Welcome to my perfumed garden

Nice to see Steve Strange and his sisters on DW tonight. And Romans speaking modern, colloquial English! Glory be. That's going to annoy some people. Shouldn't they all be talking like Tony Curtis in a toga? (oops. is that my tongue slipping into my cheek? However did that happen?)

Speaking of which - SPARTACUS! heh! *G* She's from Barcelona. Don't get in a lava. Cheap Latin gags!  - Yea, verily, this season's pitched at my level; I like that. And LO! See! It's a quarry! Yay! Kay, it's supposed to be an Italian quarry - not a Buddleia in sight, but a quarry nonetheless. This has to be A Good Thing.

Not too happy about the Doctor with a gun - even a sparkly, yellow water pistol. It still had ammo that could hurt the MOTW - not really The Doctor's style; whatever happened to 'I'll kill you with this deadly jelly baby?'

But that was the only frowny point in what was a very, very nice eppy, I thought. I ADORED that penultimate TARDIS scene where Donna argues the non-interference case with the Time Lord - filled me with the most delicious shivers. Lovely. (o:

There were a few (slightly scary) nods to possible future canon being laid down (I always worry when RTD seems to be a dablin' in canon), but, that aside - most excellent. ::is nodding vehemently::

ETA: It's already up for download, btw - and there's a Wiki page, with a (dis) continuity guide and everything. Who fans; they're the best. Mental, mind, but very very keen..