Quite coincidentally I have to write a story about someone named River but it's a dude, so.

[futuresoon]

The Doctor's Wife: Very nearly perfectly brilliant and beautiful and definitely not the episode I was expecting based on the title but probably the episode I should have been expecting based on the title so I am feeling a little bit ashamed about that. Years ago Neil Gaiman wrote a blog post about The War Games and his childhood experiences with

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[nutburger]

THE BEST EPISODE OF THE SEASON IMO

lol you're so right. We SHOULD have expected it since The Doctor/TARDIS is totally canon, but I was not expecting it. Brilliant episode.

"Fear me, I've killed all of them." One of my all time favorite lines. I get chills every time.

[futuresoon]

Not that it is difficult to be the best of the season when there have only been four episodes and one of them was kind of awful, but hey. *g*

The existence of River threw us all off, didn't it? I should have known a guest writer wouldn't be allowed to play in the main arc, though. And yes, that line is brilliant, as are many in the episode (I have a particular fondness for "What made you think I would ever give you back?", and Matt Smith's delivery of "Don't we all?" just about killed me).

Real life is so troublesome sometimes...

[lady_peony]

NOOOOO.

I am so behind on Doctor Who by like two episodes.
This situation is unacceptable. DDD:
I hated my finals period because I got Matt Smith withdrawal symptoms, but at least I'm done with them now.
Once I find some more time from taking care of other stuff, I can catch up.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but The Doctor's Wife is the episode written by Neil Gaiman right? So I'll be looking forward to watching this one then.

Re: Real life is so troublesome sometimes...

[futuresoon]

Hey, I'm amazed I can manage to keep up with three shows at once these days (DW, T&B, and Sekaiichi Hatsukoi because why not). And yes, the inestimable Neil wrote this one! It is very very much a fanboy episode; honestly, I know I've read fic with one of this episode's central premises. And Neil does it absolutely beautifully.

[thewaterbandit]

This episode was so very very Gaiman-y I nearly travelled to an alternate dimension inside my house populated by the spirits of long dead gods (in Victorian dress) and aided by my cat. This was a pretty good thing, though! I loved Idris.

The Rory Thing disturbed me, though. Really, really disturbed me. ):

[futuresoon]

Hey, Gaiman sticks with what he's good at. *g* As for Rory...yeah. Although I find it kind of amusing that he does appear to have a death quota now. At least one per episode, or it violates his contract!

[thewaterbandit]

The sad thing is I fall for his deaths every single time. Damn you Moff for toying with my emotions so! And damn me for latching onto a second-stringer who can be put through this kind of crap!

(Now taking bets on Rory and Captain Jack meeting and swapping death stories!)

[bookelfe]

At this point I'm going to be really disappointed if he doesn't die once per episode for the rest of the season. Come on, Rory, only a few more episodes to go, keep up the streak!

(Though as far as it goes I think this fakeout death was absolutely the best one of the season - you were obviously meant to know it wasn't real, what's important is what it said about Amy's fears, and that was perfect.)

[taco_grell]

That episode made me so happy! I liked it 10 times more than I thought I would.

[futuresoon]

Exactly! I knew nothing going in except the title and the writer, and the title didn't give me much hope, but having seen the actual episode, oh, so many hearts in my eyes. I should have known Neil would pull a fanboy.