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I quite liked it! But I will point out some things I did not care for as much. As usual, take what steps you need to protect your squee. ( Read more... )

As usual, I am capable of large amounts of tl;dr about Doctor Who when I get going.

I thought I already recced The Emperor's Soundtrack by chaila but I can't find it now. Vid only contains spoilers through 6x02.

( Spoilery thoughts are spoilery through 6x07. )

( My head is tilted to one side and my expression says bwuh. Spoilers for currently-aired episodes through x06. )

BTW, if there is anyone who follows this journal who feels like they are getting spoiled by my feelings in the cut tags, please tell me and I will post a neutral cut-tag with some feelings-words right under it.

( DW 6x04: I didn't like it, because I don't like Neil Gaiman. I am worried that the whole internet is going to show up and punch me in the face,but my completist urges are keeping me from being tactfully quiet.. ) Please, please do not read this if someone complaining will harsh your squee. I love your squee, and want it to be happy.

You know, I don't particularly like it when shows try to flatter the children in their audience by insisting that their childlike wonder is more powerful than being an adult and actually knowing things. I remember being a kid and being actively pissed off that 1) I had to work without having all the information 2) even when I had a chance of figuring out what was going on, I usually lacked the cognitive skills to assess the information on my own and had to depend mostly on received wisdom. I am pretty sure that most of the things I said that could be seen as being Cute and Reflecting Childlike Wonder were goes at forming working hypotheses about the world, and while I am not knocking mindful direct observation, it's good to be a grownup and have a proper library card and Google Scholar and a fully-online brain to use them with.

I am hoping that show, incidentally, will drop any further notes that the Doctor, who is 900 years old, prefers it if Amy is childish (as opposed to, I don't know, mindful, observant, enthusiastic, and engaged). Because I know it's just an attempt to flatter Doctor Who's major viewing demographic, but it kind of gives me a sad.

My tone here is consistently squeekill, just for a warning.

( It took me forever to watch this, but then it turns out my relatives like Torchwood. )

( Spoilers for Doctor Who End of Time, which I didn't hate. )