Is Amy Unhealthily Obsessed With The Doctor?
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Maybe that's the direction they're going.
I don't think she was making them as an adult -- but I do think that there's a strong possibility that her fixation on the Doctor is very unhealthy.
The Master was never in the Time Lock, was he?
And Caan went insane because he broke through the time lock to rescue Davros.
Davros also said he flew into the timelock again and again, trying to get through.
Side note: some people still don't get that Caan engineered the Dalek's downfall, that the Doctor was a pawn in his plan. When that clicked with me, it was a bit of a "wow" moment.
Side note: some people still don't get that Caan engineered the Dalek's downfall, that the Doctor was a pawn in his plan. When that clicked with me, it was a bit of a "wow" moment.
Amy is clearly madly attracted to the Doctor.
She's very smart, and she flat-out asks to be lied to when she demands and then accepts his assurance that he can return her before the morning - she has seen him operate the TARDIS precisely twice, and precisely twice has he missed the planned moment of return by years.
The final shot of Amy waiting on her suitcase for the Doctor's return is simply a dream she's having as an adult, from which she wakens.
She's very smart, and she flat-out asks to be lied to when she demands and then accepts his assurance that he can return her before the morning - she has seen him operate the TARDIS precisely twice, and precisely twice has he missed the planned moment of return by years.
The final shot of Amy waiting on her suitcase for the Doctor's return is simply a dream she's having as an adult, from which she wakens.
I just got home from work and rewatched it, and you are completely right.
It's broad daylight.
However, it's still just a dream sequence.
Amy's "obsession" is just to make her a surrogate for members of the audience who grew up with Doctor Who as their favorite TV series - among whom, of course, seem to number the majoritiy of the creative staff on the revival. If Moffet goes on to suggest that she's emotionally whacked out as a result, it'll be a dim commentary on the fanbase. 
Because that wouldn't make for a very good fairytale. And really it only makes sense that Amy WOULD be enchanted with this mysterious alien time traveler who visited her as a child.
Now he is and if The Master is the never-ending equal to the Doctor he'll meet him again.
The Master will get out one way or another and I'm betting it won't be easy
Interesting that Moffet cited that particular Doctor-comapnion relationship, especially considering what both Moffet and the young actor playing Rory (Mickey 2.0) said about the "sorta boyfriend" character on Doctor Who Confidential.
In a peanut shell, Moffet said Rory was Amy's pale substitute for the "Raggedy Doctor" who dressed up like her imaginary friend since they were kids, who tried to be a doctor only to become a nurse, and who slightly resembles the Doctor.
Arthur Darvill said Rory has always tried to be the Doctor for Amy.
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Well, that's interesting.
It's also a pretty direct acknowledgment that there will be a romantic element in Amy's relationship with the Doctor - as if it's not obvious from The Eleventh Hour that there already is.
I just hope they don't do the "unrequited" storyline they did with Martha Jones, which pretty much assassinated that character. The mutual attraction between Nine and Ten and Rose was always appealing, but Martha moping over Ten just made her dreary - and for Eleven to ignore or push off Amy would cause him to come across as clueless or a jerk. It's different for him than for Ten becaue they're establishing his character at the same time that they're establishing the relationship between the two of them.
Here's an interesting quote along the same lines from Piers Wenger:
Italics mine.
It's also a pretty direct acknowledgment that there will be a romantic element in Amy's relationship with the Doctor - as if it's not obvious from The Eleventh Hour that there already is.
I just hope they don't do the "unrequited" storyline they did with Martha Jones, which pretty much assassinated that character. The mutual attraction between Nine and Ten and Rose was always appealing, but Martha moping over Ten just made her dreary - and for Eleven to ignore or push off Amy would cause him to come across as clueless or a jerk. It's different for him than for Ten becaue they're establishing his character at the same time that they're establishing the relationship between the two of them.
Here's an interesting quote along the same lines from Piers Wenger:
Italics mine.
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Huh...
I'm thinking that maybe Amy will find that having the Doctor is not nearly so pleasing a thing as wanting Raggedy Doctor.
Perhaps, as with many disillusionments, Amy may find some way to Stonn him...
Checkmate
Commodore
They don't say who those two men are, though, and we've already seen that Amy knows a lot of men in her village. Rory and porn boy (likely elevated to a position of power courtesy of the Doctor) being likely candidates. We also have no idea who she was due to marry.Italics mine.
Well, that's interesting.
It's also a pretty direct acknowledgment that there will be a romantic element in Amy's relationship with the Doctor - as if it's not obvious from The Eleventh Hour that there already is.
I just hope they don't do the "unrequited" storyline they did with Martha Jones, which pretty much assassinated that character. The mutual attraction between Nine and Ten and Rose was always appealing, but Martha moping over Ten just made her dreary - and for Eleven to ignore or push off Amy would cause him to come across as clueless or a jerk. It's different for him than for Ten becaue they're establishing his character at the same time that they're establishing the relationship between the two of them.
Here's an interesting quote along the same lines from Piers Wenger:
Italics mine.
It would be interesting to see her using Rory (or whoever) for the benefit of the physical/need for security and stability side and the Doctor for the emotional/adventurous side...
Italics mine.
They don't say who those two men are, though,
She ran away with the Doctor in the middle of the night before her wedding after waking up in a room full of openly-displayed Doctor figures she made, after having had a dream about waiting for the Doctor.
It's pretty obvious who one of those two men are.
Rory and Geoff being the only known candidates.
And there's not actually any evidence she was involved with Geoff.
Um, yes, we do. There's a high probability it was Rory.
Who exactly is Geoff, anyway? Just some dude who happened to be in the right place at the right time? And was the elderly lady the aunt that young Amelia refers to or just someone else in the village?
