Doctor Who 5x05 - Flesh and Stone
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lightcastleAhh... scary Moffat. Almost comforting in it's own way. :)
So much I liked here, although the Angels always do suffer from Fridge Logic. (Do they feed only on time energy? How can they turn their defense on and off and have that make any sense?) Despite all that - Angels in the shadows of the Wood. Angels at the Gates. Angels laughing because their terror is fun. All so lovely and deliciously terrible. It makes me happy.
I quoted the lovely line of lovely lines in the earlier post. There were flood of lovely lines though.
"I wish I knew you better."
"I think, sir, that you know me at my best."
Octavian really felt like a new Brigadier.
***
"Yes, you're right, if we lie to her she'll get all better."
***
"There's a plan?"
"I don't know yet, I haven't finished talking."
***
"In one very simple word even you can understand."
***
"The most important thing in the universe is that I get you sorted out."
"That's what I've been saying."
***
So many things were delightfully creepy. The counting down. "I have to go take closer look at that." Angel Bob. (Who I sort of liked despite my feeling it is too much of a repeat of the Library.) Amy walking like she can see. Hell, they even did a "hot girl trips and falls while surrounded by monsters" and MADE IT WORK. That takes talent.
Hell, as most of you know, I adore a properly placed Chekov's Gun, and thus the solution to the Angel problem was most satisfying to me.
This episode may well have convinced me to love Matt Smith. Flashes of Davison's passionate humanity and fragility. Sharp, yet compassionate fierceness.
As for River, I'm not sure if who she killed was the Doctor, although it might fit. The obvious would be a mercy killing of some sort, but one he wouldn't understand now. It might explain why he insists on running from her and his future. On some level he knows that it isn't marriage that would make him reveal his name, it is love and mercy. Mind you, given her very specific knowledge of what kind of damage would kill the Doctor and not give him a chance to regenerate in Forest of the Dead, there's a lot of support for the "killed him" theory.
I somewhat suspect Moffat will keep it vague for as long as he possibly can.
Also, what Amy has to remember from what he told her is interesting. Perhaps something that has already be rewritten? I'm not sure if going back to episode one will tell us anything or if it is something we had edited from us from the beginning.
The cracks come from "one day there will be a big bang". Also the cracks come from June 26, 2010? That would be 8 weeks from now, aka the broadcast date of the season finale. Glad that's settled, then. (And yes, that's Amy's wedding if you happened to look at the clock on the bed.)
I'm glad the Cyberking was mentioned. The unwriting of time is a convenient plot device for the sake of Doctor Who's spaghetti continuity, but I'm curious how they will work it in to explain inconsistencies. I always thought they just used the Time War to get around that. Also, his glee in "Time can be rewritten" is worth looking at. After all, he has a skeleton or 18,000 in his past. After all, if time can be rewritten, his relationship with River isn't carved in stone. Perhaps that diary has passages crossed out, and that means she didn't and did kill him - if she killed him at all in his Yet.
"The Pandorica opens." I figured that is what caused the cracks, but River seems to have already lived it and the Doctor didn't immediately put it in play with Amy's wedding. That being the case, I'm not so sure. Still, I think it's obvious in some way those things are intertwined.
And The Doctor, perhaps the only man even more oblivious than me to being hit on by a woman in her own bedroom. (At least he's fictional.)
Now, those of you who know me well, know I have thoughts about Amy's behaviour. One - I am upset with another "let's jump the Doctor" story. Two - She wants a shag, not a romance. Three - I'm terribly fond of people actually stating their desires sexually and romantically. (Yeah. Really. Big deal in my world.) Four - Casually cheating on your fiance because it seems like something to do at the time? Not a fan.
All in all? From a story point of view, I understand wanting to address the elephant in the room and appreciate them doing it while still making it a new situation from the angsty love-sick companion we've seen before. So for that alone, I give props to the last scene.
