Please Help Me Make Sense of The Wedding of River Song (finally finished S6 of DW)

[tkross23]

I FINALLY finished S6 of Doctor Who last night! Whew. It only took me about 6 months. Now if I could just make sense of what I watched...Anyone care to explain it to me? Because my brain is in a bit of a fog about the finale, The Wedding of River Song. It didn't help that netflix was being a bitch and re-starting every five minutes (probably

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[amethyst_rei]

I feel sort of bad for thinking this, but I'm glad that I wasn't the only one left reeling from S6. I just finished watching it myself and am still really confused about some of the stuff that went on. Normally I'd just re-watch the season, but I was too eager to find out who Clara was so I just skipped on ahead. I'll probably get back to it again sometime.

Thanks for the link to the video, btw. I need further insight into what went on that season because I need to know if it really WAS as much of a clusterf*ck as I thought it was, or if it was jut me being really, really thick. (*crosses my fingers that there's a point to the obscurity and all will be revealed in s7*)

Also, I'm totally with you on the whole "feeling disconnected" thing, though my reasons may not be yours. As much as I ADORE Eleven and love Amy & River (I like Rory too, a bit), I just haven't felt all that attached to the show or the characters since Ten's regeneration. Perhaps it's because I'm still thrown off by all the newness, but that's kind of ridiculous considering it's been Eleven's hour for quite a while. *Sighs* IDEK. I just hope that things get better in s7. Not with the series itself, particularly (as I still thought s6 was pretty good), but, rather, in the way I feel about it, if that makes sense.

tl;dr -- A agree with everything you wrote. Lol.

[tkross23]

Oh, there were tons of people left reeling after S6 (though there are lots that absolutely loved it too). One of the reasons I waited so long to finish it was because I already knew how everything had turned out (mostly from fanfics and gutter chat). I'm completely rubbish at avoiding spoilers. I thought that maybe since I already knew the basic major plotline, I wouldn't be so confused. Clearly, I was wrong. But yeah, it is totally making me feel thick.
I think that is just Moffat though. He kind of leads up to something and never really actually explains it. I didn't think the S5 finale made a lot of sense either (and I was very uncomfortable with the idea of everyone pre Amy Pond forgetting the Doctor but that's another conversation).

Actually, the reasons for my feelings of disconnect from the show are very similar to yours. I know that Doctor Who has always embraced and thrived on change but it just felt like a completely different show after Ten regenerated. The main reason for that is the change in showrunner from Russel T. Davies to Steven Moffat (and pretty much the entire production team and writer staff). I have a lot of issues with Steven Moffat that have been exacerbated by what I've read in fandom. He writes clever stuff and the special effects are better, but it is often at the expense of the characters and the story itself. Eleven has grown on me, as have Amy and Rory (and even River), but I have never felt as connected to any of them as I did to the S1-4 Doctors and companions. Consequently, I am just not as invested at all.
Also, even though we had a change pretty much every season for S1-4, there was always at least one constant. When we got to S5, nothing was the same. New Doctor. New Tardis. New Companion. Even new opening credits. Of course I still love the show; I just mourn what it was. And like you, I feel ridiculous since Eleven has been around awhile. But also like you, I only started watching recently (a year ago for me) so it is all new to me.

I am excited to catch up though. I keep reading great things about the new episodes with Clara so hopefully I will be excited about the show again. It will be nice to watch it live, and I can't wait for the 50th special now that we know Billie Piper and David Tennant are in it (though I am nervous about what will happen with their characters).
I mean I'm always excited about Doctor Who, let's be honest, but mostly I re-watch parts of S1 and S2 and read fanfic (and contemplate writing more).