Doctor Who 608; Let's Kill Hitler
AKA the most irrelevantly titled episode in who history. There are spoilers below the cut, I warn you now.
(This post was intended for tumblr, but it is a stupid website incapable of anything so it's here instead)
OK so the Mels/Melody was obvious from the word go, but it was executed well enough to be enjoyable, even if it wasn't the ~puzzle~ Moffat likes to think
The crop circle thing was a nice touch. AND PRETTY.
Is the new coat significant? Because at the end he was back in the tweed. If series 5 was anything to go by, I'm guessing the answer is yes.
UGH UGH UGH YOU DO NOT NEED PERMISSION TO HUG YOUR BEST FRIEND RORY DOES NOT OWN AMY'S BODY SHE CAN HUG WHOEVER SHE DAMN WELL PLEASES.
I swear Amy's hair's even redder this series. I approve.
BB!Rory and Amelia omg. And the fact that River basically got her parents together lol.
'You shot my TARDIS!'
They never did let Hitler out the stationary cupboard, did they?
In fact, Hitler was almost entirely irrelevant. In fact, Nazi Germany in general was just a setting (and occasional plot point) and an excuse for a quip from River I expect Moffat's been dying to use for ages. The title, it would seem, was just to get free publicity from the Daily Mail?
'You named your daughter...after your daughter.'
Oh my God it's River before she knows she's River I can't even... And Karen's face through all this is priceless. Though Moffat, your crush on River Song/Alex Kingston is showing through so badly. I don't really blame you but...yeah, showing.
MATT SMITH FOR ALL THE AWARDS. Even though we knew he wasn't going to die ALL THE FEELINGS OMG. And the guilt, the fact that the one person he hasn't completely fucked up is little Amelia Pond. And even that eventually turns to shit. And Matt Smith's face I just...IDK, I find Eleven's angst more heartbreaking, somehow, than Ten's.
I'm quite fond the the Tesselector (idk?) concept. Not the mad time-travelling vigilantes thing they have going on, but the actual little people inside a robot thing. It reminds me of a 'how your body works' book I had when I was younger.
If I'm not very much mistaken, that's the Temple of Peace in Cardiff, as seen in Gridlock, the Silurian two-parter and a couple of other episodes too.
'You still care- ' adfghjk the Melody>River transformation was beautiful to watch. Alex Kingston stole every single scene this episode.
Actually, the entire cast was pretty flawless. Extra kudos to Karen for playing a robot and Amy simaltaneously.
Oh oh River.
'River. No.' She sacrificed the very essence of her time-lady-ness for a man she barely knows because whatever he whispered to her totally convinced her that he was worth it. A whispered comment from an almost complete stranger convinced her that fifty-odd years with him was better than centuries without.
Right, so I get the River Song story now, I think. So onto the Silence. (The Tesselator made for a lovely exposition tool, as well). So the Silence is a cult, then? OK. I'm withholding judgement until I know more, on this one.
Someone on my dash said that it should've ended with Hitler shouting from inside the cupboard. I agree.
Confidential time. I've missed this mad cast too much. <3
(This post was intended for tumblr, but it is a stupid website incapable of anything so it's here instead)
OK so the Mels/Melody was obvious from the word go, but it was executed well enough to be enjoyable, even if it wasn't the ~puzzle~ Moffat likes to think
The crop circle thing was a nice touch. AND PRETTY.
Is the new coat significant? Because at the end he was back in the tweed. If series 5 was anything to go by, I'm guessing the answer is yes.
UGH UGH UGH YOU DO NOT NEED PERMISSION TO HUG YOUR BEST FRIEND RORY DOES NOT OWN AMY'S BODY SHE CAN HUG WHOEVER SHE DAMN WELL PLEASES.
I swear Amy's hair's even redder this series. I approve.
BB!Rory and Amelia omg. And the fact that River basically got her parents together lol.
'You shot my TARDIS!'
They never did let Hitler out the stationary cupboard, did they?
In fact, Hitler was almost entirely irrelevant. In fact, Nazi Germany in general was just a setting (and occasional plot point) and an excuse for a quip from River I expect Moffat's been dying to use for ages. The title, it would seem, was just to get free publicity from the Daily Mail?
'You named your daughter...after your daughter.'
Oh my God it's River before she knows she's River I can't even... And Karen's face through all this is priceless. Though Moffat, your crush on River Song/Alex Kingston is showing through so badly. I don't really blame you but...yeah, showing.
MATT SMITH FOR ALL THE AWARDS. Even though we knew he wasn't going to die ALL THE FEELINGS OMG. And the guilt, the fact that the one person he hasn't completely fucked up is little Amelia Pond. And even that eventually turns to shit. And Matt Smith's face I just...IDK, I find Eleven's angst more heartbreaking, somehow, than Ten's.
I'm quite fond the the Tesselector (idk?) concept. Not the mad time-travelling vigilantes thing they have going on, but the actual little people inside a robot thing. It reminds me of a 'how your body works' book I had when I was younger.
If I'm not very much mistaken, that's the Temple of Peace in Cardiff, as seen in Gridlock, the Silurian two-parter and a couple of other episodes too.
'You still care- ' adfghjk the Melody>River transformation was beautiful to watch. Alex Kingston stole every single scene this episode.
Actually, the entire cast was pretty flawless. Extra kudos to Karen for playing a robot and Amy simaltaneously.
Oh oh River.
'River. No.' She sacrificed the very essence of her time-lady-ness for a man she barely knows because whatever he whispered to her totally convinced her that he was worth it. A whispered comment from an almost complete stranger convinced her that fifty-odd years with him was better than centuries without.
Right, so I get the River Song story now, I think. So onto the Silence. (The Tesselator made for a lovely exposition tool, as well). So the Silence is a cult, then? OK. I'm withholding judgement until I know more, on this one.
Someone on my dash said that it should've ended with Hitler shouting from inside the cupboard. I agree.
Confidential time. I've missed this mad cast too much. <3