Brothers and Sisters seasons 4

"Can't Wait For My Copy! ""Thank God David Tennant is in for one more season and a few specials! After that, who knows? The third series just wrapped here in the U.S. and Mr. Tennant is the best Doctor of all time.Did I just say that???I never thought I would place someone before Tom Baker, but David Tennant has claimed the role and made it his own. And how!!!I can't see anyone else playing the Doctor, but I've thought that on countless occasions in my years of watching him (25+).It took me a while to warm up to Martha - Rose was a tough act to follow for both the Doctor and the fans - but by the end, I really loved her and her strength. I thought it took guts for her to ditch the Doctor at the end of "The Last of the Time Lords." "This is me, getting out." Her exit was brilliant and something that so many (women) could relate to. The way Russell T. Davies brought back the Master...fabulous...I know a lot of people didn't like the Doctor's final scenes with the Master, but if you have dvd box set Oz even a shred of feeling/empathy in you at all, you'll get it.And I know there's been some criticism about the final three episodes in general, but I thought they were perfect...the only thing I didn't quite get was the Master's little wifey, but I have my own sneaking suspicion about her and I'm going to wait and see if I'm right before making a final judgment. And the revelation about Jack? Completely out of the blue, but it made perfect sense in a weird sorta way...Just what I need...a head full o' big face...So now I'm left pining by my mailbox,"" waiting for my copy of Series Three...Sheesh! Is it really Series Three??? Seems like just yesterday when the Doctor first returned in the TARDIS...but time is not a straight line... """""
"""I dream I'm this...adventurer. This daredevil. A madman."" ""Third time's a charm--that's the inevitable cliche that pops to mind. If the first series (season) of Doctor Who was good with some hiccups and the second quite fine overall, the show's creators seem to have really hit their stride with the third series here and brought forth an excellent range of science fiction adventures at once interesting, inventive, and exciting--innovative and unusual but very true to the show's spirit over the decades. Oh, and loads of fun, of course.By now David Tennant has a totally surefire grasp of the Doctor's character and has contributed much to its portrayal--and convincingly developed it in the bargain, especially in light of the events of series two. Eccentric as always, frenetic and off the wall but silently nursing a deep melancholy, open and friendly and yet with a certain emotional distance and brusqueness. The Doctor we all know and love, but a little more complex. You will never get me to say that he's better than Tom Baker as some have, but my sense is that Tennant may very well end up putting as definitive a stamp on the renegade Time Lord for this generation as Baker did for us old-timers. As for the Doctor's companion, it's clear that the writers were wisely avoiding a repeat of Rose (whom we all miss, yes) and going instead for a somewhat more mature and intelligent foil in up-and-coming med student Martha (as played by Freema Agyeman)--a doctor in training, as it were, a bit of cleverness that the writers thankfully capitalize on in her first episode. The chemistry strains a bit to spark at first and the one-sided romance angle is brought in a bit too abruptly perhaps, but still The Doctor and Martha make a nice, believable team overall.The storytelling for this series is excellence itself. Not perfection, mind you, which is humanly impossible anyway, but even the lesser episodes are better than most of what you'll find on TV nowadays--especially when it comes to sci-fi. "The Runaway Bride" is good if slightly twisted holiday fun in the way a Christmas special should be, "Smith and Jones" has a hint of Douglas Adams influence in its satirically-edged motifs of galactic bureaucracies and absurd situations, "The Shakespeare Code" is a highly memorable pseudo-historical starring the Bard himself in a manner totally cohesive with the plot, and "Gridlock" is a claustrophobic return to New New York with an edgier angle. The "Daleks in Manhattan"/"Evolution of the Daleks" two-parter is kind of like comfort food for older Doctor Who fans--a very typical Dalek tale of invasion and mutation, but with a few fresh ingredients like the human/dalek hybrid and the 1930's New York setting. "The Lazarus Experiment" and "42" likewise conform to tried-and-true Doctor Who formulas but successfully so, "42" being something In Plain Sight seasons 2 of an cocktail mix of "Ark in Space" and "Inferno" complete with a not overplayed ecological The Hills dvd box theme. On the other hand, "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" and "Blink" are unlike anything ever before seen really in Doctor Who and really showcase the creativity and never-ending potential of the show. And then finally the three-part epic series conclusion, "Utopia"/"The Sound of Drums"/"The Last of the Time Lords" first takes the Doctor to the Big Crunch and then builds on countless clues scattered throughout all the season's prior episodes to expertly spring quite a surprise on the unsuspecting viewer, the return of...well, if you don't know I won't give it away, but I haven't seen this particular character so masterfully portrayed since the original in the early 1970's. It must be admitted that the climax in part three is just a tad fanciful and will induce a sense of deja vu in anyone who in their childhood attested their belief in magic and clapped their hands accordingly so as to revive Tinkerbell, but this didn't really bother me consciously till well afterwards, meaning that the writers succeeded in getting me to suspend my disbelief long enough for them to get away with their forgivable little cheat.All in all then, the show's creators have struck a fine balance throughout between the futuristic and the pseudo-historical, the cozily familiar and the out-on-a-limb unusual, the thoughtfully speculative and the chills & thrills adventurous. Of course tastes will differ, but my impression anyway is that "Doctor Who" has now really come into its own again as a wonderfully excellent science fiction TV program with this compelling variety of storylines in series three, all of which can be watched and enjoyed again and again (along with all the usual extras and behind-the-scenes programs) on this attractively packaged DVD set--a bit sturdier in design than the last two, thankfully. Only beware,"" once you start watching you won't even want to blink! """""
