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| TheDoctor | Sep 17 2012, 02:03 PM Post #1 |
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So off the back of the successful Series 5. Steven Moffatt promised us a darker tone and more story arc's. And he delivers on that. First up the Christmas special A Christmas Carol, rather unique in that it's quite stand-a-lone from Series 5 and 6 with Amy and Rory only in small cameo while it mostly focuses on The Doctor and Kazran Sardick. It's quite timey wimey but it's a strong story and has the great christmas feel to it even if its a little silly at times. It suits the xmas mood. Now onto the main series where we get a lot of changes in the structure. We begin with a two-parter. The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon. We start off with River Song, Amy and Rory reunited with The Doctor as he's killed by an astronaut. But we learn that's him 200 years older and with a younger Doctor we travel to 1969 to solve with mystery of the astronaut contacting the president and we get our introduction to the "The Silence" creatures you forget when you look away. It's a really great two-parter and a strong introduction to the series and sets up the story arc's for the series. Episode Three is the Curse of the Black Pearl, with The Doctor, Amy and Rory dealing with Pirates and a seemingly murdering Siren creature who actually is trying to heal the injured. It's an average episode and feels a bit of a drop down from the opening two. Next up we have The Doctor's Wife written by Neil Gaiman. It's an absolute fantastic episode. It starts with The Doctor getting a psychic message in a box from a fellow time lord the Corosair. Leaving the universe to the bubble outside it, the TARDIS is drained into a woman's body, Idris. We get some hilarious scenes betweens Idris and The Doctor. We even have Amy and Rory running through the TARDIS and even a look at the 9/10th Doctor's Interior TARDIS. The ending is very emotional and even one last funny joke with Amy and Rory been sleeping on a bunkbed. Episodes 5 and 6 are another two-parter. The Rebel Flesh and Almost People. These two have received a more negative reaction. But i think it's mainly due to the high standards previously set and they don't really reach them. It does through up some interesting debates around the gangers and Amy's reaction to them. A funny moment of the doctor's ganger speaking in voices of previous incarnations briefly. Right at the end, The Doctor reveals he knows Amy has not been with them, much to her horror. The Doctor uses his screwdriver to severe the connection and shows she's actually a ganger duplicate. The real Amy is shown and looks ready to give birth. From that cliffhanger we head into the end of Series 6 part one. With A Good Man Goes To War. Something previously alluded to by River Song in Series 5. We begin with whispers on Demons Run of The Doctor coming to save Amy, who's given birth to daughter Melody Pond. We have Rory and The Doctor blowing up a Cyber-Man fleet and bringing together an army of allies to rescue Amy. On Demons Run The Doctor puts his plan into action and with a few words turns the army (headless monks and soldiers) of demons run to turn and leave. The Doctor is ruthless but his plan is flawed and the Headless Monks return and fight The Doctor's army of allies. It's another fantastic episode showing the true might of The Doctor and ends with Melody been taken by Madame Kovarian of the Silence... But with River arriving to reveal who she is... Melody Pond. Amy and Rory's daughter. Series 6 Part 2 begins with The Doctor sporting a new green jacket. Amy and Rory have tracked him down in hope he found Melody. Just as their childhood best friend Mels arrives and at gunpoint forces The Doctor to take them back and kill Hitler. The episode introduces us to the Tesselecta and its pilots who carry out justice on the criminals throughout History. Mels soon regenerates into River Song who tries to kill The Doctor and actually kisses him but her lips are laced with poison and he starts to die. In a quick turnaround River realizes how good The Doctor is and saves his life by giving him the last of her regenerations. Next up is Night Terrors penned by Mark Gatiss, it's a rather lackustre episode with only a few highlights again with The Doctor at his magnificent best and a few scares particularly for Amy and Rory in the Dolls House. But it's definitely a major drop from the two episodes before and the two to come. Episodes 10 and 11 are arguably two of the greatest episodes in the shows history. Well i'd argue and some would agree Ep 4 is in that group too! first up the Girl Who Waited. It sees Amy separated from Rory and The Doctor and she has to survive on her own with the planet suffering from a deadly plague. 