"The God Complex" -- Thoughts

[earlgreytea68]

What I Liked:

• Every single seconday character was great in this. It can be so hard to do that, and so often it's done so very poorly, but these secondary characters were great and so immediately vivid. The blogger obsessed with CIA conspiracies might have been a bit of a cliche, but the actor played him well and believably (and hey, I know people like him). I was fascinated by the alien from Tivoli. He had a lot of funny lines at the beginning, and then quietly the insidious evil of him revealed itself. And Rita, well, I loved Rita. She made me laugh. She made the Doctor laugh, which I always like. I liked him telling Amy she's fired, since I was just saying the other week that Amy and Rory don't really seem like very helpful companions. I liked that she was Muslim. Although I'm not generally a person who thinks shows need to carry Big Social Messages, I liked introducing a Muslim character who was just awesome, I thought that was great of them. I genuinely didn't think Rita was going to die. I should have seen it coming, but she was just so awesome, and I assume Amy's time on the TARDIS is coming to an end, so I thought Rita would make a nice new companion. Then they killed her. Soooooo, they introduced a Muslim character and then immediately killed her. But, getting back to the secondary characters, I thought everyone immediately worked well as an ensemble, Amy and Rory interacting with all the other characters. I would have watched a show about ALL of these people traveling through time and space.


• I loved this set. Those old hotels that haven't been remodelled are creepy. The ugly ballroom and the hideous hallways were just so spot-on. And hotels are confusing, you do get the impression you could be lost wandering around in them forever. (Of course, I never understood how they ever re-located each other after splitting up, or kept finding their way back to the ballroom.) So I liked the whole idea of this. It will now make hotels forever a bit terrifying to me. (There was also something vaguely "Clue"-ish about the set-up to this episode. Can't quite put my finger on it.)


• This episode was scary. Scarier, to me, than "Night Terrors." The people being possessed and crazy and happy to go to their deaths... And knowing that they were being possessed and their death was coming. ::shudder:: I've always thought the worst thing about losing your mind must be those moments when you know you're losing your mind, and this episode honed right in on that. The blogger begging not to let him be killed even while he knew that soon he would be begging to be killed, that really got to me. And those weird intercut shots of the people laughing maniacally and the ransom-note-ish "Praise Him"s. I was very tense and stressed out during this episode.


• I thought it was interesting that the minotaur thing had no interest in Rory because he doesn't have faith. And that that's Rory's strength. Because it kind of is. Rory is dependable and practical, he doesn't get caught up in those sorts of flights of fancy. Rory's the one who stays with his feet on the ground, pointing out the less interesting details. But people like that have great value. And the Doctor especially needs people like that and, I think, undervalues them. He's drawn to whimsy, as Amy accused him last week.


• Lots of good lines in this episode. From everyone. It's nice when not just the Doctor gets the good lines. And when the Doctor recognizes that. The Doctor does a lot of laughing delightedly at the genuinely clever lines the other characters are delivering in this episode, and I enjoyed that. He felt like a Doctor who really enjoys company. Which makes the ending of this episode that much more painful.


• Rory had my favorite line of the episode: "I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe."


• I loved when the Doctor was having his angry fit and throwing things. It was so very Ten of him, and it made sense considering that he finished the episode with the classic Ten move: He leaves the companions behind. It's like he fell back into the old habit, the knee-jerk reaction of leaving people behind before they can die in front of you.


• This is an episode all about how the Doctor loves and falls in love, how he's a social creature and is constantly sizing up everyone he meets to see if they might make a good companion. The Doctor delights in having people travel with him, the Doctor's natural state of being is to invite people along. You might even say it's his instinct. And, in the end, the Doctor is alone in his TARDIS. An entire episode where you can see how much he loves having clever people around him, so that that last scene of loneliness punches you even harder. And Matt Smith played the whole thing so beautifully.


• LOVED the Doctor's speech to the Tivolian about the gene of gutlessness surviving, about a race being the oldest in the universe because it never puts itself at risk. The Doctor's race was also one of the oldest in the universe, and scary Giles in School Reunion was so mystified by the risk-taking, reckless Doctor being one of them. What does he say about them? That they had reached the point of indolence or something? Then there was a war, there were risks to be taken, and the Doctor, at one point, found himself driven to end them entirely. In the end, the Doctor's the only one that survived, and what does that say about him? What does it mean that you go on living while everyone else dies? Are you the bravest, or the most cowardly?  


