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Doctor Who - 33 x 8 - Human Nature (some spoiler)

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Written by Paul Cornell, Human Nature is based on his Doctor Who novel of the same name which has been available on the official BBC Doctor Who website for some years now.

I read the ebook some years ago when it first became available but I vaguely remember now what the story was all about as I haven't reread it. This is of benefit to me watching the episode as I was gripped by the tension of the episode. Jessica, who I have been seeing in Spaced alongside The Long Game guest star Simon Pegg, is very good as Joan the love interest to Smith (aka the Doctor) and Harry Lloyd is wonderfully evil as the possessed Baines.
To add to all this an excellent cliffhanger in which at gunpoint Smith has to choose between Martha and Joan. What a difficult choice he has been given.
 
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Rewatched it on Australian ABC:
Unless it was referring to the Next Time trailer, the promo incorrectly stated that Joan was "The Loving Wife". I emailed the ABC pointing out this error. This is probably why we didn't see the promo before ABC News.
Casting info about Harry Lloyd and Jessica. Jessica was in another work by Russell T. Davies - Bob and Rose and Harry Lloyd plays Will Scarlet in the recent TV version of Robin Hood. Human Nature is not the first time that Lloyd has appeared in a work written by Paul Cornell as Cornell has written a couple of episodes of Robin Hood.
The picture of the Eighth Doctor in the journal seems to settle the question of this Doctor's canoncity in fandom. Personally I have always accepted him as canon which is why I incorporated the four seasons that McGann did before the 2005 season, when he was still the current Doctor, into the season count. This is why from my reckoning (and I had explained before in the sticky thread about Doctor Who seasons) I think of the 2007 season as season 33.
The Doctor's flashes of memory include the Ood from The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit and coincidentally I have just finished watching that story from the season 32 DVD release.
The scarecrows sure look scary and was taken aback when one appear at the window in front of Tim.
Disturbing seeing Smith (aka the Doctor) teaching the boys artillery since the Doctor has always taught us to avoid violence.
Finally noticed the in-joke of Smith's parents are called Sydney and Verity. Cute as Sydney refers to Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman and original producer Verity Lanbert.
David Tennant is credited as both the Doctor and Smith. This is not the first time that a Doctor actor has been credited as another character in addition to the Doctor. It happened before in the classic series when Bill Hartnell in The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve and Pat Troughton in The Enemy of the World had played lookalike characters in their respective stories.
 
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