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A note about The Eleventh Hour: it is a story that explores, grieves, and eventually accepts a loss of innocence.

Yet, through the medium of Doctor Who, we get to play at a more wholesome alternative to simple broken promises, forgotten and impossible dreams and the like. The Raggedyman came back (eventually).

Through the eyes of Amelia Pond we are reminded not all of our childhood dreams or fantasies have to be put away. It's true the world rarely offers space for them but in one way or another, we can find what we're looking for because sooner or later, we may just realize what we always wanted was right beside us all along.

...or what we always feared had deeper meaning and inexplicable answers only time could properly reveal.

Beyond the enigma of her fairy tale existence which takes multiple seasons to fully grasp, Amelia is our window back into the life of The Doctor in this episode. We get to be just as bewildered by the mystery as she is and this crack in the wall will continue to haunt her well into the future.

...but an enigma himself is the Raggedyman that appeared and disappeared in the matter of one night. An impossible moment in her life she could never possibly forget...no way to prove it's reality; no way to resolve the quiet horror beside her bed and through the wall.

He eventually returned to save the day but the day he was meant to save was not the day they met.

The ordinary may become extraordinary or perhaps it will always remain as such but we can never be completely certain all at once. We dream and in some ways that is our curse.

We are also cursed to live to see another day while we wait in anticipation for something more; something new. When those new days come, we are reminded that we still wait. The choice is then repeatedly placed at our feet: do we lament, abandon, retain, or forget the promises of yesterday?

In the end, there were no obvious choices or any obvious solutions to the inexplicable story in The Eleventh Hour and our hero, Amelia Pond, may finally be able to see all of time and space but what she endured in the meantime would always remain a part of her.

For better, for worse, and for all of the above.

We are all stories in the end. So make it a good one.

I don't see people using The Lazarus Experiment from Series 3 as a routine means of identifying Doctor Who as being "past it's prime".

Even commentary regarding the farting aliens that wear human skin suits has been at a relative low.

There were also two episodes where James Corden played the key companion role. People didn't like it but rarely mention those episodes anymore.

Then there was the episode about the moon being an egg. Another one about sleep dust from our eyes taking over a space station cuz capitalism...

There was also that one that became a soapbox about making choices to fix the planet or else the surviving humans would become monstrous mutations trapped outside of planet terraforming resorts that dish out space coupons.

Almost like Doctor Who routinely puts out these silly, not-so-award winning scripts or stories and routinely receives mediocre ratings or fan reception as a result. ...but people still keep watching it and people still love it.

Space Babies is not different; in fact it's a delightful episode with beautiful messages attached to it.

CGI baby mouths or not...I just want to put a stamp on the *cow's excrement* (NAN-E filter approved).

Edit: In case it's not abundantly clear I thoroughly enjoy when Who is either bad or heavily perceived as being bad. It's never like "omg they put the lead actor's character into a coma and wrote them off the show I wonder what's happening behind the scenes" it's always like "this week we're going to introduce a new creature into the lore" and people get mad or "this week we're going to bring back a known creature from the lore* and people get bored or *what if we brought back one of the farting aliens and make her story kinda sorta sad but still funny* then people's heads explode.