36 years later for Amy. Rory returns and tries to help her and we have some strong moments between the two. With The Doctor revealing that to save younger Amy, the older Amy will die and never have existed. But as the two Amy's are brought together to go on the TARDIS, The Doctor locks out the older Amy much to hers and Rory's anguish but she persuades Rory to let her go and look after the young Amy. So now The God Complex, which i slightly prefer to the last episode. It's set in a hotel with a Minotaur running free and killing those who "worship" him initially believed to be praying on their fears but it's actually their faith that makes them a target. The Doctor forces Amy to lose her faith in him causing the Minotaur to collapse and reveal the hotel is actually a holding ship for it. Amy and Rory are taken home in an emotional farewell. Closing Time, sees The Doctor running around through time for 200 years trying to avoid his death at Lake Silencio (Impossible Astronaut) eventually he stops off to see Craig from Series 5 ep Lodger and meets his new son nicknamed Stormaggeden dark lord of all. The Ep features the return of the cyber-men it's not as strong as the previous two eps but has some funny moments that make it worth-while. The episode ends with The Doctor ready to face his death at Silencio. As River now a Doctor of Archeology is taken by the Silence and Kovarian and put in the Astronaut suit to kill The Doctor at Silencio. The Series 6 finale is just one episode, Wedding of River Song. Time has stopped or everything is happening at once for forever and always. The Doctor recounts the story to Winston Churchill that River didn't shoot him breaking a fixed point in time and causing time to mess up. In this alternate timeline The Silence and Kovarian return and River marries The Doctor as time resumes. The Doctor is dead... but actually he was inside the Tesselector at Silencio so survives his death and withdraws to the shadows, as Dorium (previously in ep 7) tells him The oldest question in the universe... Doctor Who? River also informs Amy and Rory that The Doctor is really alive. Episode Score - Christmas Carol 8/10 1) Impossible Astronaut 8/10 2) Day of the Moon 8/10 3) Curse of the black Pearl 7/10 4) The Doctor's Wife 10/10 5) Rebel Flesh 6/10 6) Almost People 6/10 7) A Good Man Goes to War 9/10 8) Let's Kill Hitler 7/10 9) Night Terrors 6/10 10) The Girl Who Waited 9/10 11) God Complex 9/10 12) Closing Time 6/10 13) Wedding of River Song 7/10 Series Average: 7.5 Doctor's score: 9/10 (10 for eps 4 and 7) Amy's score: 7/10 (10 for ep 10) Rory's score: 9/10 (10 for eps 7 and 10) Story Arc's 1) Identity of River Song: Okay so River is one of the most controversial characters in New Who (With Rose) she's either loved or loathed. I 110% stand in the love category. So i'll try not to be overly biased. Her story is back to front and quite crazy but that's what makes me love about her and makes her first appearence in series 4 that extra special with every detail we learn. I understand a lot of critiscms come from that she appeared too often well 5 episodes in 1 series isn't any worse than Captain Jack. People find her "cocky" to The Doctor. Which amuses me a lot as it's good to see The Doctor get a taste of his own medicine... he doesn't know everything something he admits and good to see someone who does know more than him (reminds me of Romana in that sense) and the final major problem is that she's Amy and Rory's daughter. Personally again i love that, she's got Amy's feisty side and flirtiness (something both have shown since their first appearance) and she has Rory's heart and at times pure bad-ass moments the hints have been there since series 5 who she was and i guess some people just expected too much and got let down, which i suppose is fine but surely shouldn't let that ruin a character for you. Anyway i understand where people are coming from, but personally i love her character and is a change from the normal companion. 2) Doctor's Death/return to the shadows: So the secondary arc is The Doctor's death. He's killed by River under the force of the Silence who wish to stop The Doctor answering the oldest question in the universe "Doctor Who?" It's an arc that allows The Doctor to return to the shadows and a major fall from grace from the lonely god/last of the time lords set up during the RTD era. It's a good strategy from Steven Moffatt and i look forward to seen how it plays out. Sorry for the length of this review! |
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