The Family of Blood

With last Saturday's follow up to Human Nature I'd have to say that this was one of the best of the new series of Doctor Who, and surely the best this season. Not to say it's a perfect story, but the best overall story we've had thus far.

Can you guess what's to follow?


Off to see the Wizard?
This episode picks right up where last week's left off, and if they were edited together you wouldn't even know where one ended, and the other began.


By the power of Graywatch!
We got a really good look at what the Doctor would be like as a human, and maybe just how much he would like to be able to settle down, and not have to be the savior all the time. This story really showed just how alien and alone he is.


He's old!
There really isn't a whole lot more new story points added to this episode, rather just closing up all the open ones from last week. I had hoped for a little more explanation about who/what the family of blood are, but I suppose a mystery is good at times also.


Whoosh!
Out the door wit ya!
At the end of this episode we see a very vindictive side to the Doctor. One that has thus far only been hinted at with some of his dialog early on in season two. The fact that he doesn't kill The Family is in keeping with his personality, but to keep them alive for eternity, trapped in various states of being is a cruel side we have not seen before. Maybe this will come back to haunt him in the future, or past.


Farewell, for now