• I loved that the Doctor was wrong in his theory about fear feeding the monster. Especially because I thought he was right. I totally didn't see that twist coming.


• So, clearly we are drawing all sorts of parallels between the minotaur and the Doctor, not just from his obvious speech at the end but the whole "living so long your name has been lost" thing during the confrontation. I did like the idea, because I generally do, but I especially liked the line that the Doctor claims the minotaur has about just being "instinct." I don't know what that means yet, exactly, haven't thought it entirely through, but I feel like it's an interesting statement about the Doctor. Is he even thinking anymore? (Also, why didn't the TARDIS translate the minotaur?)


• The Doctor's room of fear. Ha, they're such teases. It's got to be himself, right? Isn't that what we learned from "Amy's Choice"? His biggest fear...and also what he has the most faith in: himself.


• And, in a way, it's his faith in himself that's strongest at the end of the episode. He has no faith he can keep Amy and Rory safe, but he always seems to have faith that whatever decision he's made for other people, it's the right decision. He takes away autonomy. That's his god complex. He doesn't trust anyone to ever make a choice, but himself.


• I like the Rubik's cube recurring.


• I know there are deep thinky thoughts about religion raised in this episode, but I can't be bothered to go there.


• I loved the moment where Rory was like, "How'd you know this was my favorite car?" and the Doctor's like, "Because you showed me a photo and said, 'This is my favorite car.'" Awwww, Rory and Doctor, I love you so much! Probably my favorite scene ever between those two.


• Does it mean anything that the Doctor and Amy have the same reaction to the minotaur? Calling it beautiful?


• So, in the end, fairy-tale Amelia Pond gets called "Amy Williams." And, as usual, the fairy-tale Amelia Pond music makes me cry.

What I Didn't Like:

Okay. So. It hasn't bothered me that they haven't been talking about Melody/River, because not every episode can be about her and because I'm really not convinced that the fact that they have a daughter is anything other than intellectual to Amy and Rory. Like, they know it, they grasp it, but I'm not sure they've emotionally translated the idea, the circumstances around it were just too crazy. But this episode was full of dramatic speeches, right? Amy kept saying it over and over. "The Doctor's awesome! The Doctor's always saved me! He never does anything wrong!" And I wanted to be like, "...What about that time when he couldn't find your baby daughter for you?" Rory talked about "notifying the next of kin," with no self-consciousness over their having a next of kin running around out there who they didn't get to raise. Amy's biggest fear turned out to be the Doctor not coming back for her; not that she'd be a bad mother, or that she'd never see her daughter again, or even that she was a terrible person for not missing her daughter the way she thought she should. And then the Doctor gives Amy a big speech about all the things he's done wrong with her, and never once mentions Melody. Even at the end, Amy's like, "Not after everything we've been through!" and even then still doesn't mention Melody for several more moments. Maybe none of them see the Melody situation as the Doctor's fault? And it's true that it isn't the Doctor's fault, really, in certain lights. But I couldn't get over NONE of them, in all of these speeches, ever referencing the whole Melody/River thing. Maybe they don't see it as a tragedy? Maybe they figure, hey, she turned out okay, we'll have other kids, it would have been weird to raise River anyway? I don't know. I'm trying to reason this through. Mostly because we got to the end of the episode and I was like, "You know what, I think maybe this is all before Melody or something, there's something going on with the timelines." I literally thought that had to be what was going on. And then Amy had that throwaway line about, "If you see my daughter, tell her to stop by." So. I haven't really been bothered by the lost Melody storyline, because I genunely do think the whole thing just isn't real for Amy and Rory, and that they dealt with it as much as they could in their time off the TARDIS, but it just seems like a huge gap to leave out when you're going over the Doctor's history with Amy Pond. (Or Amy Williams.) That said, leaving aside the Melody thing, I thought this was a fabulous episode: well-constructed and well-acted and meaty and emotional. It just could have used one more line somewhere.

Comments

[glorious-clio.livejournal.com]

*Thank you. I really think it's a mistake to leave Melody/River out of these last few episodes. And while I agree with you, they only know they have a daughter on an intellectual level, on the other hand, AMY'S BODY carried that body. And your body takes at least 6 weeks to recover from that at the most obvious level, and for some women, 2-4 years. So Amy would know she's missing out. C'MON. She's not heartless! What about women who give their kids up for adoption? They have to recover emotionally, and that was a choice they made. Amy gets no choice.

