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Busy weekend, but I saw "Vincent and the Doctor" this morning.



I liked it. I wouldn't say it was one of my favorites -- so far, those have been "Eleventh Hour," "Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone" and "Amy's Choice" -- but it was a good, solid story. I loved how the monster was invisible even to the Doctor, and how the Doctor accepted that right away, and also accepted Vincent's ability to see it. I thought it was a nice touch that the invisibility wasn't ever explained in the story, either.

First and Second Doctors on the printout! Squee!

But my favorite scene was when the Doctor was getting bored waiting for the monster to show up. "If there's one thing I can't stand, it's an unpunctual alien attack!"

I'm glad Rory got a mention, but that was a sad reminder that he's gone. I think the Doctor is grieving him, and taking Amy to nice places for himself just as much as for her. Interesting that Vincent seems to think that Amy is subconsciously grieving for Rory too, even if she can't consciously remember him.

I really liked the scene where the Doctor got to take Vincent to the Musee d'Orsay in 2010. I was a little worried about history changing, but apparently the Doctor knew that the visit wouldn't affect Vincent's suicide. The part about how the peek at the future wasn't a wasted effort, and increased the sum total of happiness in Vincent's life regardless, was a very uplifting moment.

No cracks, and no silence falling, and no jacket!Doctor this time around . . . at least, not that I noticed.



In other news, the second half of "Doctor Who and the Silurians" arrived today! Looking forward to some more Brig and Liz and Third Doctor.

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Date: 2010-06-29 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dbskyler.livejournal.com
That's a very cool icon!

Brig and Liz and Three, oh my! But it's a shame it's on two discs so I couldn't watch the whole thing together, because now I'm probably going to mix up "Silurians" with "Hungry Earth / Cold Blood" again, only in the opposite direction.

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Date: 2010-06-29 03:36 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com
Isn't it? I got it from [livejournal.com profile] immobulus_icons

Oh dear! You're going to be SOOO confused about Silurians at this rate!

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Date: 2010-06-30 02:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dbskyler.livejournal.com
"Why is the Brig running around in the tunnels when he should be guarding Alaya? Oh, wait . . . "

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Date: 2010-06-30 05:11 am (UTC)

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Date: 2010-06-29 03:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pitry.livejournal.com
The Silurians is still better :D

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Date: 2010-06-30 02:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dbskyler.livejournal.com
I haven't seen it all yet, but I think so, too.

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