Anyway, on Twitter today, Darby let fly a little tech reporting/Pulp Fiction mashup and it made me giggle, so as it kept spinning around in my head, I came up with this. I hope they like it. I also hope to hear one (or more) of them standing over a cowering “analyst” and quote it as said analyst is repeatedly bludgeoned with a sock full of pennies.

The path of the righteous blogger is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the rumormongers and the tyranny of analysts. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the clueless through the valley of tech blogs, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost news. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to spread rumours and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is The Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.

This episode is the eleventh episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called The God Complex. BBC Page

surveillance footage, ok…
I like that stairwell.
Creepy hotel hallway. I feel like I’ve seen this before. (;
A clown? Yikes!
Lucy Hayward? She’s the last one what left?
That’s an old camera.
In “your” room? Which room is that? How is it yours?
A gorilla? Um. Ok…
Praise him?
Girl with birthday cake, is that her?
Who’s that guy?
What’s that thing that keeps waking up?
“The gaps between my worship”? WTF?
Let me guess. Him = Jack, for whom all work and no play makes a dull boy? (:
(credits)
O hai Amy!
Six hundred foot tall people?
Who would mock up an Earth hotel?
Those are odd photos on the wall.
Sontaran!
Daleks?
Novice Prim? She looks familiar! Saberwolves?
They’re all…is that what killed them? Oh noes.
!!!
“I’ve never been threatened with a chair leg before-no, hang on, I tell a lie.”
Amy’s fired? Heh.
Is the Tivoli fellow David Walliams?
This is super Shining-y. Are they in the Overlook?
“I love things ask anyone.” Oh hey, that’s me!
“I was blogging. Next thing this.” That’s me too!
Who is watching them?
Where’d it go?
“Three busses, a long walk, and 8 quid in a taxi from good.” Oh I like this one.
Tied up? Why?
Oh for the love of Pete!
Seriously, I’m in the Overlook.
Raw?
He’s a gambler. What’s that got to do with the ventriloquist dummies?
Even a room for the Doctor? What on earth is in there?
Feast? Hrm.
Why is he tied up there?
WHO IS HE!? Seriously It’s Jack Nicholson I’m convinced.
A theory more insane than what’s actually happening? Heh.
What’s the deal with the gym teacher? Who’s was that?
Does he have a stutter? Oh he does.
Oooh! That looked like Oodkind. Oh my.
Nice ankle shot. Where’s the flood, Doctor?
What’s that making that noise? Oh noes.
And now what room are we in?
Oh her dad. Yikes.
YIKES!
Crap. I’m watching this before bed too.
They aren’t getting got though? WTF?
I think the whole hotel is his room.
OK, I’m pretty sure that’s not Oodkind.
OK, I’m gonna get Toby Whithouse’s phone number and call him in the middle of the night when I wake up in a cold sweat. Which is lunchtime in the UK. THAT will be effective.
What’s with Joe? Just sitting there?
Is he dead or just a vegetable?
Sort of nice to hear Amy stand up for him.
He thought the angels were for him? Hmm.
Notify their next of kin? Heh.
Cheesemaking? Both, actually. Heh.
Yeah, I do kind of like her. She’s pretty calm about everything.
So there’s batches of people?
Oh good, stuttering blogger is next.
Nice work Doctor! I like that.
Let it find you? So now he thinks it’s cool it’s gonna kill them?
All right, now we are getting somewhere! Let’s catch a monster!
Where is he? Why are we in a hair salon?
That’s the grooves in the ceiling explained.
Did the Doctor hack the tape machine?
Now we see it, it’s creepy, but we see it.
Oh here we go, now Howie’s gonna get the Tivolian (?) on his side.
Warden? It’s a prison?
Stick to it, Tivolian! Come on!
We heard this before too, about ripe and raw. What’s that about?
“You have lived so long even your name is lost.” That’s terrible.
Howie’s gonna screw this all up. Rats.
And now we’re separated. This is bad.
She saw something. What was it? And heard the “praise him” too.
Now I can’t stop staring at the Doctor’s hemline. Bowtie, highwaters, who does he think he is, Pee-Wee Herman?
Oh goody. He’s sticking to that terrible story.
Did his photo just appear or no?
I wonder if the Doctor’s room will just be empty because his fear is being alone.
Why what?
“Which is why grownups were invented.” Good point.
Not her, I liked her. Take the Tivolian!
Have we found the Doctor’s room?
Is it Amy? I bet it’s Amy. His fear is something to do with her.
What’s with the fish?
Why is she able to tell him about it?
Oh Rita, come on. You are better than this!
I still think this whole hotel is the Doctor’s room, even though he found one.
Why can’t we trap it again? Can’t he work out more of what the minotaur told him?
I like the Tivolian less and less all the time.
“Let him riff and move anything expensive out of the way.” (:
Faith?
Why does it want Amy? How did it bring them here just with that?
Oh here we go.
Nice to see Amy not wearing heels for once.
Oh NOES! Whose room is this?
Oh this is killing me. That’s just heartbreaking.
He has to look her in the eye and lie to her so she can live. This is terrible.
This has to be as hard to say as it is to hear. ):
Wait. Amy Williams?
Now go figure it out Doctor, quickly!
We went from the Overlook to the Holodeck? Did I take the brown acid?
What DO Timelords pray to?
“I wasn’t talking about myself.” Oh gee, I wonder who he meant.
A goblin who feeds on indecision? Hehe
Bad Penny is his middle name? What a nice moment there.
I like that the Doctor and Rory get on now. It’s nice to see the two of them.
Yeah, I’m shocked they got the TARDIS blue door.
Are they really splitting up?
He’s right, what’s the alternative?
Won’t Amy turn into Luke Skywalker? All her life, she will look away to the future, to the horizon. Never her mind on where she is, what she is doing?

That was good and bad at the same time. I don’t want it to be over, they need another couple of adventures or something. Maybe they’ll pop up at Christmas. I sure hope so. Collectively I like them together, it’s fun now that they have settled into a rhythm. I try not to watch for spoilers or casting notes so I can be surprised, so I really hope they’re back for another series. I used to not like the multipanion shows, but this one I enjoyed. Good episode.

This episode is the tenth episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called The Girl Who Waited. BBC Page

Apple-appa-chia?
Planet of coffeeshops?
Doors?
Sunsets, spires, soaring silver colonnades…heh.
Magnifying glass?
Of course she pushed a different button.
Hello roboty thing…
Why are they in different places and whatnot? I don’t get it?
A week!? Uh oh. It’s one of those episodes.
(Credits)
I don’t like the “rescuing” episodes.
Oh come on! We’re four minutes in, there’s no way it’s that easy, Rory!
But he made it back to the Doctor? Weird.
Statement rejected!?
Two Streams Facility? What good is that?
Ohhh, their whole life? Wow. That seems nice, I’m with the Doctor on that, much nicer than not.
“Their kindness will kill you.” Heh.
Nice toolbox. Clearly it’s time for something… (:
Glasses are cool. (:
Oh those should have been 3-D. (:
“Dunno. Never tried. Best hold on to something.” Heh.
Weird guide light from the sky.
That video guide is a weird lady. But hey, Roller Coaster Zone, all right.
Uh oh. A shot? I’m with Amy, no thanks!
A kindness!? Oh hell to the no.
…and it just gets worse! Run Amy!
Why can’t they see her in the cage thing?
Their favorite things are kind of odd.
A gate?
Amy just walked into Alice in Wonderland!
Knee-jerk reaction to the Whoniverse: Statues are to be avoided in case one is a Weeping Angel.
Ahh! Those bot things are creepy dropping in like that.
Nice work Amy!
Hello Temporal Engines!
That’s so many time streams. Wow.
Ahh!
She waited!? Oh crap.
OH CRAP!
They didn’t save her? But she’s…
Decade FOUR!?
“I don’t care that you got old. I care that we didn’t get to grow old together.” Awww.
She named the robot Rory?
She’s got quite a system worked out.
I have a hard time believing that even with 36 years she’s be like this.
“Anything beats a fez, eh?” (:
Oh Rory, dont’ walk through it.
AHH!
“Woman with a sword, don’t push it!”
Wait what? No!?
How could she refuse?
(I have a lot of gaps because I keep getting absorbed and not commenting.)
Oh Rory. I hope you can fix this.
“What about Rory?” Oh. Please make this work, our Amy.
That’s so sweet. Do it for Rory.
I rather like the idea that he’s the one who gets rescued.
“…if you’re bloody-minded, contradictory, and completely unpredictable.” Oh hey, me too.
“Two Amys, can that work?” “It’s your marriage.”
What? Jettison the karaoke bar? NO! (:
“Blue into red, green into the blue, leave the red loose and on no account touch anything yellow.”
“It’s not rocket science, it’s just quantum physics!”
The Macarena?
It broke! What happened?
Both of them! Huzzah! Now let’s go!
Ack! Come on Doctor, talk nice to her and get the TARDIS back on track. (:
How about if we get back to the TARDIS before we worry about who lives where?
Don’t get coy now! Hehe
Uh oh. I think we’re going to lose +36 Amy.
And now we’re losing the other Amy anyway. Rats.
Is she gonna make it?
Oh NOES!
This is terrible. Poor Rory.
Good point, Rory. Awww.
!!! “If you love me don’t open that door!”
“I’m giving you my days.” Oh man.
I backed up and watched that twice, and something’s wrong with my video. It’s all blurry there.
Earth? Aww.

