How much did I love this episode? Very much!
See, it can be so simple: the Doctor, Rory, Amy, some robots, white walls.
First of all: the color scheme (lots and lots of white, Amy in pastel colors) was brilliant. It was so pretty.
But let's talk about the story first.
summary The Doctor takes the Ponds to some awesome alien planet - that isn't really awesome at all but consists of white rooms and doors - Amy has to go back because she forgot her cell phone in the TARDIS (although the Doctor doesn't approve of her Twitter addiction). Meanwhile, the Doctor and Rory have pushed the green button and enter a room, the door closes, when Amy arrives she pushes the red button (why the hell would anyone push a red button when there's a green one that looks much friendlier) and ends up in some other room. They can see each other via a giant magnifying glass. Amy is caught in a different time stream though, one that's much faster than the Doctor's and Rory's. Robots aka Handbots arrive and we learn that they're in a hospital or rather, hospice for the Day Plague (kills you within a day). Basically, you can watch your loved ill ones live their life in the faster time stream instead of just watching them day within a day. Rory and Amy are human and immune, however, the Hanbots' medication can kill them. The Doctor and Rory hurry back to the TARDIS to save Amy - who is waiting - and the Doctor locks onto her time stream so that they can find her. But, when Rory arrives in Amy's time stream she has aged 36 years and is a BAMF warrior woman. Also, she's very bitter and hates the Doctor for letting her wait so long (AGAIN!). She refuses to help Rory find young!Amy because that would mean she never existed. However, in the end, together with the Doctor (who stayed in the TARDIS) they manage to merge the time streams, so that two versions of Amy exist now. They fight some Handbots to get to the TARDIS, however, young Amy gets knocked out by one of the Handbots, Rory carries her to the TARDIS, forgetting about old Amy. The Doctor locks the door behind them, leaving old Amy outside because two Amys cannot exist within the TARDIS. Now Rory has to chose between them - basically, this episode is Rory's equivalent of "Amy's Choice". In the end, however, old Amy makes the choice for him. /summary
I already said that I loved the looks of this episode. Also, when Amy finds the garden, it's really beautiful, very green, making it look a bit like "Amy in Tim Burton's Wonderland".
Karen Gillan looked beautiful in this episode (even aged by 36 years). Her white face, the pastel clothes, the white walls and her beautiful ginger hair contrasted wonderfully.
The Handbots made for really creepy non-villains. Anything faceless is always creepy. Plus, they fact that they're not evil, they want to give you medicine, it's "an act of kindness" that kills you. Also, their hands, looking like real hands in rubber gloves, were kind of eery. I used to read the "Goosebumps" books by R.L. Stine when I was a kid and there was one about a boy who goes to a music school that's populated by robots - the only thing you cannot make for a robots are the hands, that's why the teacher brings in students, and then kills them to use their hands for his robots. That's what I had to think of when I saw the Handbots' hands, which made it even more creepier. These Robots' hands looked really real.
I loved Rorybot though. Reminded me a bit of Wilson in "Cast Away". He had a really cute face. I just wonder what exactly Amy did with the Rorybot. I mean, it's a HANDbot ;)
I felt a bit bad for Rorybot when Rory and Amy kissed before his ... well... eyes. Must have felt pretty left out, poor thing.
Oh, and I loved the whole Amy/Rory love story. This episode really made you see how much they loved each other.
For example when young Amy and old Amy were talking about Rory: "You know when, sometimes you meet someone so beautiful, and then you actually talk to them and five minutes later, they’re as dull as a brick? Then there’s other people, and you meet them and you think, ‘Not bad; they’re okay.’ And then you get to know them, and their face sort of becomes them, like their personality is written all over it. And they just turn into something so beautiful. Rory’s the most beautiful man I’ve ever met."
In the beginning of series 5 it always looked Rory was only second best to the Doctor whom Amy couldn't have, but she actually, really truly loved him all along.
And then when both Amys have to think the same thought so that their time streams could merge and they both think of the "Macarena" cause that's when her and Rory kissed for the first time. Awww.
And that scene in the end, when the Doctor locks old Amy out of the TARDIS and forces Rory to chose. I had tears in my eyes. Poor Rory. Poor Amy. I don't think it was all that much of a coincidence that this scene kind of mirrored the Doctor and Rose in "Doomsday" (separated by time and that wall). Because the emotion, and the very strength of emotion was the same: The Doctor and Rose knew they had lost each other forever, just like Rory and old Amy knew that they would now be separated, that version of Amy ceasing to exist just like Rose ceased to exist in the Doctor's/our world. Oh God and it was heartbreaking, Rory having to chose between to versions of the woman he loved, his wife, his Amy.
Some people might say it was evil of the Doctor to lock old Amy out and forcing this decision on Rory, and it was certainly a cruel thing, but I don't think it was easy for him either. But he's a Time Lord, and he is forced to make these decisions on a day-to-day basis. He doesn't want to, but he has to. And two Amys in one time stream couldn't exist, just like the two versions of the Doctor couldn't exist in one universe. And yes, it is hard sometimes, making these decisions, but that's the way it is. They had to sacrifice old Amy to save their Amy.
Of course this is still "Doctor Who" and they couldn't actually make Rory (or the Doctor) decide over life and death of Amy. And that's why old Amy made the decision for them, telling Rory not to let her in. "The look on your face when you carried her. Me… Her. When you carried her away. You used to look at me like that. I’ve forgotten how much you loved me. I’ve forgotten how much I loved being her. Amy Pond. In The TARDIS. With Rory Williams."
See, that's the stuff I've been missing so much since Moffat took over the show. Russell T Davies just loved that kind of emotional drama, and so did I. I'm glad to see that "Doctor Who" still has that, these hidden gems in between the complex River Song/Doctor's death story arc.
One whole episode, free of anything relating to either River or the Doctor's death (yup, I enjoyed last week's episode, but there was still that song in the end, alluding to the Doctor's death).
I also loved, that despite the heavy emotions, and the heartbreak, there were still some fun bits. Like the Rorybot, or the Doctor and the cool camera-glasses he made Rory wear, or Rory looking at that one statues boobs or the Doctor sticking his tongue out to Rory and Amy at the very end. Because I think we also need these moments. The feel-good moments. It's the mix that makes "Doctor Who" as amazing a show as it is.
Also, I was really happy for Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, cause this episode really let them show what they're capable of as actors. I mean, Karen was awesome as old Amy and Arthur's emotions in the end...
I say it again, I love these two. I don't want the Doctor to travel with them until the end, there should be a change, but I'm gonna miss them. And I will want them to come back, guest starring, just like Captain Jack and Sarah Jane and Martha did.
Something else: Watch "Doctor Who Confidential", Arthur was especially adorable in this one.
Yeah, I really liked this episode. Showed that you don't need famous guest stars, or huge fancy locations to tell an entertaining story.
Please, I want more of this.
btw. Cookies for the person who can tell me where my title comes from. Don't google!
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