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Dr Who: Day of the Moon
Three months later. Amy is running away from a bunch of G-men, but where has she come from? Canton is suddenly evil and the flashback doesn't explain it. Area 51! What's the point of the yellow line? False beard is totally FALSE. "I see you" The fnords are even creepier than the angels. River: BASE jumper extraordinaire. If the bricks are the densest thing in the universe, how come the scientists can move them by hand? "Nothing gets through that" Except, presumably, something that can travel in time. Evil Canton catchs Rory on a dam in Utah. "Looks aren't everything" Thematic statement? The prison/evil thing was a bluff. Who'd have guessed it? "It's not Apollo 11. That would be silly! It's Neil Armstrong's foot." Longest cold open ever.
Recap time: fnords are real; memories can be edited; they've spent the last three months tracking them; and someone really liked Memento. That's not nanotech. It's more like centitech. Telepathic connection? Still haven't learnt the lessons of Silence in the Library, have we? I guess it beats scribbling all over yourself. Nice setup of the post-hypnotic thing — very creepy. Welcome to Arkham. Amy's been raiding Dana Scully's wardrobe; it totally suits her. The administrator is fantastic: vulnerable and crazy and damaged. "There's always a bit left over, isn't there?" How much worse to be stuck in a haunted house when you're unable to remember the monsters and the only clue is frantic voice mail from yourself?
The Doctor is being held prisoner in the Large Shandon Lecture Theatre? Been there, done that, know the feeling. Nixon glad-hands. River and Rory look seriously 60s. "No I think she's just dreaming" Woman with the silver eye has got to be a foreshadow. Photo of Amy with a baby. "How can that be?" Return of astro-child and yet another lacuna. Dear fnord: you may be able to alter memories, but that doesn't make you invulnerable. "You have to tape everything that happens in the office" Oh [expletive deleted]! I knew the telepathy chips were a bad idea. Flashbulb memories: "Silence will fall" Ambiguous much?
"It's an exoskelton. Basically life support" An incubator? Bringing up baby, fnord style? The whole moon thing was just a blind to build a space suit? The fnord has never watched a Bond film. Charmingly imprecise confession of love from Amy. "Is this really important flirting?" The TV has bunny ears! Oh very clever. Matrix-style shoot out. Nixon worries about his legacy: "Dare I ask, will I be remembered?" Oh boy. "I think the moon is far enough for now, don't you Mr Delaware?" "I figured it might be..." More resignation than agreement. Alex Kingston: master of the look of barely suppressed agony. Is Amy having Schrödinger's baby? Is that's what a time-head looks like?
Recap time: fnords are real; memories can be edited; they've spent the last three months tracking them; and someone really liked Memento. That's not nanotech. It's more like centitech. Telepathic connection? Still haven't learnt the lessons of Silence in the Library, have we? I guess it beats scribbling all over yourself. Nice setup of the post-hypnotic thing — very creepy. Welcome to Arkham. Amy's been raiding Dana Scully's wardrobe; it totally suits her. The administrator is fantastic: vulnerable and crazy and damaged. "There's always a bit left over, isn't there?" How much worse to be stuck in a haunted house when you're unable to remember the monsters and the only clue is frantic voice mail from yourself?
The Doctor is being held prisoner in the Large Shandon Lecture Theatre? Been there, done that, know the feeling. Nixon glad-hands. River and Rory look seriously 60s. "No I think she's just dreaming" Woman with the silver eye has got to be a foreshadow. Photo of Amy with a baby. "How can that be?" Return of astro-child and yet another lacuna. Dear fnord: you may be able to alter memories, but that doesn't make you invulnerable. "You have to tape everything that happens in the office" Oh [expletive deleted]! I knew the telepathy chips were a bad idea. Flashbulb memories: "Silence will fall" Ambiguous much?
"It's an exoskelton. Basically life support" An incubator? Bringing up baby, fnord style? The whole moon thing was just a blind to build a space suit? The fnord has never watched a Bond film. Charmingly imprecise confession of love from Amy. "Is this really important flirting?" The TV has bunny ears! Oh very clever. Matrix-style shoot out. Nixon worries about his legacy: "Dare I ask, will I be remembered?" Oh boy. "I think the moon is far enough for now, don't you Mr Delaware?" "I figured it might be..." More resignation than agreement. Alex Kingston: master of the look of barely suppressed agony. Is Amy having Schrödinger's baby? Is that's what a time-head looks like?