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We're still a way off from series seven, but since the reveal of the Doctor's new companion, I figure we might as well have a series seven thread!
Here's the first official photo of our as-yet unnamed new companion, played by Jenna Louise Coleman:
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Nice jumper!
Our new companion will apparently be appearing for the first time in the 6th episode of series seven, which is apparently going to be 2012s Christmas episode.
Cute girl. Nice dimples. :)
I was going to make a comment about how (like The Doctor himself) the companions seem to be getting younger and younger - but no, turns out Ms. Coleman is actually older (by over 18 months) than Karen Gillam.
Huh. That most certainly isn't a modern-looking jumper.
Is it retro fashion... or is she not modern? :ohno
It'd actually be kinda cool if they paired the Doctor with a companion who wasn't from now. I get that they're meant to provide the relatable audience aspect, but now the relaunched series is fairly established they could maybe get away with a girl from the seventies or whatever. Bring her to now and have some "The future isn't the way I expected it to be", or something like that.
If nothing else, she'll certainly match up with the quirky fashions of Mr Bow Tie & Tweed!
She looks like a Blue Peter presenter. I don't know why I think that, but it just seems right to me.
Oh no, look out ma'am! http://diamondjubilee.hellomagazine....er-visit/1/#14
This is terrible quality and will probably be taken down soon, but here's a sneaky peeky of the first trailer for series seven:
Better quality legit version here. :)
"Anyone who isn't American, put down the gun." :lol
Oh, Ben. You get the best lines. :love
"Anacrhonistic electricity, keep out signs, aggressive stares... has someone been peeking at my Chrismas list?" :lol
So far in that teaser I've seen not only Arthur Weasley, but also Argus Filch, and Greg Lestrade! :D
What a fun, action packed trailer :D
What if the Eleventh Doctors adventures were a SNES RPG?
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6749695/dr-who-rpg
:lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Dasquian Belargic
Love the battle actions in the Final Fantasy-esque battle against the Weeping Angel:
"Don't Blink"
Our new companion has a name: Clara!
The Mary Sue also has some on set images of her first appearance with the Doctor. It looks like he may have a new outfit! :ohno
http://www.themarysue.com/doctor-who-companion-name/
Hey, I can actually play in this thread! YAY! :eee
I'm going to miss Amy and Rory. :cry
I've become quite the fan of Doctor Who GIFs thanks to Tumblr, and I just loved this one when I found it:
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So when is the official start date in the UK? I think we'll get it on BBC America pretty quickly afterwards.
We don't actually know yet. We have been told autumn time but I think the first episode is being shown at some film festival in Scotland in August so it may not be long after that.
Looking very dashing in your waistcoat there, Mr Smith. :3
Didn't Moffat say that Clara was going to show up somewhere around Christmas? I'd guess that the new series won't start until November if that's the case.
They did advanced screenings of Eleventh Hour for school kids a good while before it was shown on TV, so I think we may well have a while to wait. :(
First official image of Eleven and Clara! :3
His new costume... :swoon:
I know the source is incredibly dubious (the Daily Star) and the actress herself basically denied this but I WANT TO BELIEVE: http://www.themarysue.com/doctor-who-vastra-returning/
Madame Vastra, come back to us and romance Clara :ohno
We are (POSSIBLY) getting multiple specials to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Who!
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/07/26/...=share_twitter
New trailer! *flail*
"Who killed all the Daleks?"
"Who do you think?" :ohno
Fffffffffohgod the promo image of the Doctor carrying Amy through the Daleks
Want now please!
"Scared? Who's scared? Geronimo!"
To think these will be the last adventures with Mr. and Mrs. Pond... :(
Christmas casting news!
linky
Here's an awesome set photo, that is apparently from filming of the Christmas special. Not only am I insanely excited to see Madame Vastra back... IT HAS A SONTARAN DRESSED AS A BUTLER!!!
Clicky
OMG, that picture totally made my day. :lol
:eee madame vastra
Apparently there is a Madame Vastra-centric episode, AND she's in the Christmas one.
Which apparently has internet peoples wondering if the new companion is Victorian, since the Christmas special is her intro episode. :ohno
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Maybe Richard E Grant is her dad! :cyduck
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Almost time *spaz out*
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Doctor, why so serious?
