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elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2011-05-25 11:48 am
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Brief Who thoughts.

The Doctor's Wife
I've tried to write down thoughts on this episode, honestly, but they just... don't work. 'Effulgent' is still the best description. I love the fact that they stole each other and the timey-wimey-ness of their interactions ('Goodbye'/'Hello' back to-front; 'Why is that word so sad? No. Will be sad...'; 'This is when we talked...' Oh show, breaking my heart with grammar and tenses). I love the confirmation that Timelords can change sex when they regenerate (which sheds a very interesting light on things, and explains a lot about the Doctor's general attitude to these things, actually). Loved Amy and Rory (but they'll get their own post). Loved how Eleven was so utterly heartbreaking, and yet his grief and loss wasn't the focus, and the last beat of the episode was him dancing. Really, loved it all, nothing to add.

The Rebel Flesh
Now this episode I do have thoughts on, especially since it ties in with the overarching themes, but I want to watch part 2 before I try to sort through it all (mirror, mirror, on the wall...). But! One thing I'm as sure of as I can possibly be: Ganger!Doctor is NOT the Doctor who gets killed in The Impossible Astronaut. (Much like I was certain that S5 would end with a wedding, even after Rory had been killed and removed from history.) Anyway, I am very curious about what the Doctor knows and isn't telling. Plus - I can't wait to see the Doctor trying to practice what he preaches, what with two of him there. Last time he had a clone, the poor chap got tossed into Pete's World after about three seconds' worth of interaction - this time I am expecting a lot of 'in a mirror, darkly' and so forth. And mutual bow-tie admiration. <3
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[personal profile] owlboy 2011-05-25 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno about ganger!Doctor being able to regenerate - if the Flesh is a perfect copy, maybe that's possible? I think he gets killed off though, having -one- Eleven is bad enough for the space-time continuum...

Yeah... the little things though, like him saying the exact thing Amy says at the same time, and telling Cleaves that they're at a cross roads and need to make the right choice... give me the suspicion that he's been here before, something terrible happened, and he's trying to prevent that. Possibly making it even worse in the process.
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[personal profile] owlboy 2011-05-25 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't read that! I shall now.

Echoes of Mars sounds like a cool fic title. Or a band name.

>>I might have to avoid the internet entirely next week

I am for definitely avoiding Tumblr for the entire week proceeding the 7th episode... people on there have NO concept of spoiler tags!

Oh yeah, and I LOVE Waters of Mars, but the fact we're in the dark as to the Doctor's motivations here, makes it 10x better.
Edited 2011-05-25 15:44 (UTC)
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[personal profile] owlboy 2011-05-25 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad I don't use Facebook or Twitter. People are so ruuuude.

>>And now I want to write that fic...

Pls do :D

>>we don't even know what Eleven's thinking, so the focus is on what's happening...

I love that even the characters in MoffWho are puzzleboxes that need figuring out... kfjhdf brainfood fjklgj
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[personal profile] owlboy 2011-05-25 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I had the theme song memorized...and...yeah...