OMG, Doctor Who, what are you DOING to me?!

[apple_pathways]

There was no way I was going to wait another week to see The Almost People. If you are (or have to!) then do avoid this post, as it contains SPOILERS.



HOLY CRAP AMY WAS A GANGER ALL ALONG! But when was the moment, exactly, when it happened? Was it when she was taken by the Silence? OMG, those creepy dudes just have a hand in everything, don't they?

Let me collect some random thoughts before I attempt coherence again:

• CGI Jennifer was F'ING COOL, until we got a good look at her. But when she was a strange, lope-y creature ambling through the shadows, she was super-creepy.
  
• I am not satisfied with Jennifer's fall into evil. It just...doesn't sit right.
  
• Why was Sneezing Dude the one to make it through the episode? The one with the least characterization gets to survive?
  
• I for real started crying the second Adam (the little boy) appeared on the screen. Genuine SOBS. My mother actually came upstairs to ask me what was wrong. "I'm...*sniff*...watching Doctor Who! *sniff*sniff*" I continued to cry through Amy's realization that she'd been alienating the real Doctor the entire episode. Nice touch, that: I didn't see it coming!
  
• How cute was that kid? I'm normally pretty annoyed by the Adorable Moppet gambit, but damn, he was adorable!
  
• Rory, Rory, Rory! I can't believe you fell for that... (And yet, I do love you for falling for it: too big of a soft-hearted hero to properly doubt anyone.)
  
• Poor Rory and Ganger!Amy when the Doctor had to melt her! The looks on their faces...
  
• You know, when Rory and the Doctor were trying to convince the other Gangers to save the humans, I really expected someone to bring up the fact that Ganger!Jennifer created another Flesh version of herself, only to sacrifice that version in order to trick Rory. Umm, isn't that you want to kill the humans for? Creating life only to dispose of it like a used tissue?
  
• LOVED the Double Dose of Doctor! It was so much fun watching the Doctors interact.
  
• I always find it slightly weird when people go all Snap!Evil, decide to kill everyone, and then miraculously Get Over It and become all noble and shit. I mean, yes: I did cry my eyes out at all the self-sacrifice at the end (MAJOR sucker for self-sacrifice), but still: weird.
  
• Who else TOTALLY EXPECTED an alien to shoot out of Amy's vagina at the end? Show of hands?
  
• ETA, because jacknjill270 reminded me: So, Not!Amy has Spilled the Beans and let it slip to the Doctor that she was invited to witness his death. This was supposed to be a Very Big Secret, for reasons I don't quite comprehend. What's going to be the aftermath for this? I'm guessing it's her accidental admission that's going to end up being the the beginning of the Doctor's plan to save himself in some weird, Ouroboros-y, wheel-within-a-wheel, Timey-Wimey Doctor Who plot point of delightfulness, doom, and head-scratchery. Yep.
  

An Open Letter to Stephen Moffet: That baby better be Amy and Rory's and at least 85% human, or I will find you and I will hurt you my heart is going to break in half!

(Also: I can never remember how to spell Moffat. I know I've spelled it about 5 different ways on this journal. I apologize.)

SO: If you've seen the ep, please do some speculating with me in the comments! (Just NO SPOILERS please! Only pure speculation based on the episodes! I came across what I consider to be a pretty damn big spoiler courtesy of Google news the other day, and I was Not Happy.)

Comments

[jacknjill270.livejournal.com]

I guess I meant not so much that the baby would be some other guy's but that it'd be some weird genetically altered Frankenbaby or something. I JUST WANT AMY AND RORY TO HAVE A NORMAL HUMAN BABY AND BE HAPPY, IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? Wait, what am I saying this is Doctor Who, having Rory not die two episodes in a row is too much to ask. :P

Also: I've heard people saying that when the Flesh!Doctor is flailing around in the very beginning, when he says "Hello, I'm the Doctor" it's David Tennant's voice, and "would you like a jelly baby?" is Tom Baker. I've seen exactly one episode of Four, so while I can say it certainly doesn't sound like Matt Smith and I think it is Tom Baker, the other line doesn't sound like DT at all to me. But as I think I've told you before my hearing is pretty bad. So - did it sound like David Tennant to you? Have you heard this anywhere else?

