5x07 Amy's Choice (Grading/Discussion) SPOILERS!!

[Count Zero]

It was a good episode, though not as intriguing as the trailer suggested. Felt like an episode of the old series, something that could have happened to the First or Second Doctor, though a bit more 'emo'.
That was a big choice Amy had to make at the end. I like how the Doctor went along with it without protest. He really is a softie.
I wonder what the Dreamlord's veggie tease was all about. Does it mean the Doctor secretly has a guilty conscience for eating meat? (I sure hope so. )

 

[26138]

It was a good episode, though not as intriguing as the trailer suggested. Felt like an episode of the old series, something that could have happened to the First or Second Doctor, though a bit more 'emo'.
That was a big choice Amy had to make at the end. I like how the Doctor went along with it without protest. He really is a softie.
I wonder what the Dreamlord's veggie tease was all about. Does it mean the Doctor secretly has a guilty conscience for eating meat? (I sure hope so. )

The Sixth Doctor stopped eating meat after The Two Doctors.

 

[Lonemagpie]

It was a good episode, though not as intriguing as the trailer suggested. Felt like an episode of the old series, something that could have happened to the First or Second Doctor, though a bit more 'emo'.
That was a big choice Amy had to make at the end. I like how the Doctor went along with it without protest. He really is a softie.
I wonder what the Dreamlord's veggie tease was all about. Does it mean the Doctor secretly has a guilty conscience for eating meat? (I sure hope so. )

More of a dig at The Two Doctors, probably.

What's more interesting is that only one person hates the Doctor this much - himself...

 

[Admiral_Young]

I loved it. Been looking forward to "Amy's Choice" for a while now and it lived up to my expectations. Toby Jones was excellent as the Dream Lord who seemed to me to be akin to the Valeyard...another aspect of the Doctor's dark side. I love Amy and Rory, Rory's probably the best boyfriend of the new companions. His banter with the Doctor is terrific. So when the Doctor said there's only one other person in the universe that hates me more than the Dream Lord did...was he referring to himself? The Master? The Valeyard? I'm inclined that he was talking about himself.

 

[Count Zero]

The Sixth Doctor stopped eating meat after The Two Doctors.

Ah, I didn't know that. I haven't progressed so far into the old series, yet. I'm pretty sure his later incarnations haven't stuck to it, though. I could have sworn I've seen Ten eat meat or fish at least once. But maybe I'm wrong.

 

[wamdue]

anyone else noticed that the Doctors bowtie changed when he went from TARDIS to Upper Leadworth.

 

[Cyke101]

The Sixth Doctor stopped eating meat after The Two Doctors.

Ah, I didn't know that. I haven't progressed so far into the old series, yet. I'm pretty sure his later incarnations haven't stuck to it, though. I could have sworn I've seen Ten eat meat or fish at least once. But maybe I'm wrong.

Yeah, onscreen, Nine had steak and Ten had at least turkey and buffalo wings, perhaps other things as well. If you count Dreamland in your personal canon, then he also came to 1950s America to have a bowl of chili, which more than likely has ground beef or turkey.

Why do I know all this? Cuz I got hungry from watching them eat!

 

[matthunter]

The Sixth Doctor stopped eating meat after The Two Doctors.

Ah, I didn't know that. I haven't progressed so far into the old series, yet. I'm pretty sure his later incarnations haven't stuck to it, though. I could have sworn I've seen Ten eat meat or fish at least once. But maybe I'm wrong.

Nine ordered steak and chips on his "date" with Blon Slitheen in Boom Town.

The veggie thing never made too much sense to me, to be honest. This is a man who will (reluctantly) wipe out sentient beings like Daleks, and we're supposed to believe he has moral quandriaries over cows?

Now the Sixth Doctor and Peri did encounter a sentient pig in the audios... that I would find a believable driver towards abandoning bacon sandwiches... otherwise, bacon sandwiches are up there with the Glittering Halls of Arcadia and the Hyraxian Temple as the wonders of the universe.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Ten also had Christmas dinner with the Tyler's and Mickey at the end of "The Christmas Invasion" as well as Christmas dinner with Jackson Lake and his son at the end of "The Next Doctor".

 

[matthunter]

Ten also had Christmas dinner with the Tyler's and Mickey at the end of "The Christmas Invasion" as well as Christmas dinner with Jackson Lake and his son at the end of "The Next Doctor".

True, but while I'm personally inclined to view it as such, Christmas dinner does NOT necessarily imply turkey, since vegetarian options are available (to quote Frankie Boyle, there IS a vegetarian option... you can FUCK OFF!). The steak reference in Boom Town cannot be misinterpreted though.

 

[Shazam!]

Guys, he was eating fish in the first episode of this season.

 

[matthunter]

Guys, he was eating fish in the first episode of this season.

Ah, the Bill Bailey school of vegetarianism...

"I'm kind of vegetarian... well, I eat fish. And ducks. Well, they're sort of fish, aren't they? And cows, pigs and sheep, anything that lives near water..."

 

[The Mirrorball Man]

I thought this was pretty good. A nice little Twilight Zone straight science-fiction little episode, which is quite unusual for Doctor Who.

I must confess that I haven't enjoyed a Doctor as much as I enjoy Matt Smith in a very, very long time. Possibly since 1969, i.e. before I was born.

 

[Count Zero]

The veggie thing never made too much sense to me, to be honest. This is a man who will (reluctantly) wipe out sentient beings like Daleks, and we're supposed to believe he has moral quandriaries over cows?

Well, cows don't try to exterminate all other species (unless that's their secret plan ). It's a huge difference whether you kill someone in self defense or just because they taste good, in my opinion.

 

[BlastHardcheese]

I thought it was a great psychological episode. Plus the Dream Lord is great new take on another villain we've seen before.

But did anyone else realise that if the Doctor & co. did absolutely nothing this episode, they would've been fine?

 

[matthunter]

Well, cows don't try to exterminate all other species (unless that's their secret plan ).

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cows/

You look me in the eyes and tell me they're not a threat.

 

[Count Zero]

Well, cows don't try to exterminate all other species (unless that's their secret plan ).

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cows/

You look me in the eyes and tell me they're not a threat.

Now that you mention it, they also play a sinister role in the book Sting of the Zygons...

 

[matthunter]

Well, cows don't try to exterminate all other species (unless that's their secret plan ).

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/cows/

You look me in the eyes and tell me they're not a threat.

Now that you mention it, they also play a sinister role in the book Sting of the Zygons...

"Don't let that fool ya, Jimmy... if a cow got the chance he'd kill you and everyone you care about!"

 

[Allyn Gibson]

anyone else noticed that the Doctors bowtie changed when he went from TARDIS to Upper Leadworth.

His shirt changed as well.

In the TARDIS, it was a burgundy bowtie and a pale burgundy shirt. In Upper Leadworth, both were navy.

 

[Shazam!]

The Doctor noticed it didn't he? When was sat on the bench and snapped his braces?