Ah, the return of the weekly Doctor Who liveblog! I genuinely missed these, my fellow Watchers! This week, things happen that I will not even reference because I dare not spoil a soul, but get your keyboards ready. On Saturday, we shall liveblog Doctor Who!
I think I’d be sadder about having to wait to liveblog “Night Terrors” until Sunday if I wasn’t going to be having the best night in my life. This will be the first time I can’t truly attend a liveblog, and it’s because I’ll be in Los Angeles at Fuck Yeah Fest! and I will be sobbing during Kid Dynamite, The Dead Milkmen and THE DESCENDENTS. OH MY GOD I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DESCENDENTS SINCE I WAS ELEVEN. Anyway, do not let this stop you!
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.
My review of “Night Terrors” will go up on Monday, and we’ll resume Battlestar Galactica on Tuesday!
…THEN WHO WAS KID?
Well this just took a REALLY WEIRD AND SAD turn.
So here did George come from?
that's a super awkward convo to have in front of the kid
YES. I was all, "Uhhh, Doctor, the kid's like right next to you, do you really need to give him anymore issues?"
CREEPY CREEPY CREEPY MAKE IT STOP
"I miss the lights. You never miss things til they're gone. It's like what my nan used to say; you'll never miss the water til the well runs dry. Except with lights."
I WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN. D:
NOPE
UM WAT
Wait. Are they in George's dollhouse? He's turning people who he's afraid of into dolls.
HA. I CALLED IT.
"How can it be bigger in here?"
"More common than you'd think, actually."
so they DID go to Narnia, kind of!
We were right \o/
FUCK THE DOLL IN THE MIRROR I SPIT COFFEE DOWN MY FRONT
Made an involuntary "nnnghslnflasnef" noise when he moved away from the mirror and that was in his reflection
OH GOD THE NIGHTMARES
and my brother LAUGHED AT ME
That actually just made me think of that one part in "The Family of Blood."
oh god not a mirror
mirrors are never good
Yeah I'm gonna say that's a REALLY BAD IDEA AMY
AMY!
AMY!!!!!!
WELL FUCK.
Shiiiiiiit. although lol that Amy!doll still has red hair.
wow, Rory put zero effort into saving Amy
My mum pointed that out while we were watching too!
I just tried to eat my own hands as an involuntary reaction of fear
I need help
The screwdriver doesn't do wood, Doctor.
"Wood! I've got to invent a setting for wood. It's embarrassing!" Um yes it is, Doctor.
The whole kid/cupboard/scared/you-have-to-open-it thing reminds me of Fear Her (except infinitely better)
well what would you have suggest he did? Run in and get turned into a creepy fucking doll himself?
try to pry her out of its arms? How strong are they? And they can't seem to run
Yeah but apparently all they need to do is touch you to turn you into a creepy doll. D: So trying to grab her would either have resulted in both of them being turned into a doll or possibly Rory escaping with half-doll Amy which honestly would have been even worse. DDD:
Fighting dolls with giant scissors. This is great.
This is probably supposed to be creepy but poking the dolls with giant pink scissors is just making me ROFL
THESE ARE HAPPY TEARS. JUST SO YOU KNOW.
Anyone else giggle when the doll fell down the stairs?
Awwwww
awwww :')
Adolescence will be awkward.
Aw. Poor old lady.
"I can't save you from the monsters; only you can. You have to face your fears."
I think that's a nice, healthy message for an episode that features creepy-ass child dolls who turn people into one of them with dreadful sound effects that make me shudder who are locked inside a dolls house which is in turn inside a wardrobe created by a child alien located in some council flats which everyone knows are the bane of the earth (joking Christine your flat is actually pretty nice and very tastefully decorated ilu)
Air cheek kisses!
'Might pop back around puberty mind you. Always a funny time.'
that's kind of creepy…. that he'll be whatever the parents want him to be? as long as he's happy I guess…
Yeah. I mean parents always want their kids to be happy but I imagine, at the very least, there's still a subconscious desire of how they'd like their kid to be.
I assume it was meant in a more general way, not like, he'll always do exactly what they want.
MNRGH CREEPY SINGING
…WAY TO END THE EPISODE.