Ack! That’s all I get for an ending?
Somehow I find that VERY unsatisfactory for an ending. It was a really good episode, but I didn’t like that as an end. Seemed a bit abrupt.

This episode is the ninth episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called Night Terrors. BBC Page

Well hello slab of apartments.
The thing?
Five times?
Poor little kid. It’s hard when they don’t believe you and you’re actually scared.
He needs a Doctor? Oh hey, I know a guy…
How’d that happen? Psychic paper?
Oh house call. That’s cute.
(credits)
Soggy. Hm.
Planets and history and stuff, that’s what we do. Really?
Scariest place in the universe is a child’s bedroom? I can believe it.
I wonder what he’s so scared of though.
Yeah, that’ll go over well, random doorknocking.
Landlord’s a treat, isn’t he?
Well hello there kiddo!
Why would the Doctor send them away?
!!!!
Um. Where are they?
Yes please tell us about George, I don’t know what his deal is.
That’s a lot of garbage bags…
!!!
Old lady alone at the trash bins, this won’t end well.
Oh look, I was right.
What if George is right too? What if the place really is haunted? Or possessed? Or …?
Oh, there they are. But where is there?
“We’re dead. Again!” Hee!
Are they gonna come out in George’s closet or something?
My heart is breaking for George right now. Poor little kid.
A painted wood copper pan?
All this stuff is fake?
A switch? Huh.
!!!
Giant glass eye? Eek.
How is George’s switch running Rory’s light?
I’m glad Amy’s thinking. Better than nothing, a wooden copper pan.
The three little sontarans
The emperor dalek’s new clothes
snow white and the seven keys to doomsday.
Cool, let’s see what’s in the cupboard!
Oh wait no.
JEBUS!
Does Amy even own a pair of trainers!?
And other stuff?
He does have a rather nice bunch of robots.
Seriously, I don’t like the landlord. Whatever it is, he’s not right.
Off the scale? What scale? And if it makes HIM freak out, oh noes.
George’s monsters are real!?
Did they get in the lift and end up in the Overlook Hotel?
“You’re not from Social Services are you?”
Ah yes, the Jammy Dodger.
So whatever it is from the lift got the old lady too. What’s it doing with them?
I think they’re in the closet but I can’t figure out how.
!!!!
Oh that’s not ok.
“So’s a time travelling nurse.” Heh.
Eek!
Why can I hear the elevator or something really loud. Hrm.
Ick. Icky landlord and icky ponytail.
What the what!?
How is the floor eating him?
Is it the lift I hear?
That’s it! They’re in the house in the back of the cupboard! Explains the wood.
He doesn’t remember when George was born?
Claire can’t have kids?
So George is…
Oh no.
The room shrank?
Who the crap IS George?
!!!
Now he’s one too?
Oh help.
Help help help.
If he did this, what’s he scared of?
“It’s bigger in the cupboard!” “More common than you’d think.”
So I figured it out a bit early. Yay!
Eeek!
Those things are creepier all the time.
Why do we still hear the lift?
Why’s it matter about the lift? And how is his room back to normal?
Surprise them? OK…
This won’t end well. I have a hunch.
OMG!
Now Amy’s one?
That’s the creepiest song too. Oh help.
“I’ve got to invent a setting for wood, it’s embarrassing!” Heh.
Come on George, you can do it!
Oh geez. FINALLY!
But now what?
Oh that. Goody.
Come on Alex, he is your family whether he’s alien or not!
That’s better.
That was kind of sweet, actually.
Hey look! Old lady!
I hope the landlord’s nicer now.
Oh yeah, Mum works the night shift, she missed the whole thing.
Now I wonder how I feel about kippers too.
I hope he’s really ok now.
Oh creepy song.
Even for the Doctor?
Yikes.

Overall I liked this one. A bit creepier than most. Seemed to be more exciting and have a lot going on. I’m disappointed we never actually got a good explanation of what exactly George is, though.

This episode is the eighth episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called Let’s Kill Hitler. BBC Page

✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——

(Catching up)
Silence, astronaut, flesh Amy, Demon’s Run, Human Plus, River outs herself, the Doctor leaves.

Wheat field. Right.
Mini?
Are they making a crop circle?
That’s a bit obvious, innit?
What? Oh NO!
Who on earth is she!?
Best mate?
Mels or whatever? I don’t like her a bit.
They knew Rory that long ago? That’s sort of sweet, actually.
Still not finding Mels’ endearing qualities.
Amy insisting he’s gay? Hee!
Nice effect on the TARDIS there.
And now she’s screwed up the TARDIS. Fab.
Who to the what now? That was quite the surveillance cam system.
Who’s Harriet? Eyeball?
Spaceship?
Made Rasputin green!?
What the-!?
“You are authorized. Your existence will continue.” Eep!
OK, the janitor turning into the SS guy is pretty cool looking.
That lady’s outfit as she went and looked out the window? WAY less cool.
They’re in his brain!? Sweet and sour Jebus.
That guy is a ship!?
MY MIND IS BLENDED!
“Welcome. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death.” Holy…
Oh seriously this is impressive.
“Justice mode activating.” Oh noes!
Wait. Did the Doctor just…
oh no no no no.
“Rory, take Hitler and put him in that cupboard over there.” Heh.
That was a faint? A faint or a feint? Hrm?
Oh, Mels is shot. Here’s me trying to feel sad about it…nope.
“It’s her.” Her!? Any chance there’s a ladyDoctor in the future?
Vampires in Venice, heh.
What? They’re her-?
Mels is Melody?
How can she do that?
“The hair! It just doesn’t stop, does it?” Oh honey, I know how you feel.
Seriously, how did Melody just regenerate?
My brain. It’s blended.
Even after all that, I am still weirded out by Amy’s tights.
Oh goody, I know that you know that I know that you know…
True, why WOULD she be a psychopath?
What IS her life like? If this is her start, how did she get all weaponized?
Also: WHERE was she hiding that lip gloss!? And how did it not kill her?
Shoot her? Oh noes! But she’s regenerating…
Yup. That was it.
“Remember Kennedy?” Oh my.
Guilt! More guilt! Awww.
Amelia! Awww.
“Why do you keep saying that?” “Because you’ll be dead in 32 minutes.”
I wonder why he got Amelia and not “Sexy”.
I can be brave for you but you have got to tell me how.
Fish fingers and custard? What?
I missed something here I think…
Oh yeah, Nazi Germany. Right.
I guess that’s one way to “shop”.
What the what!? RoboAmy?
And now they are unauthorized? OH NO!
Sonic them Amy!
The Silence? Oh my.
Wait what?
Doctor Who? He ACTUALLY said it! Hee!
“Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27 you might want to write these down.”
Tiny people? Compression field?
They got Time Travel so they go take out others. Interesting.
Weird protocol, that. They go back through time and make things right?
The Silence is a religious order? Hrm.
But we don’t know the question? Bah.
How can they fix this?
Sonic the wristbands, not bad…
They beamed everyone else out? Uh oh.
How is he ok? STILL!?
Now River’s free but what will she do?
At least she didn’t run.
Oh geez. That sound just there was Eleven inching closer to the First Place the Tenth has in my heart.
“She taught me.” Who?
The TARDIS? Oh my.
I have to admit he’s pretty snappily dressed.
I still don’t know if I like this version of River.
“Find River?” How? Tell her what? He loves her? His real name?
But we know he isn’t dead.
“Show me River Song.” Awww.
She’s still regenerating isn’t she?
!!!
No? What’s he mean no?
I hope this works.
Wait, kissing him is what started all this!
That was warped and weird.
How do they know she lost all her regenerations? Because she cashed it in on someone else?
Ohhhh, there’s her book. Interesting.
I don’t think she can be undone, we haven’t seen it warped yet have we?
Does he know she’s going to kill him? Or just when he dies?
Luna University?
Oh noes. Archaeology. WHO is he he talking to?

OK, I feel like this coulda been a really exciting episode but I just didn’t really feel it. Mostly just weirdness and I feel like this was half an episode and we could have spent more time exploring River and her deal. I don’t know why. Somehow this just wasn’t an episode I really enjoyed. Not for lack of trying, but I watched it for the blog and then watched it again and I just couldn’t get there.