All in all? Now I'm invested in how the season plays out whereas before I was just sort of floating along. For that alone, I appreciate this episode.
So much I liked here, although the Angels always do suffer from Fridge Logic. (Do they feed only on time energy? How can they turn their defense on and off and have that make any sense?) Despite all that - Angels in the shadows of the Wood. Angels at the Gates. Angels laughing because their terror is fun. All so lovely and deliciously terrible. It makes me happy.
I quoted the lovely line of lovely lines in the earlier post. There were flood of lovely lines though.
"I wish I knew you better."
"I think, sir, that you know me at my best."
Octavian really felt like a new Brigadier.
***
"Yes, you're right, if we lie to her she'll get all better."
***
"There's a plan?"
"I don't know yet, I haven't finished talking."
***
"In one very simple word even you can understand."
***
"The most important thing in the universe is that I get you sorted out."
"That's what I've been saying."
***
So many things were delightfully creepy. The counting down. "I have to go take closer look at that." Angel Bob. (Who I sort of liked despite my feeling it is too much of a repeat of the Library.) Amy walking like she can see. Hell, they even did a "hot girl trips and falls while surrounded by monsters" and MADE IT WORK. That takes talent.
Hell, as most of you know, I adore a properly placed Chekov's Gun, and thus the solution to the Angel problem was most satisfying to me.
This episode may well have convinced me to love Matt Smith. Flashes of Davison's passionate humanity and fragility. Sharp, yet compassionate fierceness.
As for River, I'm not sure if who she killed was the Doctor, although it might fit. The obvious would be a mercy killing of some sort, but one he wouldn't understand now. It might explain why he insists on running from her and his future. On some level he knows that it isn't marriage that would make him reveal his name, it is love and mercy. Mind you, given her very specific knowledge of what kind of damage would kill the Doctor and not give him a chance to regenerate in Forest of the Dead, there's a lot of support for the "killed him" theory.
I somewhat suspect Moffat will keep it vague for as long as he possibly can.
Also, what Amy has to remember from what he told her is interesting. Perhaps something that has already be rewritten? I'm not sure if going back to episode one will tell us anything or if it is something we had edited from us from the beginning.
The cracks come from "one day there will be a big bang". Also the cracks come from June 26, 2010? That would be 8 weeks from now, aka the broadcast date of the season finale. Glad that's settled, then. (And yes, that's Amy's wedding if you happened to look at the clock on the bed.)
I'm glad the Cyberking was mentioned. The unwriting of time is a convenient plot device for the sake of Doctor Who's spaghetti continuity, but I'm curious how they will work it in to explain inconsistencies. I always thought they just used the Time War to get around that. Also, his glee in "Time can be rewritten" is worth looking at. After all, he has a skeleton or 18,000 in his past. After all, if time can be rewritten, his relationship with River isn't carved in stone. Perhaps that diary has passages crossed out, and that means she didn't and did kill him - if she killed him at all in his Yet.
"The Pandorica opens." I figured that is what caused the cracks, but River seems to have already lived it and the Doctor didn't immediately put it in play with Amy's wedding. That being the case, I'm not so sure. Still, I think it's obvious in some way those things are intertwined.
And The Doctor, perhaps the only man even more oblivious than me to being hit on by a woman in her own bedroom. (At least he's fictional.)
Now, those of you who know me well, know I have thoughts about Amy's behaviour. One - I am upset with another "let's jump the Doctor" story. Two - She wants a shag, not a romance. Three - I'm terribly fond of people actually stating their desires sexually and romantically. (Yeah. Really. Big deal in my world.) Four - Casually cheating on your fiance because it seems like something to do at the time? Not a fan.
All in all? From a story point of view, I understand wanting to address the elephant in the room and appreciate them doing it while still making it a new situation from the angsty love-sick companion we've seen before. So for that alone, I give props to the last scene.
All in all? Now I'm invested in how the season plays out whereas before I was just sort of floating along. For that alone, I appreciate this episode.