This episode was brilliant. Creepy dolls, creepy children singing, children facing their fears and 'you're still someone's child even if you're adopted' are nothing new but this was done so fantastically well. I knew it was coming and I still cried when the father hugged George.
Random thought; are Amy and Rory just over losing their daughter now?
This was originally supposed to air before 'A Good Man Goes to War', wasn't it? So no daughter yet in that chronology.
This episode and the pirate episode were swapped in place. Possibly to make this one more effective since it was darker out when it was on. Obviously the pirate episode didn't have any baby worry stuff in either, probably since arc stuff would have been written into the one off episodes after they were definitely sure where they were going to be in the series as a whole. This series doesn't seem to be as well plotted as 5 due to some production problems going on the background.
I'd have much preferred this one instead of the pirate one back then.
Pretty great episode of Doctor Who, certainly better than Let's Kill Hitler. Also, quite a chilling last line…
Ummm…kind of a boring episode. Like nothing happened for the first twenty minutes and the resolution was just plain weird. Disappointed.
Why do the good eps always feel so short? ;_;
THIS ENTIRE EPISODE WAS FUCKING FLAWLESS AND I APPROVE SO VERY HEARTILY OF IT THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING MY ~FEELINGS~ IN THE NEXT POST
BTW I really like episodes that have underlying messages and this episode was just crammed. Also, when they kept mentioning forgetting that they couldn't have kids and all that, did anyone else TOTALLY think it was the Silence? Especially that picture of Claire (BTW THIS EPISODE WAS REALLY FUN TO WATCH BECAUSE WHENEVER THE DOCTOR ADDRESSED CLAIRE I WAS LIKE ":DDDDDD HE'S TAKING TO ME" ugh I am such a fangirl BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT RIGHT oops tangent) with baby!George. It looked just like that photo Amy found in Day of The Moon so I was like "MOAR SILENCE BABIES? =OOOOOO"
I thought the Silence were involved at one point as well because one of those creepy teasers before that start of series 6 had a very similar looking block of flats as the focus.
tbh I have been suspecting the silence of doing shit ever since the Doctor effectively hypnotized the human race into murdering their collective asses since I know they're the big bads for this series and I need to find out why they blew up sexy BC
I TOTALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE SILENCE
There were people vanishing and foreboding sound effects and that shadow on George's wall looked a lot like creepy Silence hands and then the Doctor mentioned a perception filter and I was like OMG IS IT THE LODGER ALL OVER AGAIN but then it wasn't.
But it was awesome all the same.
BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN WATCHING IT, DUH
Watching Confidential, I'm kinda missing Nine and Ten. Not that I don't love Eleven. I need a multi-doctor crossover.
Three words: 50th. Year. Anniversary.
FUND IT!!
Ha yeah because the BBC are going to be able to give Doctor Who the anniversary it deserves with the Tories breathing down their neck, accusing them of chasing ratings and merchandising money when they do that and then accusing them of not doing what people want to watch when they do educational shows and documentaries.
Also according to Private Eye, this season has had massive problems with two producers who have since "left" at the same time and gone wildly overbudget.(This is why they used an Ood in Doctors Wife instead of the new alien Gaiman designed) . It was at a point where there were credible rumors they might be forced to do a series of specials next year instead of a proper series. I think those have been debunked but I doubt they'll be able to get Paul, Chris and David back all at once.
They'll probably not be able to get Eccleston back even if the budget is perfect; he's said expressly that he doesn't want to come back ever.
But I wouldn't be so sure they're going to let insignificant things like politics or money get in the way of Doctor Who. It's a national institution for Britain at this point. As Moffat himself has said, "It is the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the TARDIS."
MOAR EIGHT, ALWAYS. I love Paul McGann so much, but there's only so often you can watch the movie…
Fantastic episode, though possibly not as terrifying as it should have been.
Though that's probably down to watching movies like Poltergeist and Candyman with my mum when I was little…
“Whatever is in that cupboard is so terrible, so powerful that it amplified the fears of an ordinary little boy across all the barriers of time and space. Through crimson stars and silent stars and tumbling nebulas like oceans set on fire, through empires of glass and civilisations of pure thought and a whole terrible, wonderful universe of impossibilities. You see these eyes? They’re old eyes. And one thing I can tell you, Alex— Monsters are real.”
Guh.