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*flailing* :eee :dance :rollin
Spoiler-free review of Asylum of the Daleks
I can't say I'm as excited about this series as the last. The trailer didn't get me anywhere near as psyched up as the one for the last series, but a trailer is only a trailer, it's mainly because we'll be saying farewell to some beloved characters and I don't like change! Really, I should be used to change by now, it is Doctor Who after all. That, and Daleks. They have never done it for me before although if that review is anything to go by it looks like the Moff has succeeded in making them more sinister this time around.
That Asylum of the Daleks poster is the coolest thing ever. :ohno
September 1st is our air date, btw - in both the UK and in America
I'm not sure what time it's on the BBC, but it's on BBC America at 9pm
Is that not Dragon*Con weekend?
Does the Doctor Who club/group/thing have a mass screening planned or something?
It is the con weekend,yep.
As far as I can tell from Facebook, the British Media Track people are looking into it. I guess it comes down to where they can get access to BBC America.. I'm assuming you need cable to watch that channel.
Teaser for Asylum of the Daleks
Five Rory and Amy webisodes set between Series 6 and Series 7, you say?
Linky
Colour me intrigued. Guess that's an addition to the itinerary for the 27th, Jenny!
Ohhhh :ohno
Arthur Darvill looks way too cool IRL
I have my means of getting stuff. Don't worry about it.
To be honest, I found that installment totally underwhelming, and at 54 seconds in length I have to wonder if it was at all worth it. One of the visual gags was ironically impotent and the less said about the hip-hop moment the better. All in all, a bit naff, really.
I've watched all 5 episodes of Pond Life...loved all the stuff with the Ood, of course. But episode 5 left me in a shambles. That isn't supposed to happen. I simply won't allow it. :shakefist
We're 7 hours and 19 minutes away from the season premiere, according to the countdown clock on BBC America. And I know it's only about 40 minutes away in the UK, so I'm setting up a Tumblr queue and avoiding all social media until 7pm California time.
It's almost here!!!!!!! :dance :eee
Well, that was a good old-fashioned romp! You may be surprised. I know I was, because this opening episode felt somehow like a departure from the trusted format of last year. This wasn't the action episode, or the romance episode, or the over-arching story episode, or the monster-of-the-week episode. It had all of that rolled up into one bold and bombastic bit of telly. It in no way rivals the opening to Series 6, which was effectively started with a finale, but it was nonetheless hugely satisfying and felt to me, in a way, much like the Doctor Who of old. The episode stands solidly alone and wraps up nicely, swiftly, and efficiently, while leaving the audience with some delicious little morsels to chew over for the future.
There were some wonderful surprises here:
First of all, I was stunned to see the new companion turn up so early, and was delighted by her witty interactions with the Doctor. Surely, this was Moffat's way of whetting the appetites of us Whovians, and now we know what we have to look forward to, and I'm quite excited by what I saw tonight.
Amy and Rory had their moment and it hit all the right notes, although in retrospect, I think Amy's reason for "letting Rory go" was a bit hard to swallow, even if the revelation itself, and how Gillan and Darvill played it, was really quite moving.
Then there was the big Oswin revelation: Wow! I was absolutely gutted by that. Who would've thought a Dalek could have delivered such a heart-breaking performance? And now I have to wonder, in order to avoid paradoxes, does this mean the Doctor's next companion will be destined to become a Dalek? Will he have to carry the burden of another terrible secret, much like that of River Song's tragic fate? Or is it not a fixed point in time? After all, Oswin at least didn't appear to know him, but let's not forget that it's not beyond the Doctor's power to wipe someone's memory completely of him.
And now Steven Moffat has taken another step towards completely resetting the Whoniverse: in Series 5, the universe itself was reset, so no-one on earth remembers all the crazy stuff that happened with Nine and Ten, for example, in Series 6, the Doctor was killed, or at least officially, and now even his greatest foe, the Daleks, have completely forgotten about him. Clever clever!
"I want to be able to say, every week, we’ve got a big standalone blockbuster, and then a trailer that makes it look like nothing compared to what’s going to happen next week! That’s the form for next year.
I want slutty titles and movie-poster plots. I want big pictures and straplines. The first episode I’m writing is called [Spoiler] of the [Spoilers]. And it’ll feel a bit like Die Hard, that first episode."
That's what the Moff said about this series and its first episode. I think he's on track, and the trailer for the next episode looks like it will follow suit in being bold and brash and massively entertaining. And so, eager as I am to hear your thoughts, I just have one thing left to say:
Come along, Across-the-Pond!
