I was going to post a longer entry as well as review the latest episode of Doctor Who, Smile, but I took out the violin sometime after ten o' clock, looked up a little(?) bit later, and realized that it was already past midnight! I am so knackered now, and yet, still awake.
Definitely tomorrow though. I enjoyed Bill greatly, yet again, as well as her interaction with The Doctor, though there were a couple of things about the episode that I found a tad bizarre (aside from its feeling like a mash up of every dystopian episode in recent years complete with the colony/settlement looking a bit like an abandoned shopping arcade/mall).
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I also felt like the Doctor was saying that humans were responsible for programming them and so got what they deserved since they had to have their paradise at another creature's expense. And that those same creatures were not responsible for their actions despite being self-aware. It was a heavy-handed slavery metaphor which made me groan. (Not as compelling as the Ood.) How were they being oppressed? We just saw them working with the early settlers to plant things. I get how the mood monitors worked. Still. Did nobody ever get angry?? What did the robots think of that? "Oh this is like a really energetic violent sort of happy!" ????? ?????????
And you can't have it both ways. You are either self-aware or not. There was not even a negotiation. He just wiped them and basically said "They are innocent now! Don't hurt them. Good luck!" Yes, let's make the killer robots victims and then blame the colonists who lost their family for being stupid, spoiled and human.
I wonder if the Doctor wiping memories is going to be a theme this season or rather the implications of him always having to meddle and to fix things. I mean, that has always been a theme really.
I am sure that if he tries to "hit the reset button" again, Bill will be like "Wooahh!!! Stop. This is not the solution to all problems."
I love how Bill is like, "are you sure it is going to be okay?"
I loved that too! Because it seemed like nothing really was okay and Bill is so refreshingly down to earth about it. I really like that about her.
You were so enthusiastic and then I disappeared. I am waiting for iTunes to let me know when I can watch the latest on this side of the pond. It looks Epic and it is only Ep 6?? If they are showing clips of Missy, then things are getting real pretty early on.
Loved the creature in the Thames episode. All of the dialogue was amazing! ;__; Oh Bill and 12. Spooky house was less so. Still loved their interactions though the plot felt weird. And, alrighty, folks. We get it. This season is about weird things eating people. Having said that, I really enjoyed the space episode. More lovely Bill-ness. I am really going to miss Twelve.
What are your thoughts on these latest eps?