Umm...

[tencrush]

Okay, I wasn't hugely blown away by this one, I was somehow expecting some deeper level of... stuff I didn't get in the end.

First off, I'm annoyed (or is that furious?) that my prediction seems to be coming true and the Amy/Rory/Baby Melody storyline really was pretty much resolved in Let's Kill Hitler, and we're supposed to buy that Amy and Rory are happily accepting cars from the Doctor and saying goodbyes as opposed to, say, clawing his eyes out with their bare hands. As this seems to be the case, I, myself, have suddenly lost my own faith in Moff's Doctor Who as a show I can trust. (Unless, of course, that's the double bluff here. This is the point where WE, the audience, lose faith in the story and then Moff turns it all around in the last two eps. A double bluff on a Meta-tastic level. While I think that would be a genuis move on Moff's part, I'm going to say no, that's not going to happen.)

The Doctor's self-awareness has really been ramped up these last few episodes as well, again to a point where it almost seems to be becoming hyper-real. Again, the Doctor almost seems to have reached a point where he is providing meta commentary on his own characterisation. I don't really know what to make of all this. If we were at the beginning, the fourth episode, of a thirteen episode series, I'd speculate on what it all means and where it's all going, but there's only two left and I doubt it's really going anywhere. I don't know why, but this episode's left me with a slight feeling of ennui. Can you tell yet?

I liked the Amy Williams thing. That was a lovely subtle touch, there, the Doctor finally bursting this timeless little bubble that he's created for himself and Amy, that doesn't (and hasn't for a long time) reflect where she is in her life anymore and yet they both seemed to feel they needed to perpetuate, to the detriment of Rory who frankly deserves better than that. That felt right to me somehow, but it was only one of a few brief moments that really felt truly right. A lot of it was somehow off.

I think it's become reasonably apparent that Amy is the one who shoots the Doctor. I'm still secretly hoping for some sort of HUGE turnaround in the ENTIRE STORYLINE, but I don't think that'll happen now. I think things may well just sort of fizzle out. I've ceased caring what River and the Doctor are to each other, how they became that way and why. To be frank, I think I'd much prefer it if I never found out.

On a positive note, it's now transpired that Rory Williams is NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING, nor does he BELIEVE IN ANYTHING apart from maybe Rory Williams (both times). This is, of course, a good thing to learn and take away. So I'll leave it there.

Oh great, Cybermans.

Comments

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It's not even her changing her name. It's the Doctor changing her name for her. Right before he drops her off and tells her to go play house with Rory, instead of having an actual, adult discussion about what she and Rory should do next.