And lo, there was new Doctor Who and it was good.

[auntiemeesh]

Initial impressions. Not so sure I'm keen on the new theme and logo but then, I always do hate changes. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually, but it seems to be barely Doctor Who music at all.

So, knowing nothing about the new companion other than that her name was Amy Pond, I guessed the little girl's identity after about ten seconds of screen time. I hope not all of the writing is going to be that predictable. Other than that I pretty much loved the episode to bits. Eleven's mad food cravings were hysterical. The first hospital scene, with all the coma patients calling for the Doctor, was creepy and reminded me a lot of the gas mask zombies, although it was a totally different thing.

(funny little side note, it just turned midnight and the lj clock just went to 0:00.)

I love how awesomely the Doctor failed at being cool, every single time he tried it. I loved that everyone in the neighborhood recognized him as the Raggedy Doctor and how he didn't want to look raggedy when facing the whosits. I love that he continues to fail to ever get where he's going on time.

There was still a touch of that Time Lord Victorious cockiness, but not the crazy that went with it. Just the utter and complete certainty that Earth is his and if anyone else messes with it, they will regret it. No one plays on Earth but him. Of course, that cockiness is backed up with a good bit of success in driving enemies from the door, so you kind of have to forgive him for that.

I hate the bowtie and suspenders look, sadly. I suppose I'll get used to it in the end, like everything else. I liked Amy Pond, with her extra mini police skirt and snappy attitude. She can't be too much in love with the bloke she was marrying next day, however, since she has to know there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that the Doctor will get her back by morning.

I loved that I made a timey wimey icon while waiting for the download to finish and then he said timey wimey in the episode. That filled me with silly glee.

And now we have weeks worth of new Who to look forward to. Yay!

Comments

[lyda-pearl.livejournal.com]

one of my FB friends was eager to watch...

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

It's fun to compare reactions afterwards. :)

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

Time Lord Victorious.... that's what it was... this being so utterly sure of himself. I didn't like that too much, but then I guess it's not too long ago that he went crazy, and I guess a few episodes in will cool that last remainder of that Time Lord Victorious.

But I totally love the new Tardis!!! So pretty!! I hope we see all the different floors. That's what I lacked in the latest Tardis... you knew from old episodes (of which I saw but one) that there were more rooms to it but you never saw them. Now you at least have a hint that there is more to it and I really hope we'll see some "spare" rooms :)

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

As said, the Doctor is always possessed of a rather large sense of his own infallibility. It's part of his charm, really. But in this episode it really felt like, once he'd done the impossible and stopped that Atrexi in less than twenty minutes with neither the TARDIS nor his sonic screwdriver, he had just a little relapse of that "I can do ANYTHING!" attitude. I'm pretty sure having a companion again will cure him of that soon enough, as Amy points out the flaws and mistakes he makes.

I hope we see all the different floors.

I would so love to see something other than the control room. That's one of the things I love about the classic episodes. The interior of the TARDIS was practically a whole world unto itself. My favorite times were when the Doctor got lost trying to find some specific room, and led the companion of the day in ridiculous circles, lol.

[eve11]

My favorite times were when the Doctor got lost trying to find some specific room, and led the companion of the day in ridiculous circles, lol.

That plot seemed somehow to take up the last two episodes of Invasion of Time. And then they built a gun in two minutes and fired it at the Sontarans, lol.

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

My favorite times were when the Doctor got lost trying to find some specific room, and led the companion of the day in ridiculous circle

I'd love to see that!!! :)
I haven't seen any old Doctor episodes other than the one in which he gets K-9 .... and the one where the blond Doctor (the one with the celery) regenerated at the end.

[slightlytookish]

That's a really good point about some of the Time Lord Victorious energy bleeding into this version of the Doctor. Like I told Lily, I didn't think that he was that much cockier than Ten or Nine, but maybe he was more assured about his power :)

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Yes, he has a rather healthy confidence in himself, doesn't he. I think it was just the parallel between the two moments that I saw, him once again pulling off the impossible and then having that little King of the World moment. Admittedly, this time 'round, it was used to send some potentially harmful aliens packing rather than his own personal aggrandizement, which makes it less crazy, but no less scary.

Anyway, I like this 'Madman in a Box' and I suspect he'll make a better Doctor than I was expecting (I really had no faith that Matt Smith could pull it off).

[eve11]

But bow ties are cool, so says the Doctor! :D

I loved that he was totally awkward and gangly and then at the end when the multiform impersonated him and Amy he was like, who's that supposed to be?

And Rory's "Did he just chase the invading aliens away and then bring them back?" Um, I think I could go on quoting for a while actually.

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

I agree entirely. (I of course have no idea what any of this is about, I just feel like being agreeable.)

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

I want to soak in the Tardis pool... Other than that, I absolutely loved it. I was planning to catch on later this week, but it started and before I knew it, an hour had gone by and I went like wowie, I really like this (I kinda stopped watching with dr 10, somehow). :)