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I take it you are still reading spoilers but not watching? Because I felt like his non-damsel-ness was 1) a place the show needed to go, if only so he could return to normal and 2) the actor pulled it off adorably and 3) it was sort of a plot point? Idk. If you've caught up with the episodes by this point, I'm open to discussion/mind-changing.

(And though maybe he didn't legally change his name, he has only been referred to as "Rory Pond" since then, and he probably didn't legally take her name only because they didn't remember the Doctor at that point and thus weren't fully sensible.)

I liked the most recent twist in S6 because it made the initial twists (from the two-part opener) make sense. I had an "aha!" moment and was able to enjoy Mr. Moffat's cleverness, whereas before the twist I was mostly living in dread that this was going to be some odious wimmens n babiez plotline. Granted, it might *still* turn into that, but at least I know Moffat planned it all out ahead of time, unlike RTD. ugh bad wolf wtf. You know in the commentary for Parting of the Ways he openly admits he had no idea where that was going until he got to that ep? UGH.

Yeah so I'm not, like, 100% psyched on the S6 arc, but I'm reserving judgment until the finale. I trust Moffat to pull everything together by the end, and I trust him because SEASON FIVE OMG. The finale of Season 5 recalls directly the opener and adds a whole new dimension to several other episodes-- like when the Doctor took an extra moment with Amy in the weeping angels episodes. I absolutely LOVE how he didn't think to do that (or couldn't do it) the first time around. Imagine if he'd just left her with a pat on the head in that scene? Heartbreaking! I cheered watching that the first time around when he "came back," and to have that moment be retconned as him getting a second go at it months later was delicious. It made him a little more flawed, but still just as compassionate. AND PLOT POINT YES YES YES. "REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU WHEN YOU WERE SEVEN EVEN THOUGH I TECHNICALLY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET." And also, in the same vein, he was able to "fix" his mistake from the opener by returning just a few hours later, rather than years, even if Amelia didn't wake up to appreciate it.


And meta, yes yes, a lot of the drama of the scenes with Wee!Amelia hinged on knowing the history of the show. My heart broke in advance when he promised her "five minutes." I was pleading with my computer screen. "No, Doctor! You know you won't show up when you're supposed to!" And, okay, I love Karen Gillan, and the pragmatics of production require an adult actor, but I rly rly wanted Wee!Amelia to be a companion. AUUUUUUUGH WEE!AMELIA, SO HOPEFUL YET WARY AND COMPLEX AND BADASS EVEN WHILST PREPUBESCENT. I've rewatched that ep more than all the others just for his scenes with her. SO CUTE! SO WHIMSICAL! also SWIMMING POOL. How exciting is it that they've brought back the TARDIS' bigness? There's a Four+Leela serial where they go romping through the bowels of the TARDIS, and there's a woodshop and lots of grotty staircases and, ridiculously, brick walls, and I loved it. I Have Theories about how TARDIS' get their interiors (and these theories will be brought to light by Minotaur!Master, yes yes.)



ALSO THE FINALE WAS SO TIMEY-WIMEY AND AWESOME AND CONTAINED THAT UNMISTAKABLE INDIANA JONES FLAVOR AND WAS JUST SO WELL CRAFTED. I really admire Moffat as a writer, and I am incredibly stingy with my writerly admiration. I DON'T MEAN THIS SQUEE LIGHTLY, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.