Holy feebas, that was an amazing episode. Watched it online in the early afternoon and got all wound up, killed a number of hours before watching it again and got all riled up once more. I know I'm not allowed to watch Doctor Who before bed, but with this episode it really didn't matter. Thank you very kindly, Neil Gaiman.
Awesome quotes!
-TARDIS: "You stole me and I stole you."
-Doctor: "My TARDIS."
TARDIS: "My Doctor."
-TARDIS: "I stole a Time Lord and ran away."
-TARDIS: "I'm thinking all of my sisters are dead, that they've been devoured, and that we are looking at their corpses."
-TARDIS: "Oh, my beautiful idiot, you have what you've always had. You've got me."
-Amy: "Did you wish really hard?"
Doctor: "Shut up, it's not like that."
TARDIS: "Hi, I'm Sexy."
Doctor: "Still shut up!"
It had the energy of one of Moffat's River episodes (you can't deny there's a different dynamic when she's in the script) and maintained it all the way to the ending climax. I was initially disappointed in the lack of squirm when the TARDIS first kissed the Doctor, but it turned out it was just shock and he quickly took to hiding - and maintained his squirminess.
I both loved and hated the idea of Time Lord distress signals, as I'm sure was meant to happen. I don't know if they've been introduced before, but I'm sure we'll see them again at some point. I was surprised that he didn't confiscate them and take them with him, though. Those are the last words of his species and should be preserved.
Couple of let-downs:
-Killed Rory again, if even for a few moments. Make up your damn minds! It's made it obvious Amy only loves him when he's dying and that does not bode well for their marriage/relationship.
-Reaction to the patchwork people was very toned down. They were obviously conglomerations of Time Lords that had been lured to the junkyard and the Doctor hardly batted an eye.
-The reappearance of the old control room. You'd think he might have reacted to it a bit more, though to be fair it was discussed on the way to the physical TARDIS.
Where this leaves the Doctor is quite and interesting position. He's known the TARDIS is sentient, but now he knows it can speak given the chance. I bet anything he'll be looking for a way to humanize her again, either by giving her a voice or a body... which body that is, however...
Gaiman, in an interview from WonderCon 2011:
The episode stars Suranne Jones as Idris, a character that Gaimain says: "May turn out being an old acquaintance of the Doctor's but with a new face."While obviously this means the TARDIS, but as far as I'm aware, it hasn't had a face before. Suggesting it has a new face just feels like it's pointing more toward a certain someone I'm biased toward.
Things to think about!
-Which universe are they in? They never said they returned from the other one from the Black Spot, though they did say that they returned to theirs after reclaiming the physical TARDIS. It would be easy to say they forgot they were in the alternate one... which might be where Hatch-Patch is taking place.
-Why does the Doctor keep losing the TARDIS? What does it mean he keeps losing her? It's as recurring as Rory's death and not nearly as noticed. I think it has something to do with River, since we are getting close to her reveal.
-"The only water in the forest is the river." This obviously references our favorite River Song. Beyond that, does it mean that Amy [Pond] won't be around at some point? What is the forest in this metaphor? I love that it's the TARDIS that says this. She seemed to be speaking backward as River is prone to traveling. I don't know what that means, if they came from a similar creation or what.
Either way, can't wait for the rest of this season, whether it's got a big nasty break in the middle or not. Just gives me more time to catch up on older episodes.
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