URGH. ANYWAY.

Otherwise, yes, excellent episode. I really loved the creepy hotel.

[glorious-clio.livejournal.com]

*Amy's body carried that *baby, meaning River, meaning I am too upset to be coherent about that particular plot line.

[jenrose]

Honestly, having been involved with birth and parenting from a variety of personal and professional perspectives for the past 18+ years, Amy and Rory's lack of attachment to their baby does NOT strike me as unrealistic.

1. They didn't really have the pregnancy, not really. Past the first weeks, she was just not aware of her physical body, until she was actually delivering. She spent hours with her new daughter, from what we saw.

2. Doesn't surprise me all that much if a new mother in a far-future medical environment heals quickly from a birth. That's something I can accept a hand-wave over pretty easily, I've seen it happen IRL a few times, especially in young, fit mothers.

3. The situation is so completely outside of human experience of parenting that it falls into the pink-mountain-not-my-problem category of "cannot think about this" from their perspective. As someone who has lost pregnancies both extremely early and not so early, there is at some point a place where in order to function, you have to shut it down. Where all you can do is think, "That happened, and I don't understand it, and I don't know how I feel about it, let alone how I'm supposed to feel about it, but if I let it, it will break me, and I cant' be broken right now."

Namely, both of my pregnancies I lost were followed by immediately getting pregnant again, the very next cycle. At which point you realize that if you wish you never lost the baby, the child you get to keep wouldn't exist, and that way lies madness. In their case, if Amy starts regretting losing Melody, she's regretting a huge part of something fundamental to her... her travels with the Doctor, which have involved River at some really pivotal points. And at some point, you can't change it.

So while yeah, it is incomprehensible, it's also, at some level, a not completely unrealistic emotional response.

I once took home a 17 hour old baby from the hospital, as a foster parent. He was on my body in a sling or in my arms for six weeks straight. He was in our lives for 3 1/2 months. Then he went on to his permanent home. It was hard for three days. Then I called, and he was fine. And we went on vacation. Then I saw him a few times after that... and he was always vibrant and alive and thriving. And I was shocked that this little person who had been totally dependent on me for three and a half months.... I didn't really miss him. He was clearly where he needed to be, in the life he was supposed to be in, and I wasn't a part of that anymore, and it was okay.

They had a baby. And they lost her, but in the next breath, they met her as an adult, a thriving, vibrant adult with a rich life... It's more than most parents who lose their children get.

[glorious-clio.livejournal.com]

This actually makes a lot of sense to me. Thank you for calling me out on my inexperienced, rambling nonsense! :D Seriously.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

This was really, really interesting. Thank you so much for this.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

It didn't really bother me until this episode. I just thought it was weird that no one mentioned her in an episode that was basically all about the Doctor/Amy relationship.

[karenor.livejournal.com]

I had thought little Amelia was the Doctor's fear room. But I guess you're right, that was Amy's. But I don't think the things in the room were necessarily people's BIGGEST fears. Just nightmarish things in general. Particular ones, but still.

So yeah, I guess we don't know what was in the Doctor's room. Loved the cloister bell, though, and the number on the door was 11.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

I think it was Amy's fear room? I don't know, I've seen conflicting reports around about whose room it was.

And good point, that it's just *a* fear, not necessarily the biggest one.

[sensiblecat.livejournal.com]

There is the possibility that Amy is still in shock and that's why she can't talk about Melody as a real person. I suffered from PPD (or PND) after I had my son and at the time, in my pathological state, I think I would have found it a relief if he had disappeared from my life (I love him dearly now, however - he's going back to college today and I'll miss him terribly). But I can't understand how Rory could be so detatched. He strikes me as the kind of guy who would adore his kids unreservedly.

This episode showed us the Doctor's kindness and gentleness, at least towards Amy - as did The Big Bang. I always find that very touching and loveable in Eleven. I was struck by the contrast between him and Ten - I really don't think Ten could have kicked away Amy's faith in him like that. The only time I ever saw him behave in remotely that fashion was the talk about Gallifrey with Martha at the end of 'Gridlock.' But there is a humility in Eleven, which leads me to wonder again whether the bombastic Doctor at the end of AGMGTW was from a completely different time stream.

