I haven't seen the episode yet, but it sounds like a good one! (I have to wait until tomorrow, so everyone can watch together.) Edit: Seen it now. :-) The last few episodes have done wonders for S6.
I'm a bit uneasy about the whole "I'm bad for my companions so I must send them away" thing that's going on - not because I don't like the angstyness or it, or because it's not true, but because I'm not sure how much further they can take it.
After 4 different permutations of it, I think that idea's well played out now. Killing the Doctor "for realz" is actually not a bad way to settle it: if the end of S5 rebooted the universe, the end of S6 will reboot the Doctor. A "replacement" Doctor would likely have a clean emotional slate; if the "same" Doctor somehow arises anew, he would have come to terms with himself over those 200 years.
And finally, a scene at the end to set up next week's finale.
Edit: Hmmm. Was River still gung-ho on killing the Doctor in that final scene? If she was, then I think her decision to save the Doctor was only due to Amy's intervention, i.e. the power of love briefly overcomes years of programming. And if she wasn't, then that'll be really interesting to watch.
Now I've seen it: what a lovely parallel of River overcoming her programming to kill the Doctor via Amy, with Craig's love for Alfie overcoming the Cybermen programming!
I think that the finale is going to be as much of a mess as LKH because it looks as though there's just too much to pack in.
I read a review of an advance screening of the finale which pretty much implied the same thing, so make of that what you will. *g*
(Sheesh, I'm opinionated for someone who has yet to watch the episode...)
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Date: 2011-09-25 12:02 am (UTC)I haven't seen the episode yet, but it sounds like a good one! (I have to wait until tomorrow, so everyone can watch together.)Edit: Seen it now. :-) The last few episodes have done wonders for S6.I'm a bit uneasy about the whole "I'm bad for my companions so I must send them away" thing that's going on - not because I don't like the angstyness or it, or because it's not true, but because I'm not sure how much further they can take it.
After 4 different permutations of it, I think that idea's well played out now. Killing the Doctor "for realz" is actually not a bad way to settle it: if the end of S5 rebooted the universe, the end of S6 will reboot the Doctor. A "replacement" Doctor would likely have a clean emotional slate; if the "same" Doctor somehow arises anew, he would have come to terms with himself over those 200 years.
And finally, a scene at the end to set up next week's finale.
Edit:
Hmmm. Was River still gung-ho on killing the Doctor in that final scene? If she was, then I think her decision to save the Doctor was only due to Amy's intervention, i.e. the power of love briefly overcomes years of programming. And if she wasn't, then that'll be really interesting to watch.Now I've seen it: what a lovely parallel of River overcoming her programming to kill the Doctor via Amy, with Craig's love for Alfie overcoming the Cybermen programming!
I think that the finale is going to be as much of a mess as LKH because it looks as though there's just too much to pack in.
I read a review of an advance screening of the finale which pretty much implied the same thing, so make of that what you will. *g*
(Sheesh, I'm opinionated
for someone who has yet to watch the episode...)