Oh, Stephen Moffat. Your fairy tale "Doctor Who" officially won my heart tonight. Entirely made of win.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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victor infante - Jul 24, 2010 5:13:39 pm PDT #13798 of 30001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
-t - Jul 24, 2010 5:26:06 pm PDT #13799 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That was lovely.
Kathy A - Jul 24, 2010 6:27:08 pm PDT #13800 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Awww, we finally got a happy ending for the season ender!!! Loved it.
Loved the mythical Rory!Centurion, never leaving his post over 2000 years. Loved little Amelia, never losing her faith in the stars. Really loved suddenly old-looking Doctor, telling the sleeping Amelia about the daft old man stealing, no, borrowing the blue box. Matt Smith's youthful looks grew on me throughout the season, but that one scene made me see William Hartnell's Doctor lying beneath.
§ ita § - Jul 24, 2010 7:03:25 pm PDT #13801 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Shame he doesn't have a plastic hand. THat would be cool. I wonder where he went to restock.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 24, 2010 7:15:38 pm PDT #13802 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
OMG, Rory is love! Seriously. The boy who waited indeed.
Has there been a full-on male companion before? I mean, not just a tag-a-long, but a proper companion? Mickey certainly wasn't, and I don't think Jack counts as one either, but I'm fuzzy on my earlier Who.
Because Rory now feels like a definite companion. While I can't imagine it happening, if Amy had for some reason bailed, I think this Doctor would have taken Rory if he'd wanted to go anyway (except maybe for the leaving Amy part, but I'm just speculating on some "ifs").
§ ita § - Jul 24, 2010 7:25:03 pm PDT #13803 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Has there been a full-on male companion before? I mean, not just a tag-a-long, but a proper companion?
Adric (who made an oopsie, but a heroic one, nonetheless with Doctors #4 & #5) and Turlough (always an outsider) with Five.
Does The Brigadier count?
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2010 7:28:15 pm PDT #13804 of 30001
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Harry, who hung out with Sarah and the Doctor #4.
Kathy A - Jul 24, 2010 7:52:01 pm PDT #13805 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And don't forget Jamie, from the Second Doctor's tenure.
Strega - Jul 24, 2010 8:07:31 pm PDT #13806 of 30001
Ian was a companion from the first episode into season 2. When he was replaced by Steven.
Trudy Booth - Jul 24, 2010 10:01:30 pm PDT #13807 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Dr. Who: Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
That was sublime.
From way back in the first discussion:
I absolutely adored River and Amy teaming up to destroy the fez. There's something about their dynamic together that I really like. I also have a suspicion that there is some connection between the two that will be revealed next season, but that's more a gut feeling than anything else.
Anyone else think for a second Amy Pond would wake up and find River and the Doctor as her parents?
MY TINY LITTLE DAD! That whole sequence was so wonderful.