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locker_monsterThis episode made me wish I knew more about Vincent van Gogh. Look at Doctor Who, making me want to learn stuff. :-)
Another okay episode. I wasn't blown away by it. It certainly wasn't a fast paced story; maybe that's why it seemed a little dull. But not every episode has to be running around on spaceships chasing aliens. Without the invisible alien, it was a sort of intimate story about loss and loneliness, big themes that are part of New Who. I'm glad they showed that the Doctor is feeling guilty about Rory's death. It would have been very amiss if they hadn't addressed it. It's kind of cute and sad at the same time that the Doctor is being so nice to Amy only Amy doesn't know why. A part of her seems to remember Rory and that's interesting, too. She's shedding tears for a guy she never knew.
Did anyone else think the plot with the alien was kind of boring? They chased it around in the middle and then that was it really. I find it funny that the Doctor's device thought the alien looked like a cross between a parrot and a polar bear. Maybe it was because the alien was invisible most of the time that its presence seemed kind of pointless. The Doctor got batted around a lot in this episode, though. That must have been fun for Matt Smith. I think they could have taken out the alien and it still would have been a fun romp through 1890 with Vincent van Gogh. No, wait, I think I know what my issue is. Whenever they did historical stories with famous artist type people, the alien involved was always related to what the person did somehow. Dickens had ghosts, Shakespeare had witches, Agatha Christie had a murder mystery. Vincent van Gogh has what? I suppose his perception of the world and how that led to these great paintings sort of ties in with him being able to see the invisible parrot bear, but it's not the greatest parallel.
And the end sort of dragged on, but it was different. Is this the first time an episode has ended with a song playing over a scene? I've always found that to be very North American television so it was kind of jarring to suddenly have this song playing. I never would have expected the Doctor to take Vincent into the future. You think that would be against the rules, but at least Vincent got to see and hear what an impact he will make. And you get random Bill Nighy in a bow tie. I don't know. I think if I knew more about Vincent van Gogh I would have enjoyed this episode more.
Random: they keep showing pictures of past incarnations and I like it. :-) More please. The scene with Vincent painting the church and the Doctor going on and on about other famous painters he'd met was so cute. And I love how impatient he got waiting around for Vincent to finish. "Is this how time normally goes. So slow and everything in the right order." Really highlights how the Doctor lives his life and he clearly likes time when it's all timey-wimey. I did enjoy how the Doctor and Amy kept geeking out about Vincent's paintings. For some reason, I kept expecting to see the TARDIS pop up in one of the paintings. Wouldn't that have been awesome. A van Gogh style TARDIS sitting in one of the fields or something? :-)
Looks like next week might be the double bank episode, though maybe Companion lite might be more accurate, but who knows. I'm also sad the first Adventure Game is only available for download in the UK right now. Come on, BBC. There are fans across the pond, too.
Another okay episode. I wasn't blown away by it. It certainly wasn't a fast paced story; maybe that's why it seemed a little dull. But not every episode has to be running around on spaceships chasing aliens. Without the invisible alien, it was a sort of intimate story about loss and loneliness, big themes that are part of New Who. I'm glad they showed that the Doctor is feeling guilty about Rory's death. It would have been very amiss if they hadn't addressed it. It's kind of cute and sad at the same time that the Doctor is being so nice to Amy only Amy doesn't know why. A part of her seems to remember Rory and that's interesting, too. She's shedding tears for a guy she never knew.
Did anyone else think the plot with the alien was kind of boring? They chased it around in the middle and then that was it really. I find it funny that the Doctor's device thought the alien looked like a cross between a parrot and a polar bear. Maybe it was because the alien was invisible most of the time that its presence seemed kind of pointless. The Doctor got batted around a lot in this episode, though. That must have been fun for Matt Smith. I think they could have taken out the alien and it still would have been a fun romp through 1890 with Vincent van Gogh. No, wait, I think I know what my issue is. Whenever they did historical stories with famous artist type people, the alien involved was always related to what the person did somehow. Dickens had ghosts, Shakespeare had witches, Agatha Christie had a murder mystery. Vincent van Gogh has what? I suppose his perception of the world and how that led to these great paintings sort of ties in with him being able to see the invisible parrot bear, but it's not the greatest parallel.
And the end sort of dragged on, but it was different. Is this the first time an episode has ended with a song playing over a scene? I've always found that to be very North American television so it was kind of jarring to suddenly have this song playing. I never would have expected the Doctor to take Vincent into the future. You think that would be against the rules, but at least Vincent got to see and hear what an impact he will make. And you get random Bill Nighy in a bow tie. I don't know. I think if I knew more about Vincent van Gogh I would have enjoyed this episode more.
Random: they keep showing pictures of past incarnations and I like it. :-) More please. The scene with Vincent painting the church and the Doctor going on and on about other famous painters he'd met was so cute. And I love how impatient he got waiting around for Vincent to finish. "Is this how time normally goes. So slow and everything in the right order." Really highlights how the Doctor lives his life and he clearly likes time when it's all timey-wimey. I did enjoy how the Doctor and Amy kept geeking out about Vincent's paintings. For some reason, I kept expecting to see the TARDIS pop up in one of the paintings. Wouldn't that have been awesome. A van Gogh style TARDIS sitting in one of the fields or something? :-)
Looks like next week might be the double bank episode, though maybe Companion lite might be more accurate, but who knows. I'm also sad the first Adventure Game is only available for download in the UK right now. Come on, BBC. There are fans across the pond, too.
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