Love in the Time of Angels [Doctor Who s07e04 - The Angels Take Manhattan]
Is there some kind of rule that episodes taking place in New York must follow the title scheme "X takes Manhattan"?
And so farewell, Rory and Amy. That was nicely tied off with a bow in the end, and quite acceptable as a finish, I would say. Nothing spectacular, but perfectly solid. Rory and Amy as the couple who will never separate is pretty much the way they've been presented since the Panopticon, so that makes perfect sense.
Moffatt was back to his intricately-plotted time puzzles here, which is one of the things he does best. The whole use of the pulp crime novel was nicely done, although I would have had Amy writing it given they've established her as a writer just one epiosde before.
The Angels were mostly brought back to basics, which made them nice and creepy again. The cherubim giggling was superbly off-putting and the Statue of Liberty Angel was so awesomely nonsensical that you kind of had to just roll with it. Even River was used well here, getting to call out the Doctor's particular insecurities in a way that was tragic (although rang a bit too creepily of an abusive relationship in some of the echoes, given the Peter Pan elements and calling out his dislike of aging and endings) and her admonishment he not travel alone worked well.
The whole "Rory and Amy are his parents" feel was used to good effect here, even if it isn't my favourite aspect of the story, what with the family outings comments along with the reference to getting a babysitter for the Doctor.
Not quite ending with a bang, although I wouldn't say their story ended with a whimper, either. I didn't cry, but it was sad.
I see Oswin (or whoever she is now) returns at Xmas, and so I suppose we wait until then to find out if she's the same character in some form or another or not.
This season, much like last, hasn't really grabbed me, and I suppose we will have to see if the 2013 half picks up.
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And so farewell, Rory and Amy. That was nicely tied off with a bow in the end, and quite acceptable as a finish, I would say. Nothing spectacular, but perfectly solid. Rory and Amy as the couple who will never separate is pretty much the way they've been presented since the Panopticon, so that makes perfect sense.
Moffatt was back to his intricately-plotted time puzzles here, which is one of the things he does best. The whole use of the pulp crime novel was nicely done, although I would have had Amy writing it given they've established her as a writer just one epiosde before.
The Angels were mostly brought back to basics, which made them nice and creepy again. The cherubim giggling was superbly off-putting and the Statue of Liberty Angel was so awesomely nonsensical that you kind of had to just roll with it. Even River was used well here, getting to call out the Doctor's particular insecurities in a way that was tragic (although rang a bit too creepily of an abusive relationship in some of the echoes, given the Peter Pan elements and calling out his dislike of aging and endings) and her admonishment he not travel alone worked well.
The whole "Rory and Amy are his parents" feel was used to good effect here, even if it isn't my favourite aspect of the story, what with the family outings comments along with the reference to getting a babysitter for the Doctor.
Not quite ending with a bang, although I wouldn't say their story ended with a whimper, either. I didn't cry, but it was sad.
I see Oswin (or whoever she is now) returns at Xmas, and so I suppose we wait until then to find out if she's the same character in some form or another or not.
This season, much like last, hasn't really grabbed me, and I suppose we will have to see if the 2013 half picks up.
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