The house where he set the two of them up at the end seemed to match up to the situation they were living in at the start of TIA. But I haven't yet figured out the implications of that.

"You're beautiful." So like that werewolf in T&C, wasn't it? Not a coincidence, surely?

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

Aww, you make a good point about Amy, that could be one explanation. And I kind of agree, that it hasn't seemed very out-of-character for Amy but that it *has* seemed out-of-character for Rory, who just seems of the devoted personality type.

You're right about Eleven, he does have a great humility at the heart of him. I don't know why that is.

And apparently people have compared and the houses don't match. So why he didn't take them back to their house, why he took them back to a new house...is confusing to me.

I thought the same thing, that it sounded like Ten in T&C. This was one of the few episodes with Eleven where I've really thought he sounded like Ten.

[fishface44.livejournal.com]

I think the Doctor in this episode may be the Flesh!Doctor. Original!Eleven does not like apples.

[jenrose]

Oh, good catch. Now I'm going to be wondering.

[fishface44.livejournal.com]

I really need to re-watch this episode & look for other clues.


Unrelated but fun: Did you notice that one of the wall photos (the one of the guy afraid of Plymouth) was a picture of DW producer Marcus Wilson? I recognized him from the previous Confidential.

[jenrose]

I only occasionally catch up on the confidentials.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

Ha! I didn't notice that! That's adorable!

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

This is such an excellent point!!!

[lorelaisquared.livejournal.com]

I almost wish Amy hadn't mentioned Melody/River at all, I think the fly away comment just made the whole situation worse and confused matters - otherwise as you say we could assume that perhaps the timeline has been mixed up again. Although for all we know it is anyway. I still think there's a weird time loop afoot.

I really liked Rita too. I'm sad that she ended up having to die.And I liked that they didn't shy away from the Muslim thing. I thought it was all done very respectfully. The whole episode is really fascinating to me actually. I'm looking forward to rewatching it later with my flatmates who haven't seen it yet!

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that weird aside comment was just...weird. They'd gone so long without mentioning her, why bring her up then?

Rita was so awesome. I loved that she was Muslim. I wish they'd let her stay on the TARDIS.

[tostage.livejournal.com]

It's funny, the lack of Melody/River has been bugging me for weeks, but it didn't bother me in this episode. Though I did make it a conscious thought at the beginning of the episode to not think about it, because I was tired of it ruining episodes for me. And looking at it now, I do think that Rory's pulling himself away from Tardis life (by speaking about his travels in past tense for example) could definitely be a manifestation of all he feels he's lost, including Melody.

I do find it interesting that he pulled the classic Ten move by leaving the companions behind, but I feel he did it in a decisively not Ten manner. Ten was never strong enough to leave the companions behind before he broke them. He had to have them forced out of his grasp. But Eleven can see that they can't keep going like this. Which is one of the key differences between Ten and Eleven for me, Eleven doesn't NEED his companions the same way Ten did, and in fact often thrives without them right by his side (The Lodger, A Christmas Carol) whereas Ten falls to pieces (...all of his specials). Which is why I LOVED that Eleven acknowledged that it was arrogance that made him keep Amy around all this time, because I think that's a very different reason than why he had companions in the past, and I think it really helps justify a lot that's happened over the past two seasons for me.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

It's so strange that *this* was the episode where I missed a Melody mention. Who knows why? It's like all of a sudden it burst over me.

But yeah, I agree, I think Rory has had one foot off the TARDIS ever since the Melody thing happened, even though he's been mostly polite about it.

You're right, Eleven does seem to do pretty well without companions, whereas Ten was a mess. That's a very good point, that maybe it is more arrogance when he has companions, that he needs them less and depends on them less.

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

I genuinely think something is going on at a plot level to explain the casualness about the whole Melody thing. I cannot honestly believe that the writers are just not bringing it up and pretending it was dealt with off-screen. I feel like I'm one of the last people with any faith in Moffat at this point. Remember the jacket!Doctor and non-jacket!Doctor bits from last season that ended up being a rather important plot-point? If there doesn't end up being a real reason behind ignoring the whole Melody/River thing, I am definitely going to lose faith in the writers.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

I love Moffat, I really do, I don't want to think poorly of him and I want to believe there's going to be some payoff of the Melody thing. You and I can sit with crossed fingers this week...

