This post is freaking awesome. *beams and points to icon* (Although promethia_tenk is responsible for a lot of its awesomeness.)
Because whatever is going on or has gone before, the feelings and emotions of the Doctor on that beach are real, and the death is a real and fixed point. *nods a LOT*
Contrast the feelings of the Doctor's death at the beginning of TIA, with the "deaths" of Amy, Rory and River at the start of DoTM. In that one, you KNOW something fishy is going on; you just don't know what (at least I didn't). In the first three minutes of DoTM I was totally saying, "How is Moffat gonna get out of this?" Excellent point. And yes, that was my reaction too!
In TIA I wanted to know, "Who the hell is that astronaut and why did he/she kill the Doctor?" Same here. Plus, I was delighted and shocked that the thing RTD constantly flirted with (the Doctor's final death) is something that Moffat just makes happen and then moves right past.
That scene was so surreal; it had such a different feel to it than the fake deaths of the companions at the start. And so I do feel if there is some tricksy thing that happens akin to what happened in DoTM, where however it is done, the Doctor comes out and says "Psych!" and carries on as if nothing truly changed, then that, THAT would be the utter, utter cheat. In fact, aside from the "why" question that I asked upon seeing that scene, my next reaction was "Hell, Moffat had better not get himself out of this one!" At least not without repercussions and as you note, a sea change. I draw pink sparkly hearts around all of this, whilst nodding vigorously and going YES YES YES THAT'S IT EXACTLY!
But plz to be keeping Matt Smith as the Doctor of course. In some form. Well I'm 99% sure he's signed up for S7, so no worries there. (I want to keep him too, forever and ever! *clings*)
how crackified would it be if Moffat didn't even answer that question this season??? O_o It would be just like ending S5 without knowing anything about the Silence...
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Because whatever is going on or has gone before, the feelings and emotions of the Doctor on that beach are real, and the death is a real and fixed point.
*nods a LOT*
Contrast the feelings of the Doctor's death at the beginning of TIA, with the "deaths" of Amy, Rory and River at the start of DoTM. In that one, you KNOW something fishy is going on; you just don't know what (at least I didn't). In the first three minutes of DoTM I was totally saying, "How is Moffat gonna get out of this?"
Excellent point. And yes, that was my reaction too!
In TIA I wanted to know, "Who the hell is that astronaut and why did he/she kill the Doctor?"
Same here. Plus, I was delighted and shocked that the thing RTD constantly flirted with (the Doctor's final death) is something that Moffat just makes happen and then moves right past.
That scene was so surreal; it had such a different feel to it than the fake deaths of the companions at the start. And so I do feel if there is some tricksy thing that happens akin to what happened in DoTM, where however it is done, the Doctor comes out and says "Psych!" and carries on as if nothing truly changed, then that, THAT would be the utter, utter cheat.
In fact, aside from the "why" question that I asked upon seeing that scene, my next reaction was "Hell, Moffat had better not get himself out of this one!" At least not without repercussions and as you note, a sea change.
I draw pink sparkly hearts around all of this, whilst nodding vigorously and going YES YES YES THAT'S IT EXACTLY!
But plz to be keeping Matt Smith as the Doctor of course. In some form.
Well I'm 99% sure he's signed up for S7, so no worries there. (I want to keep him too, forever and ever! *clings*)
how crackified would it be if Moffat didn't even answer that question this season??? O_o
It would be just like ending S5 without knowing anything about the Silence...