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Clyde shows up in the second storyline. He's a very flawed character, but one who's growth is the easiest to observe. The actor who plays him is absolutely charming in his portrayal of a cocksure lad who's headed for trouble, despite his big heart. Great character, rounds out the cast well.

I'm fond of Maria and Luke as well, to say nothing about Sarah Jane (always been very fond of 'Liz Sladen, I have. And my mom, she's my mom's favorite companion.)

Looking forward to the next showing of Sci Fi, but that comes too close to the Colorado Democratic State Convention. Oh well.

I think we're supposed to assume that she's picked up some superscience skills along the way and from her travels with the Doctor, but you're right, it does come out of left field.

I kind of like it, the idea that humans can learn to do some of this alien grimcrackery stuff. She has managed to collect all those weird alien objects, after all, she must be developing some skills.

Here's another idea: once you learn the theory of how something works, you can make a stab at putting it together with the parts at hand. So, if she's gained insight into some secrets about, say, the true nature of energy (like she was constantly seeing with the Doctor) then maybe her dull old human brain can make a crack at it.

But, really, I think they just wanted to have someone on the show build a wifty alien rain machine and Sarah Jane seemed the most likely candidate.

Me, I would have liked them to bring in that Kevin kid from School Reunion. The fat kid who gets credit for blowing up the school. I've been thinking a lot about that character, lately. Fun stuff.

Yay Kevin!

Darn I hate it when I can't use tinypic any more.

That's weird, Velouria. I agree with you. eek I don't normally.

But, yeah, Donna Noble isn't as bad as I thought and I am sooooooo releived that there's no strong romantic subplot (there's a niggling little bit of subtext, as if the writers Just Could Not Let It Go, but it's slight, so I don't mind so much.)

Susan supposedly stayed behind on Dalek-controlled Earth-of-the-Future to aid a man she'd fallen in love with in the human resistance... something like that, anyway.

I admit, I've always wanted to find out what happened to Susan, next, but I was always afraid that the Rule of Suck would kick in, so I don't complain too much.

Has the Doctor's Daughter aired yet, where you are? It isn't really about the Doctor's Daughter, it's about a clone, just to let you know.

Spoiler Alert? Sorry, the episode doesn't deserve a spoiler alert. Watch it knowing that she's a clone and you'll feel less like killing somebody.

It came very close to being my least favorite Doctor Who show (they introduce the clone just to kill her off dramatically - man, I hate that crap when I see it on US TV and I hate it worse when Brits, who should know better, pull it.) Fortunately, they pull their punches at the end.

You watch--we haven't seen the last of Jenny. She's a reckless kid basically, racing out into the universe to right wrongs & save the universe when she doesn't KNOW ANYTHING about the universe or have any experience! She's going to be SO naive. Later on, there's going to be a real mess somewhere, and the Doctor's going to find out Jenny caused it.
She doesn't have his time-sense, his ability to see all the timestreams and know where and when it's safe to interfere. Genetically she's Gallifreyan, but she isn't a Time Lord--as the Doctor said, there's so much more to it than genetic codes.

Oooh I cannot wait for next week's episode - the trailer shows that we can expect Captain Jack and the Torchwood team, all three recent assistants, and some Daleks!! Wheeee!