Late to the party

[eve11]

But I have now seen 7x01: Asylum of the Daleks and have a reaction post.


Holy shit, that was awesome. HOLY SHIT. Moffat made the Daleks scary again. I loved it. I will probably post something more coherent at some point but right now it's just pure squee. Sorry for those expecting something more rational. And, unexpected Jenna-Louise ParkerColeman*!!! OMG What do you want to bet she teleported up to the TARDIS and will be a stowaway for the next four or five episodes.

AAAAaaaaa welcome back new Who!!!! :D :D :D

*I was so excited I forgot the right name.

Comments

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Yay! I've been looking for your reaction post! (And thank you again for pointing me to the prequel stuff).

I found the Daleks very scary (although I don't quite get how the humany bits fit in there for the extended canon...but I don't really care all that much because scary and AWESOME!)

I love how the Doctor got a new name and was delayed in figuring it out and the Eggs-ter-min-ate. And Rory being Rory and Amy being Amy.

And oh I forgot about the ballerina and that was so freaky.

The only thing I didn't like was the Amy/Rory break-up. I mean, I think I get why it was done (to make Amy's sacrifice more on par with Rory), but I think it was done better in Season 6 with that quarantine planet and as for Amy not able to have kids, it was a bit too fast to get through (Although yes Kids show, I can understand that better).

[eve11]

You're welcome for the links! In canon, the Daleks generally make people into controlled clones or drones, though usually that does not involve protruding eyestalks from foreheads or guns from hands. But there are a lot of old school episodes where people get turned into Dalek drones.

I think the Amy/Rory plotline was a bit rushed but I forgive them for it because it really did seem to be an emotional grace note; part of the "take away love and add hate and anger" angle, and Amy and Rory didn't really have much to do this episode. I was saying in a different thread somewhere that I actually find it pretty true to character that Amy would run away from the pain of not being able to have kids or give Rory the life he wanted. She has been known to run from things she's afraid of in the past, and although she grew a lot in her travels with the Doctor, that is a lot for her to have to deal with, and I can see her putting on a very angry front about it and pushing away the people she needs most. That said, all of the above is my reading into the character and not necessarily what was really shown.

My co-worker suggests that the episode needed to be 10 minutes longer... but if it was 10 minutes longer, I don't know that they would want to add too much more of the Pond family drama. I'd like to see more Daleks and creepy-ass asylum rooms, personally.

[aurora-novarum.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is interesting about the Dalek background. So they could be kinda like the um...those robot dudes like Rory was when he was Roman, kinda sorta. But that's a different enemy.

Wait, your reading of Amy is that she tends to run away from problems instead of face them? I can't imagine whatever would make you say that. It's not like she ran off with her imaginary friend the night before her wedding or anything...

I agree with your coworker. The beats in the relationship/b plot seemed just a bit rushed/disconnected. I thought the reveal of our Dalek rescuer was just perfect though.

Speaking of coworkers. I just found out today that one of my coworkers is a big Doctor Who fan! I told her about the prequel videos and she was so excited!

[eve11]

Kind of like the Autons, yeah, or even the Cyberman converts from season 2.

And ha, yeah, that is really cool about your co-worker! I work with a bunch of techies so we actually have a good sized contingent of Whovians on our floor :) It's nice to be able to talk about the new episodes at work again!