Doctor Who: Night Terrors
That was basically Fear Her with a boy instead of a girl. But I did like Fear Her, so…
I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t. We had a whole episode about parents and children and Melody didn’t get a mention. I guess Let’s Kill Hitler really was Moffat’s idea of wrapping up the whole thing? In which case, why make River Amy and Rory’s kid at all? Heck, why have Amy and Rory have a kid at all? Because there’s been no emotional fallout at all and I have a sinking feeling Moffat did all this just to have a mid-season cliffhanger, which is totally the wrong way to go about doing stuff. Sigh. I hope he proves me wrong.
Also Amy and Rory were barely in it, and Rory spent the whole time being grumpy while Amy got to turn into a doll. We did get that funny ‘we’re dead’ moment, though, and Amy taking charge while Rory panicked…
Um! I loved Eleven in this, even more than usual, he was so very Doctory. The one-liners were good, and the little boy was a great actor, and the dolls were creepy and it’s always good to see Daniel Mays. But because of the whole baby thing, it’s just leaving me cold. :(
BUUUUUUUUUUUT how good does next week’s episode look.
September 3, 2011 @ 9:21 pm
Actually from what I’m hearing- this episode was filmed before any of the Melody stuff, and was meant to be the 3rd episode of this series. That’s if I’m remembering correctly. So it was just out of order. :/
September 4, 2011 @ 4:41 am
Yeah it was swapped with the pirates episode.
September 4, 2011 @ 8:38 pm
Here via who_daily to agree wholeheartedly about the lack of emotional fallout. I know this episode was meant to have aired earlier, but to be honest, if it had been swapped with “Black Spot”, it wouldn’t have made any difference. Instead we’d have had Amy brandishing a cutlass at pirates and being unconcerned about having just lost her baby. I have a sinking feeling Moffat did all this just to have a mid-season cliffhanger. I think you’re probably right.
September 5, 2011 @ 5:54 am
Yeah, “Black Spot” didn’t have any emotional continuity either! Maybe they removed it, but both stories offer us a scared (boy) child with abandonment issues who is put in peril. Thiiiiis…should trigger Amy and Rory if the show is meant to offer us any emotional resonance. I liked the episode, but the baby thing is killing me.
September 5, 2011 @ 6:18 pm
I come from who_daily to say: yeah, my reaction was pretty much identical to yours! I know that this episode was supposed to happen earlier in the season, before we knew about Melody, but: I mean, is that really an excuse? Was it really impossible to go back and film at least some kind of mention of Melody? One of the things I’d always enjoyed about Moffat’s run of the series was the emotional continuity. Even if it wasn’t always as satisfying as we might have wanted at the time (Amy’s stray tears during Rory’s erasure), it was at least there! I guess Let’s Kill Hitler really was Moffat’s idea of wrapping up the whole thing? I’m pretty incredulous about this as well! Since we’ve seen the Eyepatch Lady in upcoming previews, I’m holding out hope that we aren’t completely done with the stolen baby storyline, but even if he does a better job of wrapping it up later, these last couple episodes will still stand out as being emotionally hollow! :/
September 5, 2011 @ 8:52 pm
these last couple episodes will still stand out as being emotionally hollow! I know! I don’t think I’ll be coming back to them on the DVDs much. :( They could’ve added a little scene in the TARDIS at the end. Or anything really. :(