I loved the episode and got very tense at the end when I realized it was going to be a two-parter.

We had no idea! I fucking love Doctor Who cliffhangers. We were so totally caught up in the scene and then Amy swung around and shot the girl and then WHEEEEWWWOOOOOO and were like WHAT NO WHAT THE FUCK NO NO NO.

Kate, I didn't catch that bit in the UK preview, but I don't even know what to expect!

I love that the series 6 trailer appears to have used almost entirely scenes from the first two episodes. No idea what's in store for the rest of the season now!

EW interview with Alex Kingston.

And with Matt Smith.

And Steven Moffat

And with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill - spoiler for episode 7 in the Gillan portion of the interview. (That's the top part of the page.)

A truly incredible episode. The only thing that has spoiled it for me is the stupid people on twitter - a lot of them - who appear not to have understood basic things like how the Doctor appeared in the cafe after he'd died, and decided the episode was pointless because it was 'too complicated'. No wonder the show feels it has to hand-hold us through the finales, giving us flashbacks to key points through the series. Viewers really don't take note of the bleeding obvious.

Regardless, it was a fantastic episode. Pure, evil Moffat. And as always, lines to quote until the end of time.

Apparently there are several moments just like this scattered throughout Season Five. Moffat was seeding the Silence in all along.

We re-watched 'The Lodger' earlier. I didn't pick up on Amy and the screen, but I'd noticed the similarities between the two TARDISes (TARDeS...?) during 'The Impossible Astronaut'. Also, in 'The Lodger', did anyone notice the utterly terrifying photograph in the downstairs hallway, near the stairs? We commented, on first watching, that it's scary for no apparent reason, and I thought the same thing today. It's probably the props department being evil, but it would be cool if it was relevant.

The Girl and I are having our usual three-day Doctor Who discussions. If the TARDIS upstairs in 'The Lodger' is the attempt of The Silence to get home, did they build it with parts stolen since the beginning of the space program? And where did they go in between the time periods? Intriguing stuff.

Love the idea that we won't sort out the death of Future!Doctor until later in the season. Would like it to be linked to the ongoing mystery about the exploding TARDIS.

who appear not to have understood basic things like how the Doctor appeared in the cafe after he'd died, and decided the episode was pointless because it was 'too complicated'. No wonder the show feels it has to hand-hold us through the finales, giving us flashbacks to key points through the series. Viewers really don't take note of the bleeding obvious.

Here in the US, we had the "Doctor Who Confidential" or somesuch, in which they explained what was going on in the commercial breaks. So after the Doctor died, they explained how he was unable to regenerate because he got shot again during the regeneration. Or, you know, what River said when it happened.

Or, you know, what River said when it happened.

Quite. Was there anything 'confusing' in the episode that wasn't explained by a character in plain English? Repeatedly, in some cases.

Would like it to be linked to the ongoing mystery about the exploding TARDIS.

Well, the Doctor did say someone was behind that, and then there was all the "Silence will fall" talk.

Low ratings for The Impossible Astronaut.

Huh, wow, that's surprising.

Any word on US ratings?

eta: Maybe Brits just didn't want to see Nixon?