I just feel like Older Amy's hatred of the Doctor for not saving her doesn't make much sense if she remembers being her younger self and begging her older self to help her, and remembers that her older self refused. So... it was never the Doctor's fault? And it's not like the Doctor and Rory haven't been trying, and for them it's been less than a day. I mean, I guess you could play it as she forgot after all those years? That isolation and loneliness warped her mind enough that she could forget/blow off such logic. But... I'm sorry, it just doesn't make any sense to me, and it's a little far for my suspension of belief. Maybe it shouldn't be. Maybe it's only because I'm an outsider viewing the situation.
If you're going to bill something as the Doctor's greatest/darkest moment, you've got to remember that you restarted this series by introducing him as the man who ended the Time War by WIPING OUT HIS OWN PEOPLE...
I know, right? As it says on the Wikipedia page for this episode, one of the critics pointed out that Tennant's Doctor got angrier than Eleven on most episodes.
Honestly, I think the problem here might not necessarily be the writing, but the direction the writers were given. On Davies' Doctor Who, the stories were of a larger scope, and sometimes revolved around the Companion, but mostly were about the Earth or the universe at large. The Doctor had more to get angry about, to react to, and to do something about. On Moffatt's Who, most of the stories have centered around, in one way or another, Amy. With Amy being vitally important to the survival of the universe at least once. And when you get right down to it, "A Good Man Goes to War," which is supposed to be about the Doctor's greatest triumph and his darkest failure... is about Amy. Amy and Rory's baby. (Who turns out to be the Doctor's future wife... and don't even get me started on THAT train wreck.) Which, it's sad! Yes, it's sad that they don't get to raise their daughter. It's a good plot, but it just isn't "greatest triumph and darkest hour" material.
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Date: 2012-04-30 02:08 pm (UTC)If you're going to bill something as the Doctor's greatest/darkest moment, you've got to remember that you restarted this series by introducing him as the man who ended the Time War by WIPING OUT HIS OWN PEOPLE...
I know, right? As it says on the Wikipedia page for this episode, one of the critics pointed out that Tennant's Doctor got angrier than Eleven on most episodes.
Honestly, I think the problem here might not necessarily be the writing, but the direction the writers were given. On Davies' Doctor Who, the stories were of a larger scope, and sometimes revolved around the Companion, but mostly were about the Earth or the universe at large. The Doctor had more to get angry about, to react to, and to do something about. On Moffatt's Who, most of the stories have centered around, in one way or another, Amy. With Amy being vitally important to the survival of the universe at least once. And when you get right down to it, "A Good Man Goes to War," which is supposed to be about the Doctor's greatest triumph and his darkest failure... is about Amy. Amy and Rory's baby. (Who turns out to be the Doctor's future wife... and don't even get me started on THAT train wreck.) Which, it's sad! Yes, it's sad that they don't get to raise their daughter. It's a good plot, but it just isn't "greatest triumph and darkest hour" material.
/babble