Wow, last episode looks like it might have had a huge impact on our characters, when i thought they would have just forgotten it all.
Not a fan of most of the episode, but that ending was great and unexpected. I liked there was actual character development with Amy and Rory and even the doctor. While he may have lied to her about his reasons for taking her in order to break her faith in him, it was only partially a lie, and the doctor won't stop.
The Doctor really is a madman with a box. And madness is scary.
Most of the episode itself felt pretty disappointing. The creature wasn't particularly interesting and neither were the others characters, and it felt pretty predictable. And the rooms that had nightmares well, they weren't that interesting either. With concepts like that and what we have faith in, it should have been done a lot better.
But it has a great ending. The doctor finally realizing the error his ways, his dangerous ways and life. Something that was reiterated in this episode that makes him even worse is that he captivated Amy when she was just a kid. It was unintentional, but insidious. Though he did promise to take her on adventures even as a kid. That's just insidious and indoctrination to the doctor's lifestyle.
And in this episode he finally realizes the mistakes he's made. He realizes how dangerous it is to bring companions, especially a couple, which as i've described previously for example if one of them died then how hearthbreaking it would be, and it would be the doctors fault.
The doctor leaves Amy and Rory there on Earth, but actually left them with a house and a great car. What a great gesture. What a haunting line from him, about not wanting to stand over their grave. The doctor finally realized. All those adventures and dangerous moments and especially what happened last episode shocked him into thinking different and behaving differently. Even Rory this episode was thinking different about traveling with the doctor. And then at the end when the doctor finally breaks Amy's faith in him, it freed her more in a sense from him and the drug of traveling with him.
I did like it was only the two of them at the end in the conversation. Amy was the first person he saw when he regenerated, his first companion, and she means a lot to him.
But no, the doctor won't stop getting companions. Maybe he won't take a married couple anymore. It's at least a step in the right direction, and with how many years the doctor can live, it can take him a long time to learn from his mistakes.
All of the disposable characters.
An interesting episode. Doesn't seem to be outstanding, but there is something in it. Really liked this one.
Review by DAVY XVIP EP 4BlockedParent2023-12-21T07:10:07Z
8.5/10
Sensational episode
Good set of characters
and I really wanted the
Rita to be
the next companion
The Doctor liked her
and so did I,
she was clever
and good fit fot
The Doctor,
(Amy you're fired "what"
Just kidding, "call me")
Hahaha lol, loved that.
Rory was less annoying
this episode more like
his joking comic relief
self, which I can put up
with. Felt so sorry for
The Doctor in what he
had to do to save the day.
The losses The Doctor
took this episode broke
his Hearts and mine.
I hate it when
The Doctor is alone
but as promised
The Ponds will see him
again.
Speaking of, that was
Shocking when The Doctor
called Amy- Williams to
break the faith.
Pond get the fish was
Hilarious.
Solid writing Amy
seeing 7 on her room
door which was how old
she was when she first met
The Doctor.
So what did The Doctor
See In His Room?
Room "11" obviously well
The Tardis Cloister Bell
was sounding and we all
know what that means
either a Tardis or
a TimeLord is in severe
Danger,
The Doctor saw
"The Crack in Reality"
that dominated
much of this Doctors first
season yes an exploding
Tardis would definitely
qualify as a massive fear
for The Doctor and him
having "Faith" that somehow
he can rewrite time to
prevent it because
The Tardis is still going to
explode
(it's going to happen
it has already happened).
The Doctor still
doesn't know what
caused The Tardis
to explode, and noway
can he reboot the hole
Universe a second time,
so this makes perfect sense that
The Doctor
saw The Crack in Reality
in room 11.
(Also it was confirmed
in "The Time of The Doctor"
that this is exactly what
he saw).
Banger of an episode
one of the strongest this
season,
Loved It.