It should totally be more mixed up, and you're absolutely right to cite the compare-the-journals scenes as an indication of that. It's bothering me, too.
A lot of people are talking about the Doctor's violent solution to the problem of the Silence. The explanation I've seen that makes the most sense to me is that he gave them an opportunity to get away. They can flee in their ships, they don't have to stick around to be killed. And there is that aspect of "hoist on their own petard", you know?
I'm more bothered by the fact that the humans involved are being unconsciously manipulated to kill. That's really icky. Of course, it's true that hypnosis only goes so far and you can't actually make people do something that's against their ethics, but the show doesn't imply that truth at all.
River, I'm just glad I'm not the only one being bothered by this. Maybe it'd be too complicated to follow but that's just weird how they're addressing it right now. it'd be so much fun to see the complexity of meeting at random in the timelines.
I was bothered by both aspects, re:silence, if only because it's different from Ten, but also because it's a bit weird how it was just accepted as normal behavior that fast.
it'd be so much fun to see the complexity of meeting at random in the timelines.
I'd love this! And really, that's what we've had before now. Lots of people seem to be discussing this and hoping that we don't have a reset button on our hands.
it's a bit weird how it was just accepted as normal behavior that fast.
Agreed! The overall resolution for the ep happened so fast, and so many things were left out -- plus Moffat's really been going for the "I will truly resolve the mindfuck only at the end of the season" thing -- so I am hoping that we get explanations about a lot of things, come episode 13!
A lot of people are talking about the Doctor's violent solution to the problem of the Silence. The explanation I've seen that makes the most sense to me is that he gave them an opportunity to get away. They can flee in their ships, they don't have to stick around to be killed. And there is that aspect of "hoist on their own petard", you know?
I'm more bothered by the fact that the humans involved are being unconsciously manipulated to kill. That's really icky. Of course, it's true that hypnosis only goes so far and you can't actually make people do something that's against their ethics, but the show doesn't imply that truth at all.
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I was bothered by both aspects, re:silence, if only because it's different from Ten, but also because it's a bit weird how it was just accepted as normal behavior that fast.
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I'd love this! And really, that's what we've had before now. Lots of people seem to be discussing this and hoping that we don't have a reset button on our hands.
it's a bit weird how it was just accepted as normal behavior that fast.
Agreed! The overall resolution for the ep happened so fast, and so many things were left out -- plus Moffat's really been going for the "I will truly resolve the mindfuck only at the end of the season" thing -- so I am hoping that we get explanations about a lot of things, come episode 13!
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