fajrdrako | Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens... (Reply)

Watched "The Pandorica Opens". it just now. Very... dramatic.

Thoughts:

I found myself comparing it in my mind to "The Parting of the Ways". Nothing like the same emotional resonances for me; so much more an action show. The Amy/Rory romance, though fun, hasn't a fraction of the impact of the relationship between Nine and Rose, or any rapport between Amy and Eleven.
Humdinger of a plot, and good suspense. though I begin to fear another telepathy-gone-crazy theme like "Amy's Choice". Is Amy really still little Amelia, giving herself the grown-up adventures she wanted, with the Doctor? Storybooks come real?
I liked the way they used so much from this whole season - references, characters, visuals.
Scary sequence, when Amy was stalked by Cyberman parts.
The Vortex Manipulator right off a Time Agent's wrist - I laughed. Great River Song scene, though now when I see her, I find myself thinking, "Couldn't it be Captain Jack in this role?"
I continue to enjoy River Song and her games. Loved her prison scene.
It had to be the Doctor in the Pandorica. Is the implication that he will be Hope? And Amy will open the box and let him out?
Why is the TARDIS blowing up? I suspect self-sacrifice to save the universe. Or a "plugging the hole" thing like the Dutch boy and the dyke.
Though I still like Amy a lot, it doesn't seem to me that she's grown or changed. That was the joy of the stories of Rose, Jack, Martha and Donna.
I am aware that this reflects the styles of thinking of the two different writers, Moffat and Davies.
Loved Rory as a Roman, and River as Cleopatra. In England. Heh.