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amberfocus) wrote2011-05-14 05:13 pm
DW 604 The Doctor's Wife--Reaction Post
Wow, my f-list really seems to be split on this episode. I almost feel guilty for enjoying it so much. This episode finally felt like Doctor Who again to me. Maybe not RTD Who, but definitely old time Who. However, I really wish Eleven would stop saying things are impossible, because clearly they're not or they wouldn't keep happening.
I really enjoyed the TARDIS being put into a body, even though I don't like how the woman had to be murdered to house the TARDIS soul. Even if it was done by the bad guy. I liked how quirky and fun the human!TARDIS was. I love that she considered the truth to be that she stole a Time Lord even if he thought he stole her. Kindred spirits, those two, the Doctor and his TARDIS. It did make me think a bit more about how much of Bad Wolf/Rose/TARDIS combination was TARDIS though. I remember the first time I watched that I thought it was the TARDIS, even more than Rose, who wanted her Doctor to be safe. Rose was simply the device used to save him. On rewatches I tended to go a bit more shippy thinking it was more Rose than TARDIS. But now it is all up in the air again. Though I would like to know why Idris' body didn't start to burn up holding the TARDIS within it when Rose barely lasted ten minutes and that was starting with a healthy body.
I don't know, there's always so many holes to step around in any recent DW plot, so I kind of just...did that for this episode. I loved the relationship between the Doctor and the TARDIS, seeing her able to talk and reciprocate feelings and shout back at him. I loved how much emotion Eleven showed, how he was falling apart at the end. It was nice to see that there was still a bit of Nine and Ten in there somewhere. I felt more like he was the Doctor in this episode. I think the last time I felt he was somewhere mid-season five and then it went away again.
House was very creepy though and I didn't like what he put Amy and Rory through. I mean, I liked it, just not the emotional wringer they had. And is every episode going to kill off Rory and bring him back? I thought eye patch lady was going to be the new crack, but now I'm thinking maybe it's just killing Rory.
I adored that the TARDIS thought Rory was the pretty one instead of Amy! That made me laugh out loud. I thought it was hilarious that Amy and Rory asked that their new bedroom (ha! there are bedrooms on the TARDIS!) not have bunk beds. And I liked Rory asking the Doctor if he had a bedroom. Of course it wasn't answered, but I like that he asked it. Also loved Eleven swinging on the cables under the console while he fixed things. It was like his only way of being close to the TARDIS again.
All in all it was a fun, silly romp, and that's what I miss most in Moffat's Who. I hope Neil Gaiman writes for Who again. I'd only read his collaboration with Terry Pratchett, Good Omens, which I liked a lot and Neverwhere, which I enjoyed less, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. I think maybe something darker than what we got. I was glad for the lighthearted moments interspersed with House trying to kill Amy and Rory. It was a good mix and I'd like to see it again.
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More than just the Doctor, we also got bits of other Time Lords! I mean, we only saw part of the arm, but still. For a moment, there was hope. Not only that, but it was given in such Who Science that it wasn't even that ridiculous of a notion. The reality was very Brain of Morbius, to my mind, but I suppose that's partially because all of the TARDIS's ramblings ("Do fish have fingers?") reminded me a lot of Four ("Why is a mouse when it spins?") and it put my brain in that space. Also, well, patchwork minions + arm.
The use of a human TARDIS could have gone awry so very quickly and the level of delight I have at her confusion at tenses and such is pretty ridiculous. Such wonder going on. The way she prodded her own face in the mirror reminded me so much of the beginnings of Three, flicking his eyebrows around and annoying the Brig. Fantastic.
Also on the Rory-killing, it's getting just a lot over-used. I mean, it happened multiple times last season, too. The dream world, the crack, etc. He's good for other things, I should hope. Really getting tired of suspending my disbelief there and I hope they bring back eye patch lady soon.
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Yes, this episode was just a delight through and through and it was so nice to see the Doctor acting like the Doctor should act without then being a git afterwards like he almost always is these days. Those little Time Lord distress call boxes about broke my heart! Even if it was a moment of hope thinking maybe there were some other Time Lords out there (besides the little girl that regnerated).
I thought they did human!TARDIS very, very well. The actress was wonderful and just so much fun. The whole episode was fun in a way it just hasn't been in so, so long.
Okay, I've been refraining from bugging you about a certain fic for a long time now, but since you are here, *grins*, will there by chance be an update to the lovely In Human Hands soon?
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The degree of crazy she had was great because it wasn't simply madness. She was alien, that much was obvious.
Oh, you. Well, my last assignment of the year is due Friday, but after that, I'm grabbing my notebook, reviewing the outline, rewatching some season one to get the voices back, and then finally writing DW fic in England with a small stuffed animal from Barcelona named Caspian sitting on my shoulder. Seems about time.
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