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6x08 Let's Kill Hitler
Which is now definitely one of my favourite episodes. Back to the Future meet The Curse of Fatal Death meet genius wizard god-sauce. Doctor Who came back from the summer break with a bang.
It was a huge dazzling romp once again, where I spend the first umpteen minutes saying, 'what? what? what now?', the rest saying, 'This is the best episode ever!' That of course only when I'm not laughing hysterically. So, the new girl. The bad thing about the girl is, I knew she was coming. Because she's apparently some big name in Eastenders or Coronation Street or whatever and so I simply couldn't avoid hearing about her being a new companion(!) and I HATE spoilers. I would've liked it a lot more if she just appeared out of the blue without me having any expectations at all. Not that it would've made a difference in the end, because THAT ENTRANCE, she had that typical River entrance. Amy (or Rory? Eh, one of them) tells the Doctor, 'Hang on! It wasn't us crossing out the name!' and then the sound of the engine is heard and I cry out, 'River!' I was totally expecting Alex Kingston. River's still the Drama Queen, even when she hasn't got a party dress on.
And River was hilarious all along. Quite liked the TCoFD scene, I did, because I TCoFD rocks and, Doctor, you're forgetting I also have a TARDIS, I went even further back in time and bribed the architect.
What else did I love? Hitler! Wait, that came out all wrong... That whole bloody 'Let's Kill Hitler!' sugar-coating turning out to be simply a diversion. And the moment when they realised what they did! Shut up, Hitler! And get in the cupboard!
And now let's talk about the wonderful new character introduced this episode: Evil River. Evil River is brilliant. If Alex Kingston doesn't get some award for her performance this world is seriously screwed.
Almost as much as the DW world. Rory's already had an 'I-need-a-drink' face when Melody regenerated and then it only got worse. 'You named your daughter... after your daughter?' And then that whole dialogue about Melody being a sociopath programmed to kill the Doctor and wreak havoc in general. 'Melody, sweetie, I asked you to go to the groceries and buy some milk, not to shoot people exiting the shop and ransack their bags for milk.' And then the Doctor snogging River and joking about it to her parents. And then, 'Come on, Amy, can't you see it? Your daughter might've been kidnapped by space villains as a baby and raised a monster but now that you've finally caught up with her you've GOT TO ABANDON HER NOW because kids grow up. By the way, she's a great kisser.'
On the topic of the flashbacks, they were funnier than I initially expected. And there was Caitlin Blackwood! Who's still the cutest little Scottish girl on telly. Making Rory the loser kid was wonderfully evil. Melody hooking up her parents is worth a headache.
And the Doctor dancing? Sonic cane! I'm still surprised River didn't DESTROY the top hat.
So now we know a lot more about River's history. Obviously not what really happened on the beach because, spoilers!, but we do know how Melody ended up as River. So now I keep thinking back to Day of the Moon. Melody escapes the Silence in 1969, regenerates, runs off. 1990s-2000s: Melody lives in Leadworth, England. Regarding that we last saw her regenerating in 1969, there might be a whole new version of her we've never seen (and then in a mindfucked finale we'll find out that the second regeneration is Madame Kovarian and she's the villain who turned herself into a villain, mwhahaah!) 2011: Astronaut kills the Doctor in the US. 'Contemporary' Melody is apparently still in England. So exactly how many versions of Melody are there? Or have the bad aliens gone and fetched her with the spaceship that used to be in the US in 1969 but somehow ended up in Craig's flat from 5x11?
But before I conclude, I guess I should talk about the Space Police who didn't have American accents have a spaceship built by Skynet, should I? After all, they were the villains this time or whatever. Also, River is more evil than Hitler! They were, well, funny. As well as their very English robots who were built to incinerate EVERYBODY who didn't have an easily-hackable wrist-thingimajiggy that needs to be updated all the time else you'll get your spine ripped out and shown you on your way to work in the morning. I've heard TFL's already placed an order for several hundred robots.
And now in conclusion, despite what I said in the previous paragraph I do not intend to write a conclusion. That was my cunning plan! Ha-Ha-Ha. Did anyone else notice in the dying scene that Matt Smith looks totally like Wallace from Wallace and Gromit?
P.S. Dear Livejournal, no offence, but the new 'Cut Wizard' guy is a wanker. He's probably cheated in all his wizardly exams and got this job through his daddy. Making cuts has never been this annoying. And I can't even edit the text in HTML anymore because it reverts to centred no-cut-text whale-vomit whenever I tab back to rich text. Can't you hire a real wizard instead? Kthxbai.
