Original broadcast: May 6, 2006.“One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel”-Jean-Antoninette (“Reinette”) Poisson, aka Madame de Pompadour, “The Girl in the Fireplace” I like to see what some characters bring out in the Doctor, and what he brings out in them.ĭoctor Who is available on BBC One and BBC America.īibliography: “The Girl in the Fireplace.” Doctor Who (Series 2). Last time, it was the Doctor and his TARDIS.
It’s the poignant interaction between two or more characters. The villains and the central conflict aren’t the real heart of the story. I swear that this is just a coincidence, but it does give me a sense for why I do love these kinds of episodes. Much like the first Doctor Who episode I reviewed (“ The Doctor’s Wife“), this episode won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. I think there’s a lot of potential for historical figures to come on board the TARDIS the show’s writers made it work in “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” with Queen Nefertiti and John Riddell. If not for the episode’s ending, I would have liked to have seen her becoming a recurring Companion for the Doctor. Add to that her courage under fire and her devotion to protecting others–like her lover, King Louis XV–and you have the makings of a true heroine. She’s incredibly bright and analytical, able to follow the Doctor’s line of thought despite him being a nine-hundred-year-old alien time traveler. While some liberties were probably taken with the real-life Madame du Pompadour, I think Reinette is a great character. He keeps running into her at different points in her life, meeting her as a young girl, then again as a young woman, and always there to save her from cruel machines masquerading as men. The real centerpiece is the Doctor and his friendship and hinted romance with Reinette. And as much as I like Rose and Mickey, they don’t have a whole lot to do in this story. What really sells this episode for me isn’t the main conflict, though the reveal behind the robots’ true nature and their obsession with Reinette is clever. Reinette (Sophia Myles) and the Doctor (David Tennant). When Reinette finds herself under attack by clockwork robots dressed like Parisian courtiers, it’s up to the Doctor to protect his new young friend and get to the bottom of the robots’ plot. Specifically, to the fireplace of a young woman named Reinette who is destined to become Madame de Pompadour.
While investigating a derelict starship in the distant future, the Doctor and his crew come across a strange portal that links them to eighteenth-century France. “The Girl in the Fireplace” takes place in the second season of the new Doctor Who, with David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Billie Piper as his Companion, Rose Tyler. Therefore, I aim to look at the episodes that I think are some of this series’ best and tell y’all why they’re the best. I can’t afford to review every single Doctor Who episode in existence, even if I just limited myself to the show’s current run. Reinette: One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.
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