SJA Video Review: Death of the Doctor

Here's my review of the long awaited SJA episode, enjoy!

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Entertainment

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• Doctor
• Who
• SJA
• Sarah
• Jane
• Jo
• Grant
• TARDIS

[RosaLui]

If people want to go the Jo/Sarah Jane route, I'm all for it.

[MsIlovebooks]

As a huge fan of a the new series, I have to ask, are Amy (Pond) and Rory (Williams) even mentioned in this episode... Just wondering.

[ToriaHarper]

@craigtcaster I think this Dorothy is Ace because the charity she runs is called A C(haritable) E(arth)

[craigtcaster]

There were actually TWO companions who were named Dorothy, however you might want to spell that. The first, and always forgotten because so many of her episodes were lost: Dodo Chaplet, who was left behind in 1960's London, and who seems the likelier candidate for this reference than; Ace, of whom we do not know the cannon circumstances of when she and the Doctor parted company, so we don't even know if she was left on Earth, or when.

[numutabin]

The Chestertons most likely don't age because they travelled back home "home" using a method that the Doctor said would be dangerous (and the uncertainty always caused untold amount of grief until his 10th's reward) and unpredictable-they used the time machine of the Daleks-which NONE of the four people (Vicki) knew what would happen to them. This episode was the first time they were ever mentioned again WITH CERTAINTY.

[KateOsKorner]

As to what you said, about Sarah Jane and Jo Grant, getting a bit randy with one another? I agree, typical RTD storytelling, always trying to sneak a bit of homosexualesque type action in all of episodes. He really seems to love doing that, and this was no exception.

[KateOsKorner]

Well, remember now that you can't put too much stock on anything the Doctor says (in terms of controversial), because like Riversong has said, the Doctor tends to lie.

Also I thought the villains in this episode were just a tad silly. Galactic Undertakers....seriously (and they're vultures)...I dunno, could be worse I guess, but definitely could have been much better as well.

[KateOsKorner]

One thing I absolutely hated about this episode, was how quick Sarah Jane, allows Unit to see her supercomputer, Mr Smith. The show has been pretty intelligent for what it is, but I found that part to be extremely reckless and out of character. Sarah knows all too well and has stated this before that if Unit discovered her computer, that they would take it from her. But of course in this episode she's showing it to people she just meet....WTF. I didn't like that one bit!

[mandosaro]

I mostly agree with ur review and thought u did a good job. I gotta say tho that u said Joe and SJ are both grandmas but i dont think SJ is. U were talking bout the changes to unit since the classic UNIT. Since the new series started and i think unit properly were featured in the xmas invasion, they have always said unit is different from what it used to be and the doctor commented on this in series 4 sontaron episode. The brig also voices his dislike of new unit when he was in the SJA.

[JuddonMaster]

I think this story was the best by far and Jo was fantastic