This episode is the seventh episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called A Good Man Goes To War, by Steven Moffat. BBC Page

(Catching up)
Watching

EYEPIECE WOMAN!
Demon’s Run? OK.
Hi baby!
Melody Pond? Awww.
Come on Amy, you can tell her she’ll be loved, that’ll happen no matter what.
(Is that Frances Barber?)
Twenty thousand light years is a-Cybermen?
Why are they taking her? I never quite figured out who they are anyway…
Wait WHAT?
WHAT IS THIS I DON’T EVEN
It’s Rory?
Go Rory!
I rather like that he kept the outfit. (;
The doctors’ message? Run!
I rather like the outfit. I officially LOVE Rory.
Sewing? I like seeing that it’s made it through the ages, a nice analog activity.
Headless Monks? What the what?
Lorna Bucket, huh?
My husband? Cute.
“We’re the thin fat gay married Anglican Marines.” HA!
She met him? Hrm.
They are converting him? NO!
I hope this doesn’t end badly. I think it will. But I hope it won’t.
What’s actually going on with them?
1888? Swords!?
She’s….what?
What is she doing there?
She is a hunter?
More importantly how did he find her there?
Battle of Zarathustra?
Funny that 1888 and 4037 look a lot like, sartorially.
What the WHAT!?
Sontarans?
Nursing is a penance? Only Sontarans.
“I hope someday to meet you in the glory of battle where I shall crush the life from your worthless human form.”
They need a Sontaran too?
Oh River, imagine that.
What’s she doing dressed like that?
Who’s that?
It’s Rory?
She knows who he is!
“Stevie Wonder sang in 1814? Yes, but you must never tell him.” LOL!
“Unless there’s two of him.” “That’s a whole different birthday.”
Demon’s Run?
Oh she knows, of course she knows.
She can’t? Oh River, YOU CAN TOO!
This is it?
What is she up to?
This is the day he finds out who she is?
I’m right. I have to be. Look at her face every time she talks to Rory.
EYEPIECE WOMAN!
Madame Kovarian? She played another part that I can’t shake.
“I admire your courage. I should like to admire it from afar.”
Of course he’s raising an army.
Demons run when a good man goes to war. Oh my.
!!!! Him too?
Why would you need me!? I’m old! I’m fat! I’m blue! You can’t need me! (: I rather like him.
That’s quite the speech the Colonel chose to make. He chose…poorly.
A prayer leaf? That’s very sweet.
Amy she was trying to be kind to you. Please appreciate that.
The Doctor will fall? Aren’t you cute.
Why we call them headless? OK. Why?
The Papal Mainframe herself? So Skynet is the Pope!? Sweet and sour Jebus!
OMG!
Surprised!? Well I certainly am.
Point a gun at me if it makes you relax.
“Amelia Pond get your coat!” Hee!
Where did he go!?
So now the monks are offing people? Nice.
Cute, Vastra. Quite the tongue you have there. I think I know why Jenny puts up with you!
I hope he doesn’t regret disarming himself.
They keep saying they aren’t fools, but they are human so yeah, I think they are.
Oh my. That’s a lot of…a lot of army that isn’t them.
Danny Boy!!
Hello there badass Rory!
Also: Pirates! Oh hurrah!
Colonel Runaway…that’s quite the speech there. I thought they were gonna fight to the pain.
I really REALLY like when the Doctor knows it’s time to throw down.
I think I appreciate it because it’s rare.
“I am armed and REALLY dangerous and…cross.”
Mrs Williams!?
Awww.
They are cute.
“I wanted to be cool.”
“Crying Roman with a baby, definitely cool.”
Rory just FULLY bossed the Doctor!
Big Milk Thing? Hee!
“I speak baby.”
“No it’s not, it’s cool.” (:
“You have never risen higher.” Oh noes.
That’s a creepy statement there, Sontaran…
Oh he has too had children.
Just before America? Yikes!
“You were very cross at the time.” (:
I don’t know how they became friends but ok…
Is Melody human?
Human plus? How is she human plus?
How does Doctor = Warrior?
I am trying to be delicate, I know how you can blush! Heh.
“It’s all…sexy fish vampires and blowing up stuff!”
On their wedding night. Well there you go then.
Uh oh. Headless monks!
“You can’t just cook yourself a Timelord!”
This is sad for him. Oh noes.
Oh NO! It’s all falling into place. I’m right.
So is the Cleric. It IS a trap.
TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM AMY!
Oh Dorian, this is bad I can tell.
Yup.
Fooling him twice? What?
OMG!
OMG OMG OMG OMG!
Flesh baby! Right? No. Right?
My mind is blended!
Please someone tell the Sontaran he will die with honor.

Demons run when a good man goes to war
Night will fall and drown the sun
When a good man goes to war
Friendship dies and true love lies
Night will fall and the dark will rise
When a good man goes to war
Demons run but count the cost
The battle’s won but the child is lost…

Seriously. Tell the Sontaran he died with honor.
“Rory. I’m a nurse.” So is he, Sontaran. Awww.
I’m glad Lorna got to see the Doctor again.
Heartbreaking. “They’re always brave.”
“You’re giving up!? You never do that!” “Don’t you sometimes wish I did?”
It must REALLY suck to have to tell the Doctor that, especially for River.
At least he figured it out.
Watching him make the kissy face is funny.
Where is he off to? Why alone? What now?
OK that’s like three times this episode my mind was blended.
“Amy you have to stay calm.” Yyyyyeah.
“The only water in the forest is the river.” The TARDIS told us that already. Now we know why.
!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously. I don’t know if I can take too many episodes like this. It is too hard on me! My poor little brain can’t take this! I get the feeling Steven Moffat sits with a nice drink in his hand on Saturday nights and watches it air and just laaaaaaaaaaaaughs….

This episode is the sixth episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called The Almost People. BBC Page

(Catch up)
Creepy Doctor double is the last scene…
“Would you like a Jelly Baby?” HA!
We’ve moved on?
That was weird and not very illuminating.
(credits)
What is that noise?
Can’t get through the door, so eliminate the door. Good idea.
I’m a bit confused by the conversation the Doctor just had with the Doctor Ganger.
An escape route? OK then!
Whatever just came over Jennifer is weird. Stop what? Why did she suddenly walk off with such purpose?
Is that the acid? That’s bad innit?
Headaches, eh? This could be bad.
I’m still really confused by Jen, why is she SO anti now?
“You might as well call me Smith!” Heh.
Why wouldn’t she feel more affection for the original Doctor?
Wipe them out? Oh that is bad. Another stupid human trait that is going to screw everything up.
I wonder why it doesn’t recognize her. If it’s so exact a copy why doesn’t it work?
Hoper of hopes and dreamer of improbable things? I like it.
WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THE EYEPIECE WOMAN??
A time memory like a mirage? How does Amy have one of those?
Why is it only in one Doctor’s head?
I wonder if Amy feels better now that she “told” the Doctor.
It is so sad that this is the way it works for the Flesh.
And now nobody trusts the Doctor Ganger.
So now Rory has to pick? Um.
They are gonna throw down? Which one will win?
Are we sure the acid wouldn’t do that to any old body? I’m not convinced the Ganger is the one that died.
Why send the Doctor Ganger? I’m curious.
Break out the big guns? Heh.
Yup! He’s with the Ganger. It wouldn’t work for Jen because she isn’t human.
How DOES she know? Is it the Flesh? Is that why he can tell?
I get that they are the same person, but how did she know the code word? They aren’t really the same person now that they have split, right?
Oh here we go. Jen wants Rory to trust her. I have a bad feeling about this.
!!!!!
Why knock him out? What’s the deal with THAT?
Why the eyes?
That is CREEPY.
What are they actually doing? Why are they in a wall?
She can grow? Oh yikes.
Sky high, you say? This sounds…unfortunate.
Why would Jen help them? She led them into a trap or something.
“Call me Smith” he says again. Heh.
Roranicus Pondanicus? Hee!
Poor Rory, having to throw down with the Doctor. Ring ring?
“In fact if you have a better pan I’ll take you to a planet where everyone’s all ears.” Ha!
Oh now we’re just being cruel I think. Why is he running away?
An act of humanity? Oh that’s nice.
I’m still bothered by the way the Doctor Ganger treated Rory.
At least the Doctor Ganger has a point. “It doesn’t have to be about revenge, it can be so much better than that.”
Oh noes!
Oh now he’s gonna die. And he didn’t get to talk to his son on his birthday. ):
I’m glad his Ganger turned out to be a stand up guy too. That’s nice.
Both of them turned out to be better people than either of their races would have had them be.
What a cute moment with the little boy. (:
Oh crap! That’s right terrifying.
He’s gonna end up on the wrong side of the door I bet. And he’ll be gone too.
Whoa!
So the ganger saved the human Miranda.
They traded shoes and now
“Push Amy, but only when she tells you to.” What? The eyepiece lady? What?
Handed off his sonic ust like that eh?
It will dissolve all of them? Oh no!
That seemed a bit…weird. A little to convenient I think, that they all just vanished and that was that.
So the Doctor went to peek in on him? I guess that’s nice.
I wonder what “Morpeth Jetsan” is an anagrom of.
“Remember, people are good, in their bones, truly good, don’t hate them.” I am going to try very hard to remember that.
Why should she breathe? Why does breathing hurt her like that?
How is she having contractions?
“Shenanigans. That’s a beautiful word, shenanigans.” He’s right!
Why block the signal to her? What’s going on!?
He rarely lays down the law like that, I’d do it Rory.
Find her? Where is she going?
She hasn’t been here for a long time?
WHAT!?
My mind is blended.
EYEPIECE WOMAN!
!!!!!!!!!!
Oh holy crap.
Now with the….
and the…
Oh seriously.

