A Good Man Goes to War--DW 607 Reaction Post

[amberfocus]

I don't know what to think.  I knew what was coming, of course, but the reveal at the end of this episode literally had me in tears.  I haven't cried over a Doctor Who episode since Doomsday.  It was very emotional for me.  Not on the same level as Doomsday, nothing will ever be on that level other than Parting of the Ways, but still, it did move me.  It is very confusing.  It also really no longer feels like a family show and I kind of am sorry about that.

I kind of found this episode to be a muddled mess of a mishmash (ha, aliteration!), far, far too busy with all the various bits from previous episodes thrown in, and it really wasn't until the stand at the end that I actually found myself totally drawn in.  When Melody turned out to be a clone, I was actually surprised.  It was one of the only things I didn't see coming and it hurt.  I can't even imagine the pain Amy and Rory must be in.  I can only look at it through the eyes of a mother and know that it would devastate me to see that happen to my child.

But I loved the part at the end.  Not the immature stuff with the Doctor doing the kiss kiss business or figuring stuff out, but when River confronted Amy and Rory with the truth of who she was.  It was...can you imagine being so hurt by losing your daughter and thinking you might never see her again and then find out she was standing in front of you and not only was she safe but she'd lived to be almost 50?  That would be amazing, even if it meant you might never raise her.  Just to know she had survived would be this beautiful thing.

Anyway, I have completely divorced this series and the previous one from RTD's Who and classic Who.  It is a different show to me and I am enjoying it to a certain extent as such.  It will never be the same, but I can like it in a different way.  I won't write it and I probably won't ship it very hard (love Amy/Rory, can't help that), but I have grown to like Eleven and River together.  It isn't adoration like with Doctor/Rose and never will be.  But I can enjoy it.  Even if I don't rush to watch it the day it comes out.  And I'm okay with that.

Comments

[mkejenkins.livejournal.com]

I have to admit to having much the same reaction to this season. It's just left me completely flat. I don't get excited about it, or anticipate it, or look forward to it at all. I'm really only watching it to keep up with canon.

The continuous plot holes are so numerous and so egregious it's difficult to become absorbed by the story the way you could with RTD's Who. I get the distinct impression that it has once again become little more than a caraciture of itself. This ep seemed more like a bad soap opera to me.

Like you, if I look at it as a totally seperate show, I can just about tolerate it. Guess I can live with that.

Same, but different...

[txoktober.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the 'isn't this a nice show...that really has very little to do with the show I used to be crazy about.' It's much like Star Trek:TNG, ST:Deep Space 9 and ST:Voyager, same universe very different shows.

Actually, what I did do is go back and watch Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead and this time I actually cared when River died. Was in fact quite sad and it made me appreciate DT even more. He turns a brilliant performance and he really doesn't even know the whole story of what his performance is about.

[lostwolfchats.livejournal.com]

Ditto. But I am sad I can miss it and not worry about it, while it used to be 'interrupt me and die!!!!'