#the lazarus experiment

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Wardrobe // Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) // Doctor Who Seasons 3 & 4 (2007-2008) + Torchwood Season 2 (2008) + specials

[improbabledreams900]

The Doctor + really needing that retirement

[crookedfivefingers]

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 (verb)

1. to dress or smooth (oneself) up 2. to behave or speak with obvious pride or self-satisfaction

Doctor Who | S3E6 | The Lazarus Experiment

[foolishlyzephyrus]

i feel like it’s so integral to have at least one “at home” episode for every companion. so much character to be revealed in the premise of aliens interfering with everyday life once they are back on earth

[notyoujamie]

It’s a noble, honourable tradition to come back to Doctor Who.

[sherlock-is-ace]

If I had a nickel for every time David Tennant played a character thousands of years old was in a church fighting a character played by Mark Gatiss who came back from the dead but wrong and also had a connection to the london blitz, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[casasupernovas]

i love how leo and martha both knew what was coming when the doctor met their mum and the doctor is just like 😁

[randomalistic]

Ok I’m trying to prove something to a friend

Propaganda below: they both have deep & cool voices with spooky effects <3

Wow! He's so babygirl! He also has an open ribcage and a cool cyborg arm

the Lazarus monster moves like this and also has cool mandibles. he also climbs on the ceiling and hunts you oh noooooo thats so scary !!

[stewy]

People just call you The Doctor? Yeah. Well, not me. As far as I'm concerned, you've gotta earn that title.

3.01 | 3.06.

[go-to-the-mirror]

Top Ten Suicidal Tenth Doctor Moments*

*in no particular order

Smith and Jones: Just TAKING IT when the plasmavore is draining him.

Daleks in Manhattan: Screaming at the Daleks to kill him before it negotiated with them to not kill the others.

Evolution of the Daleks: Hugging a lightning rod during a thunderstorm with the intention of getting electrocuted.

Evolution of the Daleks: Saying that the Time Lord Daleks first blood should be him to quote "baptise them."

The Lazarus Experiment: "The only certainty is that you'll end up alone" GIRL??? IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT????

Utopia: Asking Jack if he wants to die.

The Poison Sky: Saying goodbye to Martha and Donna.

Forest of the Dead: Literally begging River to let him just die for her.

Turn Left: Actually dying because there was no one there to stop him.

The Next Doctor: "Don't you have anyone to live for?" "😐 *stares at him with his suicidally depressed autism eyes*"

[glittter-skeleton]

Just finished “The Lazarus Experiment” and oh my god I’ve never seen a show or movie where I can so clearly see the director and writer actively fighting.

You can SEE the cast and director rejecting the intended reading of the scenes. Like on paper “the Doctor and Martha are in a tight space and he has to get his sonic screwdriver right at her boobs and then kneel between her legs” sounds raunchy, a bit more of that “the doctor accidentally leads Martha on” subplot but pushed further. But the scene actually plays out in a way that makes it SO clear no one else was into this whatsoever.

No wide shots of all the places they’re touching, no angles that would sexualise Martha, not a scandalised inflection at “doctor what are you doing”. Even the dress is exactly long enough we can’t see up her legs but doesn’t get in the way. It’s hilarious how much the intention of the scene is actively getting rejected.

What makes the writers intension obvious is the line right after.

Gifs by @dailyclassicwho

This is SUCH a bow-chicka-pow-pow one-liner. A classic “whew, did it just get hot in here?” There is literally no other explanation for why it’s there. Why did it take so long? Because he was distracted. But he wasn’t, because the scene was not directed Like That. And this line is also delivered with almost nothing.

THIS scene also feels like the delivery cuts back strongly.

Gifs by @thirdeyeblue

You can just see this being imagined with anything but blank bewilderment and looking completely different!!

The writer wanted something saycy SO hard and everyone just went “nope, not doing that”. Except for the panties comment Ten does, I guess. But there is very little you can do about that one.

So yeah, this ep was a hilarious struggle. Doesn’t make it good, but I found this whole of-camera but SO felt exchange to be absolutely enthralling.

[doctorwhogirlie]

'Vote Saxon' References in Doctor Who:

Love and Monsters: A newspaper says that Saxon is leading polls.

The Runaway Bride: Mr Saxon gives the order shoot down the Empresses ship

Torchwood Episode (Captain Jack Harkness): Vote Saxon poster

Smith and Jones: Vote Saxon poster

The Lazarus Experiment: Mr Saxon helped the Lazarus Experiment

The Lazarus Experiment: A man working for Mr Saxon warns Francine of the Doctor

42: Mr Saxon agents are questioning Francine

The Sound of Drums: Mr Saxon is revealed as the Master

Archangel Network: (The Archangel Network was a series of 15 satellites in stationary orbit around Earth. The Archangel Network was designed by The Master, the network used mind control by creating a weak signal telling people to trust Saxon and vote for him.)

42: The Archangel Network is on Martha's phone.

42/The Sound of Drums: The Archangel Network logo is shown on a laptop belonging to people that work for Mr Saxon

The Sound of Drums: The logo appears on a laptop screen

The Sound of Drums: The full details of the Archangel network are detailed in a newspaper article

Source.

[thirdeyeblue]

Doctor Who | S3E6 | The Lazarus Experiment

[clairedelune-13]

‘Name’s Doctor. THE Doctor.”

[shebeafancyflapjack]

Sad wet immortal cat meets sad wet immortal dog. 🥺

[notyoujamie]