I really, really enjoyed the season premiere, I thought it was great. :eee
I was really surprised to see Jenna-Louise Coleman show up in the episode. I spent a while thinking she looked really familiar, and it took me a while to figure out why. I was dreading having to get used to a new companion this season, but she and Matt Smith seemed to have a lot of good chemistry and showed a lot of promise. So maybe getting used to her won't be as difficult as I thought.
I was also extremely moved by what was revealed about Oswin. My Spidey sense was tingling that something wasn't right about her, but I never imagined that it would be that she was actually a Dalek. I had suspected she might be one of the humanoid Daleks, but not the real pepper pot one. That really did catch me by surprise.
And since Oswin wiped all memory of the Doctor from the Daleks' data banks, that certainly raises a lot of questions about where things will go with them in the future, if we do see them again.
Needless to say, I was glad to see the Ponds get back together. I'm not going to lie, their whole argument over the collapse of their relationship brought tears to my eyes...Karen and Arthur really do have great chemistry and performed that scene exquisitely. I am truly going to miss them when they go. :cry
I'm already salivating over Dinosaurs on a Spaceship...after a heavy, somewhat metaphysical season premiere, I think a rollicking adventure will be just the ticket. :)
Perhaps the conversion erased her memories of the Doctor just like Amy was losing her's at the beginning. Maybe the Doctor will travel with Oswin as a way to make it up to her.
While I enjoyed Asylum of the Daleks, I do in retrospect believe it was largely a vehicle for the Moff to plant the seeds of future tales, admittedly, it was an entertaining and bold sort of vehicle but it lacked something for me. Or maybe it was just the Daleks, which I find really quite tedious. What I quoted in my previous post, from the Moff, with regards to his vision for the new series, I believe that vision is realised with Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. I loved loved loved it!
Last week, I used the phrase "good old-fashioned romp" to describe Asylum, it's definately the effect these bold stand-alone episodes seem to be aiming for, but this week the goods were delivered in full. I was a grinning idiot for pretty much all the episode, it was immense fun from start to finish, and while it was quite regularly cheesy, it was a palatable sort of cheddar that didn't leave a sour aftertaste. This is the sort of Doctor Who that has the broad family appeal that will keep kids, mums, and dads all returning to the screen in their droves.
Does it lack the rich mind-bending sort of intrigue of the labyrinthian Series 6? Absolutely. But you can have too much of a good thing and, with the departure of the Ponds looming closer, I think a few episodes of pure roller-coaster escapism are a welcome distraction from what will prove to be a heart-rending departure. And next week looks like another wild departure from the trend: had enough of the Dalek crazies and spaceship-bound dinosaurs? No problem! Here's a cyborg sheriff in the wild west!
My personal highlight of this episode was Rupert Graves as Ridell, to see him go from D.I. Lestrade to that was a small joy. :D
So this week, not only were dinosaurs on a spaceship, but so were Arthur Weasley, Mr. Filch, and Inspector Greg Lestrade. What more could you ask? :eee
I'm in total agreement with you, Droo, that this week's episode was a rollicking, giddy romp. I too was grinning from ear to ear during the entire episode, and I truly laughed out loud when the Doctor kissed Rory full on on the lips. I just couldn't help myself. It was damn good fun! :eee
I'm all caught up on the new series now - what fun! I'm amazed that they kept the fact that Oswin was in the first episode under wraps and can't wait to see how Moffat manages to explain that in later episodes! Maybe it's because I was watching the episodes whilst sleep deprived so my brain was not running at full speed, but I totally did not see the 'twist' in Asylum of the Daleks coming.
I've only watched Asylum so far - just about to watch Dinosaurs. I didn't see the twist coming either!
If I were to hazard a guess at your spoiler-tagged question Jenny, I'm guessing that the Doctor will meet Oswin some time in her past, and that we'll have some sort of River Song style "everyone knows that she's going to die except her" theme going on. Moffat has used that two or three times already, and seems to be quite fond of it. Of course, that didn't work out necessarily, because she didn't know who the Doctor was, unlike River. Hmm.
