Season 3 is impossible to talk about without addressing Martha, the companion I think gets the hardest time with the shows writing. We start strong with her being older and more accomplished than Rose, a good contrast, but her personality quickly becoming pining for the Doctor. A lot of my personal issues with Tennant’s incarnation come from this season where he not only gaslights but fully mentally attacks Martha, between kissing her, making her share his bed, or constantly threatening to drop her home like she’s nothing. Luckily their relationship gets a bit better in the seasons second half, and the first block of stories are good enough to pass even with these issues, but it’s a case of Russell and me having very different senses of humour (more on this when I talk about the specials…)
Moving on from Martha, this is the first season I’d say has no bad episodes! I know Lazarus has its haters, but 42 is my underrated gem - Chibnall’s first story is a fun, classic Doctor Who adventure and helps move Martha’s character on from her crush. This then leads into the Human Nature two parter and Blink, the shows strongest run of episodes yet and all personal favourites. It makes me wish I liked Utopia more, but while it and The Sound of Drums are good, they do step down from the three proceeding episodes.
And in what will become a Sja catchphrase, I do think the last episode drops the ball - Last of the Time Lords has some fun ideas but it also has a lot of weird choices (why does 10 become Gollum?). Still, at the end of the day love wins and Martha leaves in her stride with too much trauma.
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