Doctor Who 6.10
I liked it. So much better than last week. Maybe even better than LKH.
I would have cried if Dad hadn’t been standing next to me. It’s so much nicer watching Who when I’m alone and can react how I want to without being thought weird or over-the-top. I was also surprised at the lack of arc-plot.
I liked: Amy kicking ass, Amy being a genius and figuring out how to survive and create all that tech, Amy talking with Amy, Amy not really being bothered by two Amys in the marriage. I honestly thought when younger!Amy said, “You’re Amy. He’s Rory. Yes, I am.” that she was going to say “We already have.” I was thinking of the Pandorica, and it didn’t help that the music when the Doctor was rocketing up to the burning TARDIS started playing then. (Probably my favorite part of the episode right there.) Basically: Amy, Amy, Amy! Oh, and being on another planet for once. And Rory. But mostly: Amy!
I love the title and how it ties into the whole: the Girl Who Waited. Again. Rather: the Woman Who Waited. Because older!Amy is no girl-child.
On a shallow note: that the reason the Doctor couldn’t leave the TARDIS fixed something in a fic I’d been dithering about posting because I wasn’t satisfied with the explanation I gave. Yay for canon!
The things I disliked: the premise-- if only Rory had communicated which button (and I really wish he hadn’t acted like it was Amy’s fault). That the Comic Relief specials where Amy flirted with Amy seemed to have been almost forgotten. (Note the almost: “It’s your marriage” makes it sound like the Doctor is fine with polyamory. Yay for fic purposes!) The Doctor slamming the door with a rushed, “I’m sorry.” Actually, that’s what I dislike the most about the episode. I knew it was going to happen, but I’d hoped it wouldn’t.
I’ve read a few fics with similar premises of alternate timestreams. The written word did a much better job of explaining the ins and outs, the whys and why nots, of why only one “Amy” could exist. It could have been done in the episode itself with just a few more lines of dialogue.
I think I would be happier if what I’d hoped would come true actually did: that younger!Amy would somehow manage to keep/gain older!Amy’s memories. That way, both would have survived, in a way. I knew simply from the premise that older!Amy wouldn’t survive, but with all the other variations running about (especially in S5), couldn’t there have been a way to do that?
Also, I’d love to see fanfic codas to the episode. I want the conversation the episode ended on. They could very well reconcile the ending for me.
Random: Amy keeps her Twitter account updated on her time/space travels?! Well, everyone in Leadworth knows the Doctor’s real, so it’s at least realistic. (But, ooh, I’d be jealous to no end.)
Meta: Rory accused the Doctor of turning him into him when it fact it was Amy who turned into the Doctor-- sonic screwdriver, knowledge of temporal mechanics and laws of time, and self-sacrifice so younger!Amy can live. It’s no coincidence Amy echoes the Doctor just before he steps into the Crack: “days that never came”/“days to come”. The Pandorica music I mentioned earlier cinches it.
I honestly think it could be my favorite episode in this half of the series. I love Amy to pieces, and this reminded me why.
I’m looking forward to next week’s episode. It looks to be just plain fun. (Oh, geez. Then it’s the start of the finale, because there’s no way 6.12 won’t lead directly into 6.13. I’m not ready for this series to be over.)
ETA: Addendum about the ending
I would have cried if Dad hadn’t been standing next to me. It’s so much nicer watching Who when I’m alone and can react how I want to without being thought weird or over-the-top. I was also surprised at the lack of arc-plot.
I liked: Amy kicking ass, Amy being a genius and figuring out how to survive and create all that tech, Amy talking with Amy, Amy not really being bothered by two Amys in the marriage. I honestly thought when younger!Amy said, “You’re Amy. He’s Rory. Yes, I am.” that she was going to say “We already have.” I was thinking of the Pandorica, and it didn’t help that the music when the Doctor was rocketing up to the burning TARDIS started playing then. (Probably my favorite part of the episode right there.) Basically: Amy, Amy, Amy! Oh, and being on another planet for once. And Rory. But mostly: Amy!
I love the title and how it ties into the whole: the Girl Who Waited. Again. Rather: the Woman Who Waited. Because older!Amy is no girl-child.
On a shallow note: that the reason the Doctor couldn’t leave the TARDIS fixed something in a fic I’d been dithering about posting because I wasn’t satisfied with the explanation I gave. Yay for canon!
The things I disliked: the premise-- if only Rory had communicated which button (and I really wish he hadn’t acted like it was Amy’s fault). That the Comic Relief specials where Amy flirted with Amy seemed to have been almost forgotten. (Note the almost: “It’s your marriage” makes it sound like the Doctor is fine with polyamory. Yay for fic purposes!) The Doctor slamming the door with a rushed, “I’m sorry.” Actually, that’s what I dislike the most about the episode. I knew it was going to happen, but I’d hoped it wouldn’t.
I’ve read a few fics with similar premises of alternate timestreams. The written word did a much better job of explaining the ins and outs, the whys and why nots, of why only one “Amy” could exist. It could have been done in the episode itself with just a few more lines of dialogue.
I think I would be happier if what I’d hoped would come true actually did: that younger!Amy would somehow manage to keep/gain older!Amy’s memories. That way, both would have survived, in a way. I knew simply from the premise that older!Amy wouldn’t survive, but with all the other variations running about (especially in S5), couldn’t there have been a way to do that?
Also, I’d love to see fanfic codas to the episode. I want the conversation the episode ended on. They could very well reconcile the ending for me.
Random: Amy keeps her Twitter account updated on her time/space travels?! Well, everyone in Leadworth knows the Doctor’s real, so it’s at least realistic. (But, ooh, I’d be jealous to no end.)
Meta: Rory accused the Doctor of turning him into him when it fact it was Amy who turned into the Doctor-- sonic screwdriver, knowledge of temporal mechanics and laws of time, and self-sacrifice so younger!Amy can live. It’s no coincidence Amy echoes the Doctor just before he steps into the Crack: “days that never came”/“days to come”. The Pandorica music I mentioned earlier cinches it.
I honestly think it could be my favorite episode in this half of the series. I love Amy to pieces, and this reminded me why.
I’m looking forward to next week’s episode. It looks to be just plain fun. (Oh, geez. Then it’s the start of the finale, because there’s no way 6.12 won’t lead directly into 6.13. I’m not ready for this series to be over.)
ETA: Addendum about the ending