As an aside... bearing in mind that "silence will fall when the question is asked", are we going to see the question getting asked a lot this season, I wonder? And since the question is being asked, does that mean that The Silence has not yet fallen? :ohno
Edit:
Also, is it just me, or does anyone else think that the Doctor - with his making a big deal out of minor details, like "Where do you get the milk?" - would fit right in with our Dark Banana group? :lol
With regards to (Asylum spoilers) Oswin, she is already popping up as a character on cosplaying forums and one aspect of her costume that I didn't notice but which kind of hints towards her true nature, is that she carries a whisk! A whisk that doesn't look entirely different to the whisk-like arm the Daleks have. Nice little detail!
I agree about the Doctor being a potential Dark Banana member. He also has a habit of getting out of dire situations in unexpectedly awesome ways :D
Ah, but the first thing to be affected in Dalek conversion is memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Untouchable
True, but both she, and Amy, and the dude that the Doctor and Amy met outside seemed to have lost their short term memory first. Longer term memories seemed to remain largely intact: the guy had forgotten that he was dead, but he still had fully fledged memories of his identity. Given that the Doctor becomes such a defining part of a companion's life, it seems a little strange that she would have forgotten him before anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragon
There's something else that's bugging me, but I'm going to have to re-watch the episode to double check first, I think.
What did you spot?
When they flashed back to when Oswin was captured/converted... I might be mis-remembering, but I got the impression that she didn't know what was going on, what a Dalek was, etc. She wasn't acting the way that you'd expect a companion to act: and lets face it, if she survives more than one season as a companion, it's a safe bet that she'll meet the Daleks at least once. In that situation, Rose or Amy would have said something badass, name-dropped the Doctor... something. Oswin on the other hand was panicked, confused, and not at all like the sassy, confident character we saw in her fantasy world.
Earlier in the episode though, she said: "I know a Dalek when I hear one." That sounded very badass and companiony... but did she say that because she'd met the Daleks already with the Doctor (and just didn't remember doing it), or because she'd been turned into a Dalek, and thus knew what they were because of her software?
it's Whoday :eee
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i am doing some major Kermit flailing right now! :eee
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Sad face. :(
Asylum is still my favorite so far this season, but this weeks episode was good too! Next weeks looks like it will be extra sad :(
Asylum was definitely the best, though I'm impressed with how epic they've managed to make everything feel so far. It seems to be a really good approach - it looks like we're going to skip the obligatory "Vampires of Venice" / "The Curse of the Black Spot" / "meh, not great" episode this time around, which I'm very happy about. Everything seems pretty solid, and I'd happily rewatch it again (I normally skip the meh episodes when I rewatch Who).
The thing that worries me, though: we've got next week's episode, then Angels Take Manhattan... and that's it until the Christmas special. Withdraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawl. :(
Just watching the rerun of Dinosaurs on a Spaceship before A Town Called Mercy premieres on BBC, and it reminded me that I think a theory I've seen floated on Tumblr is quite possibly on the money. The theory is that the Doctor has already experienced the Ponds' fate, whatever that may be and that which we will have to live through in a couple of weeks (:cry), and in these first few episodes of season 7 he's plucking them up here and there to have as much fun and adventure with them as possible before it's all over.
The idea is both smart and sad. :(
When is it supposed to start up again after Christmas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain Untouchable
EDIT: Whoday is once again upon us (well, tomorrow anyway) :ohno
Ok I'm almost caught up. Just have the most recent one to watch! Dinosaurs on a Spaceship was glorious and I loved every second of it. Rory's dad, in particular (Mr. Weasley!) was awesome. :D
Imagine this all said in a Scottish accent. ;)
Damn you, Jenny - now I'm gonna end up spending all day looking at Doctor Who gifs. :ohno
Edit:
Jenny, you remember that blog post you linked to me about the Doctor meeting the Ponds in the wrong order this series? Have you watched any of the Pond Life webisodes? I just put them on, and that sorta seems to be what's happening. But then also sort of not. :uhoh
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma7xpa7xGK1r8165j.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Captain Untouchable
I'm going into town to do a spot of shopping today, I wonder if I'll see any mysterious little black boxes...
On Tumblr last night, I came across a couple of pictures of Rory being menaced by the Statue of Liberty in The Angels Take Manhattan. Holy cow! :eek
^ :eek I didn't realise there were any images of that episode yet, aside from the teaser poster... although I'm not sure I want to see them, or that episode.