Ohmahgah, that is so lyrical and beautiful. I'm just going to go faint now. 😛
Oh man, I forgot about that part! That was AMAZING.
Enjoyed it, but it bothered me that it was kind of heartbreaking (as a parent) the scene between Alex and George in the house at the end, and Amy and Rory just… didn't care? It went over their heads? Are they not still thinking about their lost daughter? I mean, Amy was a doll, but still. Then at the end when the doctor said "It's great, we're all together now!" I expected Amy to say "No we're not!" but she didn't, she just grinned and they all walked off :/ and then at the end they are all "Yay how exciting, we can go wherever we want!"
I'm all for filler episodes because they are fun, but why bother with the story arc if they are just going to ignore it so obviously in the episodes which aren't directly about it?
I think the main reason melody/River was never brought up is because of the fact this episode was meant to air much earlier in the season- instead of the pirate episode actually (hence the creepy 'we're all here together in the flesh' line- this was originally when Amy was still a ganger). I agree it would have been nice for them to tack something in mentioning Melody, but from what I understand by the time the scheduling had changed it would have been too late for them to shoot another scene. From what I've heard here and there anyway 🙂
Ahh, that makes sense – I was really confused by the flesh line.
It still works if you think of it as meaning "as opposed to two of us being in the flesh and one of us being made of wood".
Well, I couldn't livestream, but have my random thoughts that I wrote while watching anyway! Why not!
•Ok, so we seem to be in present day…WAIT IS THAT OLD LADY A MONSTER. …I may be a little on edge here.
•IS THE LIFT A MONSTER??? Sorry, I’ll stop.
•Hmmm, so has the little boy has OCD maybe? That would be interesting – if his compulsions actually DO save him from the monsters, That would be a cool twist. Ok, I should stop second guessing the episode.
•Wow, I wish I had a direct mental link to the Doctor! HOUSE CALL FTW.
•OOOOOOOWWWEEEEEEEEOOOOOO diddlydum diddlydum diddlydum dedooda…
•It’s ok kid, little old ladies freak me out a little too
•Lol community support, no-one is gonna believe THAT
•NO DON’T GO INTO THE LIFT. I’m still suspicious of that lift.
•HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
•Oh little old lady Elsie, you talk to yourself! I now love you because I do the exact same thing. Nooooooooooooo Elsieeeeeee
•So George doesn’t like having baths in case there’s something under the water? I always worry the same thing about going to the loo myself.
•Oh good, Amy and Rory aren’t dead.
•“We’re dead…again.” RORY I LOVE YOU.
•OH SWEET JESUS WHAT WAS THAT SHADOW????
•Wait, they almost look like they’re in…nooooooo…it can’t be…
•‘The Emperor Dalek’s new clothes’ Someone has to draw fanart of that.
•OH GOD WHAT’S THAT FOLLOWING AMY AND RORY???
•I swear Rory just said ‘FUUCCCKKK’ when he couldn’t open the door.
•creepy laugh omg
•“You’re not from social services are you?” rofl
•NOOO STAY STRONG ELSIE. YOU ARE MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER FOR SOME REASON.
•AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
•I love Alex. Why am I getting so attached to all the secondary characters in this?
•Except for mean landlord guy. He deserves what he gets. WAIT I TAKE IT BACK NO ONE DESERVES TO BE EATEN BY THEIR FLOOR THAT IS 100% NIGHTMARE FUEL I AM NEVER STEPPING ON THE CARPET AGAIN.
•DOLLS HOUSE DOLLS HOUSE THERE WAS A DOLLS HOUSE IN THE CUPBOARD. That’s what I though Amy and Rory were trapped in! Omg was I right???
•Claire can’t have kids? Omg who’s George If he turns out to be River Song I’ll laugh so hard.
•Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
•Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
•Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
•There are no words for how unbelievably terrifying this is.
•Inside the Doll’s house! CALLED IT.
•THE LIFT SOUND. I KNEW THE LIFT WAS EVIL. ALL THE APPLIANCES ARE IN ON IT oh noes.
•Noooooooo Amy
•Is it weird that I want Alex to be a new companion? He’s pretty smart.
•Rofl I forgot the sonic screwdriver doesn’t do wood.
•Awwww George :’(
•FUCK YEAH GO ALEX MY NEW FAVOURITE OF ALL THE PEOPLE
•Hooray, Elsie’s ok! All is right with the world.
