Doctor Who 6x02, "Day of the Moon"
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kindkitThat was fun, and creepy, and a little sad, and everything I like in a good DW episode. And did I mention OMG CREEPY, what with the Silence having been on earth unknown for millennia, and them accidentally ordering their own destruction, and the spacesuit girl, and the Tennessee Williams Memorial Orphanage, and Amy's Schroedinger's pregnancy and the spacesuit girl turning out to be at least part Time Lord? (ETA: And the Silence hanging from the ceiling like giant freaky alien bats, and the eyepatch-wearing woman behind the door, and tons of other stuff.)
The whole thing was incredibly engaging and well-paced, and I'm sure people will find a million plotholes but I don't care.
Moffat finally gave us a gay character, which I'm glad about although I do rather wish his gayness hadn't been set up as a Big Reveal. But at least Canton was a highly important character in these two episodes, and a hero, and he didn't end up dead, all of which is better than RTD managed most of the time, so I'm not complaining too much.
I'm less pleased about the River/Doctor romance finally becoming indisputable canon--the first indisputably canon romance the Doctor has ever had, which is not something I ever really wanted for the Doctor, especially since the nature of television, still, is that any romance the hero of a "family" show has is going to be heterosexual. I like River a lot more than I used to, since I think we're finally seeing her be awesome rather than just told that she's awesome. She's not just awesome in the kickass sense, either, but in the sense that as the man she loves slips away from her, she's brave. She doesn't say a word about it to him because she knows she mustn't, and she soldiers on with what needs doing.
Speaking of which, oh Rory. *hearts him x 1,000,000* Okay, the set-up of him hearing Amy's vague declaration of love was ridiculously contrived, but I adore him for not reacting with jealousy, not demanding that all the life-and-death issues suddenly stop to make room for his emotional needs. When he thought she meant the Doctor and said, "I'll bring him to you," my heart broke a little, because he loves Amy enough to do whatever he thinks she needs. That kind of stoic, selfless love is (provided the person doing the loving isn't a doormat, which Rory isn't) one of my bulletproof kinks. And I'm glad that Amy didn't really mean the Doctor, but also glad that her and Rory's relationship is genuinely complicated by her deep affection for the Doctor--emotionally, the situation feels very real and grown-up.
Also, the Doctor kissed just-freed-from-the-bodybag!Rory, and that made me happy.
There are still lots of loose ends to wrap up; I love how Moffat simply lampshaded the fact by having the Doctor say, "Hey, let's forget about this for now and go have some adventures!" At this point I trust Moffat enough as a storyteller to believe it'll all make sense in the end.
ETA 2: No, it wasn't freaking genocide. The Silence have the means to leave the planet; all the Doctor did was create a situation where they had to.
The whole thing was incredibly engaging and well-paced, and I'm sure people will find a million plotholes but I don't care.
Moffat finally gave us a gay character, which I'm glad about although I do rather wish his gayness hadn't been set up as a Big Reveal. But at least Canton was a highly important character in these two episodes, and a hero, and he didn't end up dead, all of which is better than RTD managed most of the time, so I'm not complaining too much.
I'm less pleased about the River/Doctor romance finally becoming indisputable canon--the first indisputably canon romance the Doctor has ever had, which is not something I ever really wanted for the Doctor, especially since the nature of television, still, is that any romance the hero of a "family" show has is going to be heterosexual. I like River a lot more than I used to, since I think we're finally seeing her be awesome rather than just told that she's awesome. She's not just awesome in the kickass sense, either, but in the sense that as the man she loves slips away from her, she's brave. She doesn't say a word about it to him because she knows she mustn't, and she soldiers on with what needs doing.
Speaking of which, oh Rory. *hearts him x 1,000,000* Okay, the set-up of him hearing Amy's vague declaration of love was ridiculously contrived, but I adore him for not reacting with jealousy, not demanding that all the life-and-death issues suddenly stop to make room for his emotional needs. When he thought she meant the Doctor and said, "I'll bring him to you," my heart broke a little, because he loves Amy enough to do whatever he thinks she needs. That kind of stoic, selfless love is (provided the person doing the loving isn't a doormat, which Rory isn't) one of my bulletproof kinks. And I'm glad that Amy didn't really mean the Doctor, but also glad that her and Rory's relationship is genuinely complicated by her deep affection for the Doctor--emotionally, the situation feels very real and grown-up.
Also, the Doctor kissed just-freed-from-the-bodybag!Rory, and that made me happy.
There are still lots of loose ends to wrap up; I love how Moffat simply lampshaded the fact by having the Doctor say, "Hey, let's forget about this for now and go have some adventures!" At this point I trust Moffat enough as a storyteller to believe it'll all make sense in the end.
ETA 2: No, it wasn't freaking genocide. The Silence have the means to leave the planet; all the Doctor did was create a situation where they had to.
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Date: 2011-05-01 12:38 pm (UTC)Eee, yes! It was awesome! And this episode totally solidifies my idea of Amy/Rory/Eleven. It's a lovely, complicated, adult relationship. I love it.
ETA 2: No, it wasn't freaking genocide. The Silence have the means to leave the planet; all the Doctor did was create a situation where they had to.
Pff, are people saying that? Dude, genocide is the Doctor's thing, even before New Who and the Time War and every second alien being the last of their race. Seven, most of all. He was the genocidalist of all.
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Date: 2011-05-02 02:23 am (UTC)And sadly, people have been crying genocide all over the fandom. Including people who have seen classic Who and ought to know better than to think the Doctor is a pacifist.