Stone Story
Lifeless, ageless, made of stone.
The Weeping Angels.
Though they’re not just weeping this time. They’re also angry. And they come back with a vengeance for the two part show of Doctor Who starting with “Time and the Angels.”
It is a return of a woman named River Song who is someone from the Doctor’s future. She escapes from the spacecraft Byzantine which is carrying some precious cargo, and the Doctor helps her safely onboard his own ship.
It leads to the ship crashing into a planet known as Alfava Metraxis which houses a city of angels which are every bit as dangerous as they appeared the last time around. What is the cargo? It is a Weeping Angel in captivity.
Stephen Moffat crafted the two part show which proves his skillful handling of tension, being in closed quarters. The number of dark corridors both in the dead city and on the ship itself reminds one of the old Doctor Who shows where closed off sets really can create a mood. Moffat does this well by giving a shroud of angels which seeps into the city like an approaching darkness. You can never see them. And if you do, you can’t blink. Because they can move faster than thought.
Some people have criticized this episode as the mystery of the angels are lost because they are being reused. But the angels are Moffat’s own creation. So he’s in the right about bringing the old foes back after two years. Yes, the mystery about them is gone. Much like the comic book character John Constantine who was introduced as a minor character in Swamp Thing. He was a mystery man. He has penchant for being an enigma. When Constantine received his own comic book series, many complained that he will lose that mystique.
However, the first writer Jamie Delano was able to build on the character, making him more interesting.
Moffat does the same thing here. He makes the Angels more interesting now. He creates new ways of making them scary… there are next to none special effects involving the angels. The Weeping Angels are played by actresses.
They are fanciful, beautiful things. Yet, when they turn feral, they are the most creepy looking things. They are like movements in shadows.
It is a good gimmick. Many camera uses are created solely for the atmosphere of the Angels. How can you make them scary again? That is a challenge. And one that the Doctor Who crew is willing to provide with great success. And the Angels do have a connection to the cracks of time that have been appearing throughout the series. The crack appears here and seems to swallow people and making them forget things.
The Angels laugh at the Doctor for not knowing what created the cracks. Much in the same way as Prisoner Zero snickers at him in “Eleventh Hour.”
Oh yes, the infamous scene with the Doctor using a gun in the end of part one. There haven’t been so much backlash about a scene as this one with the Doctor holding up the gun at a high angle. Many people were saying, “Oh, no, the Doctor is using the gun!”
As you clearly see here, the Doctor did not shoot another person as so many were assuming. He was shooting at the gravity globe that was lighting up the city they were in. People need to stop assuming things beforehand. Watch the episodes first. Then have a say. Not before.
The return of River Song is a welcome one. She is played by ER’s very own Alex Kingston who is a very good actress. She has a maturity about her that is on the same level as the Doctor. She is a good foil for the Doctor as she is far more action oriented. However, there are two sides to her.
I am guessing she may very well be a con artist. There is so much we don’t know about her.
In a magnificent death scene, Octavius who leads the military expedition from the Church organization announces one thing to the Doctor just moments before he is whisked away by the Angels: do not trust River Song. And he tells the Doctor he was holding her in custody for murdering a man. He won’t say who the man was.
There’s the added level of mystery again. What man could he be talking about? And River Song may not be who she says she is. Who is she? Only time will tell when the Doctor will meet with her again.
River Song is able to reduce the Doctor into a sulking husband type, feeling worn down by years of marriage. She is at the top of her game here. She also lands the TARDIS without breaking a sweat which gives her a very significant equality of the Doctor. There’s a beautiful comedic moment with the Doctor complains that his time machine doesn’t make that “wheezing” sound when it landed. And he sets out to imitate the sounds with his own voice. It’s very funny. She tells him that he leaves the breaks on.
Matt Smith is settling in very nice here in his character. He is becoming very energetic, forceful and commanding, his emotions ranging from one side to another. He does have the acting chops to be a very good Doctor Who actor. And these last few shows have seen him growing very well into the part. He channels much of Patrick Troughton, who played the second Doctor, in some of the tunnel scenes as he waddles into the shadows.
But the center of the story really revolves around Amy. She has to close her eyes to remain safe from the Angels as she stumbles through the forest. And the story takes a sharp turn as the Doctor returns her to her own house to recapture her memories once again. In her bedroom. Where she tries to seduce the Doctor in a brilliant romantic touch. Only to find that the cracks of time are circling around her day of the wedding. The very day she marries on.
And that somehow she is becoming an important anchor in the universe.
We don’t know yet.
The closed tunnels and the fast pace of the story makes this story a very good standout with some very nice moments in between. We do find that the Angels really only make one part of the ongoing story in the series: the cracks of time seem to be following the time travelers around in the cosmos. How important is Amy Pond?
Most likely, very.
This story adds to the big picture of what is going on. And we, as an audience, will have to follow time travelers as they reveal more of the story. And perhaps we’ll find out more about why the wedding is so important. And what is the significance River Song has to the Doctor.
Will we be seeing the Weeping Angels again?
