hafital: (HL - most religious)
get me off this crazy thing ([personal profile] hafital) wrote2010-12-27 12:03 pm
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Fishes in the sky....

Finally managed to watch the Doctor Who christmas special. It was thoroughly charming! I mostly loved it.

A Christmas Carol:

~ Dumbledore!?

~ I wanted to know more about the world/planet that was the setting. Were we even told the name of the planet? I caught the reference to it being settled, but that seemed all the bit of history we got. I suppose it wasn't really part of the story, but it was what *I* was interested in. lol.

~ There are not enough words to describe how much I LOVE Eleven. Not a moment passed of Eleven screentime that was not golden. He is so much fun! I love him.

~ There were lot of wonderful Eleven moments, and I certainly cannot list or recall them all, but for whatever reason, I do believe my favorite moment of the entire special might just have to be the Doctor in his white tuxedo and the whole "We must leave because I maybe sort of just accidentally got engaged to Marylin Monroe," scene. But it was the 'well fine, I'll just have to marry her' part and the way he shouted, "Marylin, get your coat," and then strode purposely back past the swimming pool and to the yoo-hooing Marylin. I just... It was... I don't know! I think I love him.

~ However, and perhaps I am alone in this? I did not overly miss Amy, who was absent from large parts of the story... Although I was charmed with the whole 'The Doctor's idea of a honeymoon' thing. hah. Also, I kinda sorta hated that moment at the beginning when Amy tells the doctor not to treat her like an idiot and then she turns and does the same to Rory. I know it's done for laughs, but the cavalier treatment of the Idiot BoyfriendHusband is just SO TIRESOME already. It has stopped being funny. If it ever was.

~ I loved the fish. And the shark. I wanted more of this world!

~ The rest of the story was okay, I mean I enjoyed it for the most part, although I found the overall story less interesting than the moments within the story that had nothing to do with the story itself. Also I was confused with the aging and the time line. Abigail's sister who was *older* than Kazran in the past having such young children in the future (unless they were grandchildren?). I love the timey whimey-ness of the plot, but these sort of logisitics always throw me because I alway spend time trying to make sense of it.

~ So, I guess it's okay for the same person out of time to touch? Just, throw that bit of canon out the window? I mean it was in The Pandorica Opens and this special, too. I don't mind Moffat or anyone rewriting canon as they see fit, but at least one sentence of explanation would be nice.

~ I could have done with out the dying beautiful woman storyline. I didn't even realize she was literally 'fridged (I blame the dazzling Doctor. haha) until afterward, but what really bothered me was how self-sacrificing and perfect and angelic and wholesome and kind and everything she was. OMG, give the girl a pimple or something.

~ But lets get back to the Doctor and how lovely he is. LOVE.

(oh, look at that, I got rid of all my Doctor Who icons. hm. Oh, wait, I still have a couple on LJ. hah)
laurashapiro: The Doctor grab's Amy's hand as she holds the apple (amy and eleven)

[personal profile] laurashapiro 2010-12-28 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleven was so lovable in this, and the production design so yummy, that it was almost enough to offset the things I hated. Almost. (:

You're the third person who's mentioned the two selves touching one another. I think between this and The Pandorica Opens, Moffat's pretty much thrown out Davies' canon on that one.

I want my show back, without Christmas and fridged women in it! Only a few more months...
laurashapiro: a woman sits at a kitchen table reading a book, cup of tea in hand. Table has a sliced apple and teapot. A cat looks on. (Default)

[personal profile] laurashapiro 2010-12-28 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it does make sense. But it's interesting how people are raising the issue with this episode in particular -- I didn't hear a peep about it when the Pandorica opened, but maybe people were too thrilled by the utter excellence of that story to pay it any attention. (:
laurashapiro: The Doctor grab's Amy's hand as she holds the apple (amy and eleven)

[personal profile] laurashapiro 2010-12-28 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah! I missed the whole thing. Comes of hiding from Who fandom, I guess. (:

With you all the way on Eleventy! ♥

[identity profile] methos-fan.livejournal.com 2010-12-28 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
I thought it was a charming episode and turned out much better than the first 20 minutes led me to believe it would be. I realized that Matt Smith is growing on me. He was quite enjoyable and has taken on the role like a 2nd skin. The situation with Amy Pond reminds me of what happened to Richie in HL. The writers don't know what to do with her and don't give her any decent material. They could drop her from the series without any explanation and it wouldn't bother me.

I saw a cartoon drawn by a fandom artist which featured #11. Some of the previous doctors were standing in front of #11 (no #9 or #10, though). The punchline had the doctor 11 saying "alright already, you've made your point." Hanging on the Tardis was one of those caution signs "baby on board". I thought it was hysterical.

[identity profile] hafital.livejournal.com 2010-12-28 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
He was quite enjoyable and has taken on the role like a 2nd skin.

He has certainly made it his own, which I'm very glad about. I would hate to have someone trying to copy 10.

The punchline had the doctor 11 saying "alright already, you've made your point." Hanging on the Tardis was one of those caution signs "baby on board".

haha. That's funny. He is a baby, but he's doing a remarkable job, I think, whether you take to him or not at least he's not going at it tentatively.