A-ha! I remembered this time AND WordPress SHALL NOT EAT THIS POST. It’s time for us to come together ’round the world to liveblog the sixth series of Doctor Who. This fourth episode, written by the fabulous Neil Gaiman, is titled “The Doctor’s Wife,” which makes me want to pee my pants and punch myself in the face at the exact same time. LET’S DO THIS.
omg omg omg omg WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT FOR SO LONG!
I won’t use an image from the show, for those who don’t want to be spoiled.
This liveblog starts relative to you. So if it is airing on your television, start liveblogging away in the comments. Same for if you happen to be watching it online by less-than-legal means. (Though I would just time it with another time zone so you can comment with other people!) We already do this with Fringe and it works rather nicely. To avoid seeing spoilery comments regarding the episode from past livebloggers, I merely stay on the first page of comments and comment away, only going back after it’s over in order to comment on what other people said.
Sound fine? Just make sure not to post spoilers before this episode airs.
SEE ALL OF YOU TOMORROW!!!!
Wait, how'd he make the bedroom so fast? Whut.
oh god oh god it's startinngggg
is this confirmation that Time Lords can change sex in regeneration?? I THINK IT IS!
AHAHAHAHAHAHA DOCTARD IS CANON, BITCHES.
I love this episode!!!
The only water in the forest is the river
QUE?
I feel like the camera work answered the question about whether or not the Doctor has a room by just expanding into a full shot of the control room.
I was really afraid that this episode was going to be a let down because of all the hype surrounding it. Tbh, I still could've done without so much "Neil Gaiman wrote the script!" all over the place. I probably feel that way because I just don't give a crap about Neil Gaiman.
The first thing I thought of was the forest of the Vashta Narada and River Song. (Forest of the Dead, remember?)
…But nah. Too obvious, right?
Probably BUT YOU AREN'T THE ONLY ONE.
I thought of the forest in The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone?
River was in that EP too – hmmmm, theories!
I always feel like I SHOULD like Gaiman but can never quite bring myself to do it. I got partway through American Gods and he was doing everything right and by all reason I ought to wholeheartedly adore his work, but I just feel overwhelmingly MEH at the prospect.
That said, bravo, well done, great episode; but there have been a lot of great Who episodes, by a lot of great writers. *shrug*
American Gods is one of those love-it-or-hate-it books, and Gaiman admits it. To be honest, it's my least favorite of his works. The concept is great, there are lots of interesting ideas, but it's too long and too dense for me and WTF is with those two sex scenes, I will never ever know.
It might be worth checking out his shorter works, but even if you don't read anything else, DO read Sandman, it's pretty fantastic.
I'm just…. I'm just crying.
This was so touching. My whole list of thoughts will be included in Monday's post.
But Doctor… bunk beds? For a married couple?
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode. It was dark and serious, and funny and adorable.
And I wholeheartedly approve of the Doctor's 'wife'.
LOLing forever at bunk beds.
i seem to be super late again so one-comment liveblog it is.
"It's just a title. It doesn't mean he knows what he's doing."
oh my god the patchwork people are horrifying
"What makes you think I would ever give you back." oh my god I LOVE THE TARDIS EVEN MORE how is this possible
how did it go oh god the asteroid is the tardis
"You call me… sexy." oh god Tardis you are wonderful.
dude TARDIS interior how long have we been waiting for this? needs more rooms
"I always bring you where you're needed" YES
"I stole a Time Lord." she gets all the best lines
what the fuck is going on in that b-plot. seriously what the flying fuck this is seriously messed up
Rory is the pretty one. I love the Tardis.
OH MY GOD TEN'S TARDIS
Idris?
Where should we take the kids this time? SO MUCH LOVE
I was really worried this would end up feeling more like a Gaiman thing than a Doctor Who episode, but that is so not the case. I think this is going to be one of my new favorites.
"What makes you think I would ever give you back." oh my god I LOVE THE TARDIS EVEN MORE how is this possible
The TARDIS is awesome, but now I'm filled with retroactive horror for what the Master did to her at the end of Season 3. DDDD:
So the TARDIS interior is like a magical, timey-wimey, spacey-wacey hobbit hole, Y/Y?
With HORROR IN THE HALLWAYS OH SHIT ANGRY!OLD!RORY WORST MOMENT OF MY WEEK AND THEN AMY FINDING HIS BODY AND KNOWING HE DIED BEING SO ANGRY AT HER FOR LEAVING HIM BEHIND D: D: D:
…though after it happened the first time and she ran ahead of him AGAIN I was like "AMY HOLD HIS HAND OH MY GOSH STICK WITH YOUR ASSIGNED BUDDY HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN ON A SCHOOL FIELD-TRIP BEFORE?"