I am seriously in need of some sort of support group.

Lol isn't that what LJ is? But I think we're all going to need it after the next episode's cliffhanger. This is the episode we find out about River, and knowing Moffat, it's going to be a total mindfuck that changes everything we thought we knew...

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

I JUST WANT AMY AND RORY TO HAVE A NORMAL HUMAN BABY AND BE HAPPY, IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK?

I want to say 'NO', but then this is Stephen Moffat we're talking about! *cuddles Amy & Rory*

So - did it sound like David Tennant to you? Have you heard this anywhere else?

No, I didn't get that. The 'jelly baby' line was definitely somebody else speaking, and if the Classic Who fans say it's Tom Baker, I believe them! (I don't know his voice well enough to judge.)

I tend to just read the posts of Who fans on my flist, and avoid the speculation elsewhere on the comms. There's too many spoilers running rampant!

I am SO READY to find out who River is, and I'm going to be devastatingly disappointed if her identity is not a total mindfuck, as after all this buildup (THREE SERIES, HELLO!) anything less would be a major letdown.

[infinitejoys.livejournal.com]

"Would you like a jelly baby?" was definitely Tom Baker AND IT TERRIFIED ME AUGH UNEXPECTED TOM BAKER.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

I had basically the same reaction. But none of the rest of it sounded like anyone else to me, so it was really weird. ("I've reversed the jellybaby of the neutron flow" had me giggling, though.)

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

*delurks like a creepy lurking thing* I totally heard both Tom Baker and David Tennant without anyone telling me, so imo that definitely happened. It made me grin like a loony at the time.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Hello! *waves* Glad you made it over here.

Which line was the David Tennant line? (Gonna have to watch that scene again...) I definitely caught the Tom Baker line, and there were some others where he didn't sound quite like (this version of) himself, but I didn't think of David Tennant until other people started mentioning him.

I love little nods back to previous Doctors and companions!

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

evilhippo is the controller of my destiny. She linked to here from her journal, and I'd just finished the episode and needed to properly digest it, so here I am. ^_^

It's when he says, "Hello... I'm the Doctor." It's about eight or nine seconds after the jelly baby line. ...It's a little more subtle than the Tom Baker one, since his voice isn't as different, but... it's there. You can hear the cockney. XD; I think I caught it because I've been watching so much Ten with my mother recently.

I knooooow, it makes me so happy! Moffat and Co are really good about that. ...The reference to the Cybermats made me smile too.

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

evilhippo might very well turn out to be the controller of all our destinies... (She'll certainly be mine, if she ends up writing for Doctor Who like she wants...)

Definitely need to listen again! In the meantime, shall we be friends now? :P

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

If she isn't already the controller of all of our destinies, she will be soon. I try to suck up to her now while it still counts.

Pfff, WELL SURE, WHY NOT? I think we've already established an awareness of mutual coolness, and this way I can feel like less of a creeper when I comment on your journal. :P

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

No one need feel like a creeper when commenting on my journal! (I hardly ever lock anything, and I have anonymous commenting turned on. I've even met people on ff.net who comment occasionally!)

I like this idea of friending people from other friend's journals. It's like we've been able to take each other for a test drive!

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my journal's the same way, but it's always a little bemusing when someone comments out of nowhere. At least we've actually internet-met before, so you know who I am kinda.

Haha, yeah, I've been on LJ long enough that I've got a few friends now that are friends of friends (although... hmmm, I think you are my first proper LJ friend-of-a-friend whom I haven't met in person). It helps that there are so many fabulous people lurking about. Livejournal is my happy writey fandom geeking place. We're all nerds here~! ^_^