[joyfullycontent (from livejournal.com)]

I liked everything you liked about the episode, and agree about most of your points.

But I disagree with the Melody/River not talked about issue.

All the posts I keep reading talk about how Amy and Rory are not looking for Melody or being upset she is out there somewhere and not knowing where.

The thing is they do know.

They were there when Melody killed the Doctor as child. They were there when she called Nixon for help. Amy shot at her. She saw the children's home where the Silence raised her. Amy talked to her twice, and even saw pictures of her childhood.


At the end of Day of the Moon we saw Melody regenerate into Mels. We just didn't see how she looked at the end of it. At that point she went to find Rory and Amy herself.

They were with her every second of her 2nd childhood. They grew up with Mels. They know everything she did, played with her, and even bailed her out of jail when she stole a bus.

Mels said in LKH she looked for them for years. "I am so glad I did. See everything turned out fine in the end. You got to raise me after all." Yes it is strange twist, but it is just more of the Doctor Who timey-wimey stuff we love. River even says most of her training by the Silence is a blur to her and she can't remember most it.

Mels was in her twenties like Amy and Rory. When she regenerates into River she at least looks older than even that. She is not a child, she is an adult. They know too much, they have to let he find her way on her own. Amy named Melody after her best friend Mels. Their personal timelines are so entwined, there is no going back to fix it.

The Doctor even told them, when Amy asks if they will see her again, River will come looking for them eventually.

What I think is sad about this episode, is that now Amy and Rory have no way of seeing their adult daughter and childhood best friend. The only way they could is if River comes to visit them. That is why I think Amy asks the Doctor to tell her daughter to drop by if he sees her. That part and the Doctor ending up alone (again), is what broke my heart for the new Tardis family. After all aren't Amy and Rory kind of like the Doctor's in-laws.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. I didn't really think that Amy and Rory needed to be more emotional about Melody, I just thought it would have made sense to mention her before that last line. It seemed weird that she hadn't come up until then.

[i-palimpsest.livejournal.com]

>he finished the episode with the classic Ten move: He leaves the >companions behind.

Just want to point out that this isn't just a Ten thing. He's always done this; even the very first daughter left his Granddaughter behind for reasons he thought were "best for her".

Eccleston was just never around long enough for us to see him do it.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

This is an excellent point.

[sapphire-child.livejournal.com]

I loved when the Doctor was having his angry fit and throwing things. It was so very Ten of him, and it made sense considering that he finished the episode with the classic Ten move: He leaves the companions behind. It's like he fell back into the old habit, the knee-jerk reaction of leaving people behind before they can die in front of you.

That was one of my favourite moments of the whole episode. I could just SEE his past regenerations coming through there and it was brilliant.

And when will he learn that whether or not he ruins people he DOES need them. I wish Rita hadn't died, she would have made an excellent companion and he so needs one.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

You're right, it's like everything he'd ever been all came crashing out right there, every heartbreak he'd ever been through. It was like Rita was stacked on the top of a very, very, very, very long line.

I agree, Rita would have been awesome, and he really does need someone like her.

[sapphire-child.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of wondering if more of Ten came through in Eleven than we initially thought - he's much, much better at hiding it but it's still got to hurt. It's just taken him a long time to get to breaking point. Interesting though that he's going to meet his death with a certain (seeming) amount of peace much like Nine did.

He needs someone who will help make him better. Because in terms of helping him to heal or make him happy Amy has really done...very little in my opinion. And the same goes for River I think.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

You're right to point out there's a bunch of Ten in him, and you also point out that there's some Nine in him. It's kind of nice, this Doctor really does feel like all the Doctors who came before him, pressed together, you know?

And yeah, I agree, neither Amy nor Rory nor River seems to be about improving the Doctor. I think they don't think he needs to be improved. Which is...not true. He's pretty great, but he needs help.

[sapphire-child.livejournal.com]

He really does doesn't he? It's strange.

Yeah I agree. I don't think it helps, Amy and River having hero worshipped him. Rory has a much more cynical view of him but obviously doesn't seem to think its his place to try and change him. ghafdp. Rita would have been SO good for him.

[fuzzyboo03.livejournal.com]

I loved Rita. And I knew she was going to die from the moment they introduced her, because she was too awesome, and clearly a companion that could have been. All of the secondary characters were awesome though, and I thought the way their characters were established was a really sharp bit of writing.

