Re: Continued.janeway216August 28 2011, 23:00:26 UTC
I saw one person speculate that it was really weird that The Doctor would go and change clothes while he was dying, so instead, he hopped around the time stream, made another sentient ganger of himself, dropped the ganger off in Berlin while the original went after Melody's space suit. Ganger Doctor faked dying (note how many times he was declared dead and then popped back up to say something) and ended up picking up all of Melody's regenerations when she gave them to him and it's the Doctor in the space suit who will eventually end up killing himself.
Yeah, I do believe we'll find out he did something during those 29 minutes that will come back to set up the end of the season. Given that the title of the finale is "The Wedding of River Song" and he turned up in the same morning suit he wore to Amy's wedding, I'm wondering if maybe it's another crossing-the-timestream "Big Bang"-style stunt.
I don't know. I had problems. Not a lot of problems, but the problems I did have were sizeable.
Yeah, I agree, having had more time to think on this episode I really should have unpacked it more than I did. Late night analysis leads mostly to me chasing after the shinies.
The random inclusion of the "Best Friend I've Had Since Forever And Never Mentioned Before" just smacks of lazy writing.
Agreed. I should have mentioned it because it bothered me too. I suppose it could be explained, perhaps Mels never existed before because River's history is being rewritten, but there's no textual support for that, it'd just be fanwank. As it is, it's clearly just a giant ass-pull and a cheap way to get around saddling two of the main characters with an infant -- so you'll never get your daughter back, but at least you got to grow up with her, isn't that something?
I hadn't really processed the full implications on River, but I definitely see yours and Charlie Jane's point. I am reeeeeeeeally hoping there's more to River's life beyond "WOW THE DOCTOR IS AWESOME I MUST GO FIND HIM SO I CAN BE WITH HIM FOREVER." I am reeeeeeeeeeally hoping she wants to find him so she can, say, apologize for being a murderous psychopath and maybe they can try being friends, and things develop naturally from there. Or the River we saw at the end of the episode is still bugfuck crazy and is becoming an archaeologist so she can travel through time and find the Doctor so she can kill him. But I agree, odds are high that the archaeology is just so she can follow the Doctor around and make puppy eyes at him. Bleh.
Yeah, I do believe we'll find out he did something during those 29 minutes that will come back to set up the end of the season. Given that the title of the finale is "The Wedding of River Song" and he turned up in the same morning suit he wore to Amy's wedding, I'm wondering if maybe it's another crossing-the-timestream "Big Bang"-style stunt.
I don't know. I had problems. Not a lot of problems, but the problems I did have were sizeable.
Yeah, I agree, having had more time to think on this episode I really should have unpacked it more than I did. Late night analysis leads mostly to me chasing after the shinies.
The random inclusion of the "Best Friend I've Had Since Forever And Never Mentioned Before" just smacks of lazy writing.
Agreed. I should have mentioned it because it bothered me too. I suppose it could be explained, perhaps Mels never existed before because River's history is being rewritten, but there's no textual support for that, it'd just be fanwank. As it is, it's clearly just a giant ass-pull and a cheap way to get around saddling two of the main characters with an infant -- so you'll never get your daughter back, but at least you got to grow up with her, isn't that something?
I hadn't really processed the full implications on River, but I definitely see yours and Charlie Jane's point. I am reeeeeeeeally hoping there's more to River's life beyond "WOW THE DOCTOR IS AWESOME I MUST GO FIND HIM SO I CAN BE WITH HIM FOREVER." I am reeeeeeeeeeally hoping she wants to find him so she can, say, apologize for being a murderous psychopath and maybe they can try being friends, and things develop naturally from there. Or the River we saw at the end of the episode is still bugfuck crazy and is becoming an archaeologist so she can travel through time and find the Doctor so she can kill him. But I agree, odds are high that the archaeology is just so she can follow the Doctor around and make puppy eyes at him. Bleh.
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