Ponds :cry
That was both awesome, and insanely cutesy at the same time. There's been some serious bar-raising going on this series. :3:
Also, I'm now craving Yorkshire Puddings. Damn you. :shakefist
It's starting to seem increasingly likely that the Doctor does know that the end is nigh for the Ponds, and has hopped back in time for a farewell tour. So much foreshadowing in the dialogue this week. :(
Holy cow, tonight's episode was quite a ride! :lol It was almost like a triumphant tour de force for the Ponds before the end comes next week. :ohno :cry
If something truly awful happens to the Ponds, will the Doctor be able to go back to Brian and tell him the truth?
And I really would like to see Kate Lethbridge-Stewart become a recurring character, she was awesome.
Holy crap, this US trailer for next weeks episode :eek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukly1NP-P0E&hd=1
also
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waaaaagh :cry :cry :cry
"I guess she got impatient..."
HOLY SHIT. :ohno
"Because you were the first. The first face this face saw. And you're seared onto my hearts."Quote:
Originally Posted by Dasquian Belargic
:cry :cry :cry
The images I saw on Tumblr were taken from this trailer...I think in some ways it might be the most frightening image I've seen on the show lately. The Statue of Liberty is such an iconic image to us Americans that to see it like that is actually pretty disturbing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dasquian Belargic
I think I need to stock up on kleenex before next Saturday. I haven't got a clue as to how I will be able to make it through the episode without sobbing like a child. :cry
EDIT: Just wanted to add these, slightly spoilerish but I love them
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^ Oh you three :3: I bloody love you
I saw an awful, AWFUL gif on Tumblr which I am guessing is a scene from the next episode (?) with the Doctor looking absolutely distraught, shouting WHYYYYY
Random thought: when is the last time that Doctor Who didn't say the episode name as part of the script? They've said every episode name so far this series, and they did it a lot last year... are there any ones where they didn't manage it?
:shakefist :grumble :ohno
Yup.
The official Who page on Facebook has a little album of pictures from The Angels Take Manhattan
:(
I actually had a dream about The Angels Take Manhattan last night. Seriously. :ohno
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So many pictures of sad Doctor on the internet. :(
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Based on the interview I just watched, I think I just worked out what's going to happen on Saturday. I really hope I'm wrong, because if I'm right I'm gonna be absolutely devastated. :(
I can't bring myself to watch that, now that I know *you* think it gives away what might happen. Augh.... Eleven :(
It's probably wise not to watch it for the sake of your tear ducts. They're all talking about how emotionally devastating it's going to be, and Goodbye by the Spice Girls is playing in the background.
:cry
Yes, a Spice Girls song makes me cry. Shush. :uhoh
Argh, 48 hours from now I'm expecting I will be curled up in a fetal position on the floor bawling like a baby. In a lot of ways, I'm dreading this episode. :ohno
Due to the time difference, I'm going to have to go off the grid at about 11am California time for fear of experiencing any spoilers. At least BBC America will be able to fill the time...starting at noon on Saturday, they're showing Amy's Choice, The Pandorica Opens, The Big Bang, A Good Man Goes to War, and The Girl Who Waited. The special Doctor Who in the US is airing at 5pm, then The Angels Take Manhattan airs at 6pm.
It's almost over. :cry
Random fact I learned today: Jenna-Louise Coleman was Bucky's date at the beginning of the Captain America movie. Clicky.
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Anyhow... Really interesting sneak-peak of tomorrow's episode.
The reason it's interesting is because the character show here does not seem to be a 21st Century New Yorker - he seems more prohibition era to me, somehow. I don't know why, but I guess I just assumed the Ponds were going to New York "now", rather than in the 1930s. Does this mean we're going to get Angels AND New York gangsters? Or is this just a flashback, and the Angels have been there for decades? :ohno
There's also a character called Grayle in some of the Eighth Doctor audio books. No idea if that has any significance or not.
I am going to cry. :lol moving house has already made me a bit emotionally unstable (I dont like change!!!) so I get the feeling this ep is just going to undo me.
But... Angels! :3 I love them even though they scare the shit out of me lol
Damn it - I want to use the "moving house" excuse for crying at this episode too.
:uhoh
I was talking to Peter about this episode yesterday. I got into Doctor Who at the start of Series 5, and then, hooked by The Eleventh Hour, I ordered the complete four series box set and never looked back. So I watched Series 5 and Series 1-4 simultaneously. And over the course of the programme there have been some standout moments with real emotional clout but there's a real sense of dread that I've never felt before when I think about tomorrow's episode. It all started with Eleven and Amelia Pond for me, and my attachment to them both, along with Rory, has grown over the course of years, whereas the other Doctors and companions were but a flash in the pan by comparison. It's going to be tough, I'm sure, but as a result it has also become terribly apparent just how awful it will be when the time comes to bid farewell to Eleven himself. Is it a Whovian faux-pas to even consider such a thing?
