Mickeza
Sunday 30th May 2010 12:12pm
Neath/Cardiff
245 posts
I'm not going to comment on the patronising and preachy 45 minutes that preceded Rory's death, and instead I'll focus on the death, which I presume Moffat himself wrote. If RTD had done the "you will forget him because he is close to you" kop out to remove a blatant plot inconsistency then his critics would have had a field day. Now I hope I'm wrong, but I sense a reset switch coming up regarding the death, what with another doctor most definitely running around somewhere and him telling Amy to "remember" in the angel episode. As I've mentioned before when Rory was in danger, I just didn't care, and that didn't change with his actual "death". However, the acting from Smith and Gillian in the tardis as she forgot was terrific, I just think they're being let down a touch. The series really is tremendously ambitious and I can see what it's trying to do, but unfortunately for me, I don't think they're pulling it off.
Okay, I'll mention one thing about the preceding 45 minutes because it really got on my goat. When it's revealed that the mother killed the evil alien sister, did anyone else want to throw something at the telly when the son backed away in disgust? I mean his dad had just been dissected, his own heartbeat had been slowed down while he was imprisoned and his grandfather had been turned into an alien, not to mention the tribe that wants to wipe out the entire "ape" race. I'd be feeling pretty angry actually despite what the preachy doctor who failed to protect me is saying. Anyway, next weeks looked good.