getting a grip on things
May. 2nd, 2010 02:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensYes. Doctor Who this evening was marvellous.
I read Amy's reaction that night as being mostly due to the first time she's got into serious I-might-die danger. Having wacky adventures and being in the mouth of a giant whale is one thing. Being trapped in the middle of a forest, hunted by Weeping Angels, with her motion detector pinging like crazy to show how near they were, and her eyes shut, was terrifying. It was the first time she was genuinely frightened out of her wits. (Though yes, I am aware that you have the scene in Brain of Morbius with blinded Sarah wandering round in the mad scientist's chambers and running into the monster there, but in that situation Sarah didn't know the full danger: it was the audience gasping on her behalf. Here the character herself knew how bad it was, but couldn't even open her eyes.) Resultant later stress reaction.
I did also find it entirely appropriate that the Doctor himself is far, far more interested in Amelia-Pond-as-interesting-puzzle than in any way as Amy-as-woman-throwing-herself-at-him.
As to River -- I don't think that the Doctor is the "good man" she killed. It doesn't quite fit Octavian's reactions to him. I look forward to finding out more.
I also loved the use of the artificial gravity, and the Doctor's subtle "get a grip" hints when he was about to do it. And the fact that River caught on. And the Angels ripping out the circuitry in the indoor forest. I do enjoy it when characters are intelligent.
Oh, and I went to both York and Harrogate today (they being fairly close to each other) and had an excellent time, and didn't get rained on too much. Very nice.
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Magnus Solaris turned to look at the consuming darkness behind him. "Do I have any choice?"
"Oh, there are always choices," said the stranger. "The problem is that none of them, ultimately, is particularly happy."
-- Citadel of Dreams, Dave Stone
I read Amy's reaction that night as being mostly due to the first time she's got into serious I-might-die danger. Having wacky adventures and being in the mouth of a giant whale is one thing. Being trapped in the middle of a forest, hunted by Weeping Angels, with her motion detector pinging like crazy to show how near they were, and her eyes shut, was terrifying. It was the first time she was genuinely frightened out of her wits. (Though yes, I am aware that you have the scene in Brain of Morbius with blinded Sarah wandering round in the mad scientist's chambers and running into the monster there, but in that situation Sarah didn't know the full danger: it was the audience gasping on her behalf. Here the character herself knew how bad it was, but couldn't even open her eyes.) Resultant later stress reaction.
I did also find it entirely appropriate that the Doctor himself is far, far more interested in Amelia-Pond-as-interesting-puzzle than in any way as Amy-as-woman-throwing-herself-at-him.
As to River -- I don't think that the Doctor is the "good man" she killed. It doesn't quite fit Octavian's reactions to him. I look forward to finding out more.
I also loved the use of the artificial gravity, and the Doctor's subtle "get a grip" hints when he was about to do it. And the fact that River caught on. And the Angels ripping out the circuitry in the indoor forest. I do enjoy it when characters are intelligent.
Oh, and I went to both York and Harrogate today (they being fairly close to each other) and had an excellent time, and didn't get rained on too much. Very nice.
---
Magnus Solaris turned to look at the consuming darkness behind him. "Do I have any choice?"
"Oh, there are always choices," said the stranger. "The problem is that none of them, ultimately, is particularly happy."
-- Citadel of Dreams, Dave Stone