Guys.. don't start talking like this already. I can't handle it.
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No. Just...no.
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26 minutes until the episode starts here in the UK... :ohno
Oh fuck it's Who time. :ohno
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Hmm.
"The Angels Take Manhattan" was absolutely fantastic - the angels were terrifying, River was awesome and sexy (Yowzah!), and I spent the whole episode dreading what was going to happen to the Ponds.
Unfortunately, that particular storyline stopped about thirty minutes in, and we ended up with an unfulfilling rehash of Doomsday. Just like Ten and Rose, the companion gets trapped in an alternate reality/timeline where the Doctor can never see them again... except Amy and Rory are trapped together. With them wanting to settle down and grow old together throughout the earlier episodes, it was almost a happily ever after for them. And upset as the Doctor clearly was, he still had River, and there was a cutsey sort of silver lining.
Don't get me wrong - I cried in places, and I enjoyed the episode. It just felt like it could have been better, I guess. :(
From the moment they jumped I was a wreck. I had a minute to prepare for it and I thought I was alright but I was probably only kidding myself. The last shot killed me and right now I can't quite consider the episode from a critical angle, maybe I'll need to watch it again, but right now I'm feeling quite raw and I think a strong drink is in order.
Adorable behind the scenes farewell to the Ponds: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00z4cw2
^ I found that more upsetting than the episode. :(
"... an important brain development period." :lol
What the hell, I am so far behind! I didn't even know the new season was on and I've sold my television and my computers and my couches nooooo :cry
I'm a blubbering mess right now. :cry
Like Droo, I started bawling when Amy and Rory jumped off the roof together. I've always adored their relationship and thought that was the most powerful testament to their love.
I like knowing that they ended up spending the rest of their lives together and they were happy. It really was a happily ever after, and the afterward put a final bookend on the story of Amelia Pond.
I read somewhere a while back that Steven Moffat had changed the end of the episode after some consideration...I'm left wondering if he originally had Amy and Rory dying after the jump off the roof. In some ways, I might have preferred that ending...it was beautifully done, and it really did underscore their relationship. It was very eloquent, and it would probably have been the braver ending. But I think some people within the fandom would have sought him out and attempted to slaughter him. The fact that he'd already been getting death threats on Twitter, which caused him to shut down his account, made it very clear that there are some vocal and crazy fans out there.
So this ending was the next best thing. And I can definitely live with it. It was sad and happy at the same time.
Oh god... :cry
Such a good way to end it but fffffffffffffff..... Emotional wreck
Having watched the behind the scenes farewell to the Ponds, these are even more awesome. and sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rutabaga
A couple more thoughts, thanks to some stuff I've seen on Tumblr:
Maybe what Steven Moffat changed in the ending was the method of Rory and Amy's shared suicidal gesture. Maybe Moffat has developed quite a taste for having beloved characters jump off buildings. If you also watch Sherlock, you know what I mean. :ohno
Also, it's well worth pointing out that, in the final scene in the graveyard where Amy made her final choice, it was the first time she didn't follow the Doctor's plea of "Come along, Pond." It was always Rory, it truly was always Rory. And she chose Rory over her Raggedy Man. It was really driven home by the fact that her name on the gravestone was Amelia Williams and not Amelia Pond.
In some ways, it could be argued that the Doctor was being selfish by basically asking Amy to give up on and forget Rory, but I know it was also driven by his fear of being alone. It's true that he should never travel alone, because it does bad things to him. Ten's travels alone proved that as well, especially in The Waters of Mars. I hope Oswin does prove to be a great companion who helps to fill the void that Amy and Rory have left in the Doctor's soul.
The episode wasn't perfect (could the Statue of Liberty truly stomp around like King Kong in NY even in 1938 without anybody saying anything about it?), but it worked in the end, at least for me. And I'm going to miss Amy and Rory for a long time.
2:41 into the latest episode and I've paused it three times. This is not something to be watched in the dark. D=
eta: haha okay, 3 minutes in and I'm done. No way. Can't do it. Maybe in the light of day I'll give it another crack but this is insane.