•Eeep.
•WOW next episode looks awesome!
Claire can’t have kids? Omg who’s George If he turns out to be River Song I’ll laugh so hard.
I had the exact same thought! I was thinking 'River loves trolling her parents by being different people'
And then every week turns into a, "If you can guess who River is pretending to be before the reveal, you get a FABULOUS PRIZE" game 😀
New headcanon: River is Sally Sparrow?
That's okay, I wasn't planning on getting any sleep tonight.
Wooooooo! Good Morning everyone! Liveblog tiem!
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Let's hope this week is a little less of a mess than last week.
THIS EPISODE WAS EVERYTHING I LOVE ABOUT DOCTOR WHO.
At the end though, when he said something like "I'm glad we're all together again, in the flesh", we groaned because… god I hope it isn't another Flesh twist.
Tick tock, goes the clock, even for The Doctor
This episode was originally supposed to be instead of the pirate episode in the first half of the series, so the 'flesh' remark WOULD have been foreshadowing, but isn't anymore.
Oh cool, I didn't know that.
One of the things that sort of disappoints me is how the Ponds always seem remarkably relaxed about what happened/ is happening to Melody/River. Just chilling out, having a coffee. I know they can't be angsting all over the TARDIS every week, but I dunno, it just seems off.
Haaaaaa, awkward socialising. My favourite! Also, scary twins!
WHUUUUUUUT, ELEVATOR? Garbage bags… eating people? And so spooky week begins.
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Spirited gif ftw
A Doctor Who/ Spirited crossover would make my life, really 😀
So, George is seven? Don't grow screwing up another 7-year-old Doctor! (ETA: HAHA, nope. I should work on my listening skills)
Rory's tiny little tourch made it safely out of Venice safely I see 😀 And, of course, Rory is the only person who can say, "Oh, we're dead." In such a bored voice. Happens every other week after all.
"Oh, look, there's a switch!" *Much brighter light from above Amy switches on*, heeeeeeeh. Fake light effects, man.
…
WHAT. GUYS WHAT?
You know you've been travelling with the Doctor for too long when the first thing you assume about a giant eye is that it's real.
SAUCEPAN WEAPON, Rupunzel would be so proud.
Yes, Doctor, don't want parents to stop their kids watching scary tv shows, eh?
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Oh, first let's show the crack at the end of every episode, then Amy's Schroedinger's pregnancy, and now the date of the Doctor's death…
Look, Moffat, you know I love your twisty timey-wimey plots and your snarky banter, but one of the best things about the Davies run was that he was able to integrate the series arc into the filler episodes very subtly. A non sequitur reference to the SAME THING EVERY EPISODE is just STUPID.
I was fine with the cracks appearing everywhere because they were MEANT to be all over the universe changing everything, and we were trying to figure out what it actually was and why it keeps popping up.
But the Schrodinger's pregnancy and Doctor's death cutaways just feel really "OH, AND BTW GUYS, THIS IS STILL HAPPENING."
What was subtle about mentioning BAD WOLF, TORCHWOOD, MR SAXON, or showing Rose appearing and dissappearing every week ? It was like he just thought up a random word and then placed it into each episode. Also don't forget that it's a family show and alot of them probably don't tune in every week, with no recap montage at the start of every episode (these suck so that's a good thing) it's probably helpful to them to know that the Doctor dying at the start of the series hasn't been dealt with yet.
Those mentions were often in the background or just slipped into the dialogue and, most importantly, never called attention to. One time "Bad Wolf" was in German, for crying out loud. Davies never felt the need to use the end of every episode to "foreshadow" with BIG FLASHING LIGHTS.
Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? For all his writing flaws, RTD never foreshadowed with a sledgehammer. But Moffat, who should know better, can't seem not to do it. I don't really get it, I have to say.
Well I certainly wouldn't call what Moffat does subtle at all but I don't think what RTD was doing was either, I'm hoping that the Doctor being so obsessed with Lake Silencio, Utah is going to bring about what happens in the first episode of this season, that would make all the shots of him fiddling with that monitor make sense from a "we have to show this" perspective.
The bees disappearing line was pretty subtly included in a couple episodes.
The bees disappearing wasn't subtle at all.
