I really wish Greenhorn had just stayed with his first idea instead of trying to blend to different types of stories. And the monster itself is both ugly and utterly nonsensical. The story as a whole ends up being pretty simple and shallow. Firstly, I was disappointed that the plot about Lazarus seeking youthful regeneration so quickly took a back seat to one long monster chase, which isn’t nearly as interesting as the stuff before. Sometimes I think Tennant just took the job so he could make all sorts of funny faces.Īlas, the weak spots are quite glaring. To call the fact that this works a stretch is an understatement, but it’s kind of cool nonetheless. When that fails, and the raging monster is back, the Doctor manages to defeat it by the strategic amplification of music from the church organ. The Doctor has a good conversation with Lazarus, and for a short while there is hope of redemption. And the climax in the cathedral is pretty neat. He draws out some pathos from the idea of this man who so desperately wanted to cheat death and return to his youth so that he could have more lifetimes to accomplish all the wonderful things he wanted to do. Lazarus is very well-acted by Mark Gatiss (a sometimes-writer for the show). This isn’t one of my favorite episodes, by any means, but it has some strong points. Did that man on the television just say he was about to change what it means to be human? The magnificent machine whoosh-whooshes, and disappears. Very sincerely, looking him straight in the face, she says “Thank you, for everything.” “It was my pleasure,” he says, smiling, and walks into the Tardis. And in a very quick space of time, Martha comes to grips with this, and thanks him. Continually oblivious to her feelings, he mistakes her incredulity as referring to his ability to return her to the very day after she left home.
She has become much more than just an incidental traveler, and the Doctor should know better than to treat her as one. And Martha, displaying extraordinary emotional strength and reserve, accepts this. After all of their adventures thus far-saving a hospital on the moon, helping Shakespeare fight off space-witches, liberating the citizens of New New York, thwarting the Daleks in the Depression-the Doctor still thinks this has all been part of his one “ride” he promised her as a thank-you in Episode 3.01 “Smith and Jones.” He takes her home, expecting to just drop her off and return to his private travels. It ends on a hilarious note, but before that it shows us just how little the Doctor understands who Martha has become to him. The pre-title sequence is quite interesting for what it reveals about our two protagonists. Synopsis: “The famous Dr Lazarus has appeared to discover the secret of eternal youth – but do his experiments hide a sinister secret?” (Wikipedia)
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