"Time to welcome back the fans of the older series. ""Season three of Dr. Who brings back Married with Children complete box set a lot of the elements that were lacking in the first two seasons. The "bad guys" are more believable and the introduction of the Doctor's new companion is an added benefit. I am glad that the writers decided to introduce Martha. She is a better match for the Doctor. His own life has been in her hands more times than I can count. As a result,"" he can focus more on saving the world instead of saving her from the latest danger. She even makes a graceful exit at the end. I look forward to seeing what is in store for next season. It can only get better. """""
"The best season yet!!!!!! ""David Tennant is quickly becoming at least the number two best Doctor of all time if not threatening to overtake Tom Baker for the number one spot. This is coming from someone who has watched Doctor Who for 25 years and has spent a small fortune buying a lot of the old series VHS and then DVDs. Tennant is reaching these height the same way that Tom Baker did at the beginning of his career as The Doctor, with brilliant script writing and amazing story lines.The season itself needs to be watched as a whole to realise just what an outstanding job Russell T Davies has done this season. While a constant theme has spanned through all of the new series (Bad Wolf - Torchwood) occasionally it has seemed a little contrived to get it into an episode (Rose's phone in The Age of Steel, or the bomb in The Doctor Dances). In Series 3 there is a continuation with the theme - this time it is Vote Saxon. Except instead of forcing it into scripts the series places elements which lead up to the final two parter. Going back and looking for these nuances makes certain episodes look better after watching the whole seriesEpisode 1: Smith and Jones - Introduces Martha Jones as the new companion. It is a good solid start to the series and rightly the focus is more on Martha then the Doctor. Particularly interesting is the fact that Martha is the only one who does not panic when the hospital is transported to the moon. Episode 2: The Shakespeare Code - This is the show off historical piece of the series. The story is fun and allows the writers to show off there knowledge of Shakespeare as well as bring to the new series the first true historical piece. Episode 3: Gridlock - At first a very week run of the mill episode and does not stand particularly well on its own. However, if you go back after watching The Last of the Time Lords this episode becomes very necessary in the preperation for both the return of the Master and the final truth about the Face of Boe. It also features several hymns NYPD Blue seasons dvd and religous themes that are revisited from time to time in the serie. Also it begins to tell us more about Gallifrey and the Time WarEpisode 4 & 5: Daleks in Manhatten - Evolution of the Daleks. In face value this is a stock run of the mill Dalek story - not as good as Dalek or The Parting of the Ways but better then a lot of the original series stories, Again it is historical (1930s New York). However it does give an interesting insight into a Dalek ideas of humanity. Although the Daleks despise differences, the Cult of Skaro is interested in adapting elements of humanity into the Dalek genetic make up. The study of humanity in this series is picked up again later onEpisode 6: Lazarus - Adds several elements that are picked up again later. The first is the gradual distrust of the Doctor by Martha's mother and the use of this by Mr Saxon to try and drive a wedge between Martha and the Doctor. The second is the aging machine that makes a return later on. It also deals with the concept of mortalityEpisode 7: 42 - someone watched to much 24 and decided to make it into a Doctor Who story. By far the weakest episode of the seriesEpisode 8&9: Human Nature/Family of Blood - almost worth the money alone. This story is without doubt the best new story and close to the best ever Doctor Who story of all time. The acting by Tennant is superb as is the storyline, directing and the choice of music (the hymns return). It focusses again on what it is to be Human as well as introduces us to the idea that a Time Lord can make himself human if he wishes ( Maybe that explains some of the odd claims by the Paul McGann doctor) It also plays on the fact that we all know histoically what is going to happen to the boys in the school in 1914, which will arouse strong emotion in a couple of scenes ( when the boys are taking target practice and when they repel the scarecrow invasion). The end is as fitting a TV memorial to the dead of WWI as that in Blackadder The Big Bang Theory dvd 3 goes fourth. Episode 10: Blink - good old fashion gothic hide behind the couch horror Doctor Who. Episode 11,"" 12 & 13 Utopia/ Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - Excellent three part story (although it can be watched as Utopia and then the other two. It introduces an age old enemy of the Doctor. The Master is back and is even more of a jackanapes then ever (although one feels that maybe the part was written for Simon Pegg). The story brings all the elements of the series together into a fabulous ending. It also finally explains who the Face of Boe is. In the end though is it the Doctor who saves Humanity or humanity that saves the Doctor? """""
"Possibly the best season since Tom Baker hung up his scarf ""I have been a fan of Doctor Who since Jon Pertwee put on his first velvet jacket and the 3rd season since the BBC revived its series about "the Doctor," a time travelling alien with a fondness for earth, is quite possibly the strongest season for that show since the 4th actor to play the role hung up his trade mark 18 foot scarf, more than a quarter century ago.Going back and forth between sci fi and historical adventures the season manages to flit easily from Elizabethan England to a medical lab of a mad scientist in modern London, to a boys school in Edwardian England to a crippled space ship to depression era New York to a lost colony in the far future and on, it goes without a misstep.There are more 2 part adventures than the revived series has had in the past but this allows for the more convoluted plots and this is a good thing, harking back to the plot with in a plot adventures of the mid 70's. And an appearance by Sir Dereck Jacobi in one episode as the leader of a band of lost humans, is so masterfully handled that you know why he is considered a national treasure to the British stage. There is no doubt that Tennant is a Doctor to hold his own with any of the original actors and his delivery of most lines such as "I will give you one piece of advice though, 'RUN!'" or scenes such as wandering in the sewers of a major metropolitan city followed by bemused companions are the sort which long time Whovians can envisage being said or done by any Doctor, a testament to the actor, the writer and the directors. Eccleston may have regnerated the doctor back to life,"" but it is with Tennant that the show really hit its pace and this is the Doctor at his finest. """""