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Huh, I realized that in my push to catch up I only ever posted about the Moffat two parter in my head, so I'll do that now. Much love for these two episodes under the cut.
I enjoyed the hell out of these, I really did. For many reasons, not the least of which is that I never outgrew being scared of the dark, so stories which vindicate my perfectly logical and justified habit of leaving a light on at night are always okay with me. So, you know, take that all you people smugly sleeping in total darkness. When the shadows come and EAT YOU, who will be laughing then? I also highly approve of all stories which reveal the truth that clowns and ventriloquist dummies are inherently evil and looking for excuses to go on killing sprees. Because they are.
Second, I am utterly fascinated by the concept of uploading one's consciousness to a computer. It's always a delightful treat for me when it pops up in sci-fi stories because it gets my brain going round in circles trying to figure out if I think it would be a good thing or a bad thing if you could actually do it. It's not a question I've ever been able to answer so it makes me happy with hours of fun trying to decide. Though I have to say the idea of being able to spend eternity surrounded by every book ever written in an environment I could manipulate at will sounds flat out awesome as far as afterlifes go. I think this version is going in my plus column.
From a 'ship whore perspective YES, YES, YES PLEASE, and also YES OMG YES. I freaking love River Song. What they did there is pretty much a big sloppy french kiss to both why I love to 'ship Doctor/Human and how it best works for me. Because what's implied by the way River talks about her time with the Doctor is that she has travelled with him as a companion, but also that she left him to go have her own life and adventures which he sometimes gets to share. THAT. No matter how much I love any given pairing, the idea of a human companion staying on the TARDIS for the rest of her (or his) life with him as the only constant skeeves me the hell out. He's not human and his lifespan means that any human in that position would have to essentially grow old alone with no real connection to the collective and universal human experience of dying. Seriously, the thought of it horrifies me. Combined with the fact that his travels and adventure are essentially his, with any companion being a follower by default, and I can't do it. I just can't.
But if they are willing to leave? If they do leave? Then everything that makes the Doctor/Companion relationship so wondeful, so intense, the things they bring to each other from those different perspectives and the shared experiences of time together on the TARDIS can move to a different phase of being part of each others lives and I start flapping my hands with 'shipperly GLEE. It's why I continue to 'ship Doctor/Martha. It is my only current concern about Doctor/Donna. And it is the reason why, if Rose walks away voluntarily after the finale, I'm almost certain to start 'shipping them again. River Song shows how it works, and it works well, and I love her for that. Also, they play kinky games with handcuffs.
My only complaint with this episode was the thing with Evangelista and the implied 'girls can be pretty or clever but not both' in her explanation for her virtual self. My eyes may have rolled hard enough to break something. However, I'm finding it relatively easy to handwave since that assertion is pretty much contradicted by the rest of the episode itself and the presence of, y'know, women who are both clever and gorgeous. So I can conclude (intended or not) that this is not to be taken as truth so much as it is Evangelista's truth based on how she has experienced her life alone. She has been pretty. She has been clever. She has never been both, so for her it is a zero sum equation, but not the way things really work. There, fixed.
Onward finale! Did I mention I love my show? Because I love my show.
I enjoyed the hell out of these, I really did. For many reasons, not the least of which is that I never outgrew being scared of the dark, so stories which vindicate my perfectly logical and justified habit of leaving a light on at night are always okay with me. So, you know, take that all you people smugly sleeping in total darkness. When the shadows come and EAT YOU, who will be laughing then? I also highly approve of all stories which reveal the truth that clowns and ventriloquist dummies are inherently evil and looking for excuses to go on killing sprees. Because they are.
Second, I am utterly fascinated by the concept of uploading one's consciousness to a computer. It's always a delightful treat for me when it pops up in sci-fi stories because it gets my brain going round in circles trying to figure out if I think it would be a good thing or a bad thing if you could actually do it. It's not a question I've ever been able to answer so it makes me happy with hours of fun trying to decide. Though I have to say the idea of being able to spend eternity surrounded by every book ever written in an environment I could manipulate at will sounds flat out awesome as far as afterlifes go. I think this version is going in my plus column.
From a 'ship whore perspective YES, YES, YES PLEASE, and also YES OMG YES. I freaking love River Song. What they did there is pretty much a big sloppy french kiss to both why I love to 'ship Doctor/Human and how it best works for me. Because what's implied by the way River talks about her time with the Doctor is that she has travelled with him as a companion, but also that she left him to go have her own life and adventures which he sometimes gets to share. THAT. No matter how much I love any given pairing, the idea of a human companion staying on the TARDIS for the rest of her (or his) life with him as the only constant skeeves me the hell out. He's not human and his lifespan means that any human in that position would have to essentially grow old alone with no real connection to the collective and universal human experience of dying. Seriously, the thought of it horrifies me. Combined with the fact that his travels and adventure are essentially his, with any companion being a follower by default, and I can't do it. I just can't.
But if they are willing to leave? If they do leave? Then everything that makes the Doctor/Companion relationship so wondeful, so intense, the things they bring to each other from those different perspectives and the shared experiences of time together on the TARDIS can move to a different phase of being part of each others lives and I start flapping my hands with 'shipperly GLEE. It's why I continue to 'ship Doctor/Martha. It is my only current concern about Doctor/Donna. And it is the reason why, if Rose walks away voluntarily after the finale, I'm almost certain to start 'shipping them again. River Song shows how it works, and it works well, and I love her for that. Also, they play kinky games with handcuffs.
My only complaint with this episode was the thing with Evangelista and the implied 'girls can be pretty or clever but not both' in her explanation for her virtual self. My eyes may have rolled hard enough to break something. However, I'm finding it relatively easy to handwave since that assertion is pretty much contradicted by the rest of the episode itself and the presence of, y'know, women who are both clever and gorgeous. So I can conclude (intended or not) that this is not to be taken as truth so much as it is Evangelista's truth based on how she has experienced her life alone. She has been pretty. She has been clever. She has never been both, so for her it is a zero sum equation, but not the way things really work. There, fixed.
Onward finale! Did I mention I love my show? Because I love my show.
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