For once, a finale with an entirely happy ending...and I still cried buckets!
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I was just thinking about the finales of series 1-4, all of which have ended with some sort of deep sadness/loss. The emotional wrench of losing Nine, the tearjerking goodbye to Rose...and in series 3, even though Martha left of her own accord, it was still a wrench (plus there was all the damage and fallout from the Master's reign). And of course series 4 had the heartbreaking Donna mind-wipe scene.
So it made a change to end on such a totally upbeat note, with everyone surviving (or being brought back in true uplifting Moffat fashion)...and the entire "gang" being carried over into the next series.
All this, and yet I shed more tears during last night's episode than Doomsday and Journey's End put together! Mainly due to Rory's vigil and the scene when Amelia was asleep. Anyone else cry more over this episode than ever before, in spite of the wall-to-wall happy endings?
So it made a change to end on such a totally upbeat note, with everyone surviving (or being brought back in true uplifting Moffat fashion)...and the entire "gang" being carried over into the next series.
All this, and yet I shed more tears during last night's episode than Doomsday and Journey's End put together! Mainly due to Rory's vigil and the scene when Amelia was asleep. Anyone else cry more over this episode than ever before, in spite of the wall-to-wall happy endings?
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But I did feel moved by Roman Rory's speech to dead Amy at the start.
Oh don't....you'll set me off again! I was a gibbering heap on the floor at that point!
TEH: We see Amy's face as she takes in the whole spectacle of the TARDIS. Goodbye Leadworth, hello everything. The Doctor and Amy lurch as the TARDIS goes into flight.
TBB: The Doctor says it's time to say goodbye. Amy shouts goodbye to Leadworth. The Doctor takes the TARDIS into flight and we see both him and Rory lurch as it takes off. We see Amy looking in awe at ti all in the final shot.
I loved that duality. This wasn't an ending, it was a new beginning.
The whole episode had been full of the feeling that this was the end of the Doctor (even if we all knew it wasn't, it was scripted and filmed in such a ways that it could have been the final end to it all). Even as he prepared to fix the universe - and fix Amy's life - we were left with the sadness that the Doctor was sacrificing his entire existence to save the universe. His little speech at the end where he says Amy will have her family and doesn't need her imaginary friend anymore was so sad.
So it was wonderfully upbeat and rewarding to show that Amy DOES still need her imaginary friend and they all get to fly off just like the end of a series opener. It makes me even more excited about seeing what happens next. The story has only just begun.
So true, Helbore, and beautifully expressed. I love your posts!
And how about the warm smile on the Doctor's face when he was watching them at the wedding....it was so moving. He genuinely loved seeing them happy and reunited. That was so much more satisfying for the viewer than DT sacrificing his happiness so Rose could go off with the clone. It just goes to show that there doesn't have to be a Doctor/companion romance undertone in order for the bond to have depth. The best bonds have been between Doctors and companions that had no lovey-dovey stuff going on (Ten/Donna and now Eleven/Amy, with Rory providing the lovey dovey stuff!).
Awww, I just want to watch it all over again!
* The Doctor talking to Amelia while she's asleep about the Tardis - I really felt the emotion, fabulously acted.
* Rory waiting for 2000 years to make sure Amy was safe. "The boy who waited" - Amy and Rory's reunion in the museum was great too, after Amy watched the story on the TV screen
* The Doctor's comments while Amy and Rory were enjoying their slow dance.
Very moving episode - but with a happy ending! Brilliant. I really can't praise Matt Smith enough, he's been phenomenal. He's exactly how The Doctor should be, imo. The perfect balance of warmth, confidence and eccentricity.
Moffat has done a grand job this series. Well done, Mr Moff.
It was such a jarring contrast to the fez-wearing-mop-carrying-drink-stealing time-travel frivolity of just seconds previously that I couldnt handle it and I just went.
And I carried on crying pretty much all the way through the rest of the episode....mostly during the scene where the Doctor was saying goodbye to Amy, and when he was talking to the sleeping Amelia.
But I had a massive grin on my face at the end
I dont think I cried over this ep as much as "The End Of Time Part 2" though...cried for a solid half hour over that one.
I love this
This.
It was a lovely... no... beautiful... no... GORGEOUS way to finish.
Put your arms in the air and wave your head about between them!
I'm really happy you liked it so much. Lots of nice movements.:)
**hand Adam a tissue**. Hope you have a better next series.
Thanks! Thought there was some great dialogue in the episode, but as others have pointed out in the main thread the whole idea of the Doctor surviving through Amy's memory was a bit lame to say the least. Moffat can write some good stuff, trouble is he isn't as clever as he thinks he is and he overstretches himself.
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If that's going to be classed as poor deus-ex-machina writing, then bring it on.
He came back on that all important date 26-06-10. There is more to this than just Amy remembering.
But, oh lordy, it was beautiful!:cool:
Really? because I think the show itself explained it quite clearly to show how it happened. The Box was linked to Amy's memories, nothing is ever truely forgotten. If the Box can restore the Universe to the way Amy remembers it, then the Doctor can be remembered to and therefore exists in this new Universe. The whole thing was hinted out throughout. To me it was brilliantly written and made a hell of more sense then having everybody on Earth shouting Doctor to restore him (this was never explained).
Specific moments... well, mostly they've been mentioned although I've got to bring up the TARDIS, love when they make it a proper character in the story and the 'something old' line was perfect (doubly so after it burned to keep the Earth safe). And, while I know it'll get scoffed at by some, Karen Gillan deserves special mention in my book. Brilliant all through the episode but everything from her conversation with the Doctor in the Pandorica onwards was superb no matter if it was sad, funny or awesome.