I would have thought Rory's faith would be Amy. After all, he guarded her for 2000 years. But I can see the other side of it too.

The Doctor's speech about cowardice was amazing. Damn but he can deliver lines.

I have to disagree with you about his leaving Amy and Rory being like Ten. For one thing, Ten didn't leave any of his companions. Rose left inadvertently, Martha left deliberately, and Donna, well, whatever choice Ten made, she was leaving him not of his own choice.

Even if Ten had left companions behind, I think it would have been of the reasoning that he wants them to be safe because it will hurt him if they got hurt. Eleven left Amy and Rory because he realized that he would hurt them, possibly kill them, and even though he loved having them with him, he would save them. It showed real growth, and was an act of profound unselfishness.

And on a speculative note, I just compared the house they went into with the house they were living in at the beginning of TIA, and they do not match. This house had a TARDIS blue door, and the one in TIA was a white door with glass panels.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

I don't know why it didn't occur to me that Rita would die. I think I thought that, well, maybe Amy and Rory were leaving and Rita could take their place. Ah, well... But yeah, I was impressed at all the secondary characters. That really is hard to do as well as they did it.

Yeah, I forgot about the 2,000-year guarding. That did show a lot of faith.

Matt Smith's line deliveries are astonishingly good. I think, at this point, I really would trust that he's going to make any script better.

I always forget that he didn't leave all his companions behind, heh. I just remember him walking away in JE. I'll never forgive him for that! I will take that anger to my grave! :-)

Yeah, so I guess they're not the same house. So why did the Doctor find it necessary to get them a new house? So weird.

[fuzzyboo03.livejournal.com]

*shakes fist at RTD*

[doctorwhorecs.livejournal.com]

I think this second half of the season is starting to amaze with it's brilliant moments, but disappoint me with it's overall plot lines. I'm annoyed that the major plot arc of the season is being ignored when it should be leading to conclusion.

But there are single moments of each episode that I have just completely fallen in love with. And I would like to say I wish that made me happy, but all it does is make me long for episodes like last weeks, and long for more arcing story lines instead of alien of the week episodes.

Without going into that too much and whining too much, there were so many brilliant moments in this episode. I seriously laughed out loud several times with the witty dialogue by David William's character. I'm sorry, but planting trees so that the invaders can invade under shade was just BRILLIANTLY funny.

I loved the Amy as a little girl scene. I always do. Can we have her be the official companion next year? Child Amy? Because I think her adventures with the Doctor would be a great season. LOL! I seriously adore her, and think that I may very well dress up as young Amy for Halloween.

Unless that's weird.

But I don't care. I'll probably still do it anyway.

Particularly, I loved how the Doctor says goodbye to Amy and Rory. I sincerely loved every moment of it, from the way that Amy and the Doctor were both so devastated and broken by it, and yet, both put on a smiling face for one another through their pain. I appreciated Amy's maturity and acceptance and especially, her understanding, that the Doctor was doing this FOR her and Rory, to give them a life, instead of causing their deaths. I admit, it's one of my favorite moments of Amy.

Rory is hilarious as always, and I enjoyed the bit about the car. I do think certain companions really do luck out. Donna and hubby won the lottery (I assume), and the Doctor buys Rory and Amy a new house and car. I want a TARDIS door on my next home.

I like that he's getting better at saying goodbye, as I think it's finally dawned on him that leaving a companion in the wrong place (sorry Sarah Jane), in possibly the wrong time, with nothing to show for their lives except the emptiness of not being able to travel in the TARDIS anymore - I think he's getting better. If only he could hint at the beginning (oh yeah, when I do leave you, I will give you some kind of life security. You won't just be homeless...) LOL!

I loved it. And I really love your reviews of the episodes.

[earlgreytea68.livejournal.com]

I LOVED that planting trees line. You're right, that guy was hilarious.

OMG! Being young Amy for Halloween would be awesome! I love young Amy, I love her so much more than older Amy, it's amazing. And I think she interacts with Eleven so well. Why can't we have a whole season with her? I'd love that!

Yes, the Doctor takes care of some companions and abandons others. He's playing favorites! How unfair! But you're right, maybe he's just improving. ;-) I do think he's in constant denial over what he might do to his companions, but you can't really blame him.

Glad you enjoy the reviews!