So we are about to get the latest episode The Girl Who Waited an Amy / Rory story in which the Doctor apparently does little in order to give Matt Smith a filming break. We don’t therefore expect this to tell us much more about the River / killing the Doctor arc but no doubt something will get thrown in at the end to remind us. Visually this looks (from the trailers) stunning so who knows? See you the other side…

Summary

Well I liked this a lot despite a lot of contrivances and some other annoyances this was a great watch and brought out one of the better performances from Karen Gillan (as the older Amy).

Good and not so good

Good:

• Great performance by Karen
• Arthur Darvill was great as Rory in the decision sequence
• Hand-robots were innovative
• Good anger against the Doctor from the companions which we don’t often get

Not so good:

• How did Amy survive 36 years, build a sonic ‘probe’ and eat (I didn’t follow the not needing food bit)
• How did Amy turn into a warrior
• How come Rory is warrior one week and wimpy Rory the next
• How did the Doctor not know about the plague period in the history of a planet he knew?
• The walking around with the big lens was naff
• How many races have the Mona Lisa?
• What about the Blinovitch Limitation Effect (one for the fans!)

Story Arc

As far as I can spot this was entirely stand-alone which means we are saving up a lot of River / Doctor killing for the end of the series.