Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler
Would you like some WHAT to go with that THE HELL?
I like it as a stand-alone sort of episode, I swear! It had Rory punching Hitler and Amy taking command and the Doctor in a top hat and so much awesome. And a ginger Terminator. And just forty-five minutes of sheer bonkersness. Buuuuuuuuuut.
River’s still Amy and Rory’s daughter and she’s still out there- Rory’s never even got to properly hold her. They had a kid and now she’s for all intents and purposes gone…and everyone seems okay with this. But the very real baby Melody is still out there somewhere in time with Madame Kovarian, why aren’t her parents ripping space apart to find her, crossed timelines be damned? Haven’t we already seen her alone and afraid in a creepy orphanage? What? What? WHAAAAAAT.
And they may have known her during her childhood, known her quite well, but that’s not the same- looking after your wayward best friend isn’t the same as raising a child, they’ll never have seen her first steps or first words or anything. And I dunno, this is sort of going WRONG WRONG WRONG in my head. Cos to just be okay with all that…
Um.
But I did like many things- I loved loved loved little Rory and Amelia, I loved that Hitler was actually barely in the episode, I loved the Doctor’s guilt over Rose, Martha, Donna and now Amy, I loved Rory’s little nod when River asks if the Doctor is worth it, I loved a lot about this episode. But I can’t turn off the little voice that says I may not like this series, cos they’re doing it wrong…
August 27, 2011 @ 8:05 pm
Yeah, I had exactly the same reaction to the Mels revelation – I really hope “so you did get to raise me, in a way!” isn’t supposed to handwave away that storyline because it’s not the same thing at all, and I can’t believe Amy and Rory would give up on their baby. (If it was just meant to give us breathing space, on the other hand, for a couple of standalone stories before resuming the baby-Melody plot in the finale, I’m okay with that)
August 27, 2011 @ 8:07 pm
I suspect Moffat bit off more than he could deal with by having the baby kidnapped. So I kind of do hope they’re coming back to it, much as I like the breathing space.
August 27, 2011 @ 8:20 pm
I hope they are too. Because…well, the way they’re going now, there’s very little actual point to Melody being Amy and Rory’s daughter- there’s been hardly any emotional fallout so far. :(
August 27, 2011 @ 9:58 pm
I’m not spoiled, but there are some things in the series trailer that make me think the story’s not all wrapped up, so… yay for some runaround adventuresome fun, but some form of baby-saving later on, plz? (If Amy can have, by my count, six different childhoods then I’m sure Melody/River can manage two without much breaking of the timeline)
August 27, 2011 @ 10:17 pm
I was very worried about how they could do this half of the season with Amy and Rory catatonic with grief, but this would allow a bit of space before a happier ending.
August 28, 2011 @ 5:23 am
Six childhoods? Let’s count… 1. With no parents, but with Rory 2. With no parents and no Rory 3. With no parents, no Rory, and no stars 4. With parents, Rory, and stars, but no Doctor 5. With parents, Rory, stars, and Doctor 5. With parents, Rory, stars, Doctor, and Mels Wow, you’re right. I never realized we had gotten that high.
August 27, 2011 @ 8:18 pm
I really hope “so you did get to raise me, in a way!” isn’t supposed to handwave away that storyline because it’s not the same thing at all I know, right? Moffat’s a father, and I just…can’t see him dropping the ball like that. Plus there’s the question of how little Melody got to Leadworth in 20whatever when we last saw her in New York in 1969! And why Amy and Rory never questioned her lack of parents…
August 27, 2011 @ 10:02 pm
Yes! “Mels” raised an awful lot of questions I’m not sure we’ll get answers to – is she an adult in a 7-year-old body when she meets Amy, for one – and yes, where’s she living and how does she explain the lack of parents? I’d be annoyed she was never even mentioned before, but since the Doctor brought up that he should have met Amy’s best friend at her wedding and it makes no sense at all that Rory wouldn’t react to their baby having the name “Melody”, I’m assuming this is some kind of change to the timeline.
August 27, 2011 @ 10:17 pm
Ooh yeah, I kinda hope that’s the answer…timeywimey and all that. I do like the idea that Amy and Rory had decided on the name Melody a while back, together, though. :)