7x01 Asylum of the Daleks discussion post

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When we restarted this comm most people voted for us to have discussion posts for new episodes as they aired. Since we do rewatch posts on Saturday, we figure we'll do the discussion posts for the new episodes on Sunday, after you've hopefully had a bit of time to digest.

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[sue_denimme]

Finally saw it just now (been busy) and I had the same reaction as I've had to almost all Eleven's episodes. Which is: I like the dialogue but everything else is meh.

The Ponds are meh. Amy especially. She's just never impressed me as a character. Sure, she's brave and quirky, and challenges the Doctor and tells him off, all the surface qualities you could want in a companion, but somehow I just don't buy her. I think what it is is that I've never seen her show genuine compassion or caring for another person, at least not convincingly. Like she only loves Rory because his devotion to her feeds her ego. As for the Doctor, she's never seemed to see him as a person with feelings -- not the way Rose, Martha, or Donna did.

I like Rory a bit better, but unfortunately he's such a package deal with her that I literally can't see him existing as his own separate person. He revolves around Amy like the proverbial moth.

The divorce storyline was just like all their other storylines -- so forced and senseless that I can't be bothered to care. They're not characters, they're chess pieces being shoved around at Moffat's whim. They're way past their expiration date and I'm glad they'll finally be gone soon.

Buuuuttt... I did like Jenna-Louise. Things might look up a bit when she officially joins as Clara or whatever her name is. Though I don't trust Moffat not to turn her into a chess piece as well.

Sigh. I think I'll have another RTD marathon.