Our Doctor lite episode of the season
6.5X010 The Girl Who Waited (Grading/Discussion) (SPOILERS!)
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Our Doctor lite episode of the season
Watch out, Doctor. This is when the show stops being Doctor Who and becomes Roranicus Pondicus Invictus. 
Ten clearly borrowed his look from Rory.
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Why would anyone press the red button?
Red = Bad.
Red = Bad.
I really liked this. I expected the future Amy to have no problems sacrificing herself or to be the opposite, trying to survive no matter what. Nice to see a more nuanced character. It was strange that Rory didn't commented that he waited a 1000 years for Amy. The forty years Amy waited is peanuts in comparison. The design of the robots was very Ipodish. Too bad they said 'kindness' far too often. I don't like catch phrases, they remind me i am watching television.
Spoilers ho!
That was OK, mainly suffered from being a bit obvious (I doubt anyone thought for a second the old Amy would still be around by the end of the episode) and with the whole thing with the Doctor's death going on having another future of a regular turn up for a horrible fate probably wasn't the best idea (especially as it emphasised how easy it is to actually change such fates).
The only real surprise, the Doctor locking future Amy out, was then ruined by the scene just going on and on and on. Amy loves Rory, we get it. The Doctor makes tough choices, we get that as well. Get on with it.
That was OK, mainly suffered from being a bit obvious (I doubt anyone thought for a second the old Amy would still be around by the end of the episode) and with the whole thing with the Doctor's death going on having another future of a regular turn up for a horrible fate probably wasn't the best idea (especially as it emphasised how easy it is to actually change such fates).
The only real surprise, the Doctor locking future Amy out, was then ruined by the scene just going on and on and on. Amy loves Rory, we get it. The Doctor makes tough choices, we get that as well. Get on with it.
I really find myself tuning out of this. I guess I'm not a fan of Amy because I just switched off for a lot of the episode. Found myself saying I hope she's lying about being back next series.
Much like Torchwood there's good bits but overall the episode doesn't grab me.
Much like Torchwood there's good bits but overall the episode doesn't grab me.
i thought it was brilliant.
and i LOVED Confidential letting Karen go driving. it was so funny with her shrieking as she changes up to SECOND gear! and then when the guy tore around at over 100mph and pulling donuts!!
Arthur, dear, god, I hope that fuzz is for a part cuz it was horrific!
and i LOVED Confidential letting Karen go driving. it was so funny with her shrieking as she changes up to SECOND gear! and then when the guy tore around at over 100mph and pulling donuts!!
Arthur, dear, god, I hope that fuzz is for a part cuz it was horrific!
There was no Doctor lite episode in S5, was there?
I'm not sure why we had to return to it for this series, I'd hoped it was an RTD thing.
I'm not sure why we had to return to it for this series, I'd hoped it was an RTD thing.
I assume that was the waterfall, sounds nicer than an anchor.
Moving on whilst the Millenium Centre is easy to spot, I still think ths was a very good looking episode, I know RTDs talked before about an all white enviroment being hard work, but TBH I liked it. The over all look of the episode was great.
Whilst this has been called a Doctor light episode, I actually didnt think it was that noticable in this one
the older Amy Pond was great, ok it was clear the Doctor could never save them both, but Rory and the older Amy were great together, almost a "Rorys Choice" episode.
As for Confidential, it seemed all over the place, Karen driving, Arthur diving with sharks, Matt speaking from the set of "Lets Kill Hitler" its like they lost some of the footage, and had to scramble to fill the show.
It's a production thing, not an RTD thing.
Season five could get away without a Doctor-lite episode because they didn't have to double-bank an episode so they could fit the Christmas special into the production. (Though "The Lodger" was companion-lite, there was no production need for it.)
Season six had "A Christmas Carol" to account for in the filming blocks, hence the need for a Doctor-lite episode.
It's possible that season seven won't need a Doctor-lite episode because the Christmas special is being filmed separately from the rest of the season due to the studio move.
Fantastic
Really interesting idea well executed.
Loved Rory's line about checking a book once in a while. The Drs response to Rory asking about 2 Amy's
Christmas comment
Loved the character interaction and good to see more fighting with swords.
What an ending Im glad they didnt go for an ending where Amy sacrificed herself in battle but made a choice.
Really interesting idea well executed.
Loved Rory's line about checking a book once in a while. The Drs response to Rory asking about 2 Amy's
Christmas comment
Loved the character interaction and good to see more fighting with swords.
What an ending Im glad they didnt go for an ending where Amy sacrificed herself in battle but made a choice.
Best of the season, albeit with reservations -
I cannot think of a single sensible dramatic reason for the Doctor's lines and actions at the end other than a) to allow Karen Gillan a big and very good martyr speech, and b) to make the Doctor into a complete cunt so that he can be split from the Ponds next week in order to pop back to Lake Silencio for the big dirtnap. Blinovitch? No, Mawdryn proved you can have two people in the TARDIS (albeit *after* the boom) and the BLE can't be in effect cos there was no boom about five minutes earlier... In essence it's just a really artificial bit of emotion-tugging, albeit one that (unlike, say Father's Day) actually works without coming over as trying too hard - which is definitely good. So, the best episode of season 6 so far, but in a somewhat false manner...
yes, I did cry
I cannot think of a single sensible dramatic reason for the Doctor's lines and actions at the end other than a) to allow Karen Gillan a big and very good martyr speech, and b) to make the Doctor into a complete cunt so that he can be split from the Ponds next week in order to pop back to Lake Silencio for the big dirtnap. Blinovitch? No, Mawdryn proved you can have two people in the TARDIS (albeit *after* the boom) and the BLE can't be in effect cos there was no boom about five minutes earlier... In essence it's just a really artificial bit of emotion-tugging, albeit one that (unlike, say Father's Day) actually works without coming over as trying too hard - which is definitely good. So, the best episode of season 6 so far, but in a somewhat false manner...
yes, I did cry
I loved it. It really just made me love Rory and Amy far more than I thought was possible.
In the beginning I was hoping that Rory would pull a "I waited 2000 years" thing with future Amy but I was very happy that he didn't.
And I cried . . . a lot.
In the beginning I was hoping that Rory would pull a "I waited 2000 years" thing with future Amy but I was very happy that he didn't.
And I cried . . . a lot.
One of the best episodes ever! I don't mind admitting I cried when older Amy and Rory let one another go at the door to the Tardis. There were funny moments and sad moments, I even loved the pathos of the daft face on older Amy's pet robot. 10/10. Last 10/10 I gave was to "The Empty Child" 1 & 2 
I think the end went on too long, I think the tardis should have gone has soon as Roy made his choice locked her out.
I thought that was pretty damned good, imaginative and clever and heart-tugging and emotional which I think had been missing for a while. We even got a bastard moment from the Doctor. Solid acting turn from Karen Gillan.
The episode was high quality, but I am not a fan of this continued bastardization of the Doctor (i.e. the continued and growing idea that The Doctor is, in reality, a truly terrible bastard).
I like the Doctor as my moral compass, not a guy you can't turn your back on.
I mean, how can Rory and Amy continue to travel with him after this. I guess they didn't mind their infant child being taken from them at gunpoint, never to be seen again until she's an old woman, but...
I like the Doctor as my moral compass, not a guy you can't turn your back on.
I mean, how can Rory and Amy continue to travel with him after this. I guess they didn't mind their infant child being taken from them at gunpoint, never to be seen again until she's an old woman, but...
