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dbskylerI've seen the finale! In fact, I've seen it twice, and I predict that it will be three times before the end of the day.
So, to start:
1) That didn't make a lick of sense.
2) I loved it all the same.
I'm faintly astonished by this, to be honest. Usually, I demand my stories to make sense, first and foremost. And here I am with a story where what actually occurred got more than a little lost in the muddle. Did Amy's adventures with the Doctor ever happen? If so, then how is Rory alive? If not, then how is the Doctor back, and how is the timeline repaired? Does Rory have memories of being an Auton? If so, how can he? When the Doctor's timeline unraveled, didn't that mean that the Earth got destroyed several times over? And that Gallifrey didn't get destroyed? And that Sutekh destroyed everything? How can Amy remembering the Doctor bring him back, anyhow? And even if you accept that she can bring the Doctor back, how can she bring the TARDIS back?
The first time through the episode, I just sat back and enjoyed. Then I started thinking things over, and I realized how much muddle there was, and I watched it again -- and enjoyed it every bit as much as the first time. Yes, I can honestly say for perhaps the first time in my viewing history that I don't care about the muddle. It's as if understanding what really happened is irrelevant -- which perhaps it is.
What did I love? Well, the whole thing, really. I don't think there's a moment of this that I didn't absolutely enjoy.
-- "1,894 years later" -- What a way to start! Andtempestus_inu had completely set me up to believe that the Doctor was locked in there for 2000 years, and when I saw that we were jumping almost 2000 years ahead I was sure of it! And then the Pandorica opened and it was Amy inside! I was yelling "What? WHAT????" at the screen, I swear it!
-- No stars in the sky! The entire universe is collapsing! And I was wrong and the TARDIS did explode after all, which apparently we didn't get to fully see due to budget cuts. Too bad, because that would have upped last week's cliffhanger for me about a thousand-fold, but oh well. I suppose it's also partly my own fault for not believing that the TARDIS could explode and a way could be found back from that.
-- The Doctor zipping in and out with the vortex manipulator! All of those scenes were simply wonderful. And THE FEZ!!!! I was so happy to see it. And the whole "fezzes are cool," and the Doctor's decision that from now on he is wearing a fez! Too bad it got disintegrated. I hope the fez comes back next season.
-- The whole business with Amy, Amelia and Rory running around the museum, and the Doctor getting shot -- and apparently killed (I totally believed he was dead, although obviously I didn't believe he would stay dead).
-- Apparently the Blinovitch Limitation Effect is no longer operative, except perhaps in the case of sonic screwdrivers. Or did Amy and Amelia's ability to touch each other sans explosions and/or Reapers have to do with the different timelines, or the universe collapsing? Oh, never mind, I've given up trying to understand it, I'll just enjoy it . . .
-- The Doctor is alive, but he is going to never have existed! And then he says goodbye to Amy . . . eep eep eep!
-- The Doctor is alive! But no, he isn't -- his timeline is unraveling!
-- Jacket!Doctor!!!!!!! We were right, that moment in "Flesh and Stone" WAS a different Doctor! I KNEW it!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, it turns out that Jacket!Doctor doesn't really do much of anything, except manage to save himself by telling Amelia a bedtime story. But did he know he was going to show up when Amy was 7 and tell her that story when he said "remember what I told you when you were 7"? How could he know as he is apparently jumping back through time at random? Or was he able to stop himself at certain points? I was a little unclear on the whole "time is unraveling" thing, I admit it. If it was a plan, then why tell Amy to remember when the whole adventure with the Weeping Angels was about to cease to exist? Wouldn't the fact that he told her to remember suddenly not have happened? Have I mentioned how much of a muddle some of this actual plot is? But it doesn't matter, because:
-- The Doctor picks up the sleeping-and-waiting Amelia, takes her to her room and tells her a heartfelt goodbye as a bedtime story. He doesn't belong there anymore -- oh, poor Doctor!
-- Amy sees River's diary, opens it and it's completely blank -- I felt like my heart had been cut out, truly. Such a simple thing, but it really illustrated the void left by the Doctor no longer having existed.
-- The Doctor comes back! Great moment, even though it didn't really make sense. And he's wearing tails, and ready to dance! Which didn't make sense on top of not making sense, because did he exist before Amy remembered him? If he didn't exist, how did he get dressed for the wedding? You see the problem. No, stop trying to make sense of it, just let it ride . . .
And biggest surprise of all is that apparently we have to wait until the next season to find out the rest of what happened! Little things like why did the TARDIS explode in the first place, purposefully put on hold! Also that tease with River . . . I hope we find out who it was she killed. I hope we find out more on who River really is. And I hope she's not married to the Doctor -- I still don't like that idea, and I don't like how Moffat is teasing us with it. At least the two of them didn't kiss!
