I know many of you are avid Doctor Who watchers, so I will warn you if you haven't watched the newest episode.
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My nails are Tardis blue in honor of Doctor Who returning. I am such a dork.
You still have time to leave and watch the new episode.
You have been sufficiently warned.
I watched the latest Doctor Who episode with a rather mixed reaction.
First of all, I wish they had introduced the character of Mels much earlier and actually expanded a little more. Her introduction seemed a little sudden to me. I would have rather wondered the importance of her character in earlier episodes or they could have even cut her entirely. Her entrance and exit could have been executed much better.
The flashback attempted to fill the gaping hole of Melody Pond/Mels/Riversong was rushed. Personally, since they really seem set on giving the Riversong plotline a lot of time this season, I think this gap deserved more time then it was given.
I did, however, like flashback of Amy and Rory. It was pretty funny, actually.
"I thought we were playing hide and seek." "We are, we just haven't found you yet."
"I'd love to, he's gorgeous, he's my favorite guy. But you know, he's gay."
"I'm not gay!"
"Seriously, in the time I've known you, when have you shown the slightest interest in a girl?"
*Rory freezes and runs*
I was kind of adorable. It made them seem more of a couple because now I know a bit of their history.
Now, the actual 'Let's kill Hitler!' part of the episode.
It's an interesting idea, when I saw the title I was looking forward to it. It was disappointing.
They devoted like five minutes to that plot. The five minutes went in a circle, then was disregarded for the rest of the episode.
If it had been a sort of random run in with Hitler, as opposed to the selling point of the episode, I wouldn't have minded. I feel mislead about the content of the episode.
The little people in the episode were sort of left hanging. A sort of, 'Oops! The Doctor is dead (for the second time this season), let's forget the characters we introduced this episode.' That's two sets of characters left hanging in a single episode.
My overall reaction: They attempted to cram too much in this episode. Now that we know who Riversong is after such a long time of knowing very little, I feel that they threw too much of her at us at once. Hijacking and shooting the TARDIS, her regeneration, poisoning The Doctor, massacring Nazis, then giving up her regenerations to save The Doctor. Bit much all in an hour.
I think that after this, it will go uphill. It has paved the way for the rest of the season (I hope).
Love,
-J-
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