Doctor Who 5x05: Flesh and Stone

[kerravonsen]

Very belated reaction post. Oh, Moffat, you are so good at the creepy!

Not sure what was the scariest bit, though Amy walking blind through a crowd of Angels is near the top.
Also, the people being made to have never existed.

Oh, oh Bishop Octavian!
"I wish I could have known you better."
"I think you saw me at my best."

"How come I could remember them?"
"You've travelled in time. It changes your perception of the universe."

I liked the poetic justice of the Angels being sucked into The Crack because they'd drained the power that was keeping the artificial gravity going.
Come on, we knew that the Doctor wasn't going to sacrifice himself!

So, River Song was imprisoned in "the Storm Cage" (ah, Moffat is good at coming up with these evocative names) for killing a man, "the best man I ever knew".
Possible implication: she killed the Doctor. Which would be practically impossible to do. But I think we're meant to think that anyway.
What isn't entirely clear is whether or not she feels remorse for the murder.

And we know more about The Crack. "It's time running out." Which sounds good, but doesn't really leave us much the wiser.
What else do we know? The Crack is the aftermath of an extremely destructive disruptive event-like occurrence - if one can speak of "events" when dealing with a disruption of Time.
This event is centred in "Amy's time"; implication: it has something to do with Amy herself.

I am very very disappointed that we have yet ANOTHER companion throwing herself at the Doctor. VERY disappointed.

I wonder if the Doctor's remark about "time can be rewritten" means that the Doctor is tempted to rewrite it? I would have hoped that Ten's experience in "The Waters of Mars" would have cured him of that temptation.

Comments

[tptigger]

Possible implication: she killed the Doctor. Which would be practically impossible to do.
What goes bang, thud, bang thud? No, seriously, though, he's regenerated 10 times now. Only 2 left. At the rate he's going....

I am very very disappointed that we have yet ANOTHER companion throwing herself at the Doctor. VERY disappointed.
Word. Just word.

[kerravonsen]

I guess that depends on whether triggering a regeneration is counted as murder or not.

[tptigger]

Yes, but if he dies twice more he's out.

Unless, of course, they decide to ignore that. Which they just might.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I am very very disappointed that we have yet ANOTHER companion throwing herself at the Doctor.

Yeah, me too. I will just say that fears are set to rest in the next two eps.

[kerravonsen]

I will just say that fears are set to rest in the next two eps.
I hope so.

[sahiya.livejournal.com]

I am very very disappointed that we have yet ANOTHER companion throwing herself at the Doctor. VERY disappointed.

Ahh, see, I was amused and relieved by how straight-forward she was, in comparison to previous companions.

And yes, watch the next two episodes before you make up your mind on this. It's not going where you think it is.

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

I agree--Amy's straightforward proposition was a nice change of pace from previous companions. And, frankly, it didn't look or sound like she was professing Epic Love (Rose) or Hopeless Love (Martha). She seemed to be proposing nothing more than a nice, uncomplicated romp in the sack.

She never said she wasn't still intending to marry what's-his-face the next day. It looked to me like she just wanted a fling.

[infiniteviking]

Possible implication: she killed the Doctor.

Ah, but which Doctor, that's my question.


I am very very disappointed that we have yet ANOTHER companion throwing herself at the Doctor.

*nods* I was disappointed by the implications that casual sex is nothing very important and that assaulting an unwilling partner is cute and funny if the aggressor is a girl. :P But eh, that's television, and the next two episodes do put a different spin on it. If I can ignore Captain Kirk's behavior, I can ignore Amy's, I guess.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering how parents explain Amy's suggestion to young, enquiring minds that ask those awkward questions. :¬D If the kissogram bit was bad enough, she's now suggesting a romp in the hay.

The Angels got de-existed, does that mean "Don't Blink" doesn't exist any more? Time can be changed! Yay! gets rid of Russ T's "bad things happen" if you meddle in your own timeline!

[kerravonsen]

The Angels got de-existed, does that mean "Don't Blink" doesn't exist any more?
I don't think so; those particular Angels got de-existed, but I hugely doubt that the Angels of "Blink" were amongst them.

[dweomeroflight.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm friends with BrendanPodger. He said that you were a big Who fan. I see he was not lying ;) I hope it is ok for me to post here, but I love reading fellow fans reviews, especially of this new season :)

I agree about the Amy Pond thing, I'm hoping it was solely lust, not love at work there.

[kerravonsen]

Sure, go ahead.

I'm hoping it was solely lust, not love at work there.
Actually, I find that lust in this case is even harder to understand, given that Eleven isn't particularly handsome, IMHO.

[brendanpodger.livejournal.com]

For such a small scene I saw a pretty comples interaction(and yes I may be reading more into it than it warrants)

Amy has just finished talking to the Dr about her wedding and how her trip with him are a form of running away from the reality of that huge step. She asks him about his emotional attachments and when she gets an evasive answer only then goes "hunting". She knows he isn't being etirely honest with him and used this to push to Dr, knowing she will get an answer of a sort no matter what the outcome.

It also worked on a number of other levels, first being a showing of her doubts about her marriage(jumping in bed with another man the night before). Also she was laying the demons of the hero worship she has had for him most of her life(even as a child he was the man who was going to come and take her away from all her problems. She needed to see he had feet of clay - or not as the case may be). Finally she established a level of power over the Dr. I don't feel she was comfortable about being so dependant on the Dr in that episode, it was the first time she wasn't part of the solution. She needed something that helped put them on a more equal footing and I think that whatever the outcome she would feel that this was achieved.