I think these two could have been one episode honestly. I do enjoy a good mind bender, but all this with the Flesh seems to have gone on longer than it needed to. But I am a bit curious how this is all going to go down long term. When was Amy switched? Where has the real Amy been all this time? What’s with the green light? Why the Eyepiece Lady? I like being full of questions, but even more I like that I’m not having to wait a week (or through the midseason break) to find out how this all wraps up. (:

This episode is the fifth episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called The Rebel Flesh. BBC Page

✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——✂——

Nice…island? Paradise? Prison?
Hallway. They look reasonably guardlike. I’m guessing prison or other holding facility.
Visors down and locked? What’s IN there? And what are they doing to it?
Wait what?
Did he just get dissolved?
Yikes!
Wait.
No one was hurt? He was just in the… oh geez.
(credits)
Muse! All right!
Muse and darts?
More flippy floppy body scan. Hrm.
Solar storm? Oops.
Wait. It’s kind of neat looking! Provided it doesn’t kill them.
I like the random seat over there on the side.
A cockerel?
Monastery?
“No, it’s just that I can hear Dusty Springfield.” Hehehehe
Ceramic but corrosive? Weird.
“There are people coming.” No!
What is the deal in this place? Why are they strapped in? What are the strapped into?
They are the people strapped in the thing?
They only just survived the last solar wave….
Odd how the Doctor can totally play someone to manipulate them but basic human interaction (smooching, for example) is lost on him.
“It acts like life but it still needs to be controlled by us.” Yikes.
It scans him? That’s how he gets a double, eh? He’s the Doctor, he’s the exception to every rule.
O hai solar storm!
So she just…
Why was she not her in the first place?
That must be a bit disconcerting.
What’s with Jennifer anyway? Why wasn’t she a ganger in the first place?
“I never thought I’d have to say that again.” Hee!
It’s a shame soar storms are harmful because they look really neat.
Is it gonna eat the TARDIS?
Oh NOES!
What was that flash of…something?
Are they melting?
What happens to the people if they are “operating” the gangers when the gangers die? That first guy was ok but this is not the same thing.
“A lot can go wrong in an hour.” I know. I watch Doctor Who.” (;
Why more Dusty Springfield?
Who IS playing the record?
Did the power surge like, break them free?
Oh great, it’s happened before.
Jennifer seems off.
…and she is.
I can see where that would be confusing.
Uh oh!
That was…icky.
AHHHH!
She just-AHH!
Why did he hand her a microwaved plate?
OH!
So she’s fake too.
“We are living!” Yes but AHH!
“Always with the Rory!” Well yeah, Doctor, she fancies the stupid idiot!
Please tell me he sees the TARDIS…
Shut up Rory do NOT let her see you!
He managed it, oh good.
Does he know? And if so, what?
Has he seen it before?
I swear, the Doctor always seems to think he can fix things by talking to them.
Uh oh. I hope he can save the TARDIS!
And Amy just took off anyway. There here? This here is my shocked face.
She’s more formed now.
I dunno, I think she’s a strong girl herself.
The REAL Jennifer? Oh Rory.
Oh! She just like, finished forming! Whoa.
She can feel everything Jennifer felt and more?
Trust me? Oh that’s weird.
Doctor! It’s not down there, I think it melted.
I think the Acid has the TARDIS. What now, then?
An empty rack of acid suits? Goody.
What is with the sneezing?
There’s Cleaves, and the other ones that aren’t Jennifer.
“Amy’s a lucky girl.” “Yeah, she is…” Heh.
And there’s our baddie now. Oh good. Where’s she off to?
WHO IS THAT WOMAN!?
It’s fine he wants to help the ganger Jennifer, but where’s Jennifer Prime?
Wait, if there’s Cleaves, is she in two places at once?
Yikes!
She was violent remember?
Wait what? Now we’re going to face off? Why would we do this, exactly?
Oh look, another idiot human who’s going to screw it all up.
I understand this must be weird and difficult, but hopefully not everyone will react like Cleaves does.
Oh noes! Which one did she get?
Rory why do you insist on nearly dying every episode?
Oh goody. Why oh why oh WHY is it that the woman is the one who starts it in this show?
Trust me? Trust who? OMG I KNOW AND IT IS A DOCTORGANGER! (twitch)
OMG NO!
Rory why would you NOT get with the one person who can help you.
“insaner-er, is that a word?”
Yup. It’s a DoctorGanger.
AHHHHH!

OK, this is a two parter, so I am not sure what I think yet. I am a little freaked out by anything that can do things Doctor-style, since being him is usually his ONLY tactical advantage. I still don’t quite know what era they’re in, I mean, remember, Rose once said “Lots of planets have a north” or something like that, do lots of planets have a Dusty Springfield too? Is the Earth they’re on the same as mine? I’m curious. I don’t know how much I like this episode yet, I’ll watch the second half and get back to you. (:

This episode is the fourth episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called The Doctor’s Wife. BBC Page

Odd and cave-y.
Idris?
OOD!
“Nephew will drain your mind and your soul form your body and leave your body empty.”
There’ll be a Time Lord comin? REALLY? Huh.
Who knocks on the door of the TARDIS? Particularly in flight?
A box? Oh, sorry. A scrumptious little beauty.
Mail?
There’s still one left? Oh hurrah!
“Or herself, a couple of times.” YES PLEASE!
Leaving the Universe?
Oh my.
Now we are all…uh oh.
Outside the universe?
Oh noes.
How did SHE become the TARDIS?
Wait, what?
(credits)
Wow, that looks like quite the ship.
“Well it’s nothing like that.” Hee!
What what what?
!!!!
What!?
“Sorry about the mad person.”
So yeah, she IS the TARDIS. That is just…huh.
“It’s like kissing only there’s a winner.” Nice!
Oh hai Ood!
Send a signal to the Time Lords? OH NO!
Who is that?
Why is that recording playing on his translator?
Why is he hearing that?
The House?
I feel like this is where Pennywise from IT is from.
“Somewhoere close by there are lots and lots of…Time Lords.” What? WHAT!?
How does the asteroid know he is a Time Lord?
I’m a bit creeped out by the “I fix them when they break” bit.
I do recall when Amy had to bring him back he said he stole the TARDIS.
Heh. Rory.
Uh oh. And uh oh some more.
Oh goody. He locked them in.
OMG! If he locked them in, are they now wandering round in that lady’s mind?
All that mail…they all need help…so sad.
So they aren’t really there? Oh no.
He was going to get some…forgiveness? Commiseration? And now it’s gone.
I WAS RIGHT!
They stole each other? I would very much like to actually see the story.
Only Neil Gaiman could pull this off.
Can he make the lady open the door? It’s her, after all.
So Amy wants to hold his hand, but she won’t say she loves him?
Now the planet is talking to them? Yikes!
So they have to die now?
Eek! They just…died!?
“I’m a madman with a box WITHOUT A BOX!”
Sexy. LOL!
Wait how is this “my new home”?
Why not kill them now? Good question. And entertainment is a good suggestion, Rory.
It’s not impossible as long as we’re alive. I find that comforting and rather insightful.
HALLWAY! Hello hallway!
There’s a sign on the front, what does it say? Ha!
“Pull to open, and what do you do?” “I PUSH.”
Oh how I like this.
When they build the new box parts will she be able to change again or still remain a police box?
What?
Who’s calling Amy? If nobody else is…Rory? Hours!?
DUH AMY! Hold his hand and never let go!
So all of the TARDISes (TARDi? TARDISees?) have the weird circles on the walls? Got it.
She stole him too, eh? Interesting.
Nice move Missy!
What now!?
Rory? Coming for him at night? What?
Tell me that House is just messing with her. That is so sad.
!!!
OK Amy tell him you love him and HOLD HIS BLOODY BUGGERY HAND!
Telepathic messaging? Nice!
And I like that this is Rory’s gig now. Cool. A bit irksome that the girl is pointless again, but still.
Sexy is her name? I was hoping for something a bit more interesting.TENTH DOCTOR CONTROL ROOM! Hello, sweetie.
Nephew is freaking me out a bit.
Get out of the way? How!?
“Did you wish REALLY hard?” OMG hahahahahaha!
Is the Doctor really going to take House to the Univers?
Is he really deleting them? What what what!?
Oh hey!
Still a bit sad to see the last TARDIS control room but I was thrilled about it.
“A big complicated word, but so sad.”
Alive? Wow.
Hello? Aww.
Oh noes. The Doctor is absolutely killing me right now.
Please look over there. I have something in my eye.
“The only water in the forest is the river.”
Oh! Not THE river, but River. As in River Song. I bet.
Lose the bunk beds? Hee!
I rather love those goggles.
She can hear you, Doctor. I know it.

What a mad beautiful charming weird episode. I enjoyed it very much. Pretty solid on its own, actually. Thanks Neil. Very nicely done.

