Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All

Uh huh, this is what you get for having a companion not in awe of the Doctor. Amy saves the day, and it’s only the second episode.

Political/Eco Commentary

• People who would rather forget everything they should have learned in order to live out their lives in unencumbered ignorance? Yep.
• A police state that tries to get rid of the children who do not perform and obey so they won’t add to the protesting 1% when they turn 16? I totally buy it.
• Nature trying to save us, while we think we have to enslave and fence it in for everyone to survive? Aren’t we humans great?

We really are indebted to Gaia aren’t we? So Earth blows out from under us, and we needed a replacement. Then we go on to treat that one just as badly. It does appear that we are hugely disrespectful to that which we need desperately. I mean, it is the ground beneath our feet after all. Literally the foundation of our civilization.

And oh the things we must forget every day so we can salivate over the next iProduct.

Episode

Except for the part where they unnecessarily hit us over the head with the Doctor/starwhale parallels, I quite enjoyed the episode.

I felt the Doctor’s disappointment with Amy and with humanity in general coming out through his anger. The Queen started out so cool, yet she not only willing deluded herself but made the decisions that lead to this entire fiasco in the first place.

I wonder if this new team is giving us a reason why the Doctor is so drawn to Earth and to humans. To him, we must all be children.

Though we may be the cause of our own sorrow, we can’t deny that we are constantly crying—out of fear, out of hurt, out of a need for attention. And it is cool to have someone old, lonely, and kind to care about that.

Couple of bullets:

• The first time the Doctor meets Amelia Pond, she’s in her robe and nightie. Now Amy spends her first real adventure in her robe and nightie. We’ve seen a fake police outfit on her as well. Let’s get her into some real clothes and see what her fashion sense is actually like.
• Both the boyfriend and I thought this wasn’t the same theme song as the one that played in the first episode. This one had drums and was not so sucky. I could get used to this one.
• This crack thing needs a name. We got Bad Wolf quickly. What are we on the lookout for now? Bad Crack?

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