"The Hungry Earth," "Cold Blood," "Vincent and the Doctor," and "The Lodger"--well, it's been pouring outside....why not ( Read more... )

I did get as far as "Vampires of Venice" and "Amy's Choice" before my sister arrived for The Great Real Estate Hunt..............

Interesting that "Vampires" and "Amy's Choice" both emphasize keeping Amy and Rory together--Amy does make the choice at the end of "Vampires" that she wants Rory to be a companion, too, and that gets reinforced in the ( Read more... )

"Time of Angels" and "Flesh and Stone"....two of my favorites, from the first time I saw them ( Read more... )

Such a powerful moment in Gaiman's "The Doctor's Wife"....Amy's perceptiveness, to see to the heart of the matter and to show how well she does know her Doctor.  And the Doctor's world-weary response:  "Doesn't everyone?"  Could Matt Smith have looked any older or more worn at that moment ( Read more... )

Mmmm.....So far, two excellent episodes, then a good one, and then a great one.  Thanks, Moffat--I think you saved DW.  "Curse of the Black Spot" would've been among the best offered under Rusty's regime (other than Moffat's); in this improved version of DW, it's just good ( Read more... )

"Day of the Moon ( Read more... )

The Triumph of Intellect and Romance Over Brute Force and Cynicism.....That just keeps running through my mind as I see the trailers for DW6.  I loved DW5--Ferguson's silly song perfectly captured what made that season just a refreshing blast:  it was a renewal, as well as an innovation.  I loved the complexity of Moffat's timey-wimey plots, as ( Read more... )

Moffat's Comic Relief sketch:  I actually laughed aloud.  So damned funny, and the three of them--Smith, Darvill, Gillan--with the timing, the inflections....Above all, I thought it was one of the funniest send ups ever of the British tabloids' outraged tut-tutting over Amy Pond's skirts and flirting.  Moffat completely dismantled the self- ( Read more... )

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/01/fezzes-arent-cool

That, and another article on the same site--very interesting, very positive review of/reactions to Matt Smith's Eleven.  Pretty much, my same thoughts--particularly the idea that Eleven's comedy is an overlay for much more going on beneath.  That, in fact, is what I really admire about Smith's ( Read more... )

Ha!  Look what I found!  The Thinking Tiger icon Silver Ink Pot made for me, oh, a long time ago on a website far, far away....I had forgotten I had it, although I always loved it (*tigers*); I stopped using it there because one of the expletives made a mockery of it....Whatever.  Those days are gone now, happily enough.  And I found the tiger ( Read more... )