This episode is the third episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called The Curse of the Black Spot. BBC Page

Ahoy there!
That was quite dramatic music.
That little cut is gonna kill him?
He has a black spot on his hand?
The door’s locked? What on earth!?
Oh goody, at least they’re armed.
Hahahaha!
(credits)
O hai TARDIS!
Sensors? Heh.
We’re SAILORS! Except for the gun thing. And the beardyness. Hee!!!
Hospitality? Nice!
Swords, eh? Nice work Amy!
Nice swordfighting, Pond!
Is getting cut why they die? Is that how they’re down to five?
Yup. Cut = black spot.
What kind of rubbish pirates are ya!? Heh.
Uh oh. Now Rory’s gonna die again? Dammit.
And now Rory’s lost it.
“Look at their brilliant beards!” Oh Rory.
!!!
And that’s that is it?
Go Amy!!
Great, now he’ll be the one that got away and she’ll come for him again.
“Green singing shark in an evening gown.” Heh.
A leech! Oh noes. I’ve seen this before…
Yikes!
Why DOES she want them?
Go where the gunpowder goes! They have to keep that dry, right?
I was right! (:
Captain’s son?
Aww.
Why doesn’t he want his son there?
!!!
The son has it too? Because he is coughing blood maybe?
AHH!
Not a curse! You go Doctor!
What’s the medallion I wonder?
Dodgy mermaid. Heh.
They don’t need to worry do they? Neither of them has a spot.
They’re leaving?
“A ship’s a ship!” Nice!
Now they’re just being mean. That’s not cool.
Wow, Toby is kinda hardcore.
Lost control? Uh oh.
“That sounds bad!” “Yes it is!”
Oh NO! If she leaves, then what?
How’s he get her back?
“Not much of a captain without a ship, are you?” Oh NOW it’s on!
Sonic doesn’t do wood! D’oh!
Reflection? OH CRAP!
And now he’s gonna-
OH CRAP!
(twitch)
I’d be confused too.
Any reflection? Yikes.
No honor among pirates, he’s SO keeping it.
Can’t they just scuff it a bit? Everybody wins?
So they have to wait her out? Joy.
Good question, why is he a pirate?
There’s the lady with the eyepiece again! What the-!?
Good, maybe he’ll answer the Doctor.
Nope. Rats.
What’s out there?
What the what? Do they even know what he’s asking?
I knew it.
!!
Fight it Toby!
Save him someone!
!!!!
NO FAIR!
!!!!
And now another down!
So it’s ok to let her have Rory?
I don’t like this, I don’t think this will work.
He’s insane! Clearly!
Watch, she won’t take Amy. (:
OMG! It…worked?
Is that what screwed up the TARDIS?
His gun is probably soaked, why would he think it would work?
How are they all dead but not the Siren?
ew ew ew ew ew ew!
Revolted Doctor is entertaining television.
Why is it keeping all the people? To cure the common cold and somehow bring back the crew?
Dumbass. Why is it always a trigger-happy human? Dammit.
So she’s a doctor? WOW.
He’ll die if she takes him but they can’t stay?
Oh noes!
CPR? That’s it? OK then!
Pond this is cake! You know you can do it!
Oh Amy. You have to be the one because he doesn’t want mouth-to-mouth from the Doctor. (:
Typhoid fever? Aww. Poor Toby.
So the Captain will stay?
A ship’s a ship, after all.
Come on Amy, you know you can do this!
How is it that Mrs. Rory has never even taken a CPR class?
Don’t you have to turn him on his side to get the water out or something?
BREATHE RORY!
He has to come back. He HAS to.
Thank you!
Aww, he and Toby are sailing together! That must be SO nice!
Hey, the crew is there too!
Rory’s right, Amy. Ah well.
Why does her scan keep flipping?
AND WHAT IS WITH THE EYEPIECE WOMAN!?

Gah. I liked it, y’know, what the pirates and all. But the bits that string into the larger arc, ARGH! They get frustrating. I did enjoy the balance of season story vs plot story, and this did have a bit happier ending than anyone could reasonably have hoped. So there IS that.

This episode is the second episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called Day of the Moon. BBC Page

Three months later?
Running?
Empty body bag?
Oh crap.
OH CRAP!
I kinda like the shaggedy Doctor.
What IS with the marks?
Where’s River? Where/s Rory?
Oh there’s River.
New York? But why? And where?
That explains the marks.
Why did Canton turn on them?
What ARE those bricks made of?
I don’t understand. Rory too?
This is so sad!
Rory spent ALL that time sitting with Amy just to go out like a punk?
OMG!
Oh that was swift. VERY nice!
She ended up in the swimming pool!? Wow. That was rather clever.
They aren’t covered in marks anymore.
Neil Armstrong’s foot!? Oh come now.
(credits)
Graystark Hall Orphanage.
BUT AMY TOOK A PHOTO!
What’s with his bowtie?
Oh geez! There’s one here!
Oh there’s not. Eek.
Yikes.
Get out?
He’s been writing notes to himself.
Leave me alone? Maybe not…
How did he manage to get IN the rocket?
This is creepy indeed.
And now she’s blinking.
Who wrote on the wall?
Why are her marks coming back?
AHHHHHH
I am so not sleeping well tonight.
“I sent him a message.” Hey look there he is!
River and Rory all retro’d up are HILARIOUS.
Rory. Hee!
Uh oh.
“The child must be cared for.” So she IS there. Or was, anyway.
Who’s that?
Nice eyepiece thing.
That was weird.
Amy haven’t you learned yet NOT to go into a room? ANY room in this place?
That must be the girl, but who is she? Is she River?
What? It’s Amy?
Why is the little girl in the spacesuit?
Help her how?
Yikes.
Yeah, this is messed up. Those things are creepy!
Really? Straight up shot was all it took?
Record everything in the Oval Office? Hee!
Can they help Amy?
Where’s Amy if that’s her recorder?
Why is the girl out of the suit?
Where is Amy?
It’s a live recording?
Silence?
We’re sorting that out now eh?
But if they are silence, and silence will fall, doesn’t that mean they are over?
Certainly earning that “tricky Dick” nickname, innit he?
Why are they scaring her though?
They are “The Silence”? Hrm.
Why DID she leave the suit though?
We decided to go because they needed a spacesuit? BUT WHY? Still nobody has told me why.
Poor Jefferson.
These guys are almost as creepy as the weeping angels.
Nice work Canton!
If the spaceman was coming to eat her, how did it get her and then how did she leave?
So where IS Amy?
She did try to tell you.
Confident. Heh.
OK I kind of like this Doctor and River. They’re fun to watch.
What’s all that about?
Oh my.
That actually WAS rather clever Doctor.
“How fast can you run?”
Oh noes. This is that thing that exploded the woman in the restroom.
See? It WAS Rory. All along.
RUN RIVER!
She’s kind of a badass. I like her a LOT.
She’s quite a sassy broad. I like that.
Safe!? Ha!
So who is Mrs Canton to be? Now I’m curious.
“Say hi to David Frost for me.” LOL!
Oh, she’s black. That’s why.
HE is.
Oh my. Woohoo!
That was their first kiss? Sorta. Aww.
So his first kiss is her last? Aww.
What’s with her being pregnant or not?
She told the Doctor but not Rory? Yikes.
A time head? Hehehe!
Yeah who is that little girl?
OMG! My brain is working overtime…wacky theory incoming!
What if it IS River? Could Amy be River’s mum?
New York six months later…
What?
WHAT!?
How can…but…I just…

I’m sticking with that theory. River said she killed the greatest man she’d ever known.

This episode is the first episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called The Impossible Astronaut. BBC Page

