On Jun 22, 11:05=A0am, Josh Hill  wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:34:03 +0100, "Slitheen"
>
>  wrote:
> >Join the club. It was a BAD move casting Catherine Tate. Like everyone I
> >loved Billie Piper's Rose.... then I even took Freema Agyeman's Martha
> >closer to my heart than Rose. Then came Donna. I tried to like her....I
> >really did. I love the Catherine Tate show and everything else she's
> >done....but the character of Donna is just SO annoying.
>
> >Although in recent weeks, while not exactly warming to her, she has anno=
yed
> >me less. However, I still want Martha Jones back.
>
> OTOH, the latest, mostly Donna episode was one of the most painful
> things I've ever watched. So grating did I find her airs, attacks of
> hysteria, and pettiness that I wanted to throw something at the screen
> -- and her mother was even worse.
>
> Also, for me, she ruins the subjective plausibility of the show
> because I can't believe that the Doctor, who could choose any
> companion in the history of the universe, would want to hang around
> with her any more than I would.

I'm going to have to disagree.  She's far less shrill and grating than
in Runaway Bride, and I think she's had some real moments of
brilliance.  Fires of Pompeii and Forest of the Dead spring to mind,
but this latest ep (Turn Left) while a bit overwrought was actually
quite good.

All in all I think this is the strongest season of the new series.
The question now remains; can RTD deliver in the final two episodes or
will we have a letdown a la The Last of the Timelords?

And who else has turned into a quivering fangirl over the idea of a
Stephen Moffat season?
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