A SPOILERY Thought About The Girl Who Waited

[jjpor]

I liked that one rather a lot - the first S6 story since, oh...The Doctor's Wife, probably, that I can go, unreservedly "that was a good'un, that one!" (The Gangers two-parter - okay, mostly. AGMGTW - surprisingly disappointing - I may elaborate on why another time. Let's Kill Hitler - pretty good from an entertainment point of view but kind of empty when you got past the fun bits. Night Terrors - a damp squib, to be honest). But yeah - liked it. Gillan, Darvill, Smith were ace and you know, it was actually about stuff. You could actually consider the options and decisions the characters took on a basis that was more than just timey-wimey technobabble.

So, thumbs up! The SPOILERY question I wanted to pose, though, was this:

I'm no doubt doomed to be proved wrong by Moffat's perverse Master-like urge continually to pull rugs and never take the obvious route, but does anyone else reckon that at the end of this series we might be faced with a situation similar to the one we got here with the two Amys? I.e. our heroes will be presented with a chance to rescue baby Melody (and maybe coincidentally prevent the Doctor's death), but only at the cost of erasing River Song from history forever? You know, they do keep hammering the "time can be rewritten" thing. Or would that just be rubbish?

Next week looks like a corker, just going from the trailer. We will see...

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

And yes, Night Terrors was a bit disappointing wasn't it. I haven't been able to put my finger on what I didn't like about it yet, but it's not an episode I think I'll ever want to see again.

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

I wonder maybe if all the hype about it being the scariest thing ever etc etc did not do it any favours? Plus the creepy dolls being so prominent in the publicity when in the event they weren't even in the story that much. It seemed like a different, lesser story from the one I had been led to expect, I suppose. Not bad, exactly, just...average. I'd probably say it was better than Curse of the Black Spot, though. :D

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I'd missed the hype, but yes that won't have done it any favours, because it reallyw asn't that scary an episode. Those were in fact about the least scary creepy dolls I've ever seen. And usually I am creeped out by dolls.

But yes. Curse of the BLack Spot. How on earth did that pass quality control.

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

As you say, for a "scary" story to be pretty much completely unfrightening represents a major setback, really. :D But yes, the last two eps will really have to make an effort if they want to dethrone Curse of the Black Spot from its current spot as Dud of the Season...