N-S6E8: Let's Kill Hitler

And we're back!  Welcome.  You will experience a tingling sensation and then death.

Little things...
The Doctor's got a new coat.  Why?  Probably because he feels like it.  The old one is on the rack by the door inside the TARDIS.

SONIC CANE.  I want one.

It would have been great if they'd planted Mels earlier.  Sure, the fanatics would have been all over it in an instant, but it would have given the whole exchange a bit more validity.  As it stands, it's just a bunch tacked on so they can bring River into the episode.  Convenient and not particularly convincing, especially when she's the once that pushes them to get together.  Though, "You named your daughter... after your daughter" was a great line.

We have another reappearance of the TARDIS hallways from The Doctor's Wife!  Those things sure get around.  Great on them for reusing sets, but really, they could put more effort into making it not so obvious what they were before.

Rory badassery continues by punching Hilter in the face!  And putting him in the closet.  And then punching that other guy in the face... and driving a motorbike:
Amy: "Can you ride a motorbike?"
Rory: "I expect so.  It's that sort of day."
He's come into himself and accepted it ever so well.

Alex Kingston was having entirely too much fun during her regeneration.  Entirely too much fun.  And it was both great and tiring to watch.  I do love that we got another dose of the Squirmy Doctor, though, when she was showing off her teeth.  He manages to wrap a leg around her when she comes over.  Having the Doctor say that only River is allowed to call him sweetie was, for lack of a better word, sweet, as was the Doctor giving her the diary she's kept as long as we've known her.

What wasn't so sweet about River in this episode was how quickly they portrayed her attitude toward the Doctor as changing.  Obviously, she's still out to get him [I actually think it's the little girl River that kills him, because that's still in the Doctor's future], but the amount of change, from wanting to kill him to saving his life was way too much.  Unless the TARDIS said something when she flew it (she seemed to change the most between seeing the Doctor on the steps and flying the TARDIS), I don't see any reason she should have changed that much.  Too much character "development" too quickly.

Quotes!
Doctor: "Permission?" to hug Amy.
Rory: "Granted."

Young Rory: "I thought we were playing hide-and-seek.  I've been hiding for hours!"
Young Amy: "Well, we just haven't found you yet."
Young Rory: "Okay..."

Doctor: "You stay alive and I'll marry you.  Deal?"
I'm sure this is going to come up again sometime in the future.

Doctor: "Don't run.  Now, I know you're scared, but don't run.  Never run when you're scared."
We'll see how well they hold to that in the next episode.

Things to think about:
-It was said that what the Doctor was poisoned with was from the Judas tree.  Perhaps this is from the Gamma Forests we heard about in AGMGTW?  I hope we learn more about it, seeing as it's able to kill a Time Lord so quickly AND it prevents regeneration.

-They said River was a war criminal.  What war?

-The Silence is a religious movement, an academy of the question.  Obvious question is what the question is.  I'm pretty sure the answer is 42, but that's what they're waiting to hear, so likely not, but whatever.

-What is this justice department?  Who runs it?  I get the feeling it's someone we already know.  The Doctor said he didn't see it coming, but he didn't seem too surprised.  Like he's come across it before.

-Somewhat in the same vein, and I'm pretty sure it was just me, but did the antibodies look suspiciously like Dalek bodies?  The ones inside the trashcans, of course.

-So the Doctor downloaded information (chiefly that on his own death) from the justice robot...  what else did he steal?

I also hear there's a Christmas special in the works.  Lots of things to look forward to.