Oh, let them have their posty-wosty fun. It’s happy-wappy talk.
The Doctor wears a clip-on? Breaks my heart.
And it looks like he’s done with the fez - after trying it on and throwing it over his shoulder, he gave it away to a boy on the sidewalk.
I noticed that about the clip-on too. His first bowtie wasn’t.
He already whispered it to her at their “wedding.” Or rather, the robot version of him did.
I agree that this episode was formulaic. After watching it last night I said to Mr. Ipsum that it reminded me of the episode with “the Wire” - the one with Ten and Rose in the 1950s, where the alien in the TV was sucking up people’s faces.
Interesting that nobody seemed to be in a panic about all the people dropping dead in front of their computers. Maybe the Earth is so used to weird happenings that it’s all routine now? They just recently had the “cube” threat, and in other recent seasons there were invasions by the Cybermen and Daleks. Even more if you count the ones from Torchwood like the aliens in “Children of Earth.” Another day, another alien invasion, no big deal.
*Although, I seem to remember in one episode they showed that Amy had no memory of the Dalek invasion and that possibly the cracks had erased some of these happenings? But I don’t think it was ever elaborated on.
Didn’t he whisper “look in my eyes?”
Yeah, as far as I know, we don’t know that River has learned his name yet. Of course, we have no idea what their timelines are.
:smack: D’oh! Yes, you’re right. I was remembering the initial wedding scene, where he whispered and then said, “I just told you my name.” I had forgotten about the later reveal that he had really told her to look into his eyes to see he was a robot.
I don’t recall when, but I’m pretty sure it was confirmed that nobody remembered the Daleks, etc. I’m pretty sure the cracks retconned away the whole “cat’s out of the bag, everyone knows about aliens” vibe of the last few Tennant years/last few Torchwood years.
Yeah, I think they also made a point of saying that there was no historical record of the 100 foot tall Cyberman trashing Victorian London, (from ‘The Next Doctor’ special.)
Those cracks are useful things. 
Presumably, everyone has also forgotten the UFO crashing into Big Ben, the spaceship that appeared over London on Christmas day and controlled everyone’s blood, the time that ghosts appeared all over the world and turned into Cybermen which were then attacked by Daleks before being sucked into a time vortex, the giant Christmas star that attacked London the following Christmas, the 50-foot-tall demon in Cardiff that killed anyone its shadow fell upon, the inexplicable disappearance and remanifestation of a hospital, the time the Prime Minister killed his entire Cabinet and assassinated the US president before being shot by his wife onboard a flying aircraft carrier, the time the Titanic almost crashed into Buckingham Palace, the sudden death of thousands of people when their body fat burst out of them and became sapient beings, the time everyone’s cars started spewing toxic gas simultaneously, the nuclear meltdown in Swansea, the teleportation of Earth into another solar system and the mass extermination of millions by Daleks, the time all the children started chanting random numbers and the world governments attempted to kidnap millions of them to sell them to intergalactic time travelers, and those seven weeks when everybody stopped dying, the international economy collapsed, and the government started burning people alive for being sick or unproductive.
Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey.
I assumed she could read Gallifreyan and simply read his name off the crib he presented for baby River.
She knows Old High Gallifreyan but does she know Circular Gallifreyan? If she did just read it off the cot, it undercuts 10’s line about when he could tell her his name in the Library episode.
Heck, you don’t even have to normally be attracted to women! I find her extremely hot, and equally adorable. Hotdorable? Something about those giant eyes and cute little upturned nose, combined with a sassy personality.
Yeah. Sorry, clip-ons are not cool. I can only assume they thought if they showed a proper (untied) bow tie, viewers wouldn’t know what it was?
So, was the implication that Celia Imrie’s character had been taken over and hacked when she was a little girl?
You can’t seriously expect the Doctor to wear a proper bow tie when he’s in a hurry. It’s not like has a time ma… nevermind.
Yup. That was the most emotionally impacting moment of the episode for me. Unexpectedly tragic.
She’s no Amy Pond (I have a thing for moody redheads, sue me :)) but she is hotdorable and I think her flirty and a little dirty demeanor and sassy attitude is going to be a great counter to the Doctor’s zaniness.
This. Where are my mummy and daddy? They said they wouldn’t be long. Are they coming back?
OK, I’m not nearly as big a Who-nut as y’all, so can someone supply a reference for this? I knew this actress looked familiar, but is her character carried over from another episode?
I’ve probably seen more than half of the episodes since reincarnation, but sometimes the plots just give me a headache and I don’t finish them. Don’t hate me!
Roddy
I don’t think she’s been in Who before. I knew her from her roles as Auntie Una in Bridget Jones and Fadge in A Midwinter’s Tale.