Which is now definitely one of my favourite episodes. Back to the Future meet The Curse of Fatal Death meet genius wizard god-sauce. Doctor Who came back from the summer break with a bang.
It was a huge dazzling romp once again, where I spend the first umpteen minutes saying, 'what? what? what now?', the rest saying, 'This is the best episode ever!' That of course only when I'm not laughing hysterically. So, the new girl. The bad thing about the girl is, I knew she was coming. Because she's apparently some big name in Eastenders or Coronation Street or whatever and so I simply couldn't avoid hearing about her being a new companion(!) and I HATE spoilers. I would've liked it a lot more if she just appeared out of the blue without me having any expectations at all. Not that it would've made a difference in the end, because THAT ENTRANCE, she had that typical River entrance. Amy (or Rory? Eh, one of them) tells the Doctor, 'Hang on! It wasn't us crossing out the name!' and then the sound of the engine is heard and I cry out, 'River!' I was totally expecting Alex Kingston. River's still the Drama Queen, even when she hasn't got a party dress on.
And River was hilarious all along. Quite liked the TCoFD scene, I did, because I TCoFD rocks and, Doctor, you're forgetting I also have a TARDIS, I went even further back in time and bribed the architect.
What else did I love? Hitler! Wait, that came out all wrong... That whole bloody 'Let's Kill Hitler!' sugar-coating turning out to be simply a diversion. And the moment when they realised what they did! Shut up, Hitler! And get in the cupboard!
And now let's talk about the wonderful new character introduced this episode: Evil River. Evil River is brilliant. If Alex Kingston doesn't get some award for her performance this world is seriously screwed.
Almost as much as the DW world. Rory's already had an 'I-need-a-drink' face when Melody regenerated and then it only got worse. 'You named your daughter... after your daughter?' And then that whole dialogue about Melody being a sociopath programmed to kill the Doctor and wreak havoc in general. 'Melody, sweetie, I asked you to go to the groceries and buy some milk, not to shoot people exiting the shop and ransack their bags for milk.' And then the Doctor snogging River and joking about it to her parents. And then, 'Come on, Amy, can't you see it? Your daughter might've been kidnapped by space villains as a baby and raised a monster but now that you've finally caught up with her you've GOT TO ABANDON HER NOW because kids grow up. By the way, she's a great kisser.'
On the topic of the flashbacks, they were funnier than I initially expected. And there was Caitlin Blackwood! Who's still the cutest little Scottish girl on telly. Making Rory the loser kid was wonderfully evil. Melody hooking up her parents is worth a headache.
And the Doctor dancing? Sonic cane! I'm still surprised River didn't DESTROY the top hat.
So now we know a lot more about River's history. Obviously not what really happened on the beach because, spoilers!, but we do know how Melody ended up as River. So now I keep thinking back to Day of the Moon. Melody escapes the Silence in 1969, regenerates, runs off. 1990s-2000s: Melody lives in Leadworth, England. Regarding that we last saw her regenerating in 1969, there might be a whole new version of her we've never seen (and then in a mindfucked finale we'll find out that the second regeneration is Madame Kovarian and she's the villain who turned herself into a villain, mwhahaah!) 2011: Astronaut kills the Doctor in the US. 'Contemporary' Melody is apparently still in England. So exactly how many versions of Melody are there? Or have the bad aliens gone and fetched her with the spaceship that used to be in the US in 1969 but somehow ended up in Craig's flat from 5x11?
But before I conclude, I guess I should talk about the Space Police who didn't have American accents have a spaceship built by Skynet, should I? After all, they were the villains this time or whatever. Also, River is more evil than Hitler! They were, well, funny. As well as their very English robots who were built to incinerate EVERYBODY who didn't have an easily-hackable wrist-thingimajiggy that needs to be updated all the time else you'll get your spine ripped out and shown you on your way to work in the morning. I've heard TFL's already placed an order for several hundred robots.
And now in conclusion, despite what I said in the previous paragraph I do not intend to write a conclusion. That was my cunning plan! Ha-Ha-Ha. Did anyone else notice in the dying scene that Matt Smith looks totally like Wallace from Wallace and Gromit?
P.S. Dear Livejournal, no offence, but the new 'Cut Wizard' guy is a wanker. He's probably cheated in all his wizardly exams and got this job through his daddy. Making cuts has never been this annoying. And I can't even edit the text in HTML anymore because it reverts to centred no-cut-text whale-vomit whenever I tab back to rich text. Can't you hire a real wizard instead? Kthxbai.