Reaction post - Silence In The Library (Doctor Who 4.8)

[unfeathered]

Wow. I like Stephen Moffat. I am so looking forward to next year!


That was just... fantastic. A bit scary, tbh, for me, but really making you think, and referencing stuff all over the place (loved the stuff about 'spoilers', and the 51st century and the squareness gun and and and) and the little girl was great, and as for Alex Kingston's character... I am so looking forward to finding out what that's all about!

It's about time they played about with the fact that the Doctor is a time-traveller. Definitely time. This has the potential to be really, really fascinating.

Plus, she was feisty. A great character so far.


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Real life stuff: We went to the fair today. It wasn't open when we went into town this morning, so we had an early dinner and then went back about 6.30. And Jack loved it. We've been looking forward to him being old enough for fairs ever since I got pregnant, because it's just such a wonderful part of childhood, and this year he's old enough. He went on a Bob the Builder truck ride, the chairoplanes, the teacups, the dodgems (with Andy) and a bigger ride with me - a round-and-round-and-up-and-down one, which I wouldn't never have let him go on if I'd realised how fast it was going to go, but he loved it! It was really, really good fun.

Comments

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

I like her a lot, and I can't wait to see where they are going with her. The look on his face when he saw she had screwdriver, hee!

Becky and I have giggled before, wondering what Canon!Doctor's reaction would be if he ever saw Jack's screwdriver. So that just added that bit, for me.

[unfeathered]

God, yeah! Though tbh I'm pretty sure I've read fic where Jack's made himself a screwdriver out of stuff that fell through the Rift... *g*

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

And Tosh did make one, in canon. :nods:

It was the little parallel of her saying he's made it for her, and him getting wierded out because he doesn't remember it/doesn't know what it means that tickled me.

[unfeathered]

Did she? I need to watch all that again, when I have the time...

And ah, yes, definitely, the having made it for her. But then, there was such a lot of fanfic-type stuff in this episode, it doesn't really surprise me. In fact, this whole season seems to be just borrowing from our stuff.

Hmmm. So now we've had your Doctor's speech about having had a family but they're all gone, and the Doctor having made someone a screwdriver... Maybe the writers are actually reading Whoville? *g*

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

Well, they read Outpost Gallifrey.. sooo..
I would love it if they did.

[unfeathered]

Yeah. Come on then, what plot ideas can we plant for them?

Oh, I know. Lots and lots of JAck! *G*

(Well, I guess we've already planted that one...)

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

Mmmm.. Jack needs to be in the Library. Yum!

[unfeathered]

Well, it is the 51st century... *g*

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

You know what.. when I saw that scene, I actually shouted at the telly, "That's Jack's" to the bemusement of my partner. *G* Made me giggle anyway.

[unfeathered]

You know what, obviously I am not such a true fan as you two, because it didn't even occur to me!

Or maybe I'm just used to people having screwdrivers everywhere, because of Whoville... *g*

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

I meant as in Whoville *g*

Hee!

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

:grins smugly: Well, it was Becky's idea, really.

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

YAY for RL fun-ness
And the episode was awesome wasn't it? I don't think I've spotted anyone being really negative (not that I've looked that hard you understand...)

[unfeathered]

I haven't had a chance to read anyone else's opinion yet, since I only just saw it an hour ago. But I'd certainly got the impression there was a lot of squee. :-)

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

I saw some hardcore Doctor/Rose shippers whining at the Doctor maybe having a long term love interest. :sigh:

[unfeathered]

Ah well - GOOD. A character like this would be SO much better as a long term love interest than Rose, for goodness sake! *g*

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Most of the reactions I've seen are along the lines of: love the episode in general but have problems with Dr. Song. And the people I'm seeing it from aren't hard core Doctor/Rose shippers but seem to dislike the idea of anyone being that special to the Doctor. It's bummed me out a little because I thought she was kind of nifty.

So it was very nice to see your post!

[unfeathered]

Well. Actually. I suppose if I hadn't started reading fanfic and started to see the Doctor as a sexual being who does actually develop relationships, I might have balked a bit at the idea too. But as it is... she's fun and feisty and, well, a female Jack. I like her, so I'm fine wiht her having him. :-)