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But how did she not sound like a Dalek to everyone?
She got a hold of the doohickey Roy Skelton used and turned it around?
Seriously, I assumed that since she was hacking into something or other to make her transmission, she could use whatever voice she wanted. It's not like there was a mic in the room where she was being held.
So she was broadcasting Carmen to the Dalek ship WITH HER MIND?
I can't wait for next week's episode, "Dinosaurs! On a SPACE ship!"
AKA RUPERT GRAVES! ON A SPACE SHIP!
Wibbly-wobbly, voicey-woicey.
Rupert Graaaaaaaves. Have I mentioned that the sight of Rupert Graves frolicking buck nekkid in A Room with the View had a formative influence on Young Vonnie? Can't wait! He looks even better now with salt-and-pepper hair than he did as a callow youth, I have to say.
Vonnie, you should check Movies.
Rupert Graaaaaaaves. Have I mentioned that the sight of Rupert Graves frolicking buck nekkid in A Room with the View had a formative influence on Young Vonnie? Can't wait! He looks even better now with salt-and-pepper hair than he did as a callow youth, I have to say.
A fine choice, Young Vonnie.
And ITA.
Oh, the Linklater thing? I knew about that already. :) Still exciting tho!
So she was broadcasting Carmen to the Dalek ship WITH HER MIND?
She was broadcasting everything with her mind. She was hacking Dalek systems with her mind. She was physically chained up in a cell and doing all sorts of freaky stuff with her mind.
Ah, the power of wireless.
I know I'm not around these parts much, but DOCTOR WHO IS BACK. SQUEE!
However...
If only we ever saw Amy actually dealing with (even for like 2 minutes) anything that happened to her last year. She was kidnapped, mentally violated, lost her daughter and never got to raise her, and now we find out that she was also physically violated in some way--and this is never really addressed. Instead we get weird almost-divorces that appear out of nowhere and are solved in the length of an episode.
THIS. So much this.
I always feel weirdly protective of Amy's character because Karen Gillan does a great job, but Moffat keeps making her seem like she's borderline insane. I don't blame Amy the character for anything because the writing is so obviously bad. And I know that it started last season, but I still really hate the fact that she became a model. That doesn't seem like anything Amelia Pond would be interested in.
Also this.
I loved the Pond Life prequel. Sadly, I enjoyed it more than the entire first episode, which felt disjointed and uneven to me. I was totally taken aback by the twist, which was nice, but otherwise, so much meh. I adore the Ponds, especially Amy, and I really don't like what Moffat has done to them with this episode.
I didn't buy the "I gave you up" bullshit for one second, and I'm a woman who has dealt with infertility. I could have bought it with some--any--context, but without the prequel? No. The prequel needed to be the first scene of the episode. That would have changed everything for me. Well, that and getting rid of the Amy as model storyline.
As for Oswin, I agree she's a bit of a Mary Sue at the moment. I love the idea of her trapped as a Dalek and I adore the twist of the Doctor being erased from the Dalek's memory. But yeah, overall, meh