@thesunflowersqueen / thesunflowersqueen.tumblr.com
Out of context DOCTOR WHO
In a fitting move for an episode celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who, ”The Day of the Doctor” began with the opening visuals and music used by the very first episode of Doctor Who, which fade away to show a police man passing by a familiar old junkyard before the camera focuses in on the Coal Hill School, where inside is…
Clara Oswald. Teaching. With no explanation for how the last episode was resolved, how she and the Doctor escaped his timeline, how they left Trenzalore, where the Paternoster gang is, or why she’s back on Earth.
Still it’s nice to see some character development in Clara. It looks like Clara’s left her job as a nanny and is now working as a teacher, which is another nurturing position, but it probably meant that she had some ambition and took the initiative to make a career for herself. Mind you, it would have been nice to see her move beyond the Impossible Girl and make a new life for herself instead of trying to guess what happened to her between “The Name of the Doctor” and “The Day of the Doctor.” But I guess this is what passes as character development in the Moffat era.
This was just the first of many problems I had with the 50th anniversary. There are, of course, many things that I did enjoy about the special. The interaction between the three Doctors was superb, the dialogue was witty and engaging, Billie Piper turned in an absolutely stellar performance as the Moment, and the inclusion of Tom Baker and clips of the other Doctors (including Capaldi!) had all of the Whovians at my viewing in a puddle of feels. But it’s important to talk about the problematic elements, because they have strongly detracted from my enjoyment of what should have been an incredible anniversary special. From the horrible characterization of Elizabeth I to the undermining of Series 1-7, there was a lot that had me cringing throughout this episode.
So, below the jump is an extended review of “The Day of the Doctor.”
The 50th special is making me upset now. :( I miss the brief moment where I had a lot of fun and now my critical side is completely up in flames.
I completely understand. I relate to this SO MUCH.
I just cannot watch something without critically analyzing it afterwards…
what was the point of Cass in the Night of the Doctor emphasising that SHE CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DALEKS AND TIME LORDS ANYMORE THEY’RE JUST AS BAD AS EACHOTHER I’LL DIE HAPPY KNOWING THAT YOU’RE DEAD DOCTOR… if you’re just going to.. ignore that.. and save them all regardless
At last I know where I’m going…where I’ve always been going. Home. The long way around.
River Song + The Day of The Doctor
gallifrey falls no more
the curator gave her the scarf
no… i dont think you understand
the curator
gave her the scarf
YOU. ME. SKYPE. DOCTOR WHO CHATS. NEXT WEEKEND.
I WANT THEM NOW THOUGH. NOOOOOOW.
I’ve been running all my lives. Through time and space… Every second of every minute of every day for over 900 years. I fought for peace in a universe at war. Now the time has come to face the choices I have made in the name of the Doctor. Our future depends on one single moment of one impossible day, the day I’ve been running from all my life… The Day of the Doctor.
I’ve been running all my lives. Through time and space. Every second of every minute of every day for over 900 years. I fought for peace in every universe at war. Now the time has come to face the choices I’ve made in the name of the Doctor. Our future depends on one single moment of one impossible day. The day I’ve been running from all my life, the Day of the Doctor. [x]