I’m betting on it.
The Weeping Angels.
Though they’re not just weeping this time. They’re also angry. And they come back with a vengeance for the two part show of Doctor Who starting with “Time and the Angels.”
It is a return of a woman named River Song who is someone from the Doctor’s future. She escapes from the spacecraft Byzantine which is carrying some precious cargo, and the Doctor helps her safely onboard his own ship.
It leads to the ship crashing into a planet known as Alfava Metraxis which houses a city of angels which are every bit as dangerous as they appeared the last time around. What is the cargo? It is a Weeping Angel in captivity.
Stephen Moffat crafted the two part show which proves his skillful handling of tension, being in closed quarters. The number of dark corridors both in the dead city and on the ship itself reminds one of the old Doctor Who shows where closed off sets really can create a mood. Moffat does this well by giving a shroud of angels which seeps into the city like an approaching darkness. You can never see them. And if you do, you can’t blink. Because they can move faster than thought.
Some people have criticized this episode as the mystery of the angels are lost because they are being reused. But the angels are Moffat’s own creation. So he’s in the right about bringing the old foes back after two years. Yes, the mystery about them is gone. Much like the comic book character John Constantine who was introduced as a minor character in Swamp Thing. He was a mystery man. He has penchant for being an enigma. When Constantine received his own comic book series, many complained that he will lose that mystique.
However, the first writer Jamie Delano was able to build on the character, making him more interesting.
Moffat does the same thing here. He makes the Angels more interesting now. He creates new ways of making them scary… there are next to none special effects involving the angels. The Weeping Angels are played by actresses.
They are fanciful, beautiful things. Yet, when they turn feral, they are the most creepy looking things. They are like movements in shadows.
It is a good gimmick. Many camera uses are created solely for the atmosphere of the Angels. How can you make them scary again? That is a challenge. And one that the Doctor Who crew is willing to provide with great success. And the Angels do have a connection to the cracks of time that have been appearing throughout the series. The crack appears here and seems to swallow people and making them forget things.
The Angels laugh at the Doctor for not knowing what created the cracks. Much in the same way as Prisoner Zero snickers at him in “Eleventh Hour.”
Oh yes, the infamous scene with the Doctor using a gun in the end of part one. There haven’t been so much backlash about a scene as this one with the Doctor holding up the gun at a high angle. Many people were saying, “Oh, no, the Doctor is using the gun!”
As you clearly see here, the Doctor did not shoot another person as so many were assuming. He was shooting at the gravity globe that was lighting up the city they were in. People need to stop assuming things beforehand. Watch the episodes first. Then have a say. Not before.
The return of River Song is a welcome one. She is played by ER’s very own Alex Kingston who is a very good actress. She has a maturity about her that is on the same level as the Doctor. She is a good foil for the Doctor as she is far more action oriented. However, there are two sides to her.
I am guessing she may very well be a con artist. There is so much we don’t know about her.
In a magnificent death scene, Octavius who leads the military expedition from the Church organization announces one thing to the Doctor just moments before he is whisked away by the Angels: do not trust River Song. And he tells the Doctor he was holding her in custody for murdering a man. He won’t say who the man was.
There’s the added level of mystery again. What man could he be talking about? And River Song may not be who she says she is. Who is she? Only time will tell when the Doctor will meet with her again.
River Song is able to reduce the Doctor into a sulking husband type, feeling worn down by years of marriage. She is at the top of her game here. She also lands the TARDIS without breaking a sweat which gives her a very significant equality of the Doctor. There’s a beautiful comedic moment with the Doctor complains that his time machine doesn’t make that “wheezing” sound when it landed. And he sets out to imitate the sounds with his own voice. It’s very funny. She tells him that he leaves the breaks on.
Matt Smith is settling in very nice here in his character. He is becoming very energetic, forceful and commanding, his emotions ranging from one side to another. He does have the acting chops to be a very good Doctor Who actor. And these last few shows have seen him growing very well into the part. He channels much of Patrick Troughton, who played the second Doctor, in some of the tunnel scenes as he waddles into the shadows.
But the center of the story really revolves around Amy. She has to close her eyes to remain safe from the Angels as she stumbles through the forest. And the story takes a sharp turn as the Doctor returns her to her own house to recapture her memories once again. In her bedroom. Where she tries to seduce the Doctor in a brilliant romantic touch. Only to find that the cracks of time are circling around her day of the wedding. The very day she marries on.
And that somehow she is becoming an important anchor in the universe.
We don’t know yet.
The closed tunnels and the fast pace of the story makes this story a very good standout with some very nice moments in between. We do find that the Angels really only make one part of the ongoing story in the series: the cracks of time seem to be following the time travelers around in the cosmos. How important is Amy Pond?
Most likely, very.
This story adds to the big picture of what is going on. And we, as an audience, will have to follow time travelers as they reveal more of the story. And perhaps we’ll find out more about why the wedding is so important. And what is the significance River Song has to the Doctor.
Will we be seeing the Weeping Angels again?
I’m betting on it.
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