Because now I've seen the episode I want to watch Confidential (before I forget to watch it) and I can't because it's not up yet

Tonight's episode was good. I thought it was going to finish about halfway through though - it looked like they were all going to be in mortal danger which is pretty standard for Doctor Who cliffhangers. Also, I think I've got used to cross stitching again and now I can't watch anything without getting bored if I'm not cross stitching at the same time. While I was resting my thumb there were quite a few episodes of The Bill I didn't quite watch because I got distracted by the first set of adverts.

Back on the subject, I love Captain Jack. It's impossible to call him Jack, though, I suspect Pirates of the Caribbean might have something to answer for there. A question though - what was the programme he was in? They never told us the title. Is it something along the lines of What Not to Wear?

The internet is a wonderful thing: I've been finding out all sorts of things about the Doctor & Ace's story. Or stories, since there is more than one and they all differ. I realised why I love them. Partly because Ace is totally my role model as a child. Regardless of whether I actually saw it or not I definitely knew who the doctor was (Sylvester McCoy) and I knew who Ace was. So it's sort of like re-discovering my childhood.

And it's also their relationship. It's been interesting seeing how it is between the Doctor and Rose, and Captain Jack. But the one between Ace and the Doctor seems a bit like a father/child relationship to me. From what I've found she didn't know her father, hated her mother and pretty much had no time for authority figures. Okay, so she didn't always do what the Doctor told her (which is, after all, the role of the companion) but they looked after each other and worried about each other. They were certainly friends (when he introduces them he always says, 'my friend, Ace') but because she's so young I think it makes it a different slant on their friendship.

And I seem to love those sorts of relationships. Parent & child ones, whether not related or are related and are dysfunctional. So it explains Elrond & Aragorn, Clark Kent & his parents, Sydney & Jack, Sirius & Harry, Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan & Anakin.