Here we go! Officially Season Six at last!
In Memory of Elisabeth Sladen. Aww.
Doctor?
Nice painting!
Doctor Who? Tee Hee!
HelLO!
Wait, now it’s now?
Trying to tunnel out of the Tower of London?
Hey! There he is!
Oh that’s a lovely invite…
River got one too? How did she get mail in Storm Cage?
Packing, eh?
A planet called America? About damned time!
!!!
Nice hat!
Nicer car!
Stetsons ARE cool. You’re on my turf now, darlin. (:
Tonight I’m going to stop…?
Space? 1969!? Oh yes.
(credits)
Look at Rory in the opening credits!
He’s eleven hundred and three!?
Hello hello.
Amy saw something and clean forgot?
Curious. What IS he up to?
Astronaut?
“Whatever happens now you do not interfere.” What?
I do love a good mind bender, but holy cow I’m all manner of bent up now.
He know’s it’s who?
What the WHAT!?!?
Who is in the suit?
OMG! River’s the one that killed him. I’m sure of it.
He’s regenerating!? No he’s not! Oh NO!
He’s dead?! And nobody thought to get a peek at the astronaut?
They’re to set him on fire?
Oh this is KILLING me! SO unfair! I know he has to come back somehow but…but…
2 and 4, Amy’s is what number?
Canton Everett Delaware the Third? Aww. What? “I won’t be seeing you again, but you’ll be seeing me.”
Timeline troubles, like with River.
There’s the envelope but who sat there?
Himself?
What the-!?
How can this be?
“I’m the King of OK.” I don’t have any idea what’s happened.
She slapped him hard! Good!
909? Uh oh.
Bumpy Wumpy. Heh. I liked Wibbly Wobbly better.
Knitting or biplanes. Heh.
Who is she? How does he not know? They’ve met before at this point.
Ooh. She broke out the big guns there. And he called her Amelia. Aww.
Ex-FBI? Oh goodness.
Nixon? Nice.
“Hippy.” “Archaeologist.” (:
A direct call every night? Neither man or woman? Yikes.
He’s-oh my goodness. That was rather impressive.
Jefferson Adams Hampton? Hrm.
I like the note taking. Cute.
“Very much NOT in need of getting shot.” Hee!
The Legs, The Nose, and Mrs Robinson. Hahahaha!!
Nice move there, guy from BSG whose name I forgot.
Twelve Jammy Dodgers and a Fez. Hee!
What? That’s what she saw in Utah right?
AHH!
What is that thing!?
OK that thing is WAY freaky.
And it doesn’t get any better does it?
SEND THAT PICTURE AMY SEND IT NOW
She doesn’t remember what she has to tell the Doctor?
Yeah, that’s not a phone in 1969, Amy.
…and Nixon’s mind is blown.
“Two of them fancied me.”!!!
Why is a little girl stuck there?
There’s the astronaut!
Cooler? Hahaha
This is all very icky looking. Why is it all here and why does the space program look abandoned?
Lamkin! He was Lamkin. Romo Lamkin?
!!!!
It’s a bunch of them!
Why isn’t she screaming?
What? I just…what?
A bit sick? So did Amy after she saw one up close.
These might even be creepier than the needletoothed worm from the first ep of last season.
Why I love River: “Is this sensible?” “God I hope not.”
It’s weird they’re going in opposite directions.
AHH!
Seriously they’re creepy every time.
EVERY TIME!!!
Tunnels have been here for centuries?
Did they get Rory?
We got two “Doctor Who?” jokes in one episode?
!!!
There she is!
It’s a recording, innit? Or one of those things can fake the voice?
She’s pregnant?
Hey look it’s the spaceman! Can we kill it now?
River, that is.
It’s not River!? I was so convinced!
And Amy shot it?
(twitch)

OK, overall this is a weird distressing episode. Quite a switch from Christmas I must say. I don’t have the amount of note taking I usually do because watching this one I had a lot of catching up to do to keep up with the plot in parts. I think I liked it but I also am a little nervous about how it turns out.

Today, December 16th, is #WearStarWarsShareStarWars Day, because a little girl named Katie was hassled for the clearly unforgivable sin of being a girl who likes Star Wars.

If you and I have ever met, you know I can sympathize.

I was the only girl who played in Little League in my hometown. I was the only girl who took the test to get my “computer license” so I could play with the computers in the library. I was the only girl who…a lot of things. And I lived in a VERY small town, so every single one of those things is amplified because there was no way for me to be written off as “one of the weird kids”. I was THE weird kid. And it sucked. It sucked rocks. It sucked out loud.

Instead of spending all my time feeling sorry for myself, I decided to use it to my advantage. I developed a thicker skin, and I realized there was a whole wide world outside that wide spot in the road, and who cares what these people think of me anyway? I’m not staying here! Did I cry because my feelings were hurt? Oh heavens yes. I was unhappy a lot, I mean, sometimes it would be really nice to just be a normal person and fit in.

It seems like fitting in would just be easier. I’m just not wired that way. So I had to have a sense of humor about it. I have a badge, and if I must wear it, then I choose to wear it proudly: The Exception To The Rule. I’m lefthanded. I’m a girl in tech. I’m much louder than my size would lead you to believe. I’m a reasonably fit American. Pick a rule, I’m violating it in some way. And I can’t imagine what my life would be like if I had shut up and listened to people who said I should go along to get along, just fit in, be like everyone else.

So today I’m wearing my Star Wars shirt, and my R2-D2 wrist cuff, and I’m off to go flaunt my Star Wars Girl-ness in public. Much like Katie, this isn’t exactly a special occasion for me, I’m pretty Star Wars-y most of the time anyway, and have been for virtually my entire life. (A childhood compromise: My mom bought me a 12″ Princess Leia. She thought it was good I was playing with dolls, and I got to play Star Wars. Everybody won.) And if you don’t like it, well, that’s too damned bad. Because if you liked me before, and now you know I like Star Wars and you don’t like me, well, the only thing that changed there was you.

May The Force Be With Katie.

This episode is the Christmas Special episode of Season Six (or Thirty-Two depending who you ask), called A Christmas Carol. BBC Page

Ooh look, a planet. And an active one at that.
This looks crashy. And that’s a VERY odd outfit.
Christmas Cancelled right off the bat?
And Geordie can’t help them out? Come on LaForge!
Who’s in the Honeymoon Suite?
Wait what?
Rory! Nice outfits you two…
Ah, and Rory helpfully explains. Thanks for that.
Come along, Pond… cute.
(credits)
WTF? Oh it’s cute? I rather like this mashed up world.
Richard Harris! Ah, Dumbledore. Now I can listen to what he’s saying now that I placed his voice. (:
Oooh!
Looks a bit Scroogey.
Wireless old style phone. I love it.
Oh I know that noise.
I love it. Quite the entrance.
“My brain just went…what the hell?” Hee!
Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. (:
I’ll never understand how he “reads” any information off the sonic.
Daddy? What IS he missing? What’s all this then?
Fish what now?
I love the running lights on the carriage.
Oh that’s a giant shadow behind him.
A Christmas Carol, eh? So the old man will get three ghosts?
Oh he got himself! Nice! Did the Doctor do that?
Everyone at school has seen the fish? WHAT?
Quantum enfolding and a paper clip? Nice!
Is he gonna show up back in the video? I hope so.
Hey look!
There isn’t any lottery! Hee!
“You’re twelve years old so we’ll stay away from under the bed.” Hee!
Mature and responsible adult and it’s too big a lie. I LOVE THAT!
Funny, I thought boys laughed in the face of danger.
“I wear it and I don’t care.” (:
Uh oh. This won’t end well will it?
AHHHH!!!!
Big color? Hahahahaha!
Ahh!
Within reach? !!!
!!! Half a screwdriver? Oh my.
And now it’s dying? Oh no!
An icebox? Oooh! Really?
Tell me this works. Please oh please!
“Just what I was after! Thank you!”
Hey it’s her. I kinda figured.
Hello Abigail Pettigrew.
How does he know she talks about the fish?
Why are they getting a signal from the shark?
Oh noes.
!!!
Later I bet it’s awesome to look back at. Chased by a shark, bowtied babysitter…
Cute homage to Jaws there in the score.
She sings? It’s beautiful.
She’s singing to the shark!? What the-!?
Nothing seems to be biting him.
The fish like the singing? I like that explanation better too.
What a nice song.
And the painting changed?
Look!
My reaction to all that was the Ninth Doctor’s voice in my head saying “fanTAStic!”
Pictures? Pictures!
What!?
Every Christmas?
Her number goes down? Uh oh.
Nuh-UH!
Mad. Absolutely mad.
I love it. Honestly, how much fun is that!?
Fezzes! Hee!
!!!! The scarf!!!!!!!!!! (twitch)
Oh NO! Her number keeps going down, what happens when it gets to zero?
She can’t go inside? That’s terrible.
“I have absolutely no idea.” At least he was honest.
Oh Doctor! That’s wonderful. (:
You’re doin it wrong! Hee!
Crackers! I love crackers!
Those are the best Christmases, aren’t they? A bit rambunctious.
Doctor, for the love of Pete, TAKE A HINT!
“I THINK you’re right.” Cute.
I like their friendship here.
“It’s this or go to your room and design a new kind of screwdriver, don’t make my mistakes!” tee hee!
Oh my.
Oh they’re lovely! Look at all those photos!
“The Doctors is gonna do a duet with Frank!” I love it.
The truth? Oh noes!
Accidentally got engaged to Marilyn Monroe?
Good night? Is this the last one? Is that what she told him?
Yup. Her number is one. So what now? She can’t ever come out again?
Oh no, it’s like the Doctor said, “not as much as I had hoped”.
Oh man, the picture is his dad again.
Sound waves were right, that’s why it looks like an organ…
Make a change, make a change, make a change…
Hit it Kazran, please!
Oh man. Shut the curtains?
He sounds like the same guy as before.
“As a very old friend once took a very long time to explain to me, life isn’t fair!”
I had hope for him. I thought he’d change.
How does this planet in this whole other place so far away know Silent Night?
Holograms?
How do you choose which day?
Sad.
“Better a broken heart than no heart at all.” “You try it!” Oh he has, Kazran. He has.
Please let this work. I know there’s a good guy in there or he wouldn’t have cared about Abigail.
Oh work!!
Use the boy version! That will work won’t it?
No, they’ll need her to sing won’t they?
Yup.
Oh I rather like her.
Snow!
A bit carnivorous moon? All right?
Halfway out of the dark? Huh.
Look! OMG!

Overall I loved it. Awesome. Fun. Impressive. Charming. Clever. Wonderful. Mad. Sweet.

