Not that I thought it was a bad episode, and the interaction at the end was amazing and emotional and moving. The Doctor seemed to be steadily losing it ever since he saw the chapter title; he must have known that somehow it wasn't going to turn out ok (after all, he said he'd had a feeling for a while that the Ponds were leaving). But I hated the "It's a fixed time, I'll never see you again" bullshit. It felt like a cheap way to dispose of Amy and Rory for good. I was really, really hoping for Amy to be the one who broke the Tragic Companion curse - I feel like as long as the Doctor knows she's in the universe somewhere, and he can see her whenever he wants - not that he will always, of course, he just has to know he can - I feel like without that base, Eleven just doesn't work for me. And Amy joins the long list of companions who got put on a bus and never get mentioned again.
I'm just disappointed and bitter. The Doctor doesn't need any more companion tragedies. Once, just once, I wanted to see a companion come out on top.
You're right. And you know what else I hated about the way they ended it? They turned Amy into this "I'd rather kill myself than live without you" co-dependent mess instead of letting her be strong and independent, an adult who could think rationally and figure things out. She basically had all the emotional depth and stability of a teenage girl instead of the grown woman she's meant to be.
And then they make it all about the Doctor's sorrow, not about the companions who are living it. I realize the title of the show is Doctor Who, but surely they could spend thirty seconds to focus on the people who shared the screen with him for two and a half years.
Not that I thought it was a bad episode, and the interaction at the end was amazing and emotional and moving. The Doctor seemed to be steadily losing it ever since he saw the chapter title; he must have known that somehow it wasn't going to turn out ok (after all, he said he'd had a feeling for a while that the Ponds were leaving). But I hated the "It's a fixed time, I'll never see you again" bullshit. It felt like a cheap way to dispose of Amy and Rory for good. I was really, really hoping for Amy to be the one who broke the Tragic Companion curse - I feel like as long as the Doctor knows she's in the universe somewhere, and he can see her whenever he wants - not that he will always, of course, he just has to know he can - I feel like without that base, Eleven just doesn't work for me. And Amy joins the long list of companions who got put on a bus and never get mentioned again.
I'm just disappointed and bitter. The Doctor doesn't need any more companion tragedies. Once, just once, I wanted to see a companion come out on top.
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And then they make it all about the Doctor's sorrow, not about the companions who are living it. I realize the title of the show is Doctor Who, but surely they could spend thirty seconds to focus on the people who shared the screen with him for two and a half years.
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