i doubt there were ANY in Leadworth itself. she'd've been taken to Gloucester or Cheltenham hospitals or possibly referred to specialists else where.
5x07 Amy's Choice (Grading/Discussion) SPOILERS!!
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I wonder if we'll get a Myrka next week. I hope so. It was a good idea, if not well realised the first time around.Good episode, let down only by some embarressingly bad monsters. Attack of the O.A.P.'s. Oooh, scary (not).
Forget scary, they were hilarious... funniest thing I've seen this side of a Myrka.
Amy definitely says she kept fighting psychiatrists who tried to tell her the Doctor wasn't real.
And I see no reason whatsoever to presume that Amy has had as troubled a childhood and adolescence as many seem to think. An aunt who was absent one night, even if that's a persistent pattern, is not on the same level of messed-up-ness as someone who is emotionally abusive or negligent. We don't really know what kind of relationship Amy has with her aunt (other than that her aunt disapproves of her being a kissogram).
And I see no reason whatsoever to presume that Amy has had as troubled a childhood and adolescence as many seem to think. An aunt who was absent one night, even if that's a persistent pattern, is not on the same level of messed-up-ness as someone who is emotionally abusive or negligent. We don't really know what kind of relationship Amy has with her aunt (other than that her aunt disapproves of her being a kissogram).
This might be a completely random and unrelated item...but I was rewatching a portion of The Eleventh Hour after watching Amy's Choice last night when something jumped out to me...in AC, the "birds tweeting" sound indicated that they were going from one dream to another, right? Well, in TEH as the Doctor is awakening from his encounter with Amy's cricket bat, you hear the same tweeting sound...it even jumped out to me during my initial viewing of the first episode because it sounded out of place...
Significance? Or just random coincidence?
Significance? Or just random coincidence?
This might be a completely random and unrelated item...but I was rewatching a portion of The Eleventh Hour after watching Amy's Choice last night when something jumped out to me...in AC, the "birds tweeting" sound indicated that they were going from one dream to another, right? Well, in TEH as the Doctor is awakening from his encounter with Amy's cricket bat, you hear the same tweeting sound...it even jumped out to me during my initial viewing of the first episode because it sounded out of place...
Significance? Or just random coincidence?
Definitely similar birdsong, although the bit from "The Eleventh Hour" was short. This could be chalked up to just using a common sound effects library.
Each episode has taken place right on the heels of the last one. It's been a couple weeks for Amy, tops.
And let's remember that when the Doctor was upset about killing the Star Whale, he promised to dump Amy's ungrateful ass in Leadworth for daring to try and protect him from himself, and he never apologized for that in so many words. He buried the hatchet more implicitly, just as she did. She was still willing to work with the Doctor to get out of things after she'd caught her breath.
Average, and I'm probably being generous. Didn't really care for this one. Some nice dynamics with Rory, which probably saved this from being a disaster. I don't really care for exploring their dreams, or hallucinations. I don't want to see the DreamLord again.
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I don't think Amy meant "fighting" in the sense of "engaging in hand-to-hand combat" (which, as you say, wouldn't make much sense). I think she meant it in the sense of "resisting", i.e. if she maintained a steadfast belief that the Doctor was real against the psychiatrists' attempt to convince her otherwise, it would count as "fighting" even if no punches were thrown.
Not really. The whole point of that line is that they kept trying to tell her that he wasn't real and she kept insisting that he was. The idea that she was actually biting psychiatrists yet isn't doped up on five different anti-depressants by the time she's 19 is a bit self-contradictory.
You've never had relatives who had to see psychiatrists as children, have you? I have. The idea of a child physically attacking them, yet not being seen as so much of a danger to herself and others that she'd be in a permanent stupor from all the anti-depressants, is neither funny nor plausible.
^It's "I kept biting them". It even says "biting" in the subtitles on iPlayer.
Oh for fuck's sake lighten up. I would agree that mental health issues shouldn't be taken lightly, but humour often arises out of things that aren't naturally funny. And I didn't have visions of a feral child ripping chunks out of people, whilst doped up to the nines, I had a notion of a pouting child who gave the doctor a nip on the finger.
I'm going to listen to the episode again later, cos maybe I'm mistaken but I don't think I am, because the line scans better with biting rather than fighting.
EDIT: On second thoughs maybe I won't, nice one Bob.
^No worries. It seemed like a fucking petty argument to be making in those terms. It was obvious what the intent of the scene was and seemed fairly obvious to me that she said biting, so I thought I'd double check.
And no one thought looking at the full grown rendition "Gosh I wish it was me she was biting??"
No one?
I thought the internet was supposed to be full of perverts?
O dear, this would have been excellent to bring up when they met those so called vampires.
"Doctor, they're Vampires! What do I do?!"
"Pretend they have a degree in psychiatry and bite them back."
No one?
I thought the internet was supposed to be full of perverts?
O dear, this would have been excellent to bring up when they met those so called vampires.
"Doctor, they're Vampires! What do I do?!"
"Pretend they have a degree in psychiatry and bite them back."
I also heard biting. Watch her lips, they definitely look like they're making a "b".I think I've seen other posters mention Amy biting her psychiatrists (or was it just multiple mentions from you?) Which episode was this from? If you are thinking of The Eleventh Hour, and the conversation Amy has with the Doctor as they walk up the path after she says "Twelve years, and four psychiatrists", I'm pretty sure she says "I kept fighting them" and not "I kept biting them", unless my understanding of Scottish accents is seriously flawed.
And made a huge mess in the kitchen.
Also, the crack in her wall was gone, which her aunt had to have noticed. I wonder how she explained that away?That's why I gave it a "meh" and not that one.
Sorry, I meant at the time the dream was supposedly taking place 5 years later, we have no idea how long they actually thought they'd traveled with the Doctor. Could have been years, so she'd have known him pretty well by then. From the way they greeted him at the beginning, they all seemed like old good friends.
But that's another thing that bothers me about Amy - she acts like she knows so much about him. "You never let anyone call you Sir" - how would she know that??
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