Summary:
The Doctor brings Martha home after their travels and wants to leave but then he hears that Professor Lazarus wants to change humanity and stays. Martha's sister works for Lazarus now and so the Doctor and Martha can watch the big experiment. First everything seems normal but then the capsule with Lazarus inside it has a malfunction and the Doctor shuts it down, so it won't explode. Lazarus comes out and is several years younger than before but everyone finds out soon that he starts to change into a monster. Can the Doctor save everybody before another human dies? He soon finds out that it's not so easy to kill Lazarus and they meet for the final showdown in a place of many memories.
This episode is a stand-alone story after the Dalek two-parter but that doesn't mean that it's bad. We meet Martha's family again and you can see that her mother doesn't like the Doctor. This storyline will be important at the end of series 3 but we don't know in which way yet. Mark Gatiss is just brilliant as Professor Lazarus in this episode. He's both a great writer and actor and the good quality of this episode is partly because of him. Martha and the Doctor are a real team now and at the end of the episode she even gets a Tardis key, which makes her a true companion. I also like Martha's sister Tish who will play a role later too. We still have a lot to look forward to in this series.
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13 August 2012
04 January 2012
Quotes from "The Lazarus Experiment"
More quotes from series 3 for you today from the episode "The Lazarus Experiment".
Lazarus: That's an interesting perfume. What's it called?
Tish: (clearly disgusted) Soap.
The Doctor: Oh look, they’ve got nibbles! I love nibbles!
Tish: (referring to the Doctor) He's a science geek, I should've known. Gotta get back to work now, I'll catch up with you.
(Tish leaves)
The Doctor: Science geek, what's that mean?
Martha: That you're obsessively enthusiastic about it.
The Doctor: (pleased) Oh, nice.
The Doctor: Lovely to meet you, Mrs. Jones. I've heard a lot about you.
Francine: (coldly) Have you. What have you heard, then?
The Doctor: Oh, y'know, that you're Martha's mother, and...Uhm...no, actually, that's about it. We haven't had much time to chat. You know, been... busy.
Francine: "Busy?" Doing what, exactly?
The Doctor: Oh, y'know...stuff.
Lazarus: I am Professor Richard Lazarus. And tonight, I'm going to perform a miracle...
Martha: It’s impossible.
The Doctor: And that’s two impossible things we’ve seen so far tonight. Don’t you love it when that happens?
Martha: (referring to Lazarus) Tish, he's a monster!
Tish: I know the age thing's a bit freaky but it works for Catherine Zeta-Jones!
Martha: You mean you don’t have a plan?
The Doctor: Yes, the plan was to get inside here. Well, then I’d come up with another plan.
Martha: In your own time, then.
The Doctor: Really shouldn't take that long just to reverse the polarity...Must be a bit out of practice.
(The Doctor and Lazarus are in Southwark Cathedral)
Lazarus: Came here before. A lifetime ago. Thought I was going to die then. In fact, I was sure of it. I sat here, just a child, the sound of planes and bombs outside.
The Doctor: The Blitz.
Lazarus: You've read about it.
The Doctor: I was there.
Lazarus: You're too young.
The Doctor: So are you.
Lazarus: I changed the course of history.
The Doctor: Any of them might have done too. You think history's only made with equations? Facing death is part of being human. You can't change that.
Lazarus: No, Doctor. Avoiding death is being human. It’s our strongest impulse. To cling to life with every fibre of being. I’m only doing what everyone before me has tried to do. I’ve simply been more... successful. I'm more now than I was. More than just an ordinary human.
The Doctor: There's no such thing as an "ordinary human."
Lazarus: You're so sentimental, Doctor. Maybe you are older than you look.
The Doctor: I'm old enough to know that a longer life isn't always a better one. In the end, you just get tired. Tired of the struggle. Tired of losing everyone that matters to you. Tired of watching everything turn to dust. If you live long enough, Lazarus, the only certainty left is that you'll end up alone.
Lazarus: That's a price worth paying.
The Doctor: Is it?
Francine: (over the phone) Martha, it's your mother. Please, phone me back, I'm begging you! I know who this Doctor really is! I know he's dangerous! You're going to get yourself killed! Please trust me! This information comes from Harold Saxon himself. You're not safe!
Lazarus: That's an interesting perfume. What's it called?
Tish: (clearly disgusted) Soap.
The Doctor: Oh look, they’ve got nibbles! I love nibbles!
Tish: (referring to the Doctor) He's a science geek, I should've known. Gotta get back to work now, I'll catch up with you.
(Tish leaves)
The Doctor: Science geek, what's that mean?
Martha: That you're obsessively enthusiastic about it.
The Doctor: (pleased) Oh, nice.
The Doctor: Lovely to meet you, Mrs. Jones. I've heard a lot about you.
Francine: (coldly) Have you. What have you heard, then?
The Doctor: Oh, y'know, that you're Martha's mother, and...Uhm...no, actually, that's about it. We haven't had much time to chat. You know, been... busy.
Francine: "Busy?" Doing what, exactly?
The Doctor: Oh, y'know...stuff.
Lazarus: I am Professor Richard Lazarus. And tonight, I'm going to perform a miracle...
Martha: It’s impossible.
The Doctor: And that’s two impossible things we’ve seen so far tonight. Don’t you love it when that happens?
Martha: (referring to Lazarus) Tish, he's a monster!
Tish: I know the age thing's a bit freaky but it works for Catherine Zeta-Jones!
Martha: You mean you don’t have a plan?
The Doctor: Yes, the plan was to get inside here. Well, then I’d come up with another plan.
Martha: In your own time, then.
The Doctor: Really shouldn't take that long just to reverse the polarity...Must be a bit out of practice.
(The Doctor and Lazarus are in Southwark Cathedral)
Lazarus: Came here before. A lifetime ago. Thought I was going to die then. In fact, I was sure of it. I sat here, just a child, the sound of planes and bombs outside.
The Doctor: The Blitz.
Lazarus: You've read about it.
The Doctor: I was there.
Lazarus: You're too young.
The Doctor: So are you.
Lazarus: I changed the course of history.
The Doctor: Any of them might have done too. You think history's only made with equations? Facing death is part of being human. You can't change that.
Lazarus: No, Doctor. Avoiding death is being human. It’s our strongest impulse. To cling to life with every fibre of being. I’m only doing what everyone before me has tried to do. I’ve simply been more... successful. I'm more now than I was. More than just an ordinary human.
The Doctor: There's no such thing as an "ordinary human."
Lazarus: You're so sentimental, Doctor. Maybe you are older than you look.
The Doctor: I'm old enough to know that a longer life isn't always a better one. In the end, you just get tired. Tired of the struggle. Tired of losing everyone that matters to you. Tired of watching everything turn to dust. If you live long enough, Lazarus, the only certainty left is that you'll end up alone.
Lazarus: That's a price worth paying.
The Doctor: Is it?
Francine: (over the phone) Martha, it's your mother. Please, phone me back, I'm begging you! I know who this Doctor really is! I know he's dangerous! You're going to get yourself killed! Please trust me! This information comes from Harold Saxon himself. You're not safe!
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