercy! 

"I don't wanna go." Spoilers. 

Kelly: There are so many good specials to pick just one. A Christmas Carol from season 6 is up there on the list. I really enjoy that each season begins with a Christmas special. I have to say though, that my favorite is still the first one that I saw; The Christmas Invasion. It's 10's first on-screen episode, and though he has minimal screen time, it's still a good introduction to his character. Plus there are so many funny and witty parts that are symbolic of 10's personality that you pick up on right from the start and Rose really shows as a companion. She has to think like him when he's not there to save the world and has to trust this new face and new personality...SPOILERS. I've watched it probably half a dozen times and will probably never tire of it. 

In fact, me thinks I might pop it in sometime this week and re watch it, just because I enjoy it so much. So that's all. That's all I have to say about The Christmas Invasion. 

"Witchcraft." "Time Lord." 

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite Alien

Kelly: While I love the language of the Judoon and the goofiness of the Slitheen, my favorite alien is the Hath.

Hath! 

They're only in one episode in the fourth season, The Doctor's Daughter, and I thought they were terrifying at first! They communicate to each other without words, rather their little green chambers with bubbles. They don't like fighting or war, but in the episode they were in their home was being invaded by humans. Martha befriends one and ends up helping her find the Doctor and Donna. The poor hath ends up losing his life by trying to save Martha. The humans and the hath end their war at the end of the episode, with unfortunate circumstances that lead them to their making up...SPOILERS. Well there you have it. The good ol' Hath.

Holly: So I entertained several possibilities for this one.  First, I thought, well, is Novice Hame an alien?

Nah, I decided.  While she is part cat, cats aren't alien.  So I threw that out.  Then, I thought, well, what about the Face of Boe?

Went with no on that one too.  The Face of Boe is....well, he just is, really.  Don't really want to explain all that.  

So I finally decided on an Ood.  

Ood are a basic slave race; they live by orders.  That's their purpose: to serve, and they are happy to do so.  They don't know anything else.  They speak through a communicator, which is what he's holding, as well as telepathy.  And they sing (sort of...), and it's quite beautiful.  When we first see them in "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit", they go kind of rogue.  Red eyes, y'all.  Red eyes are bad.  But when their eyes are not red, they're so expressive and sweet.  They're sadly mistreated along the Doctor's journeys, but the Ood eventually come to join the side of The Doctor and Rose, and later Donna, and are with the Tenth Doctor in his final moments.  

I want one.  But rest assured I would treat it with the utmost kindness.

30 Days of Doctor Who: Days 3 and 4

Day 3: Least favorite companion
Day 4: Favorite villain

Kelly: Sorry we are just now getting to blogging today. Yesterday was the Kentucky Derby and we were gallivanting with our friends up in Lexington. Then today was Berea's graduation/pinning ceremony/"oops hey haven't seen you in a while let's catch up" day. So now here we are.

My least favorite companion is...Mickey. Ugh. Never liked the guy from the beginning, but to be fair he does redeem himself near the end of his run. And he ends up with Martha, which is a good combination. Ooops. SPOILERS. Anyway, the actor himself was good, but his character was just...not. That's all. That's all I'm going to say about that. My favorite villain is...DALEKS. I just think they're cute. They wobble when they talk and when they're not trying to exterminate the Doctor, I think they're overall pretty harmless. Well...unless you get in their way. They're kind of a sad race too; they were all killed in the Time War and are the Doctor's worst enemy. But oh my goodness they're like a parasite. THEY NEVER DIE. Oy. And I like their voices. One thing that I love about the show is the writing; I literally sit and wonder how these writers come up with these characters and villains, like the Daleks, the Sontaran, Davros, whoever. It's freaking brilliant! How do they do it?! Ok, that's all I have to say about Mickey and the Daleks. I'm tired.

"Would you like some tea?" 

Holly: I'm just going to skip formalities, introductions, etc, and just jump right in.  Mkay?

My least favorite companion, and I think it's a bit of a stretch to even call her a companion, but she's in the second Tenth Doctor special "Planet of the Dead" and she went by the name of Lady Christina de Souza.  Which, to me, it was even a bit of a stretch to have the title "lady" precede her, because all she did was steal things.  ANYWAY, in general, she really annoyed me.  Like Kelly, I have nothing against the actress (she was excellent in Moffat's "Jekyll" series), but the character just didn't do anything for me.

On to villainy....I know I'm going to get some flack for this, but I have to go with the Weeping Angels.  As much as they terrify me, the concept surrounding them is brilliant, just brilliant.  Something as precious as our sight and as mundane as blinking is the very weapon that drives these stone menaces.  They don't kill; essentially they snatch you and drop you off in a different time period, basically "living" their victims to death.  And you can't blink. Like I said, brilliant.  Absolutely terrifying, but brilliant.  I'm afraid of them, fo shiz.

It's ok, y'all didn't need to sleep tonight anyway, right? 

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite companion

Holly and Kelly: Once again, all together now...ROSE!!

And no, it's not just because she's blonde (although that definitely helps...ha).  We love how she loves; for crying out loud, she's the only soul in existence who has pity for a freakin' Dalek.  And that's saying something, y'all.  She's sweet, she's funny, we think she brings out the best in Nine, and we LOVE her relationship with Ten.  She's us, in a way: strong but stubborn, loving, compassionate, and loyal.  Her loyalty to the Doctor is unmatched and rare.  Very rare.

And we also think she's the companion that the Doctor loves, truly loves.  Just watch her run if you don't believe us :)

"I've seen fake gods and bad gods and demi gods and would-be gods- out of all that, out of that whole pantheon- if I believe in one thing, just one thing, I believe in her." -Tenth Doctor, "The Satan Pit"

30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite Doctor

Holly and Kelly: And the winner by unanimous vote....10!!!!

Don't get me wrong, we love all the doctors we've seen. We started watching when 9 debuted, and we're currently watching 11. We love them both very much. But 10 won over our hearts and then some. And how can't you love him?! He's funny, quirky, lovable and let's face it, he's ridiculously adorable! Not to mention David Tennant plays him so well. Now that we've got that out of the way, why do we love 10 so much? Other than what has been mentioned above, there is so much more to him than his general adorableness. He sees the good in every body, no matter what their back stories are. He chooses his companions because on the outside they're just ordinary people, but he sees potential in them to change the world. And while they're helping him change the world (and themselves), they're changing him too. They become his family.  We love his heart- to him, every life is sacred.  He tries to redeem those who seem too far gone.  

But he's also not perfect. He makes a terrible mistake when he tries to mess with time, and that mistake costs him his life. At first he tries to run from it, but he soon realizes he can't and has to face it. This is also why we like him; we can relate to him. We've lost people in our life, we've made and lost friends and we've wanted to take try and take things back.  We've felt alone even in a room full of people, and that's also a big reason we love him- he seems real to us.  Human, almost.  Speaking of human, he even becomes human for a while (now THAT'S a heck of a storyline if you're interested...)

What can we say? He's our Doctor :)