The Pandorica Has Opened (Spoiler Free)

[meltroid]

...and I don't know how I'll survive the tension of waiting until 26/06/2010! Super episode, great pulling together of threads, loosening of others and cliffhanging.

Points to note from the series to date: 1) we haven't yet had the usual "Doctor lite" episode 2) we haven't yet seen the Tardis console design from Susannah of LancashireA week ago

Comments

[nonesuchhouse]

I'm looking forward to the fairytale playout and; you know who building, you know what, in you know where (that's about as spoiler free as I can manage - assuming I'm right).

I iz excited!!!

[meltroid]

It occurs to me that in a recent episode the Doctor actually did a certain thing that could be construed as evidence of the viability of a certain person building a certain thing next week.

[routemaster159]

The problem with the fairy tale idea is that I've been on the watch-out for any use of the tropes: when I see references to Red Riding Hood (or Red Riding Hoodie) in Flesh and Stone and the Bad Step-mother trope in Vampires of Venice am I seeing their deliberate use? It's one of the perils of education.

[meltroid]

The Red Riding Hood thing was definitely intentional. Setting Amy up in the forest, surrounded by evil beasties, was a piece of genius. Whether it was relevant or misdirection I'm still not sure. Given the way SM totally misdirected me in the latest episode ("what lurks in the Pandorica?") I'm not placing any bets. But the fairy tale thing has been there since episode one when the Doctor said that the name Amelia Pond was like something from a fairy story. Part of me is still expecting Amy to turn out to be a changeling princess from another dimension.