OMG RIGHT?! I'm screaming at her to HOLD HIS HAND WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU BUDDY SYSTEM COME ON
YOU NEVER EVER LEAVE YOUR WINGMAN.
NO WONDER HE DIES EVERY TWENTY MINUTES.
Seriously Rory must be shattering all death records by now, even if most of them aren't real or aren't permanent.
He probably just sleeps in a body bag at this point, hung under the top bunk like a hammock. More convenient.
"Is that a body bag? …it's empty."
"How about that?"
"ZZZZZZZZZ"
haha, I was telling her to hold his hand too! And then when I went ahead of her when she thought it was dark I was like "why aren't you two sticking together? Always stick together!"
YES YES YES YES. My friends and I were all screaming at the TV. After the horrors the first time, you HOLD HANDS DON'T LET GO AND REMEMBER IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD. DD:
ASKL: DOCTOR'S WIFE EXCITE EXCITE EXCITE!!!
Annnnnd now I'm sad about Sladen all over again 🙁
Everything good in the world in that 45 minutes.
I could watch that a gazillion more times and not get sick of it.
And also, because no one has mentioned it yet: When the scrap!Tardis squished the ood? "That's just another ood I couldn't save…"
one more tiny crack in my heart
ALSO. Mad props to the lady who played the Tardis/Idris. She KILLED it.
All I can say…is my gods, Neil Gaiman's brain is amazing. I wish I had half his spooky brain powers.
Oh, what's this?
Oh and Ood!
What?
More plaid Amy? Really?
Let it go Amy. Nothing you can do to stop it, right now.
Why does mail have to be so violent?
What? I'm so confused.
But it's the Tardis…
WHAT?
(hello opening credits, ILY)
My thoughts exactly Rory. (ILY Rory, you think like I do)
What? (I think I may be saying this a lot…)
What's with calling people family titles instead of names?
Glowing green Ood orb, odd.
My eye is twitchy, I don't like this. I don't like any of this.
I'm with Rory. Don't stay.
What was that? What did she do? That is why I don't like people touching me.
He has a point.
Never split up. That's like rule #2 or something.
You little liar. (oddly, it just makes me love you more)
Oh, that's not good.
That's just creepy.
Amy, so clever. ILY.
I've never liked glowing green things.
Oddly, I'm enjoying the talking Tardis. Always wondered what her thoughts might be.
She's also psychic. Or something. IDK.
I love that he snaps his fingers to open it. (it fits Eleven doing it versus Ten IMHO)
New yes, but also bad.
Don't kill them. I love them. Please. I'll cry.
I so need to get a sonic screwdriver. I'd feel cooler at least.
Amy, why do you suddenly have so many plaid shirts in red/pink colors? Or is it the same one? Please buy some new shirts.
Oh Rory, don't encourage it.
Build a Tardis? Um…
We're deeper in the Tardis now? Awesome! (but I want to see bedrooms! And the swimming pool! And the library!)
She's got you there! haha.
The technobable is hurting my brain.
Wanting to see more of the Tardis wasn't supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be fun.
No, Rory! (Rory gets all the hugs)
That was kind of cool. Tardis kisses.
Can we please stop killing Rory! (resists the urge to smash computer)
RORY! (wishes she could hug Rory like Amy does)
Old control room?
30 archived control rooms? Sounds like fun.
AMY DON'T DO IT! (wishes she could stop Amy)
I'm really creeped out now.
Why are you saying it out loud if you're supposed to think it?
Oh, pretty images. Me like pretty images.
9/10's Tardis control room! How fun. XD
Oh Amy, so my sense of humor. haha.
Ewww.
Please don't kill them. (see above's explainationations for why.)
Please don't delete them.
Oh, awesome Doctor. Totally love it. ILY Doctor!
The Tardis is so awesome. ILY Tardis even more than ever now! (always did love you, so gonna paint my bedroom door, my car, and anything else I can paint Tardis Blue!)
(wishes she could hug the Tardis)
(wishes she could hug the Doctor, now, too)
Someone please hug the Doctor, because I can't and he needs a hug.
"The only water in the forest is the river." Wait, is that "The River" as in "River" as in my "River"?
Bunk beds? Married couple in bunk beds? So wrong.
I wonder that, too, Rory. (guess, he asks so much that I want to ask… ILY RORY)
I love seeing a happy Doctor. Makes me happy.
Oh, next week… um… UM…. *shrugs*
Okay, obviously my love for River is overpowering my brain. I need to get my mind out of the River… err of sorts. haha.
Also, very said to think that all the rooms were gone, including the pool and the library (and all the other rooms I wanted to see… hopefully they'll be popping up again (even if we never see them).)
Oh and "(guess, he asks….)" was so supposed to be "guess Rory reads minds, too, he asks…)" I was just so excited I forgot some words.
