Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife (Spoilers)

[outsdr]

Just a few more thoughts.

The episode was yummy and delicious, and fully makes up for the let down last week's episode was- talk about going from one extreme to the other! So many good lines, so many good scenes. It was nice and tight and scary in the right places and not in the right places.

And Rory dies again! And Time Lords can indeed change their genders when they regenerate! The cabinet of boxes was heartbreaking.

I do wish they had gone back to an older console, but now maybe some of the fans will stop pissing their pants thinking Tennant is going to return.

The line about the river in the forest ... could it be related to River Song in some way?

This episode had so much for the hard-core fans to sink their teeth into, yet was totally approachable by someone new to the series, giving a Doctor's History 101 without boring those who already knows some of the history.

I wish more of the TARDIS interior had been shown, instead of dreary hallways. But finding Rory's corpse and the disturbing graffiti was downright, erm, disturbing. Rory is the pretty one! Bunk beds! Does the Doctor have a room? Needing to use the code telepathically to open the door. Safety mechanisms to return people to the main console ... just so much that was awesome.

Comments

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

You know, I didn't even clock that Rory had died YET AGAIN. XD

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

My favorite bit of dialog:

Amy: "You just want to be forgiven."

Doctor: "Doesn't everyone?"

And poor Rory. This death had to be the most horrific of them all. Even moreso for the viewer because it happened off screen.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

OMG, the graffiti! Instant fucking nightmare!!

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

Yes, well ... think about this: What's the only liquid Rory would have to write on the walls with?

Amy's name was obviously scratched into the walls in some places, and painted in red in others, probably after his fingernails had been worn down too far to use any longer ...


I really want to watch this episode again. Forget the Silents; House was the scariest monster ever.

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

And furthermore ...

The scene where Amy and Rory are in the same corridor, but Amy was in the dark while Rory saw it well lit has made me think that House was twisting Amy's perceptions of what was going on around her, probably using the telepathic circuits, perhaps? Was House playing around with timestreams inside the TARDIS, aging and killing Rory and making Amy squirm for its own amusement, or was it all just inside Amy's head all along?

How the two of them survived without major mental trauma and PTSD is beyond amazing.

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

(When Rory left Amy behind in the dark so he could scout ahead was one of the few times I've ever talked back to the TV, shouting 'Don't you do it! Don't leave her! Grab her hand and DON'T LET GO before something horrible happens!!!")