What’s your name, Doctor?—DW: The Wedding of River Song.

Previous episode: Closing Time.

I told you. He can’t possibly not have a plan.

This is how the universe does it, boys and girls. In another reality, London has changed a bit—it’s April 22, 2011. It’s the day the Doctor dies, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, and time’s so messed up that in a parallel universe, the War of the Roses is still going on, cars are up in the air, suspended by hot air balloons, and Charles Dickens (Simon Callow) is on the telly, giving clues about the next Christmas special, The Unquiet Dead, while there’s hot Roman soldiers outside, in carriages. Oh, and pterodactyls are the new doves. Oh, and Churchill is the New Roman Emperor, and Malokeh‘s his doctor. It’s nice to have so many people put in a guest appearance, but… Eh?

The Making of River Song—Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler.

Previous episode: A Good Man Goes to War.

Oh, dear. At the end of this episode, I am trying to find a sense of accomplishment, as I always do. Something to take with me, something that happened—in this case, there is a lot to take in, emotionally, but as for stuff happening: difficult. In the end, Hitler is still in the cupboard, the Doctor’s still alive, and Amy and Rory are still bewildered parents. Which is fine, basically setting the universe right again is what the Doctor does, it always reverts to a state of status quo, if you will, but this episode celebrates it. Or maybe the episode doesn’t have any other ideas?

‘My friend, you have never risen higher’—Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes to War.

Previous episode: The Almost People (2).

Right, this bit is (almost) all you’re gonna get, because I’ll go off quoting the entire episode. Because, oh, this script. These lines:

I wish I could tell you that you’ll be loved, that you’ll be safe and cared for and protected. But this isn’t a time for lies. What you are gonna be, Melody, is very, very brave.

But not as brave as they’ll have to be. Because there’s someone coming. I don’t know where he is or what he’s doing, but trust me, he’s on his way. There’s the man who’s never gonna let us down and not even an army can get in the way. He’s the last of his kind. He looks young but he’s lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. And wherever they take you, Melody, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone because this man is your father. He has a name but the people of our world know him better as the Last Centurion.

Time Lord Weasley twins—Doctor Who: The Almost People (2).

Previous episode: The Rebel Flesh (1).

Oh, good God. This is shaping up to be breathtaking.

Someone Built the Perfect Prison. Again—DW: Day of the Moon (2).

Previous episode: The Impossible Astronaut.

For the Doctor, tinkering around in the mechanics of a NASA command module is a bit like putting up an IKEA cabinet—”there’s always a bit left over, isn’t there?”

Oh, dear.

I Like Your Wheels—Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut (1).

Previous episode: A Christmas Carol.

IN MEMORY OF ELISABETH SLADEN. 1948-2011.

Ooh, this is good. This is extremely very good. Almost entirely too good, if I’m honest. Because the Doctor is dead. Of course, before he kicks the bucket, he spends nearly 200 years being deliberately ridiculous, as Amy calls it: he lets a lovely lady paint a portrait of him, almost-naked, hides under her voluminous skirt, completely naked, gets taken prisoner, escapes, and appears in a Hardy and Laurel movie; all to make sure he shows up in some history books that Amy and Rory end up reading. He even goes and does ‘Jim the Fish’ with River, knowing full well he’s going to die. That is cold, Doctor.

You know, this isn’t nearly as bad as it looks.

Doctor Who, Series 6: Moffat’s going on a killing spree. Again.

QUOTING THE SUN, AS TWEETED BY IAN WYLIE:

Doctor Who- who's going to be killed off? http://bit.ly/eMnMp5—
Ian Wylie (@ianwylie) April 04, 2011

DW 2011–Snippets of Speculation, II.

Oh, sweet Lord. Steven Moffat seems bent on freaking the fandom out, and, as for me: it’s working.

Speculation, quotes, and insanity after the jump.

Another Poll for Series 6/7

‘Doctor Who’: Pre-Series 6/7 Poll

41 Teasers for ‘Doctor Who’ Series 6/7

 

Just what it says on the tin. Hit the jump (the list is awefully long) and start wondering! Is it genuine? Is there something to it? I don’t know.

“Trust the Plastic!” — 2,000 Words on Doctor Who: The Big Bang. Geronimo!

Previous episode: The Pandorica Opens.

This was… there are no words. I.. you.. now.. finally… argh! See, there are no words! Well, almost no words, because I’m determined to write the “happy-happy-happy!” review this episode deserves.

If you haven’t seen the episode yet, don’t click the jump, ’cause there will be spoilers. Lots and lots of spoilers.

‘The Big Bang’ — Snippets of Speculation, I.

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Images: BBC and Cracktor Who

So. Spoilers. Little Amelia’s going to make an important appearance, the Doctor’s got to somehow manage to get himself back into the action, River somehow survives ‘TARDIS bang bang’.

All in all, these pics aren’t that spoiler-y, but what’s reeally interesting: Is that Dalek set in stone? The cover of the DW Magazine suggests that that’s the case. Hm. Seeing as we’re stuck in Greek mythology already, why not bring back Medusa? The Doctor already made a bit of fun of a statue of Perseus, who had the pleasure of beheading the woman with the snake-y hair, when he visited the Musée d’Orsay together with Amy and Vincent; that might be an idea. Or.. just.. not.

Anyway: my dearest fellow Whovian M. suggested that the voice whispering “Silence will fall” could be Dalek CAAN, or maybe Davros–didn’t these guys kick the bucket in Journey’s End, though? Or am I getting things confused again? In any case, I think it might be the right voice, but I can’t be sure. Anyone else here think that’s possible? Could the Daleks be pretending to be allies, but cheating everyone else on the way again? Could it all, for the fourth time in the new series, be a Dalek conspiracy?

What made me choke back a sob:

‘What Could You Possibly Be?’ — Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens

Previous episode: The Lodger.

Oh. My. God. Guess who?
This was magnificent. The twists, the turns, the tragedy. Everything. Steven Moffat, I bloody love you. At the same time: Curse you, Moffat! One, for nearly giving me a heart attack, two, for making me sob into my dinner, and three, for the most awesome cliffhanger I’ve seen in.. well, ever. Rory’s back! He’s back because he’s a part of Amy’s history, and because of that dress-uppy photo in Amy’s Roman Britain he’s linked to the cover story—and he’s an Auton, supplied by the Nestene Consciousness. And he shoots Amy. Great. And the director, Toby Haynes, has called this “the death of the Doctor as we know him.” Lovely.

The Doctor: “The Pandorica…”—River: “More than just a fairy tale.”

“I made him say ‘comfy chairs’!” — The Doctor’s in Trouble. Badly. Flesh and Stone (2).

Boo!

Previous episode: The Time of Angels.

There’s one thing you never put in a trap, if you’re smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there’s one thing you never, ever put in a trap… Me.

What's in her eye? -- The Angels are.

There we are again, on the lovely planet Alfava Metraxis in the Dundra galaxy. Precisely: The Maze of the Dead, underneath the wreck of the Byzantium. Where the Doctor has just shot the gravity globe, thus, turning gravity upside down; the only instruction left: jump! Well, at least that’s a change from “Don’t even blink!” — though Amy seems to have preferred that over “If you open your eyes now for more than a second, you will die.” Well. As you can see above, the statues from the maze have absorbed enough energy that was made available by the Byzantium’s crash and subsequent radiation leak. The formerly degenerated and weakened Angels are back in action, creeping their way through the forest, all the while messing with Amy’s mind.