This Doctor is definitely growing on me. In the good way. I liked that episode a lot. Christmas ain’t the same without Grampy Wilf, sure, but you can’t have Grampy Wilf EVERY Christmas. (:

• I was on The Sci-Fi Cast for their fiftieth episode extravaganza! We played “The Geek To Beat”, a Jeopardy-style game. It was AMAZING. We had so much fun. And I blurted out a new nerdy swear, “STACK OF FRACK!”, of which I have grown particularly fond.
• I managed to guest on a lovely podcast, Angry Mac Bastards at the last minute since one of their regulars (and my favorite AMB, but don’t tell anybody) Peter Cohen, was unable to make it. I was nervous to be on the show, but all the feedback I saw was positive. My favorite was “Can Peter be sick again next week?” (: (NOTE: As you may have deduced, the AMB podcast is, to put it mildly, a salty/NSFW/Long Shoreman style show. You have been warned.)
• I also spent some time playing one of my friend Jeff Gamet’s favorite games, which is Keep Stu Off Balance. We were on the International Mac Podcast together, doing what we could to fluster our host, Stu Helm. Stu is a very good sport. (:
• I can also occasionally be found hosting the TUAW Talkcast, which is one of my favorite things to do. If you meet me in person, you’ll be able to tell how much I love it because I get really excited when I talk about it. I love my community there, and it pleases me to bits every single time someone besides me shows up to record. If you haven’t checked it out, I highly recommend it. I’m not biased or anything! In case you need it, here’s a link to everything I do for TUAW.

So there’s some of what I’ve been up to in the meantime.

Short term that means TONS of phone calls, time on the elliptical trainer my mom gave me (THANK YOU!!), and squeezing a rewatch of Torchwood in the margins. Then I’ll start in on Season Six of Dr Who, and in the meantime you can always catch me shooting my mouth off on Twitter if you prefer me in small measured doses.

When I have more to update here, I promise it will happen. (:

This episode is the thirteenth episode of Season Five (or Thirty-One depending who you ask), called The Big Bang. BBC Page

(recap)
That silent bit at the end is creepy all over again.
1894 years later!?
???
Amy’s house!
So what’s wrong with Amy now if she never had her run-in with the Doctor?
No such things as stars?
What the WHAT!?
We never met Amy’s adults before.
Richard Dawkins. Hee!
Who was that then?
How does that brochure have a Dalek and such in it?
Who’s handwriting is that?
Who sent her there?
Who took her soda?
She stuck around and dodged them all. Good for her!
Nice boots. (;
Yup. Even in petrified form, Daleks are creepy.
She’s unlocking it just by touching it?
HOW???
At least she still meets the Doctor when she’s young.
Wait, what?
WHAT!?
1894 years ago…
Eek.
“So the universe ended. You missed that.”
I’m liking Rory more all the time.
That’s a ridiculous miracle I think…
Fez? Mop? What!?
So Rory got him out. OK.
“I’ve got a future, that’s nice.”
So Rory isn’t Rory?
Yup. I like Rory.
So we put Amy in the Pandorica?
The Nestenes?
Mostly dead? I’ve heard that before.
OMG!
Complicated. Heh. How is Amy gonna sort this?
Rory is heartbreaking and wonderful.
Oh Rory.
What the what!? How is it alive?
“Come along Ponds!” Hee!
!!!!
Oh good, it’s brought back to life.
Oh this is hurting my head a bit again.
Oh that’s him with the notes and the soda. HA!
My brain. Again. Hear it melting?
Where’s Amelia?
Restore? Thaaaaat’s not a…good sound…
At least it’s not the voice saying “Silence will fall.”
Can’t River shoot it with that obliterator thing?
Reboot the universe? Oh yeah!
Go big or go home. This is why I like the Doctor.
!!!!!!
Ooooh. River Song: Making Daleks beg since time immemorial.
History is…vanishing. Oh no.
Wow. He really does go big, doesn’t he?
How is he going to fly anything anywhere? He’s unconscious!
All the cracks will close? So no more Doctor? This isn’t ok with me either!
“He doesn’t really know me yet. Now he never will.” Tragic.
Why DID he take her with him?
Where was everyone? I wondered that then too but we never covered it.
That crack took her family? Oh no!
At least her Doctor is actually Raggedy now.
GOTCHA!?
Oh that’s not right or fair or anything. WTF?
Don’t text and drive, Doctor!
Geronimo? Hee!
My brain is a bit melty now.
I can buy a fez?
That’s Amy’s voice…
Space Florida?
At least the crack disappeared, that’s good right?
We’re back another episode. And that’s the one that didn’t have the crack! So does it now or not? (:
All the way back!
He stole the TARDIS?
So sad. I can’t type because I just keep watching him.
No more crack…
Stars!
!!
“Are you just saying yes because you’re scared of me?” Hee!
River!?
Why would River leave her book?
What now?
Please work. Oh Amy, I hope this works.
!!!!!
Good call, leaving the kissing to Rory.
Mister Pond. Hee!
Is she married? And married to whom?
Was he asking?
Goodbye!? Yeah, goodbye to their Earth, right?
HAHAH!
Nicely done Amy!
Goddess? Loose on the Orient Express? In SPACE!? Oh how I wish I got to see that.

This episode is the twelfth episode of Season Five (or Thirty-One depending who you ask), called The Pandorica Opens. BBC Page

France 1890…
Vincent!
Sunflowers behind him…
What’s wrong Vincent?
What’s that painting? Hmm…
Ooh, Churchill eh?
!!!
THIS is why he called the Doctor, innit?
Stormcage Containment Facility? 5145!?
Dr Song is talking to Winston? My brain hurts.
She got to keep her lipstick?
“Your tricks don’t work in here Dr Song.” Hee!
The Royal Collection?
Not very…well, not very Royal, is it?
Is she walking off with a Van Gogh?
Liz Ten! “And I”m the bloody Queen.” Nice!
Maldovarium!? What in THE hell?
Oh he looks familiar….
A handsome Time Agent? Jack? The Doctor’s hand in a jar?
Microexplosives? What on earth!?
Oh she’s good.
Planet one?
Translate, eh?
Hello Sweetie!? My brain. It hurts.
Hail Caesar? They know what he is?
Oooh! Look at that. Smeary lipstick huh?
“You wouldn’t answer your phone.” Hee!
Oh my. It’s what happens in the crack, innit?
(credits)
Horsies?
Date and map on the door sign? Whoa.
The Pandorica Opens?
A Pandorica is a fairy tale?
Oooh! This could be good.
Now I’m recalling Eddie Izzard’s bit about Stonehenge. Hee!
Um. Wait. Wht?
Oh my.
Underhenge? Underhenge is the name of my Jefferson Starship Cover Band. (;
Oh that’s bad!
And that’s worse.
Mmm, torchy!
Is that the Pandorica or is it inside?
Oh there it is.
How is River dressed for this? She was wearing prison clothes.
He saw an arm. Hrm.
I would think it would be a bad idea for him to touch it.
“Soaked in the blood of a billion beings.” Is this the one from the pit a couple seasons back?
Worse yet…is it the Doctor?
“I hate good wizards in fairy tales, they always turn out to be him.” Hee!
How did this all line up? She has a point. Vincent isn’t to be born for quite awhile.
She’s right, who else is coming? Oh yikes.
Um. Oh no.
We saw Cyberman shrapnel and now Daleks too?
I like when he really gets going.
That’s like. ALL the aliens.
Holy crap.
I don’t think I’d leave the torch.
“Everything that’s ever hated you is coming here tonight.” YIKES!
Whatever is in the Pandorica is what made the crack, right?
A volunteer? What?
“That’s a memory. Friend of mine, someone I lost.”
Does he really think she can bring Rory back if she remembers him?
“Hey look I’m a target!”
She can’t hear it? OH CRAP!
Ahh!
That’s a bit weird even for me. Eeek!
And now she got stuck with a dart? Oh noes.
The rest was intact? Oh noes!
Where is she now!?
Safe for now maybe. What’s in there with her?
Um.
What the WHAT!?
My brain. It hurt before. Now bits are melting.
“She’s fine Doctor, just unconscious!?” So Rory is actually…Rory?
Therrrrre we go. He figured it out finally, eh?
Distracting? You could say that.
Oh no. I think it’s acutally getting out.
What’s in there? Is it the TARDIS?
Is he really going to do this?
He just declared he has nothing to lose?
Are they really going to leave?
They really do clank when he walks, don’t they?
You know what I want from the next episode of Confidential? “River Song’s Hair.” It deserves it’s own episode!
Why doesn’t she remember him? If he still exists…
What exploded? The TARDIS, right?
But how?
“…I’m not sure history can take it.” I hope someday someone says that about me. (:
Silence will fall?
There’s the crack! IN THE TARDIS!
What came to Amy’s house? Is it still the needly toothed thing? Cuz…yikes.
“Why do I let you out?”
Something seriously bad is going down just there, and I don’t know what but I know it’s bad.
She’s crying again without noticing?
It’s the Pandorica that is using her brain isn’t it?
Is this real?
Why does she have to leave?
Silence will fall. WHO IS SAYING THAT!?
So they are all done. What about Rory? Is he fake too?
So whatever is in the Pandorica is controlling them? And Rory is fighting too? Oh good.
They are going after the Doctor?
Rory Williams! She knows him!!
KISS HIM AMY!
Is she gonna have to blow up the TARDIS to get out?
Ohhhhhhhhhh no.
OMG. I was right! It IS the Doctor in the Pandorica!
But…but…humanity!
Saving the universe FROM him?
They are the work of the Doctor?
How are they the work of the TARDIS?
Oh crap.
So it did explode after all.
And Did Amy actually die?
Oh CRAP!

