Doctor Who: Amy's Choice

[eve11]

Rory gets attacked by the rosebush. Ha!

"You know me, I don't just abandon people when they leave the TARDIS. You don't get rid of your old pal the Doctor so easily."
"You came here by mistake didn't you?"
"Yeah, bit of a mistake actually. But look at this bench, what will they think of next?"

LOL did he say "stave off the self-harm"? Heh.

"So what do you do round here to stave off... "
"Boredom?"
"Self-harm"

Love the Doctor looking for Rory's ponytail in the TARDIS and Amy's pregger stomach. Ha! And how they all interpret the dream.

"You said it was a nightmare."
"did I say nightmare, more like a really good... mare"

"Shall I run and get the manual?"
"I threw it in a Supernova."
"You threw the manual in a supernova, why?"
"Because I disagreed with it! Stop talking to me when I'm cross!"

Purple space dog! Poor Doctor. The Dream Lord really takes him down a few sizes. Love love love their interactions though.

"I'm sure there's a dream givaway, a tell but my mind isn't working because this VILLAGE is so DULL! I'm slowing down like you two."

"This is my life now and it just turned you white as a sheet, so don't you call it dull again, ever."
"Sorry."

"They're just old people."
"No, they're very old."

"We just ran away. We just abandoned the Doctor, and don't ever call me chubs again."

lol, love the Doctor double-checking the "closed" sign on the butcher shop door. Ha! And "Oh, pipe down, I'm busy!"

"Are we disagreeing or competing?"
"Competing? over what?"
*both turn to look at Amy*

"If we're going to die, let's die looking like a Perivian folk band."

Oh Rory. "Look after our baby."

"Doctor, the Dream lord conceded, this isn't the dream!"
"Yes it is!" Ah ha ha, that is my favorite delivery of this whole episode! And did he switch to a blue tie for this scene? Hm? (ETA: Nope, just the frost effect makes it look darker and bluer. Pretty sure it's still the red one)

I don't have a lot of play-by-play for this ep. I loved Rory's death scene, and Amy's reaction to the cutting of the ponytail, and Amy's realization that she really does love him. I loved the Doctor to itty bitty bits in this ep; it was apparently the last one that they filmed so he was pretty well in character by now. I loved his mad smile at the end when he was blowing up the TARDIS. Bravo Mr. Smith. I love how incredibly old he felt in this ep too.

And hey, no clues about cracks in time or anything this week? Strange.

Final ETA: And SFX said there were no plot holes...ha! They don't know fandom! If that's true, then tell me this: (*puts on tin foil hat*) in the final scene, you know, when they're all awake for real... why are Eleven's shoes still caked with mud from the town?

ooooooEEEEEEEoooooo!



Two notes about the Confidential, which was especially fun this week:

- OMG Matt Smith in glasses and a Ramones T-Shirt!!!

- OMG Arthur interviewing Karen: "You are older than me, but now, you seem like a daft wee boy!"

Comments

[wheresmycow.livejournal.com]

And look, Rory is NOT the tin dog! :D

*loves this episode*

[jenlev.livejournal.com]

Wonderfully layered episode. Loved loved loved the ending. It strikes me that there has to be a lot of odds and ends scattered around the TARDIS that even the Doctor has lost track of. Including itsy rainbowy things that cause trouble and existential pondering. This is a good thing. ;)

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

YES! The closed sign! That was utterly hilarious. It's those moments that finally sold me on him. LOOOOVED it. Absolutely loved it.

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

I'd call the shoes a continuity error rather than a plot hole. They are both exceptionally easy to have happen, and the easiest to ignore when you're choosing a cut for performance. The conversation in Editorial would go something like:
"bloody hell."
"what do see?"
"his shoes."
"what about his shoes."
"mud."
(they all squint at the screen.)
"fuck."
"if they're focused on his shoes, we've got problems."
(beat)
"i could pull a key...or do a garbage matte and lift his shoes from elsewhere."
"camera's moving."
(many eyes glare at offending mud.)
"fuck. Let it go."

[eve11]

lol, yes, it may not have come through in my original post as clearly as I'd intended but I was being completely facetious about muddy shoes being a clue :) I definitely agree it was merely a continuity error, was just taking a stab at the "notice EVERYTHING" crowd. ;)

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

It totally did, but I forgot to add my "in defense from the tinhats" disclaimer!