..that is indeed HUGE. Will have to draw you some Five and Eleven at some point because I'm seeing the parallels too and they're fantastic parallels, and I'm going through the same process with Eleven vs Two. And SO MUCH WHAT YOU SAID about Smith being a fantastic actor inhabiting the character instead of character-as-played-by-actor, because that's what's so brilliant about Two as well. Eleven's definitely up there in my First Tier of favorite Doctors now, and Amy right up among my favorite companions. She's a creative fangirl! How awesome is that!
Eleven's bombastic speech at the eyeball threw me a little as well (the eyeball itself made me headdesk with lol -- couldn't take it seriously, but felt I didn't have to), but what it felt like was Eleven still partially inhabiting Ten's scary headspace, which will slowly be healing over the course of the season -- the end of The Beast Below was more of the same. And I love it: that what Ten went through won't just be swept under the rug, but that all that pain, as Amy said, can't permanently destroy what makes him the Doctor.
I was afraid that after such a wonderful Part One to this story, Part Two couldn't possibly live up to it -- but I was wrong.
Haven't seen this episode yet and was likewise afraid, but you've reassured me! ^____^
And fish custard IS INDEED LOVE. As is the forehead thing.<3 And Liz X and also River (who's exponentially more brilliant as a recurring character than as a one-shot guest). I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching this Team Tardis chasing around the universe. In conclusion, YAY.
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Date: 2010-05-02 07:51 pm (UTC)..that is indeed HUGE. Will have to draw you some Five and Eleven at some point because I'm seeing the parallels too and they're fantastic parallels, and I'm going through the same process with Eleven vs Two. And SO MUCH WHAT YOU SAID about Smith being a fantastic actor inhabiting the character instead of character-as-played-by-actor, because that's what's so brilliant about Two as well. Eleven's definitely up there in my First Tier of favorite Doctors now, and Amy right up among my favorite companions. She's a creative fangirl! How awesome is that!
Eleven's bombastic speech at the eyeball threw me a little as well (the eyeball itself made me headdesk with lol -- couldn't take it seriously, but felt I didn't have to), but what it felt like was Eleven still partially inhabiting Ten's scary headspace, which will slowly be healing over the course of the season -- the end of The Beast Below was more of the same. And I love it: that what Ten went through won't just be swept under the rug, but that all that pain, as Amy said, can't permanently destroy what makes him the Doctor.
I was afraid that after such a wonderful Part One to this story, Part Two couldn't possibly live up to it -- but I was wrong.
Haven't seen this episode yet and was likewise afraid, but you've reassured me! ^____^
And fish custard IS INDEED LOVE. As is the forehead thing.<3 And Liz X and also River (who's exponentially more brilliant as a recurring character than as a one-shot guest). I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching this Team Tardis chasing around the universe. In conclusion, YAY.