All in all, it was a worthy finale, definitely one of my favorites. Now, when is SJA starting up?
So, to start:
1) That didn't make a lick of sense.
2) I loved it all the same.
I'm faintly astonished by this, to be honest. Usually, I demand my stories to make sense, first and foremost. And here I am with a story where what actually occurred got more than a little lost in the muddle. Did Amy's adventures with the Doctor ever happen? If so, then how is Rory alive? If not, then how is the Doctor back, and how is the timeline repaired? Does Rory have memories of being an Auton? If so, how can he? When the Doctor's timeline unraveled, didn't that mean that the Earth got destroyed several times over? And that Gallifrey didn't get destroyed? And that Sutekh destroyed everything? How can Amy remembering the Doctor bring him back, anyhow? And even if you accept that she can bring the Doctor back, how can she bring the TARDIS back?
The first time through the episode, I just sat back and enjoyed. Then I started thinking things over, and I realized how much muddle there was, and I watched it again -- and enjoyed it every bit as much as the first time. Yes, I can honestly say for perhaps the first time in my viewing history that I don't care about the muddle. It's as if understanding what really happened is irrelevant -- which perhaps it is.
What did I love? Well, the whole thing, really. I don't think there's a moment of this that I didn't absolutely enjoy.
-- "1,894 years later" -- What a way to start! And
tempestus_inu had completely set me up to believe that the Doctor was locked in there for 2000 years, and when I saw that we were jumping almost 2000 years ahead I was sure of it! And then the Pandorica opened and it was Amy inside! I was yelling "What? WHAT????" at the screen, I swear it!-- No stars in the sky! The entire universe is collapsing! And I was wrong and the TARDIS did explode after all, which apparently we didn't get to fully see due to budget cuts. Too bad, because that would have upped last week's cliffhanger for me about a thousand-fold, but oh well. I suppose it's also partly my own fault for not believing that the TARDIS could explode and a way could be found back from that.
-- The Doctor zipping in and out with the vortex manipulator! All of those scenes were simply wonderful. And THE FEZ!!!! I was so happy to see it. And the whole "fezzes are cool," and the Doctor's decision that from now on he is wearing a fez! Too bad it got disintegrated. I hope the fez comes back next season.
-- The whole business with Amy, Amelia and Rory running around the museum, and the Doctor getting shot -- and apparently killed (I totally believed he was dead, although obviously I didn't believe he would stay dead).
-- Apparently the Blinovitch Limitation Effect is no longer operative, except perhaps in the case of sonic screwdrivers. Or did Amy and Amelia's ability to touch each other sans explosions and/or Reapers have to do with the different timelines, or the universe collapsing? Oh, never mind, I've given up trying to understand it, I'll just enjoy it . . .
-- The Doctor is alive, but he is going to never have existed! And then he says goodbye to Amy . . . eep eep eep!
-- The Doctor is alive! But no, he isn't -- his timeline is unraveling!
-- Jacket!Doctor!!!!!!! We were right, that moment in "Flesh and Stone" WAS a different Doctor! I KNEW it!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course, it turns out that Jacket!Doctor doesn't really do much of anything, except manage to save himself by telling Amelia a bedtime story. But did he know he was going to show up when Amy was 7 and tell her that story when he said "remember what I told you when you were 7"? How could he know as he is apparently jumping back through time at random? Or was he able to stop himself at certain points? I was a little unclear on the whole "time is unraveling" thing, I admit it. If it was a plan, then why tell Amy to remember when the whole adventure with the Weeping Angels was about to cease to exist? Wouldn't the fact that he told her to remember suddenly not have happened? Have I mentioned how much of a muddle some of this actual plot is? But it doesn't matter, because:
-- The Doctor picks up the sleeping-and-waiting Amelia, takes her to her room and tells her a heartfelt goodbye as a bedtime story. He doesn't belong there anymore -- oh, poor Doctor!
-- Amy sees River's diary, opens it and it's completely blank -- I felt like my heart had been cut out, truly. Such a simple thing, but it really illustrated the void left by the Doctor no longer having existed.
-- The Doctor comes back! Great moment, even though it didn't really make sense. And he's wearing tails, and ready to dance! Which didn't make sense on top of not making sense, because did he exist before Amy remembered him? If he didn't exist, how did he get dressed for the wedding? You see the problem. No, stop trying to make sense of it, just let it ride . . .
And biggest surprise of all is that apparently we have to wait until the next season to find out the rest of what happened! Little things like why did the TARDIS explode in the first place, purposefully put on hold! Also that tease with River . . . I hope we find out who it was she killed. I hope we find out more on who River really is. And I hope she's not married to the Doctor -- I still don't like that idea, and I don't like how Moffat is teasing us with it. At least the two of them didn't kiss!
All in all, it was a worthy finale, definitely one of my favorites. Now, when is SJA starting up?