I agree. I only just watched it, and although I was completely spoiled for the episode and knew what to expect, I still found the end massively disturbing.
Actually, I find the whole Amy/Doctor relationship increasingly disturbing. I guess this is a minor thing in comparison to the pregnancy arc, but since the Doctor and the ganger!Doctor are the same, I guess it doesn't matter which of them completely snapped, shoved her against the wall and yelled at her? Amy's initial instinctive reaction, telling him to keep away from her, was the right one, so why is she suddenly hugging him again when there's every possibility that that was the 'real' Doctor, who also put her through some sort of experiment without her knowledge? (BTW, did I miss something, or what exactly was it he had to learn about the flesh through her eyes?)
(Also, hypothetically speaking, wouldn't it have been better to keep the link active a while longer, so that they could at least explain to Amy what was happening to her and talk her through it, rather than force her to suddenly wake up in a completely terrifying situation and environment? I'm guessing that if she had to go through this, it might have helped to have Rory there with her? Why (except of course for the final plot twist to work) was it so absolutely necessary to cut the link right then?)
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Date: 2011-05-29 10:42 pm (UTC)Actually, I find the whole Amy/Doctor relationship increasingly disturbing. I guess this is a minor thing in comparison to the pregnancy arc, but since the Doctor and the ganger!Doctor are the same, I guess it doesn't matter which of them completely snapped, shoved her against the wall and yelled at her? Amy's initial instinctive reaction, telling him to keep away from her, was the right one, so why is she suddenly hugging him again when there's every possibility that that was the 'real' Doctor, who also put her through some sort of experiment without her knowledge? (BTW, did I miss something, or what exactly was it he had to learn about the flesh through her eyes?)
(Also, hypothetically speaking, wouldn't it have been better to keep the link active a while longer, so that they could at least explain to Amy what was happening to her and talk her through it, rather than force her to suddenly wake up in a completely terrifying situation and environment? I'm guessing that if she had to go through this, it might have helped to have Rory there with her? Why (except of course for the final plot twist to work) was it so absolutely necessary to cut the link right then?)