Tuesday, March 11, 2008

I'm awake. Getting ready for work soon. Mark brought home a new box for Mollie, and we're shipping that out today (again). Maybe I shouldn't be writing that. Maybe it's cursed?

I have a new theory about how Season 4 of the Whoniverse is best viewed (by me). There are actually 2 ways to watch it. One is by series. 1st watching Sarah Jane, then Torchwood, then Who. But for a more integrated experience, my current theory goes like this:

TW 2x01 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
SJ 1x01 Invasion of the Bane
TW 2x02 Sleeper
TW 2x03 To the Last Man
TW 2x04 Meat
SJ 1x02 Revenge of the Slitheen I
SJ 1x03 Revenge of the Slitheen II
TW 2x05 Adam
DW 4x01 Partners in Crime
TW 2x06 Reset
DW 4x02 The Fires of Pompeii
TW 2x07 Dead Man Walking
DW 4x03 Planet of the Ood
TW 2x08 A Day in the Death
SJ 1x04 Eye of the Gorgon I
SJ 1x05 Eye of the Gorgon II
DW 4x04 The Sontaran Stratagem [Part I]
DW 4x05 ??? [Part II]
TW 2x09 Something Borrowed
DW 4x06 ???
SJ 1x06 Warriors of Kudlak I
SJ 1x07 Warriors of Kudlak II
TW 2x10 From Out of the Rain
DW 4x07 The Unicorn and the Wasp
TW 2x11 Adrift
DW 4x08 Silence in the Library [Part I]
DW 4x09 ??? [Part II]
SJ 1x08 Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane? I
SJ 1x09 Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane? II
TW 2x12 Fragments
DW 4x10 Midnight
SJ 1x10 The Lost Boy I
SJ 1x11 The Lost Boy II
TW 2x13 Exit Wounds
DW 4x11 ??? [Part I]
DW 4x12 ??? [Part II]
DW 4x13 ??? [Part III]
DW 4x14 ??? [Part IV] (2008 X-Mas Special)

Of course this theory is just that until the season plays itself out. There might be things that I don't know yet about episodes that have not aired yet, and we might have 1 or 2 more episodes, such as last year's surprise animated adventure, and the Children in Need special. But for now, I like how this one works out. For example, having 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures air before Torchwood's "Reset", gives Martha Jones more time to grow from when we last saw her. Plus having those 3 Sarah Jane Adventures there, two of which directly reference The Doctor within that gap of 8 episodes without The Doctor appearing, is a nice way to keep him present, and keep things centered. And I like that "Invasion of the Bane" serves as a kind of break from what is essentially an 8 part story arc from "Captain Jack Harkness" through to "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". Having "Eye of the Gorgon", which references the old appearances on Classic Who of the Sontarans, air just before the new Doctor Who 2-parter that sees the Sontarans return seems to make sense and adds a bit of symetry to the proceedings. Also, airing "Eye of the Gorgon" between Martha Jones's final Torchwood episode and 1st new Who episode gives time for any transitions to occur. Ooh. And I like how Torchwood & Sarah Jane are spread throughout the season, and then Jack & Sarah will both return to who at Season's end. All 3 series uniting in the end. Yeah. And on a personal note (as if this whole thing isn't a personal note), if the Daleks return in the final installments of Season 4 (as they are rumored too) I like that this integrated list puts as many episodes as possible between that wretched Dalek 2-Parter from Season 3, and these new episodes; there should always be 50 or more episodes between Dalek stories; blah. I'm a geek with too much time, but I'm ok with that. lol

Torchwood's "From Out of the Rain" airs tomorrow night. :-0)

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