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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Unanswered Who-questions

What is River's relationship with the Doctor?  Why does she know his real name?
Who is the good man that River kills?
If she can get out of the prison whenever she wants, why does she stay?
Why does Amy remember the clerics after they stopped existing, but not Rory?
Who blows up the TARDIS/why/why specifically on the Ponds' wedding day?
Why does River remember the Doctor after the universe resets?  And why doesn't her memory bring him back?
Why was last year's "silence will fall" motif presented as so sinister, if it's actually supposed to be a good thing?
Who kills the Doctor?  Is the Doctor really dead?  Does it get undone?  How does it get undone?
How does old!Canton know that it definitely is the Doctor and he definitely is dead, and how did he know to be there without opening his letter?
Why are the Silence (or at least one Silent) still around in 2011?

What happened to Amy in the orphanage?  How did the girl get out of the space suit?  Why did the Silence capture Amy? 
Why did the Silence want the little girl, anyway?   And what are they doing with the TARDIS-thing? 
When was real!Amy replaced with flesh!Amy?

Who is Madame Kovarian?  Why does she seem to think she's at war with the Doctor?
What exactly does she plan to do with Melody/River?  
Is the little girl from Astronaut/Day actually Melody/River?  If so: why does River not seem to have any memory of this/act as if it never happened?
If River is a Time Lady, why hasn't the Doctor been able to sense her the way he should have been with the Master?  If it's because she's only 'sort of' a Time Lady, which seems to be the implication of A Good Man, then what Time Lord characteristics does she have/not have?

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Doctor Who Season 6

I am way delayed on this business...whoops.  Watched everything on time, just haven't gotten around to writing about it.

"The Curse of the Black Spot" - I really enjoyed this episode.  It was nice to get away from the tension of the series arc for a little while and just have a good ol' romp.  Also, I have a thing for pirates, so, you know.  I was a little... concerned?  confused?  I'm not sure what... by the ending, though.  Why was Amy so dead set against having to save Rory?  It almost seemed like she would rather leave him behind than have to be responsible for saving him.  And he said it was because he knew she wouldn't give up and then SHE GAVE UP but somehow he came back to life anyway.  I feel like there was something fishy going on there.  I don't know.  It just didn't add up for me.

"The Doctor's Wife" - I don't even have anything to say about this.  It was brilliant and perfect and I loved it.  That is all.

"The Rebel Flesh"/The Almost People" - These episodes were alright.  A little hard to follow, and a little tedious, but lovely.  I loved the factory workers - Cleaves and Jimmy especially.  Also Rory was great.  Stupid, but great.  And he didn't die!  The two Doctors were hilarious together, although I called their shoe-switching antics partway through.  I'm not sure why real Doctor was so angry/violent with Amy, though.  That was sort of frightening.  And the reveal about Amy at the end was brilliant - I never suspected it!

"A Good Man Goes to War" - Aghghahgljs.  I'm not sure River being Melody counts as a twist, really, given that that theory has been the talk of the internet for ages now.  I was less disappointed by it than I expected to be, though, so at least there's that.  Rory was also great in this episode.  Just for the record.  Again.  I'm still not sure what the Cybermen had to do with anything, but that's alright.  I liked Lorna Bucket.  I hope we get to see her earlier in her timestream/later in the Doctor's.  I feel like the 'moral' of this episode was sort of a fall-flat though... oh look, the Doctor has a dark dangerous side and he sometimes has a bad effect on the lives of his companions.  Hello, "Journey's End" and "The Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time."  Eleven is not near so dark and dangerous as Ten could be at times.

I can't believe we have to wait until September.  Ugh.