The God Complex
Sep. 19th, 2011 08:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcWell, that was unexpected.
A fairly solid episode.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jblum complained that "Night Terrors" plays too much off existing fears (Creepy dolls! Barking dogs! Parental abandonment!) rather than give children brand new things to have nightmares about, and it could be argued that this episode does the same thing (Clowns! Ventriliquist's dummies! Parental disappontment!), perhaps a bit too soon afterwards. But it does it very well.
The supporting cast was brilliant, but I was disappointed that, with an alien who had a genuinely alien mindset, we never saw his greatest fear; it could have been something like being made President of Tivoli and told the planet was now his responsiblity.
The twist that it was belief the Minotaur was feeding on rather than fear was nice (and, in retrospect, completely obvious), especially the way it meant the Doctor had been giving everyone exactly the wrong advice. And the scene where he therefore has to break Amy's faith in him was, well, very New-Adventures-Seventh-and-Ace. Which is a good thing, IMO.
The "real" appearance of the ship, behind the illusion, was maybe a bit too much a TNG Holodeck, but I was distracted by the quick shout-out to the Minotaur being related to the Nimon.
And then ... the Doctor drops Amy and Rory off to have a regular life together. I'm really interested to see where that's going -- I'm sure they'll return, at least for the finale, but I can't decide if I want them back full-time more than I want to see a new series companion end their adventures untraumatised, in the right universe, and with their memories intact.
A fairly solid episode.
jblum complained that "Night Terrors" plays too much off existing fears (Creepy dolls! Barking dogs! Parental abandonment!) rather than give children brand new things to have nightmares about, and it could be argued that this episode does the same thing (Clowns! Ventriliquist's dummies! Parental disappontment!), perhaps a bit too soon afterwards. But it does it very well.The supporting cast was brilliant, but I was disappointed that, with an alien who had a genuinely alien mindset, we never saw his greatest fear; it could have been something like being made President of Tivoli and told the planet was now his responsiblity.
The twist that it was belief the Minotaur was feeding on rather than fear was nice (and, in retrospect, completely obvious), especially the way it meant the Doctor had been giving everyone exactly the wrong advice. And the scene where he therefore has to break Amy's faith in him was, well, very New-Adventures-Seventh-and-Ace. Which is a good thing, IMO.
The "real" appearance of the ship, behind the illusion, was maybe a bit too much a TNG Holodeck, but I was distracted by the quick shout-out to the Minotaur being related to the Nimon.
And then ... the Doctor drops Amy and Rory off to have a regular life together. I'm really interested to see where that's going -- I'm sure they'll return, at least for the finale, but I can't decide if I want them back full-time more than I want to see a new series companion end their adventures untraumatised, in the right universe, and with their memories intact.
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Date: 2011-09-19 07:19 pm (UTC)And why aren't they traumatised for that matter - their baby daughter is out there being brainwashed into being an assassin - have they totally forgotten that?
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Date: 2011-09-19 08:56 pm (UTC)Yes, it would have been nice to see wossname's fear. I am also sad Rita died, because she'd have been such a good Companion - I really liked her sense of humour and straightforwardness.