THEORIES ABOUND
ok, so when the tardis has all that orange energy flowing out of her, did anyone else think that the little girl in the alleyway might be a tardis?
god, i want answers NOW.
I wasn't feeling that. She was definitely doing the Time Lord Regen Spread Eagle Standing.
Indeed. And am I the only one who thinks that looks really, really silly? It's hard for me to take it seriously (especially with Ten whining about dying) when they do that pose and it's all GLOWY SWOOSHY WOOOOO GOLDEN LIGHT.
The golden light is one thing, the awkward pose is another. :/
Unlikely. Alley-girl looked like she was regenerating. She even said "I'm dying…but I can make it all better" (I paraphrase of course)
Plus the golden sparkly stuff that the TARDIS eeked out back into the control room looked pretty identical to Rose when she had the TARDIS in her.
Also the little girl was the girl from the space-suit, and she seems to have existed in that body for a while. If a TARDIS spirit can burn up an adult woman's body in under an hour, it wouldn't have lasted that long in the body of a child…
I'm about to watch it~!
Creepy green landscape…
Whut? Time-Lord coming?!?
"I've got mail!" xDDDDDDDD
Why does the swimming pool have to go?!?
Thought so~
She's the soul of the TARDIS.
He's in a bath tub~
I'm just gonna watch now.
No you won't. Trust me, this whole episode had me incoherent, babbling on IM with my best friend. There is always something more horrifying just about to happen and you are never safe.
A word: the feminist in me is a bit irritated that the TARDIS supposedly thinks her name is "Sexy." I mean. Yes, funny and witty and adorable, but, um… O_____o
A) He really should have asked her why she FUCKING EXPLODED AT EVERY POINT IN TIME.
B) Forest? River? Hmm. Wait, AS IN RIVER SONG????? JDFKA;FAJ; IDEK New plot point though!
C) I feel like this episode really emphasized that Amy was the Primary Companion. With "I was there" and "You told me about your people" (emphasis mine), and "get a message through to Amy"… I do adore Rory with every fiber of my being, and I love that the Doctor loves him, but I also do just love the Doctor/Amy dynamic we started this era out on, and it's nice to see it get that little nod. 🙂
A) MTE, my friend, MTE. So true.
I thought the same, but then, he did have an awful lot on his mind. It was like 'dammit, and if he'd had just a little bit of an actual breather, without his, you know, companions about to be eaten and all, MAYBE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERS'. Alas.
OMFG!!!
THE ONLY WATER IN THE FOREST IS THE RIVER!!!!
HNDRBGVYEIKJKNFCKSLAUEYHYFRU
My reactions:
Poor Doctor.
NOOOOO, RORY!!!
Poor Amy.
Poor TARDIS.
"Hello Doctor. It's nice to meet you."
Me: DDDDDDDD'x
Poor Rory and Amy and Doctor and Sexy.
The Doctor just wants to be forgiven. DDDDDDD''X
I loved it so much, "Idris" was so beautiful, the way she talked and moved and interacted with the Doctor. And I was so surprised by who she ended up being! A lot of comments here seem to indicate people caught on way before I did, but the moment she revealed herself was an amazing, delightful shock to me, and I couldn't stop smiling about it afterwards!
As soon as they said "The TARDIS's soul is gone" and then the woman woke up, I was like "TARDIS soul in the lady? WOAH!" But I still wasn't totally sold on it until Eleven figured it out. From there it was 100% amazing and adorable.
Then you're lucky you weren't watching with closed captioning in the States, which instantly labeled her as "Idris TARDIS". I'm glad that didn't give anything away for me. 🙂
I'm just sitting here with this big goofy grin on my face. TARDIS YOU ARE AWESOME.
Sexy <3
Watching it now. Just came out on iTunes!!!!!!
How does the TARDIS GET MAIL
It's a reference to a Second Doctor story called "The War Games".
I am excited for a non-earth episode.
MARK YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TRUST ME
Ggdgsjfrybvjdjdhrhf WHAT!!!!!!!
BUT IF IT HELPS…..YEAH.
What is this. Omg.
WHAT THE FUCK
THIS IS SO EXCITING
I just watched it and was about to make a comment but I see Mark is liveblogging now so I will wait.
Omg the voice. OMG.
This episode is SO STRANGE
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW COOL IT IS ACTUALLY WATCHING A LIVEBLOG IN PROGRESS YOU GUYS /f5f5f5f5f5f5f5f5f5f5
What the fuck!!!!!!!!!
What the hell is going on
HOLY SHIT. THIS EPISODE JUST BECAME THE GREATEST THING EVER
Yes. Yes it did.
All the YES ever.
AGREED.
