The Big Bang - my review. Spoilers, obviously.

[sensiblecat]

...and spending the rest of the evening trying not to cry into my mussels (almost the only thing the local had left on the menu, since the glorious weather seemed to have caught them by surprise).

I had an awful lot of questions but I can live with them not all being answered. They weren’t, as it happens (duck pond, anyone? When did Amelia’s

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[sensiblecat]

The Nine/Rose/Jack dynamic (the last significant trio) has been upended by Moffat. Rory has Rose's compassion and bravery, while Amy has a rather obvious sexuality and outrageousness. It's a nice way of subverting gender stereotypes without going down the Gay Agenda lane too far

[np_complete]

I have to admit I liked River tormenting the Dalek. To me it suggested more back story than all the glimpses of filled pages in her diary.

She hated that thing. She really, really, hated it, and responded with a kind of steady, practiced, unelaborated rage that suggests a long history with them. And that's something we haven't even seen hinted before. (She's turned up so many times it's hard to remember, but this is the first time we've seen her and the Daleks in the same place.)

[toledom]

Like you, it infuriates me when people say David Who?, etc. It doesn't take long, does it

[sensiblecat]

Oi, less of the "girls" please - I'm 51.

I think a lot of us bent over backwards to like 11 and not keep comparing him to 10, but in the end these things take time. Some better writing would have helped.

[toledom]

Sorry about that! My wife is nearly 39 and she still speaks of her gang of friends as "the girls" :)