I hypothesised that perhaps so much had happened to the Doctor in the interim that he'd forgotten some stuff that he'd learnt a long time ago. Or maybe the process of regeneration could cause some less essential memories to be lost?
I wonder if it is that he keeps on forgetting what time period he is in? Especially since the thing upstairs was messing with Time. On my other journal, someone pointed out that the kissing thing is very French, and since the previous episode was set in France, it might have carried over from that.
I can't imagine that they would want to make either part of the season finale Doctor-lite though, so perhaps Matt Smith is so full of energy that he didn't feel that he needed a break. My impression is that the reason for a Doctor-lite episode isn't that the actor needs a break, but because there literally isn't enough time to film 13 full episodes in the schedule they have, so they try to squeeze the filming of two episodes in the time for one, by making one of them Doctor-lite.
I like your new icon. That the Doctor and his companions have a lot of similarities to Peter Pan and Wendy is something that first occurred to me a few months ago. Thanks. It isn't an original thought with me - I think I might first have come across it in a story about Sarah-Jane Smith - but the portrayal of the Doctor and Amy - especially in The Eleventh Hour - struck me as particularly strong in that trope.
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I wonder if it is that he keeps on forgetting what time period he is in? Especially since the thing upstairs was messing with Time. On my other journal, someone pointed out that the kissing thing is very French, and since the previous episode was set in France, it might have carried over from that.
I can't imagine that they would want to make either part of the season finale Doctor-lite though, so perhaps Matt Smith is so full of energy that he didn't feel that he needed a break.
My impression is that the reason for a Doctor-lite episode isn't that the actor needs a break, but because there literally isn't enough time to film 13 full episodes in the schedule they have, so they try to squeeze the filming of two episodes in the time for one, by making one of them Doctor-lite.
I like your new icon. That the Doctor and his companions have a lot of similarities to Peter Pan and Wendy is something that first occurred to me a few months ago.
Thanks. It isn't an original thought with me - I think I might first have come across it in a story about Sarah-Jane Smith - but the portrayal of the Doctor and Amy - especially in The Eleventh Hour - struck me as particularly strong in that trope.