Well that was a fine how do you do. At least I don’t have to wait a week for the next one!

This episode is the eleventh episode of [Season Five](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Series_5_(Doctor_Who)_stories) (or Thirty-One depending who you ask), called The Lodger. [BBC Page](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sr4bm)

Oh look, England. I’m shocked.
WTF!? He fell out of the TARDIS? Oh crap!
One Day Later?
Weird. I would freak out. I’d probably try to help but I’d freak out a little and call 911 first. Or whatever it is in the UK.
NO! Can’t you hear the music? He’s gonna getcha!
Does he know what it is in the ceiling? He had an odd look on his face.
Pizza booze telly. Hee!
They are an odd match I think.
Yikes. Very much yikes.
Cute postcard on the fridge.
Awwww. He’s adorable. “Dunno if you know…”
You sure about that chief?
What’s in his ear?
(credits)
Less of a young professional and more like an ancient amateur…
O hai sack o cash!
“I call me the Doctor too.” Heh.
Rotmeister?
His room? Nice.
A reference from the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Eggs? Huh.
Oh, “phone drone”, I like that.
Is the thing in his ear connected tot he TARDIS somehow?
“You’re weird and you can cook, that’s good enough for me.”
This might be fun.
Oh crap.
That woman has bigger issues, she shouldn’t stop.
Scary big? Oh yikes.
A bowtie are you serious? Tee hee!
Oh good Lord. What on earth is he up to?
NO NO NO don’t go upstairs!! I like you Craig, don’t go upstairs!!
How very Flock of Seagulls, Doctor. (:
He’s gonna fix it with a toothbrush?
Oh Craig. Come on. Do something!
Heh. Football. This should be fun.
Wow it kinda was fun to watch.
Poor Craiggers though.
Now it’s a girl voice?
Oh goodness. I thought there was a glitch in my video!
All 5s? Hrm.
What does she see?
Space? He has no idea what Craig is talking about.
Oh come on Craig! SAY IT!
On switch? Heh.
Craig can’t see the point of much can he?
Lead them down the path, Doctor. Someone’s got to.
What the crap is that thing!?
Seriously, what’s with the rot?
Don’t touch it Craig!
Eek!
Oh noes! Why didn’t he answer?
Tea right from the pot. Heh. The Royal Wedding. Hee!
I’m glad the Doctor was there to take care of him.
Whoa!
Never worked anywhere. Hahahaha!
Custard cream? Heh.
Sophie Sophie Sophie. Either make a move or call it a day, you can’t wait for him to do it, you are at least that smart aren’t you?
OMG!
Headbutt eh? I guess that’s one way to do it.
Oh noes! No Sophie! NO NO NO!
So for once he got someone who actually knows who he is? Well. Huh.
Sophie!
Who is this!?
There is no upstairs?
Stop yelling at him Amy!
Geronimo? HAHAHAHA!
FINALLY!!!!!!!
Awww. Finally Craig!
Oh noes!
Did the ship leave a crack in the wall?
That was nice of Craig, letting him keep the keys. (:
Hey look a crack.
“Find me a fella?” He shouldn’t have to.
Uh oh…is she going to remember or is it just going to freak her out?

I liked the human element of this one but I wish we’d discovered who’s ship it was and why it was there and such. I like a bit more explanation. I am rather looking forward to the last two episodes. I hope the rest of this one makes more sense after I watch the last two.

This episode is the tenth episode of Season Five (or Thirty-One depending who you ask), called Vincent and the Doctor. BBC Page

Wheat? OK…
NICE establishing shot!
Oh this guy at the Musee d’Orsay is wearing quite the lovely bowtie.
Why are you being so nice to me?
Arcadia? The Trojan Gardens? What are THOSE stories like?
Wow. I don’t know a lot about Vincent, but this is all very sad.
Hee! Lovely bowtie moment!
“We need to talk to Vincent Van Gogh!” Another of my favorite type of ANY story, playing in the margins of history.
They keep saying “van goff” and not “van go”. Hrm.
So Vincent isn’t all that popular eh?
“He’s drunk, he’s mad, and he never pays his bills.” Oh my.
I like this “OMG!” moment between the Doctor and Amy.
Nicely done Amy. (:
From Holland? Huh.
Watching them flirt is making me giggle.
Churchy paintings! Heh. I like watching the Doctor squirm.
Ack! Screaming? This won’t end well.
Seriously? 1890 and they’re acting like it’s the Dark Ages!
I like Vincent’s hat quite a lot.
“Nice night. Very starry.” Subtle, Doctor.
I love it.
This is cool!
I’ve never been much for art, but I am getting more interested in Vincent all the time.
“What IS it with you and the church!?” Good point!
“He’s a strange one.” BETTER point!
“There are more wonders in this universe than you could ever dream.” Oh I do like him.
Oh Amy, what now?
What’s Vincent doing?
WTF?
OMG!
That’s twice it creamed the Doctor!
Holy crap!
LOL! Crazy guy fighting an imaginary creature thinks the DOCTOR is the crazy one.
!!!! Oh noes!
Yeah I like this Doctor. I think it’s official. He’s mad and ridiculous and amazing.
Can he get to the TARDIS in time?
What on earth is that thing?
Print ready?
Another nod to previous Doctors. I love it.
Krafayis?

Screen:
Krafayis
(Kra-fay-iss)
Summary: Planet of orgin uncertan

Social structure:
Nomadic pack animals
Strict dominance hierarchy
Huge territories, several solar systems wide
Preferred Habitat
Planets with oxygen and nitrogen based atmospheres

Abandoned thing? Uh oh. Alone and afraid and terrifying is a bad mix on Earth.
So now he has to run navigating by rearview mirror? Yikes!
The living daylights? Who says that anymore?
Sunflowers? Nice move, Amy.
So how does Vincent see him if nobody else can?
Vincent doesn’t look happy at that news.
Oh wow he’s right, this could be bad.
“Vincent, can I help?” He sounds so kind.
Hahaha! Vincent just told a 907 year old man that his experience is incomplete.
???
That’s some crazy mood swinging right there.
“I hear the song of your sadness. You’ve lost someone I think.” Goodness.
That was…interesting. Amy really doesn’t remember.
“It’s a thing, it’s like a plan, but with more grayness.”
Yup. Still digging the hat.
“I’m working.” Cute.
Watching the Doctor fidget is fun.
“Is this how time usually passes? Very slowly, and in the right order?”
“Overconfidence, this and a small screwdriver, I’m absolutely sorted.” And there it is. He’s won me over.
“Of course!” “I love you.” (:
Odd scene depicted over the doorway there. I wonder how long these things live.
You know he always looks at the side of the screwdriver, but I have never seen a readout or anything on it like it gives him information somehow.
And now he can’t see at all. Lovely.
Into the confessional. Nice.
Yikes!
Seriously how does Vincent see that thing!?
Now they’re locked in a room? How can that turn out ok?
Talking to it? OK…
Round the edges? It’s blind!
“I’m stupid and I’m getting old.” Oh no.
And it’s afraid.
I’m sad for it. And I’m sad for the Doctor too.
“Like the villagers who scream at me.” Really? Again, so much less than the best of humanity. Makes me sad.
“Hold my hand, Doctor. Try to see what I see.”
“Everywhere we look the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.” Oh that’s lovely.
I like him. Dammit. I know he doesn’t live.
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Uh oh.
He has an idea.
“Brace yourself Vinny.” Hee!
OK, where are they going?
Oh they are at….
!!!!
Oh they’re not.
They ARE!
!!!!
Nice shot from the poster to the man.
I totally need to go there.
“You were nice about my tie.” (:
“To me, Van Gogh is the finest painter of them all.”
Please look over there. Vincent and I got something in our eyes.
“Sorry about the beard.” (:
What a nice moment.
Not really te marrying kind? Did the crack do Amy a favor?
Is he a fixed point in time? Doesn’t change?
Ohhhh, from Vincent to Amy this time.
Wait, it didn’t change? Aw, damn.
“We definitely added to his pile of good things.” I want that to be on my tombstone. “Here lies Kelly, she added to the pile of good things.”
Oh Doctor. This sucks for you. I’m sorry.
Damn.
Exquisite and heartbreaking. My favorite type of story though, seriously, the stuff that happens around the edges of parts we already know. This is why I also loved the Churchill episode.
Wait. No crack! WTF?
Overall I did like this one. First one this season that made me cr…first one this season where I got something in my eye. And being number 10 of 12 I think I’m doing pretty well.