30 Days of Nu-Who - Day Eighteen

[caz963]

This is a tough one.



As someone said in the comments to my Favourite Rose Moment post, it's hard to choose a 'favourite' moment when you don't like a character very much. And I'm afraid that I'm still not sold on Amy. I read a quote today in a magazine which basically said that Amy so far has been more of a plot device than a character, which is what a lot of us have been complaining about. There was so much preoccupation on the part of Moff and the writers to make her odd and mysterious - a girl whose "life doesn't make sense" that they forgot to give her a real personality. As far as I'm concerned, she came across as self-centred and arrogant, a typically egotistical teenager who thinks she knows everything. Maybe my view is coloured by the fact that in my job, I come across that "type" every day - and she got on my nerves from the start.

I'm still determined to try to like her - and hope that in S6, now that she's "real" Amy again rather than the girl whose family was eaten by the cracks - she'll be more of a rounded character.

She did have a few good moments though - and here's the one I've picked. It's from Amy's Choice -



AMY:
Oh. Ow. Really. Ow! It's coming.

DOCTOR:
Help her, you're a doctor.

RORY:
You're a doctor!

DOCTOR:
It's okay, we're doctors. (squats down as if to catch the baby) (bwah!) What do we do?

AMY:
Okay, it's not coming.

DOCTOR:
What?

AMY:
This is my life now and it just turned you white as a sheet. So don't you call it dull again, ever. Okay?

I think it's Eleven's reactions that make that a favourite moment :-)




The list

Day 1 - Favourite Incarnation of the Doctor
Day 2 - Favourite Companion
Day 3 - Favourite Villain/Monster/Alien/Baddie of the Week
Day 4 - Favourite Character
Day 5 - Favourite Guest Star
Day 6 - Least Favourite Character
Day 7 - Favourite Episode
Day 8 - Favourite Series
Day 9 - Least Favourite Episode
Day 10 - Favourite Scene/Moment
Day 11 - Scene/Moment that makes you cry
Day 12 - Scene/Moment that makes you giggle
Day 13 - Favourite Era visited by The Doctor & Co.
Day 14 - Fave Doctor Moment
Day 15 - Fave Rose Moment
Day 16 - Fave Martha Moment
Day 17 - Fave Donna Moment
Day 18 - Fave Amy Moment
Day 19 - Favorite Ship
Day 20 - Prettiest Scene
Day 21 - Favourite Location
Day 22 - Something Silly
Day 23 - Something Epic
Day 24 - Favourite Accessory of the Doctor's
Day 25 - Favourite Tardis Team
Day 26 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'awww'
Day 27 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'argh'
Day 28 - Favourite Series Arc
Day 29 - Favourite Music/Song
Day 30 - Why Do YOU Love Doctor Who