I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

Oh my.
I think Moffat delivered, there. After leaving clues like breadcrumbs through past episodes, he actually managed to pull them together into something coherent. And in character. And at the same time, full of the unexpected.
( spoilers, sweetie )

I'm not actually impatient for November, because I think this episode wrapped up a lot of questions, so it gives me a feeling of closure.

Note about episode numbering: the ABC calls this episode 10. Others call this episode 11. The BBC website calls it "Season 7 Part 2 Episode 5".
(sigh)

Hmmmm. Very tense, this one. A "trapped with a monster" episode; this one different because it's the TARDIS they're trapped inside of.
( spoilers will be incinerated )

When one steps back and thinks about it, there are a number of holes in the plot, but I was feeling generous and didn't let it bother me too much.

Mind you, if you compare it to another "trapped-in-the-TARDIS" episode, "The Doctor's Wife", it only gets a C+. Darn.

I liked that. Pretty much a paint-by-numbers sort of story, but the actors gave it their all, and the atmosphere hit the right notes even if the plot was rather simplistic.
( spoilers will be electrocuted )

I had the unexpected pleasure of watching this with my family (sister in law and niece, at least); unexpected because I was intending to simply download it on iView and watch it by myself, so I hadn't paid attention to when it was showing. But lo and behold, there I was having Easter Sunday lunch with my brother's family, and he mentioned it was on tonight and would I like to stay and watch it with them. But of course! It's more fun watching stuff in company.
( spoilers will be uploaded )

Overall... a good episode. Creepy in a very Moffat way. Doesn't fall down with the fridge logic. Makes me think thinky thoughts.

I cried. I actually cried.

All through the episode, the tension was high enough that I was muttering "oh shit" to myself quite a lot.
Intense.

I'm not sure I can be particularly coherent about this episode.
( spoilers will be sent back in time )

All caught up now.

Cowboys and aliens and cyborgs, oh my!

See, I'm catching up.
( spoilers will be tracked down and shot )

Now that I've written the first draft of my deeply_horrible ficathon story, I'm free to catch up on Doctor Who.

And whadda ya know, it was a Dalek episode that was actually decent for once.
I think the best Dalek episodes tend to focus on the nature of love and hate and what it means to be human. As this one did.
( spoilers will be eggs-terminated )

Thanks to lizbee, I have been watching the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I've just finished watching episode 13, "The Blue Spirit". Now, before this episode, I would have said that I liked ATLA, but I didn't love it. There have been episodes like "Jet" and "Imprisoned" that did not go down the usual cliched route, but actually touched on difficult issues raised by war. That was good, that was impressive; it means that the series is not as shallow as one would expect from a kids' cartoon. Good.

I also have to say that Uncle Iroh is made of awesome. But even Uncle Iroh wasn't enough to make me fall in love with this show.

However... we come to The Blue Spirit.
( there be spoilers, serious spoilers, do not read this if you haven't seen the episode! )

Just seen "A Study in Pink" with dawnmist.
Now I understand why people love Sherlock - it's the characterisation.

As well as the scintilating dialogue and the actual Mystery and brilliance of Holmes - but it's the character dynamic between Holmes and Watson that make it a cut above.

Ah, at last Zimmerman got to play detective again.
( spoilers have a photographic memory )