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See, the problem with being forced to acknowledge and get angry over how explicitly problematic Doctor Who is becoming this series is that now I can't stop.

On the other hand, at least the Shining icon is extra appropriate this week.

Oh, look, the amazingly awesome woman of color didn't survive her appearance on the show. What a surprise. I don't know if the writer thought he was being funny by telegraphing her death with the Doctor's offer of taking her on as a companion, but he wasn't. Just to be clear. Also, as

erinpuff pointed out, having the woman of Asian origin's worst fear being berated by her father over her grades? Also not funny.

Bonus grossness: She was a Muslim who died because of the depth and sincerity of her faith. Really? Nobody looked at that and said, "Hey, that's a little awkward, maybe we could not do that"? Of course they didn't. Why do I have expectations?

In other news, Amy has clearly been replaced by a ganger again, this one of decidedly less sophistication. Fuck if I know how else to explain where her personality went or why the sole purpose of her existence in the last three episodes is to prop up the Doctor and Rory.

Or, apparently, to physically abuse Rory, as explicitly referenced for the sake of a punchline (if you'll pardon the pun, sorry) not once, but twice. Spousal abuse is hilarious when it's the woman beating the man! Because women should be weak and men should be strong! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA FUCK THIS SHOW SO MUCH GODDAMMIT.

I feel nothing about the Doctor taking them home. I feel no excitement at all about the impending finale that should provide resolution for the mysteries Moffat has been building for so long. I realized yesterday while looking at my amazing poster that I no longer care why the TARDIS blew up. I've never had such a sense of disillusionment with a show I've loved for years build up so quickly, but here it is. Moffat clearly has no plans to stop being gross, probably doesn't even know that he's being gross, and I'm just frustrated and exhausted by it. I should be dreading the fact that there are only two episodes left, but instead I'm relieved. Any more than two episodes and there would be a genuine danger of having my love for this show broken permanently.

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Augh, Rita. She was so awesome! :( I hate that I'm so used to awesome guest characters dying in TV shows (especially if they are women and/or PoCs) that from her first scene, I was like "I like her so she is probably going to die." :-\

The bad-sitcom "lol my wife hits me" stuff was so weird that when I was watching the episode, I actually interpreted it as a hint that there was Something Wrong (e.g. one or both of them was possessed, replaced by an alien duplicate, etc.). But no, it was just another case of "writer does not know how to write a married couple without resorting to stereotypes."

And the "Amy Williams" thing, urgh. I guess I get what they're trying to do with that, but it did not please me. Mainly because she apparently does not get to decide what she wants to be called.

As a religious person, I'm still sorting through my thoughts/feelings about the role of faith in this episode. Really don't have it pinned down at all yet.

I'm still on the "yes" side of the "am I enjoying this or not" line, and I expect I'll stay there unless the finale is like super-epic levels of fuckery or something. That said, sometimes I think about how awesome a feminist-run Doctor Who would be. (And then I think about how it will never happen, and I get sad.)

:( I had been picking up the hints that the Ponds might be leaving this episode, so my money was 50% on Rita becoming the new companion, 25% on her telling the Doctor to fuck off because she wasn't going to become his new blankie for his issues, and 25% on her dying. Disappointed as all FUCK that the last one was what happened.

I was like "I like her so she is probably going to die." :-\

Ugh, right? I was hoping so hard that she would make it through the ep, since she was by far the most textured of the guest characters, but I was also like, "Yeah, she's a woman of color, she doesn't have a chance." But I hoped anyway, because occasionally DW manages not to fuck it up with minority characters. So when the episode was like, "lol no let us just destroy your hopes by having the Doctor offer to take her with him as a companion" I was sad and angry because I had not wanted to be right.

The bad-sitcom "lol my wife hits me" stuff was so weird that when I was watching the episode, I actually interpreted it as a hint that there was Something Wrong

Haha, that would have been nice. (I mean, for a given value of "nice.") I am with you on thinking that there is something seriously timey-wimey going on, and GOD I'd like to believe that it will explain wtf happened to Amy's personality and independence, but I am not holding my breath.

And I am uncomfortable with the way Amy treats Rory sometimes, which just adds to the level of YUK already inherent in the idea that Rory flinching in anticipation of a blow is HIGH-LARIOUS. I just. Ugh.

And the "Amy Williams" thing, urgh.

fffff, I did not even notice that. You can bet I would have brought it up in this entry if I had. When was it? It must have happened while I was busy seething over something else, because that is the only way I would have missed that.

As a religious person, I'm still sorting through my thoughts/feelings about the role of faith in this episode.

I will be interested to hear your thoughts. I am not religious, so I obviously can't address the issue from that perspective.

I'm still on the "yes" side of the "am I enjoying this or not" line, and I expect I'll stay there unless the finale is like super-epic levels of fuckery or something.

Yeah. Frustrated as I am right now, I love this show too much, and have for too long, to be willing to give it up any time soon. Shit, after I realized how fucked up Supernatural was, I still let it piss me off for a season and a half before I finally hit my breaking point, and I don't think I was ever so deeply invested in it as I am in Doctor Who. If I do decide to break away from DW, it will be a long and painful process, which I will not be ready to begin unless those super-epic levels of fuckery come into play in the finale.

Edited 2011-09-19 04:25 (UTC)

"The bad-sitcom "lol my wife hits me" stuff was so weird that when I was watching the episode, I actually interpreted it as a hint that there was Something Wrong (e.g. one or both of them was possessed, replaced by an alien duplicate, etc.). But no, it was just another case of "writer does not know how to write a married couple without resorting to stereotypes.""

Yes! I am new to Doctor Who and I kept on asking my girlfriend what the hell was going on and wondering if people were gangers and stuff because everything was just so weird!