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loved the monsters !martha tottaly rules now. But i swear to god if i have to see the doctor like that anymore im going to puke up a lung !!!!!!!!
I hate the mushyness its tourture watching him do stupid lovey things and if he has a baby i will eat it myself!!!!!
I heart scarecrows. It was almost as scary as some of the supernatural monsters.

finally! a decent episode from gridlock!

this episode was amazing, i don't know what i am going to do with myself until saturday for the continuation!!

and i want to punch that kid in the face for taking the Doctors watch.

Yeah, but the thing is, 1913 was not exactly the most politically correct era in history. The British Empire had shrunk and there was still loads of prejudice. Jenny mentions about the suffragettes, and not meaning to sound rude, but Martha would have had it twice as bad because she is a black female. The Doctor (well, John Smith) was just reacting in the same way that most people of that era would have reacted to Martha saying the sort of stuff she had just said.

Mind you, I felt like slapping him! And that one who was rude to Martha when she was scrubbing the floor.

I have to say, I found this episode absolutely fantastic. It's not like a lot of the traditional stories, but I think it's good that they're trying to do new things and keep it varied and interesting.

And for the record, the mushy bits here weren't nearly as bad as some of the ones with Rose. And let's face it, he's always getting attached to people when he's normal, so what in heaven's name makes you think he'd be any less likely to when he doesn't (as far as he's concerned) have a good reason not to.

The scarecrows were brilliantly creepy, I thought. And as far as for the people moaning that scarecrows are rubbish and can't do anything, consider this. The zombie is a recognised staple of horror, and yet they are little more than mindless, shambling meat-bags. The scarecrows, whilst appearing slow and shambling, also display a predatory cunning and possess the perfect disguise in such a setting to be able to surround and spring out on a person before they've even realised.

One final thought - am I the only person who when the Doctor said that they were going to be pursued across the galaxy thought 'Hmm, I haven't seen him in a pickle like this since he and Romana crossed the Black Guardian'?

I hate Muse, I'm going to assume that they're one of your favourite bands. I'm also going to assume that you hate MCR, like most muse fans that I know. Oh and after watching the episode again I've decided that the episode started well and then fell apart in the 28th minute (yes I am sad enough to time it) and I've got number 9 for my list: How come after the doctor-an intruder as it were in this time period-saved the woman and her babie's life from being flattened by the piano, why didn't a load of reaper monsters appear and eat everyone in sight like we saw in fathers day back in 2005?

But heres some good news, I now regret giving this episode a 2 and have decided a 3 would be better for this episode, so pretend that 2 on the poll dosn't exist.

Tardis fit him into the time line, meant to happen, candybars, ect.

I reserve full judgement on this episode until I've seen the second part, as two-parter's can't really be judged on one half alone. However, I enjoyed it and thought it was very unusual and well done. To me it had a strange 7th Doctor feel, though the story itself was all its own. It was perhaps the setting and tone and so on that made me think of McCoy. I could imagine Ace playing Martha's part, though slightly differently.

Actually my only major let down in this episode was Martha, she was really annoying. It's a pity. When she took over from Rose I was all prepared to be her biggest fan, I thought she'd make a great companion, but she's got worse and worse. Her obsession over the Doctor's feelings in this episode was pitiful. Really, really sad. And not in a good way. It also seemed very out of character. She's so needy! Yuck.

Oh and why can't people, when talking about the Doctor, not just say 'Haven't you noticed he's a bit weird?' rather than 'When you look into his eyes you see a mysterious god of the universe followed by darkness and power and death etc etc...'. It was the only bad bit in the script, the bit with Martha talking to Matron like that. So tacky. The rest was spot on.

heart Baines. Weirdo. Great.