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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
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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There is a nice shot of the Doctor reflected in the astronaut visor just before he's shot, so that could be telling.
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Well you said something about Ganger!Doctor surviving anyway.
Long day.
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Just didn't want to be taking credit for what wasn't mine.
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Ah yes. I don't think that'll happen (partly because I'm not sure Ganger!Doctor would be made of Timelord DNA), but it's a very good idea. (And now I'm back to wanting to shake the show...)
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(And now I'm back to wanting to shake the show...)
A good plan *shakes*
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Personally it's just that the Ganger!humans are all stretchy and stuff, and clearly not human, even though they're 'exact copies' - dunno if something else happened to Ganger!Doctor, but presumably he's also made of Flesh... I mean, he's all white and stuff.
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But, basically I'm just in 'wait and see' mode, so . . . *shrug*
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why are people assuming that the Doctor's Time Lord-y-ness shouldn't be replicable?
Isn't that the reason for burning the body in TIA? I can't remember the exact words, but doesnt older!Canton tell Amy, Rory and River how dangerous his DNA could be if it got into the wrong hands?
What if that's what created the Flesh in the first place and is what he's gone back to fix somehow?
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Hmmm. I definitely agree that he's trying to fix some piece of history or other (whether a fixed point or not remains to be seen), but throwing something specifically Timelord-y into the mix could be an interesting twist.
*ponderponderponder*