So much of my respect for River is bound up in the fact that she doesn't seem to expect forever: "When you run with the Doctor, it feels like it will never end . . ." It's more like she'll take the moment, whatever moment, she's given, and cherish it for what it is. Oh absolutely. I was just trying to avoid another tangent. (The *second* Donna said forever I wanted to throw something at the TV because I knew that something BAD was going to happen. *deep sigh*) ETA: Actually, I guess that River's choice is 'Till [my] death do us part'...
Remember how I was saying I take notes from Steven Moffat? Right there. In the Confidential, when he's talking about the fez and how he uses it to distinguish the different Doctors and about how that and the mop set people up to anticipate the time jump sequence on their own and, once they've done that, they're far more likely to accept and understand it? Yeah, genius. Yup, genius.
I have to wonder if Moffat has any teaching experience because it's not the first time that I've realized he's teaching us to think like the Doctor. He is actively working in his scripts to make us think in a more complex fashion. And he's making us laugh while he does it. Have I mentioned lately that MOFFAT IS MY PERSONAL HERO?!?!??! Now and again? But yes, it's very clever writing and I'm just sitting here slowly turning green.
From what River says in the Library, it sounds like Asgard happened before the Byzantium in the Doctor's timeline. Presumably with Ten. I know... *deep sigh* (Although Ten doesn't strike me as in any way accepting enough of her to have a romantic picnic. But still, you're right.)
It's the "sanity" that makes it. I don't think I've ever heard that word choice, but I intend to use it all the time from now on. Extraordinary what the right word can do.
That is so perfect I have nothing to say about it. :)
Once again, however, Moffat surprises by resolving the season in a far more thematic and emotional way than a technical one. In this case, to save Amy was to save the universe, but it happened that way because the Doctor chose to make it about Amy, because Amy was the key to him, not because she was literally the most important person in the universe. *nods a lot*
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Oh absolutely. I was just trying to avoid another tangent. (The *second* Donna said forever I wanted to throw something at the TV because I knew that something BAD was going to happen. *deep sigh*) ETA: Actually, I guess that River's choice is 'Till [my] death do us part'...
Remember how I was saying I take notes from Steven Moffat? Right there. In the Confidential, when he's talking about the fez and how he uses it to distinguish the different Doctors and about how that and the mop set people up to anticipate the time jump sequence on their own and, once they've done that, they're far more likely to accept and understand it? Yeah, genius.
Yup, genius.
I have to wonder if Moffat has any teaching experience because it's not the first time that I've realized he's teaching us to think like the Doctor. He is actively working in his scripts to make us think in a more complex fashion. And he's making us laugh while he does it. Have I mentioned lately that MOFFAT IS MY PERSONAL HERO?!?!??!
Now and again? But yes, it's very clever writing and I'm just sitting here slowly turning green.
From what River says in the Library, it sounds like Asgard happened before the Byzantium in the Doctor's timeline. Presumably with Ten.
I know... *deep sigh* (Although Ten doesn't strike me as in any way accepting enough of her to have a romantic picnic. But still, you're right.)
It's the "sanity" that makes it. I don't think I've ever heard that word choice, but I intend to use it all the time from now on.
Extraordinary what the right word can do.
That is so perfect I have nothing to say about it.
:)
Once again, however, Moffat surprises by resolving the season in a far more thematic and emotional way than a technical one. In this case, to save Amy was to save the universe, but it happened that way because the Doctor chose to make it about Amy, because Amy was the key to him, not because she was literally the most important person in the universe.
*nods a lot*