amberfocus | Well, I Like It (Reply)

I have quite enjoyed the last two episodes of Doctor Who. I may not give a rip as to the mystery of Clara, but I like Clara and I like Jenna no matter which Clara she is playing.

Better yet, I really like the Doctor. I am enjoying Eleven in ways I barely ever did before. He is not coming across as a complete and total idiot, he is coming across as smart and somewhat absent-minded and sweetly affectionate and really, really happy. Since they aged him quite a bit I imagine he's had some chance to get over the Ponds and learn to enjoy life again.

I wish that this was the Eleven we had been given from the start. There were brief moments of it, but this is how he should be.

I won't get into all the recycled plot stuff. That's just Moffat's Who and always will be. And I think people are stretching by looking at Clara through Rose-colored glasses. I don't really think that's going on at all, nothing Bad Wolfie. Clara is definitely her own person (or people?), and she seems pretty normal if you ignore the whole mystery thing. She's excited and thrilled to be travelling and she's not got some lame crush on the Doctor. She throws herself into the alien environment and tries not to let it scare her. She's brave and she's fun. And most important of all, she's well-written (at least so far). I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season.

P.S. I don't get the whole TARDIS doesn't like Clara thing. Clara said maybe it was that when the doors wouldn't open, but it has always taken a key to open the TARDIS for a companion. Clara didn't have a key, therefore the TARDIS didn't open. Not sure why the TARDIS was not translating languages, but I still don't think it was because it didn't like Clara.