"Let's Kill Hitler", "Timelash", etc.
Sunday, 28 August 2011 11:34![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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- "Let's Kill Hitler": well, that... happened. Yeah, not exactly impressed by that. There were a lot of things I liked about it - confirmation that Time Lords can change their skin colour when they regenerate, great lines, Rory punching Hitler, robot person operated by teeny weeny people à la Numskulls etc - but overall, not happy. I can't get over the mismatch in tone between "Amy and Rory have been waiting all summer for the Doctor to find their kidnapped baby" and "Amy and Rory are having wacky making-crop-circles-with-a-mini shenanigans", for a start, and I'm not entirely convinced that they would just sit at home waiting for the Doctor to turn up with Melody, either. I really hope that this is going to be dealt with a bit more in the next episode. THEIR BABY IS STILL MISSING.
I also hated the revelation that River became an archaeologist in order to track the Doctor down. One of the things I've always liked about River is the fact that she's clearly had other things going on in her life that had nothing to do with the Doctor, but that's been turning out to be less and less true recently. :( I didn't like River using her remaining regenerations to cure the Doctor either, both because she's giving up her lives for the man she's going to be in love with, and because I've never been a fan of "glowy regeneration magic heals EVERYTHING". River's change of heart was a little sudden, too: I was rather looking forward to the idea of her having a redemption arc where the other characters already know where she's going to end up.
In conclusion: SADFACE, THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED. I'll reserve final judgement until the end of the season, but right now, I am considerably less optimistic than I was about the possibility of everything working out ok.
- Also yesterday evening I rewatched "Timelash", which I sort of love even though many aspects of it are basically a bit terrible. A particular highlight was the unconvincing "bok" sound made by a couple of aged-to-death people's skulls hitting the floor; I laughed out loud both times it happened. ♥ Other things I enjoyed included Herbert attempting to banish the Doctor, heh.
- On a completely different note and from the department of "things I want", here is a Wonder Woman rucksack with built in cape. Possibly it is a good thing for my finances that they don't ship to the UK. BUILT IN CAPE.
I also hated the revelation that River became an archaeologist in order to track the Doctor down. One of the things I've always liked about River is the fact that she's clearly had other things going on in her life that had nothing to do with the Doctor, but that's been turning out to be less and less true recently. :( I didn't like River using her remaining regenerations to cure the Doctor either, both because she's giving up her lives for the man she's going to be in love with, and because I've never been a fan of "glowy regeneration magic heals EVERYTHING". River's change of heart was a little sudden, too: I was rather looking forward to the idea of her having a redemption arc where the other characters already know where she's going to end up.
In conclusion: SADFACE, THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED. I'll reserve final judgement until the end of the season, but right now, I am considerably less optimistic than I was about the possibility of everything working out ok.
- Also yesterday evening I rewatched "Timelash", which I sort of love even though many aspects of it are basically a bit terrible. A particular highlight was the unconvincing "bok" sound made by a couple of aged-to-death people's skulls hitting the floor; I laughed out loud both times it happened. ♥ Other things I enjoyed included Herbert attempting to banish the Doctor, heh.
- On a completely different note and from the department of "things I want", here is a Wonder Woman rucksack with built in cape. Possibly it is a good thing for my finances that they don't ship to the UK. BUILT IN CAPE.