Review of The Big Bang

[calliopes_pen]

-1894 years later. I laughed. I’m sorry, but it just reminded me of season 2 of Torchwood, when they started with Jack’s deaths. However many deaths earlier it was.

-Fandom was right. The Doctor that told Amy to remember something in Flesh and Stone really was a Doctor from a different timeline. The Doctor getting stuck in the rewind was heartbreaking in general, especially his moment with the sleeping Amelia.

-I was a little uncomfortable about Amy’s wedding, when she started talking about the Doctor. I kept expecting her to just get hauled away to an insane asylum. I’m glad it didn’t go there, and that the Doctor arrived.

-I loved the Doctor’s fez moment, and that River (who was great this episode) and Amy teamed up to have it destroyed. He also looks quite fetching in a tuxedo and hat. I still think he looks extremely odd, but he looks incredible in that tuxedo.

-Amy almost doesn’t deserve Rory. He is by far the most dedicated and devoted person on the planet. Also? Rory and Jack need to get together and compare notes on time spent on the slow path, waiting for the Doctor and time to catch up. He protected and watched over her for 2000 years. The fact that he didn’t go mad is a testament to that, too. Although, a lapse of sanity for a short period at some point during those 2000 years could be understood. When the season started, I assumed Rory would be a neglected third wheel, and that he wouldn’t be good for much of anything. I grew to love him over the next few episodes, and I am so glad to be proven wrong.

-Doctor: "Why do you have to be so... human?"
Rory: "Because right now I'm not."

Which reminds me. The Doctor deserved that punch, even if he was just testing Rory.

-I’m surprised that nothing happened when Amy and Amelia touched, like in Father’s Day. Since the sonic screwdrivers zapped each other. Then again, time itself was already being torn apart—maybe the Reapers were a little busy in other timelines. Or they just forgot. Same goes for both Eleventh Doctors.

-So the TARDIS was the sun, or the explosion from it became the sun. Now that the TARDIS hasn’t blown up, from history getting rebooted…is there a sun at all? Is the Earth slowly freezing to death? Doctor, what have you done? Or is the fact that the TARDIS exploded in every point in time before it got rebooted mean that it’s going to be fine, and people won’t freeze? Or it’s just one of those great big balls of timey wimey stuff.

-The Doctor’s dancing. So horrible that it might have given Angel a run for his money. Because of how dorky it was, I loved it. And it was finally a chance for the Doctor to relax and not have an alien invasion ruin a wedding. The “Mr. Pond” comment was great.

-"An Egyptian goddess loose on the Orient Express... in space." I want to see that.

-I loved the ending, with the three of them staying in the TARDIS. I hope Rory stays for next season. He and the Doctor have great chemistry. Although, my ideal Team TARDIS for the Eleventh Doctor would be Amy, Rory, River, and the Doctor.

-Moffett, you actually made a reset work. Congratulations. I’m grateful it wasn’t something like Dallas. I’m hoping we’ll find out who said “Silence Will Fall” and orchestrated this whole thing next season. My predictions include The Black Guardian and The Valeyard.

-I think I need an Amelia Pond icon. I’ll track one down later. I only have this Eleventh Doctor icon.

Comments

[scarfman]

The TARDIS exploding wasn't the sun - the TARDIS exploding was mistaken for the sun while all the stars, including the sun, were unhappened.

[calliopes_pen]

Ah, thank you!

[thecomingnight.livejournal.com]

I loved this finale. He just pulled out the stops and made me remember why I loved him so. I loved how it tied the whole season together and... Sigh. So so so good. And Rory! At first, I was like, 'Oh great. Another Mickey.' But oh no! Moff, you son of a gun, you went and made him amazing! He's my new favorite. I also love that they're totes friends now. So much so that the three of them go galavanting into the space. Siiiigh. I love this show so hard.

[stubbleupdate.livejournal.com]

Yep. Every star that ever was (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpbmMhNe6aA&feature=channel) ceased to be, but the earth used the TARDIS as an ersatz sun

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I still think he looks extremely odd, but he looks incredible in that tuxedo.

Tuxes are good for that - they make *everyone* look good.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

The Moff's a writing genius. nuff said...

[stormwolf10.livejournal.com]

To explain the whole "Two Amys touch and everything doesn't go kerflooey," bit:

The only reason it did in Father's Day is because Rose saving her father's life had already created a paradox and created the wound in time. The only thing protecting them was the "oldness" of the church. Rose touching the baby Rose only weakened the protection of the church enough to let one reaper in.

So, it wasn't so much Rose touching baby Rose that did it. It was Rose screwing up the time line by saving her father. Hence why Pete had to die to make it right again.

Hope that made some sort of sense. It's almost 2 am here.