DW 6x04 - The Doctor's Wife
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For the second time (the first being Richard Curtis last year) my favourite episode of the series has been the one by the "star" guest writer.
Dare I say it? I think Steven Moffat just got a lesson in how to write Doctor Who, because that one had it all. It had heart - it was funny, and poignant and sad, it paid homage in so many ways to the DW of the past without being overly reverential and it didn't make my head hurt; it had a fabulous story, a great script and some wonderful central performances; Matt Smith and Suranne Jones acted the hell out of it.
(Not being Amy-centric was also a big plus, IMO)
LOVED the idea that the TARDIS chose the Doctor because she wanted to see the universe - and because he was the only one mad enough to run off with her.
Suranne Jones was wonderful. Incredibly striking to look at and full of energy and mischief - yet able to convey an amazing serenity at the same time.
What does it say on the door? (He's been doing it wrong for 700 years. And he's not called her by name either.)
You never took me where I wanted to go.... No, but I always took you where you needed to go. I may have actually squealed out loud at that bit.
They killed Rory again!! But I can forgive it this time ;-)
Sexy. Heh.
THE OLD TARDIS CONSOLE ROOM! She'd archived them all, bless her.
Fear me. I've killed hundreds of Time Lords.... Fear Me. I've killed all of them.
It wouldn't be Doctor Who without a bit of cheese, would it? But, oh, what cheese...
Did you wish very, very hard? *snigger* He certainly seemed very taken with her, didn't he?
I imagine "the only water in the forest is the river" is the line we've been told will come to hold enormous signigicance later on.
And of course, that final scene between the Doctor and Idris really tugged at the heartstrings and yeah. I cried. It was heartbreaking to think that he'll never be able to talk to her again like that. But those were lovely touches at the end, with the switches and levers working without the Doctor touching them. I don't think he'll look at the TARDIS in quite the same way again.
I loved it. The TARDIS is the Doctor's constant companion - others come and go and she's always there when they're long gone. It's amazing that in 47-and-a-half years nobody has thought to do this story - so it's long overdue and it was done brilliantly. I think it was one of those episodes that gets to the heart(s) of who the Doctor is - a mad man with a box, it's true... but a mad man who, in the end, is alone.
Let's have more episodes like that, please.
For the second time (the first being Richard Curtis last year) my favourite episode of the series has been the one by the "star" guest writer.
Dare I say it? I think Steven Moffat just got a lesson in how to write Doctor Who, because that one had it all. It had heart - it was funny, and poignant and sad, it paid homage in so many ways to the DW of the past without being overly reverential and it didn't make my head hurt; it had a fabulous story, a great script and some wonderful central performances; Matt Smith and Suranne Jones acted the hell out of it.
(Not being Amy-centric was also a big plus, IMO)
They killed Rory again!! But I can forgive it this time ;-)
It wouldn't be Doctor Who without a bit of cheese, would it? But, oh, what cheese...
And of course, that final scene between the Doctor and Idris really tugged at the heartstrings and yeah. I cried. It was heartbreaking to think that he'll never be able to talk to her again like that. But those were lovely touches at the end, with the switches and levers working without the Doctor touching them. I don't think he'll look at the TARDIS in quite the same way again.
I loved it. The TARDIS is the Doctor's constant companion - others come and go and she's always there when they're long gone. It's amazing that in 47-and-a-half years nobody has thought to do this story - so it's long overdue and it was done brilliantly. I think it was one of those episodes that gets to the heart(s) of who the Doctor is - a mad man with a box, it's true... but a mad man who, in the end, is alone.
Let's have more episodes like that, please.
