Yeah, I accidentally got spoiled last month, but wrote it off. Now I'm adding it up to the, "Well, this is Doctor Who, we've had crazier mind stompage, I think I can handle this one." But, it also has a very ... I don't know, squicky feel to it. Probably because I'm scarred by the whole damn imprinting thing in Twilight.
But, it hardly makes sense the way River's acted in previous episodes around Amy and Rory. There's nothing in what she says or does that gives away that Amy and Rory mean anything to her other than fellow companions. She's actually taken on the mothering role with them at times. Looking back, you can see the hints where ganger Amy has been now. I just can't see any hints in series 5 that say River is Amy's child. As good of an actress River is, you'd think she'd react even just a little bit around her own mother.
I think crack theory #5849, but what if the baby was River and the Doctor's, but Amy was the gestational carrier? In "The Impossible Astronaut," River also had stomach pains like Amy did. What if somehow both women were snatched, and Amy was determined to be the carrier because really Amy is a bit easier to cover being missing/changed than River, so the fetus was transferred? OK, that is also equally disturbing.
I'm pretty sure that would intensely freak me out. Are plot lines like that a bit much for a children's show? I don't really know. They're definitely going more adult than I would have thought, but maybe gestational carrying is still a bit too adult.
Yeah, I feel like River would have to be an insanely good actress/liar to have pulled this off, but, then again, maybe she was a worser liar in the beginning (i.e. the Doctor's future which we haven't seen yet) and she just gets really good by the end (i.e. the only three adventures she's been on with her "parents")?
Or maybe the Doctor does something to River at the end of 6.07/6.08 that causes her to forget that Amy and Rory are her parents.
But, yeah, I keep forgetting that this is suppose to be a series for kids because it sure as hell doesn't act like it, especially lately! I think what they're doing now is very adult for a kids' series, and I'm one for saying that kids can handle a heck of a lot more than we believe they can handle.
Moffat's stuff has always been ... I wouldn't say "Adult", because it's not like pregnancy/childbirth is something kids don't know about/understand, but he definitely pulls no punches. Press Gang dealt with suicide and drug use and the like.
But, it hardly makes sense the way River's acted in previous episodes around Amy and Rory. There's nothing in what she says or does that gives away that Amy and Rory mean anything to her other than fellow companions. She's actually taken on the mothering role with them at times. Looking back, you can see the hints where ganger Amy has been now. I just can't see any hints in series 5 that say River is Amy's child. As good of an actress River is, you'd think she'd react even just a little bit around her own mother.
I think crack theory #5849, but what if the baby was River and the Doctor's, but Amy was the gestational carrier? In "The Impossible Astronaut," River also had stomach pains like Amy did. What if somehow both women were snatched, and Amy was determined to be the carrier because really Amy is a bit easier to cover being missing/changed than River, so the fetus was transferred? OK, that is also equally disturbing.
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Yeah, I feel like River would have to be an insanely good actress/liar to have pulled this off, but, then again, maybe she was a worser liar in the beginning (i.e. the Doctor's future which we haven't seen yet) and she just gets really good by the end (i.e. the only three adventures she's been on with her "parents")?
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But, yeah, I keep forgetting that this is suppose to be a series for kids because it sure as hell doesn't act like it, especially lately! I think what they're doing now is very adult for a kids' series, and I'm one for saying that kids can handle a heck of a lot more than we believe they can handle.
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