Rassilon
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Post by Rassilon on Sept 7, 2011 11:24:48 GMT
What did you think?
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Post by Rel Fexive on Sept 10, 2011 20:21:31 GMT
Brilliant stuff. Karen and Arthur show their stuff.
No, not like that....
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Post by cliffordjones on Sept 10, 2011 21:11:02 GMT
I enjoyed the surreality of it. I like it when Who gets all trippy.
I wasn't so keen on all the love-conquers-everything melodrama, although it did lead to a couple of memorable moments. The Doctor slamming the Tardis door in old Amy's face was pretty powerful. Having said that I'm not a big fan of the whole The-Doctor-is-actually-a-bit-of-git-sometimes thing.
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Post by Eryx on Sept 10, 2011 21:53:46 GMT
I wasn't impressed this week. A nice temporal moral dilemma but it just felt forced in the dialogue and in the telling.
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rev503
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Post by rev503 on Sept 10, 2011 21:56:24 GMT
Nice setup but crappy ending, why Rory and Amy ever trust the 11th doctor considering how many times they've seen him lie I'll never know.
Also is anyone else getting tired of the unrelenting wave of horror stories? The shorts for next ep suggest another one.
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Post by chickenpaddy on Sept 11, 2011 3:07:59 GMT
YARR! THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD! BEWARE!:
I really enjoyed it. I'm a sap for emotional storytelling. The viewer always knows from the beginning that Young Amy is going to be saved by next episode, so it was a nice twist when they try to rescue BOTH Amy's. Seasoned Doctor Who veterans know all about the risks of crossing a person's time stream over itself.
I don't mind so much the emphasis on the horror themes and the Doctor's dark side. This season (both parts) seem to be putting a huge emphasis on showing how the Doctor isn't nearly as benevolent and marvelous as he likes others to think he is. I'm guessing it's to put more meaning on his inevitable death at Lake Silencio.
All-in-all, I thought it was a brilliant episode and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Post by boxer01 on Sept 11, 2011 14:06:55 GMT
I liked it a lot as the moral dilemma really grabbed me. And from my point of view, people can remark on how dark the Doctor can be but I think it's really a reflection of the "with great power comes great responsibility" aspect of possessing time travel.
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Post by Curufea on Sept 12, 2011 1:00:37 GMT
I really enjoyed it. These kinds of problems would occur to the Doctor every single time he ever travels in the TARDIS, however he's the only one on the TARDIS who realises this and understands the consequences. This episode is the "explain time travel to the audience so they understand" episode. So with some pathos they highlight the morality of time travel.
This to me shows yet another breakdown in the universe with the loss of Gallifrey and the Time Lords. You've got cowboys with time technology. The Time Lords would have put a stop to this little operation, even though it would only ever affect teleporting travellers.
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korith
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Post by korith on Sept 13, 2011 13:45:10 GMT
A great episode for my wife and me to watch together. Excellent story telling, some very funny lines ("It's not rocket science....it's just quantum physics!")
Good hints as to what was happening in the episode - the green anchor (anchor - stability - time is slow/steady) and the red waterfall (waterfall - fast - time is accelerated)
It would be nice to see some more of "Amy Pond, Warrior Princess", as this played very well with her headstrong companion role.
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sneezi
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Post by sneezi on Sept 17, 2011 0:18:32 GMT
I'm no softie, but this episode had me in tears in front of my kids. All the Rory and Amy stuff must have hit a chord somewhere, or perhaps I've invested too much of myself into the Whoniverse.
I was still crying on the drive to work on Monday morning!
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