Doctor Who: The Curse Of The Black Spot
LOVED IT
OH MY GOD THEY KILLED RORY, THOSE BASTARDS. Was he dead before Amy revived him? If so he’s died more than anyone apart from the Doctor and Jack. Wowzers.
Of course, that brings me to the lovely Amy/Rory bits, which were…adorable. And Amy actually got jealous. Wonder if that’s an end to her flirting once and for all? (Probably not.) It annoys me a teeny bit that Rory doesn’t save Amy from being dragged off by the pirates in the beginning, but I suppose there was nothing he could really have done. Plus, she can, as demonstrated, look after herself.
I just really like that the two of them bring out the best in each other- he’s brave for her, she’s kind for him, and so on. Not that they aren’t wonderful people anyway, but…I just love them as a pair. This is hands down an A+ Rory/Amy episode, and I approve. Yayz!
omg, Arthur Darvill’s drunk acting when hypnotised by the Siren!
Hey, no-one died this episode! Right? The crew can’t leave their new ship, but they’re all alive. Oh wait, the aliens are dead. Still…love that the Siren was a doctor and not a murderous ghosty thing, loved the ‘consent form’, loved Amy’s outfit, loved the whole cast, loved all this episode, really. Yayz again!
May 7, 2011 @ 9:29 pm
See, this is exactly why I loved it too, and yet I’ve seen so many comments about people being very ‘meh’ about it or not liking it because it was predictable and boring. Well, quite frankly, I think we needed that after the rollercoaster of the opening two episodes. We needed something that was a bit silly, easy going on the mind and calmer than the prior two episodes. And to be honest, I didn’t see the twist of ‘the Siren being an alien doctor’ coming, nor Rory dying (AGAIN). I seriously thought for a minute that Moffat was going to do it and we’d lose Rory for good. I actually screamed at the TV, “NO NO NO NO NO NO YOU CAN’T DO THIS, NOT AGAIN! NOT RORY! NO!” I’m not trusting Moffat NOT to do that anymore, not after the spins we’ve already had and the path he’s setting up to what’s coming later. And this episode was more about Amy and Rory than anything and a reminder that despite the suspicions and doubts of the first two episodes, they still deeply love each other and can’t be without the other. That’s why I honestly can’t grasp why some people dislike it so much. Oh well, haters gonna hate I suppose, but as long as you enjoyed it, that’s what counts to you.
May 7, 2011 @ 11:44 pm
breezing in from the whodaily flist feed… raising my hand as another one who enjoyed it thoroughly. I think at the end, it wasn’t that none of the sailors could leave the ship… just the little boy and Rory were the ones who were in deadly peril when they went in (drowning and typhoid fever), so they have to be in stasis and looked after. The rest of the pirates could go as they pleased. Anyway, yes, thumbs up from me, me hearties! :D