The planets going missing, though… that was brilliant. Completely caught me by surprise.
I think Amy's fake lamp is actually making the room darker
Creepy fake house, is indeed quite creepy.
I think the Doctor loves dropping the Time Travelling Alien bombshell on people. I bet he spends his spare time coming up with poetic speeches for these moments.
That guy was far too calm about being SUCKED INTO HIS OWN FLOOR.
So, what the hell is George then.
Also, dolls are so creepy.
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Well, at least the plot was more coherent than last week.
But considering that a huge theme was relationships between parents and their children, I would really have liked someone, anyone to have mentioned how the Ponds had their child KIDNAPPED. It just bothers me you guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuys.
But NEXXXXT WEEEEEEEEEEK.
BADASS ROBOT FIGHTING AMY! 😀 DO WANT.
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Well, that was really boring. And yet weird at the same time.
Boring? O_O
haha. Yeah. Maybe it's because I'm not scared of dolls? But like 20% of the episode was Rory and Amy wandering around a weird house, another 30% was just the Doctor talking to the dad and George. Idk. It just did not hold my interest. But I think the plot is pretty weak in the other stuff Gatiss has written for Doctor Who too. The only reason I like "The Unquiet Dead" is because I love Dickens and the only reason I like "The Idiot's Lantern" is because the Doctor and Rose are presh. But his plots have always been pretty meh, imo. And for this episode there wasn't anything outside of the plot to capture my attention.
It's soooo close! *bounces in chair*
Elevators are always a good sign.
Why do I already love this kid and it's only like, a minute into the ep?
XD I wish the Doctor just auto came to my place everytime I was cowering under the blankets.
Haven't made a house call in a long time? Since the Lodger?
Kid, stop shining the flashlight and squeeze your eyes shut in fear already. You're only asking for trouble.
Awh, Rory, you're so mean.
JUNK MAIL HAHAHA. Psychic Spam.
D: D: D: Why are there eyes? DON'T TOUCH IT!
XD Gotta have a weapon. Amy, you're so Scottish. And I love it.
XD It's the music video to Fireflies.
I just discovered that this episode was originally going to be epi 3 and the pirates one was going to be here instead, though I don't know if the switch was made before or after filming.
So, I guess that sort of explains why Rory and Amy are so nonchalant about Melody, originally they don't know she exists yet.
On the other hand, HOW HARD can it be to insert a couple of lines about it later on. 🙁 I mean, your daughter is out somewhere in the universe being screwed with and you're all, "Oh, where shall we go next? Such fun!"
AND, this also means the Doctor's, "We're all here in the flesh," Incredibly Lame Pun at the end was actually probably meant as a sort of a wink wink nudge nudge vague clue from Gatiss about Amy's situation.
"On the other hand, HOW HARD can it be to insert a couple of lines about it later on"
Probably quite hard if your actors are doing press junkets to other countries, not contracted to do more work, doing theatre stuff or you just don't have the budget to get them back :(.
Night Terrors was actually filmed pretty early on while Black Spot was filmed later. During that period, I assume the scheduled was changed so they could have easily edited out any eye patch lady appearances from Night Terrors and add one to Black Spot, cutting out any Melody Pond reverences. So In Night Terrors, the best that could be hoped for was them standing around the TARDIS with a pan-in on the date of the Doctor's death (which wasn't even that necessary) seeing as otherwise, they would have had to get locations and actors again just for a reference to Melody/River.
Why do I want Alex as the next companion? Him and Eleven are just great together even in these short scenes.
…This episode is boring. *Sigh*
…Wait what?
…Wait, what?
Oh GOD. It's "Fear Her 2"
D: What?
… does anyone else feel like this episode is, well, trying too hard? It feels like it's going through the Obligatory Scary Things List. "Dimly lit scenes at ALL TIMES? Check. Childish giggling? Check. Ominous lullaby? Check. Creepy fucking dolls? Oh, definitely check!" I mean, it's worth watching because the Doctor and Alex are precious together, but… meh.
(Also, wow, it's been a long time since I've been here.)
I assumed that was deliberate because…well…it's all the things the kid is scared of, right? In the cupboard? And who isn't scared of creepy giggling and ominous lullabies and all that jazz?
I want giant scissors!
They are little pink pinking shears. Only huge, because everyone's shrunk. <3
Was it just my eyes or was there something in the elevator behind Rory when they walked away?
