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locker_monsterWhenever Steven Moffat writes an episode, I always get a little excited. His episodes, on average, will be pretty good and memorable, especially the dialogue. Seems each time he writes one we end up with a new quote we can repeat. "Count the shadows" can now join "Are you my mummy?" and "Don't blink".
I'll decide if I like or dislike the episode after I see the second part. It's kind of hard to judge two parters. Sometimes you're better off seeing them as a whole. Though, I find second parts are generally better; less set-up and more action. And are we really on episode eight? Jeez, the season's almost done.
I felt the episode was a little slow though. Obviously there's this huge mystery going on and that has to be set up, but basically all the Doctor and Donna do in this episode is stand around in a big room with a bunch of red shirts people. Sure you've got River Song and her mysteriousness and the crazy little girl, but so far it's all unfolding at a snail's pace. Maybe there'll be more running in the next episode. The Library is supposed to be the size of a planet so there's potential for corridor running.
For right now, I'm enjoying the character of River. Heck, with a name like that you can't go wrong. :-) And it's Dr. Corday! Her whole "I know the Doctor in the future and call him 'Pretty Boy'" is intriguing. It's not often we meet companions, if River is that, before (or is that after?) they've met the Doctor. The Doctor is just as confused as us every time River does something weird, like brandish her own sonic screwdriver or predict a potentially sad ending for Donna (Do we really need someone predicting the impending doom of the companion again?). The only other person who had a sonic screwdriver of their own was Romana but I doubt River and Romana are related. The reveal better be good. I mean, if you're setting up River to be someone close to the Doctor, it better be good. And River Song? Steven Moffat might as well have named her River Tam. ;-)
The swarm of shadow things, I didn't quite catch what the Doctor called them, really don't seem as scary as some of Steven Moffat's other monsters. Kid in gas mask saying the same thing over and over? Scary as heck. Stone angels that can zap you into another time when you blink? Frightening. Shadow creatures that strip you to the bone? We'll see how that plays out next episode. Sure, being a shadow they can be anywhere, but you turn on a bright light and the shadows disappear. I think maybe it's because the shadow things don't have a human form. They had to hijack Proper Dave and eat him before that happens. The imagery of the skull in the helmet reminded me of the Doctor Who cartoon from last year, "The Infinite Quest". They had the walking skeletons in that, too.
So the big mystery of the episode revolves around the silence of The Library, "CAL", and the little girl.
I wonder if CAL is like a HAL thing. Cool thing about this symbol though...
It's on the floor of the little girl's living room. This is right before the collapses, when the Doctor is tinkering with the security camera droid thing. Obviously the girl and The Library are connected. But I did notice one more thing...
It says CAL on Dr. Moon's briefcase. Right there in the right hand corner, in bold. So is Dr. Moon CAL? Is he somehow connected to the computer core. Or is the little girl the computer core? Maybe Moon and the little girl created The Library together and it only exists because they willing it into existence.
For right now, I'm enjoying the character of River. Heck, with a name like that you can't go wrong. :-) And it's Dr. Corday! Her whole "I know the Doctor in the future and call him 'Pretty Boy'" is intriguing. It's not often we meet companions, if River is that, before (or is that after?) they've met the Doctor. The Doctor is just as confused as us every time River does something weird, like brandish her own sonic screwdriver or predict a potentially sad ending for Donna (Do we really need someone predicting the impending doom of the companion again?). The only other person who had a sonic screwdriver of their own was Romana but I doubt River and Romana are related. The reveal better be good. I mean, if you're setting up River to be someone close to the Doctor, it better be good. And River Song? Steven Moffat might as well have named her River Tam. ;-)
The swarm of shadow things, I didn't quite catch what the Doctor called them, really don't seem as scary as some of Steven Moffat's other monsters. Kid in gas mask saying the same thing over and over? Scary as heck. Stone angels that can zap you into another time when you blink? Frightening. Shadow creatures that strip you to the bone? We'll see how that plays out next episode. Sure, being a shadow they can be anywhere, but you turn on a bright light and the shadows disappear. I think maybe it's because the shadow things don't have a human form. They had to hijack Proper Dave and eat him before that happens. The imagery of the skull in the helmet reminded me of the Doctor Who cartoon from last year, "The Infinite Quest". They had the walking skeletons in that, too.
So the big mystery of the episode revolves around the silence of The Library, "CAL", and the little girl.
I wonder if CAL is like a HAL thing. Cool thing about this symbol though...
It's on the floor of the little girl's living room. This is right before the collapses, when the Doctor is tinkering with the security camera droid thing. Obviously the girl and The Library are connected. But I did notice one more thing...
It says CAL on Dr. Moon's briefcase. Right there in the right hand corner, in bold. So is Dr. Moon CAL? Is he somehow connected to the computer core. Or is the little girl the computer core? Maybe Moon and the little girl created The Library together and it only exists because they willing it into existence.
I'll decide if I like or dislike the episode after I see the second part. It's kind of hard to judge two parters. Sometimes you're better off seeing them as a whole. Though, I find second parts are generally better; less set-up and more action. And are we really on episode eight? Jeez, the season's almost done.
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