XD
MARK I AM REWATCHING NOW TO WATCH IT WITH YOU. BECAUSE THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN MY TIMEZONE. <33333333
(You'll probably not see this till much later but seriously this prospect is about half as awesome as this episode to me WHICH IS STILL BLOODY AWESOME)
Seriously I am in awe.
THIS IS THE GREATEST OTP EVER.
YES! TARDIS/DOCTOR. It is cannon.
TARDIS grasping with speaking in the correct tense just gives me smile-itus
On a side note, what is the TARDIS saying after the Doctor says 'Let's see the sights?' another language? Backwards????
A fucking TARDIS graveyard. This episode is flawless.
GAHHH I WANT TO WATCH THIS WITH YOU GUYS BUT I DON'T HAVE ITUNES OR ANYTHING all my sads omg ;______;
http://www.sockshare.com/file/FC775F78F8075D0B#
Bon apétit!
I don't even know what to say anymore. Just amazing.
This is fucked up.
OMG ARE YOU AT THE PART I THINK YOU ARE
BECAUSE YEAH IT'S PRETTY FUCKED UP
WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!
My god.
Oh Rory, why is your nose so hideous. BUT I WANT TO CRY. I don't cry for things. EVER.
RORY RORY RORY
<3
"You left me. You left me. How could you leave me… how could you do it me again?"
ALSO WHO IS HURTING RORY EVERY NIGHT? I WILL KILL YOU.
It's an Ood?????????
OMG TEN'S TARDIS!!!!!!
YES YOU THINK OF IT THAT WAY TOO. Nine was in there but its TEN'S TARDIS. Poor Nine *pat pat*
Doesn't it bring back love and happiness times? NO BECAUSE THIS EPISODE IS MAKING THEM BETTER.
Not gonna lie, I was totally hoping for a retro!TARDIS console from the 60's or 70's but I suppose they didn't have the budget to rebuild that. Still awesome!
I definitely thought "OMG IT'S NINE'S TARDIS!" Clearly, I am even more of a Nine fangirl than I thought.
Shut up! Not like that.
DID YOU WISH REALLY HARD lol i love amy forever
Even in-universe they all know the truth… Or just Amy is awesome compared to everyone else.
There is no question about it. AMY IS JUST SO AWESOME EVEN THE TARDIS CANNOT DETECT HER PREGNANCY.
He should have asked the Tardis about that really! Ah well, guess there wasn't really time.
Nah, even in Season 2 Rose and Sarah Jane joked about how he would stroke the console and they'd wonder if the two of them wanted to be alone. 😉
"Finish him off girl"
*grunt grunt aaaaaaaaaargh*
TARDIS you BAMF.
Omg I'm crying.
My eyes are itching. Given my usual lack of reaction to movies/books etc this is a normal person's equivilent of bawling on the floor.
Right?! All the tears during that moment!!
GOGGLES ARE COOL
A bed. With a ladder!
You can't beat that!
Can I just say I love Eleven's goggles?
I USED TO HAVE A BUNK BED omg I miss it now :c
Me too.
"The only water in the forest is the river"? So… there are no ponds, then? D:
What? WHAT? You just made my head explode D:
OH MY GOD.
You blow my mind!
I completely stole that and posted it on my facebook. Hope that's okay.
(after seeing this episode, I feel safe in saying that all the best things are stolen 🙂 )
Whuuuuuuuuuu???
Never even occured to me. OMG!!!!
So Mark, you hated it right?
Seriously. One of the best episodes this show has ever produced.
THISTHISTHISTHISTHIS
TIMES LIKE A BILLION.
Agreed. I loved every second of it.
ABSOLUTELY. Definitely the best non-Moffat episode so far.
OKAY GUYS I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO GO TO THE BANK NOW BUT THANKS FOR DISTRACTING ME FOR A WHILE /DIES
I have to do two accounting assignments! Boo money!
The only water in the forest is the river… is that a callback to "Forest of the Dead" when River was in the library, and they've got the message too late? You know, timey wimey… (I doubt it, but that was what sprang to my mind!)
I can only think of two forests in relation to River – the "Forest of the Dead", and the forest inside the Byzantium.
Never too late to agree with me when no-one else is! D:
:3
(He has his own special flavour of it though; Manic Pixie Aristocrat.)
Fantastic episode. I feel like I need to watch it again RIGHT NOW, which I haven't felt since I watched Midnight. Bravo, Neil Gaiman. I caught on to the whole TARDIS-in-flesh thing almost immediately, but it was a flawless execution. TARDIS/Doctor OTP forever.
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ALSO ONLY THREE MORE EPISODES TO THE MID-SEASON BREAK, GUYS, I AM WORRIED NOW. D:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I FORGOT ABOUT THAT SAD FOREVER BC
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