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Why does Moffat hate me? There is nothing creepier than a sentient doll, except perhaps a sentient doll which turns people into dolls.
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What are the lyrics to the song? I wonder if there's anything worth theorizing in them.
I use to hang up quite unnerving porcelain dolls in cabinets to scare the shit out of unsuspecting people. I was an evil little shit.
Don't have the exact lyrics, but it does mention that everybody dies including the Doctor.
Creepy song reminded me of the creepy song from that one Buffy episode which I probably shouldn't be specific about because I don't know if Mark has watched it before and he might one day.
I know which creepy song from that one Buffy episode you're talking about. I agree!
http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/tick-tock-goes-the-clock… 🙂
Thank you! I saw this earlier in my email, but this site was acting wonky for me.
Full version (confirmed by Mark Gatiss on Twitter)
Tick tock goes the clock
And what now shall we play?
Tick tock goes the clock
Now summer’s gone away? (Missing from video)
Tick tock goes the clock
And what then shall we see?
Tick tock until the day
That thou shalt marry me
Tick tock goes the clock
And all the years they fly
Tick tock and all too soon
You and I must die
Tick tock goes the clock
We laughed at fate and mourned her
Tick tock goes the clock
Even for the Doctor
Tick tock goes the clock
He cradled her and he rocked her
Tick tock goes the clock
Even for the Doctor…
Every time I see a tv episode/movie with creepy dolls in it, it makes me think of the Jonathan Coulton song "Creepy Doll" and then it just makes me laugh.
IT'S GOT A RUINED EYE.
IT'S ALWAYS.
OPEN.
…okay the chemistry between Alex and the Doctor is amazing.
*watching Confidential*
First thought: OH MY GOD DARLINGTON HALL WAS THE DOLLHOUSE.
Second thought: …out-nerded yourself, there, girl.
Well, that was a pretty decent episode. I know everybody's said this already, but it felt like "Fear Her" only actually good.
Not much else to say, though. It's pretty unremarkable for the most part. It's funny in retrospect how sometimes the Doctor makes things harder for himself, though; although saying "the monsters are real" seemed like the best thing at the time, knowing that George subconsciously created them makes you realize that it was actually the worst possible thing he could have said.
Also, when the Doctor used the Sonic Screwdriver to turn on the toys in his room, my thought?
"Trumpy, you really are magic!"
I love that your brain went straight to where my brain went.
Okay, so was anyone else expecting Alex to start laughing, and break the universe, or was that just me?
Loved it. Matt Smith is always great. The kid and dad were brilliant. Loved the giant scissors.
THEORIES ABOUND
River was shot in Let's Kill Hitler during her regeneration cycle and survived. So was the Doctor in The Impossible Astronaut. Is it the same, even though the Doctor didn't have a new body yet and River did? As for burning the Doctor, I don't know how to get out of that one, but could that little moment of bravado from River in LKH be a clue?
Yes, there is a difference. Killing a Time Lord in the *middle* of a regeneration kills them forever. Harming/Killing (?) them after they've technically regenerated but are still pumped full of regeneration energy just makes them grow back. Like worms 😉
I figured as much. Oh, well. I'll go back to being really confused then.
Well, Mels was shot with lead bullets. The Doctor was hit by some kind of energy blast. It might be that physical damage to the body can be healed through regeneration, but energy weapons might be able to kill the glowy essence part of a Time Lord.
um SPOILERS AND THEORIES ABOUND just in case
so … we've got a crack,
a frightened 7 yr old who wants someone to save them
from a thing thats actually eating/vanishing the people around them.
a wardrobe thats bigger on the inside,
a large eyeball,
handmade dolls and craft supplies
scary twins and their mum
a man and his dog
….have I missed anything?
The Doctor is not wearing his new jacket from Lets Kill Hitler, and Amy is not wearing red plaid. She's wearing blue. Rory is wearing red plaid, under his blue jacket.
When are we?
As a matter of fact…the "back in the flesh" line is said with Amy Rory and the Doctor facing away from the camera.
Details….
Who is the first giggly terror dolly? that infects the rest.
…When Amy and Rory found the glass eye did anyone else think, "OMG, MAD-EYE MOODY, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG STORY!"? XD