tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post2545783647496139075..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #854: The Pandorica OpensSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27453051913886983672014-08-13T09:59:23.945-03:002014-08-13T09:59:23.945-03:00Good point!Good point!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-35404117331570922452014-08-13T09:54:22.557-03:002014-08-13T09:54:22.557-03:00Nicely analyzed vis-a-vis the cracks. While the se...Nicely analyzed vis-a-vis the cracks. While the second part (to me) didn't quite live up to the potential, this really was one heck of a ride. So many great moments.<br /><br />Of course, the Pandorica is designed to keep him alive presumably because regenerating could cause an explosive burst of energy or something that would free him. No escape- not even death.<br /><br />Funny thing is, in light of the recent retcon, this was actually the last Doctor and couldn't have regenerated anyway... so they could've just shot him dead or had the Pandorica killed him, and he would've stayed dead. So, in a way, keeping the War Doc as a shameful secret (so that none of his enemies knew this was the final incarnation) actually saved his life here!Andrew Gilbertsonhttp://www.nolinecinemas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-73567900437452294092014-03-25T20:45:43.142-03:002014-03-25T20:45:43.142-03:00It's been established that time travelers are ...It's been established that time travelers are different than normal people. Perhaps Amy could remember the lost clerics, but the other clerics couldn't for that reason.<br /><br />Could it also be that a temporal event that creates a paradox is an "un-fixed" point in time. Instead of something that can't changed, this is something that has to be changed, thus requiring the Doctor.jdh417https://www.blogger.com/profile/14541882649762424101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-26477708437041242082014-03-25T15:47:34.866-03:002014-03-25T15:47:34.866-03:00Now that it's all said and done, that Stonehen...Now that it's all said and done, that Stonehenge speech is still my favorite moment of Smith as the Doctor.<br /><br />Of course, there's that clip on YouTube of McCoy totally owning it, too... it definitely plays to the "speechier" of the Doctor's personalities. I can see Colin Baker really going to town on this, too.Bill D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18013121134005443309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-4374960086059107202014-03-25T08:07:20.070-03:002014-03-25T08:07:20.070-03:00"(which is a great clue to his being who the ..."(which is a great clue to his being who the Pandorica was built for)"<br /><br />I felt they telegraphed the hell out of it, and in a Moffat script that hinges upon wowing you with a twist, that's a fatal mistake.<br /><br />I also didn't buy the Doctor's big bluff. Wait, I just realized why the big bluff worked -- because the Doctor's enemies weren't there to kill him, they were there to put him in a box he couldn't escape from. Otherwise, I would have expected some race or other to incinerate the Doctor and everything within 500 feet. Cybermen seem like good candidates for that, weighing the odds and realizing it would be totally worth the risk.<br /><br />Did not like this episode. Will be much happier with the next episode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-14934628534377054082014-03-25T06:29:17.426-03:002014-03-25T06:29:17.426-03:00The way they built up the Pandorica opening I'...The way they built up the Pandorica opening I'd set myself up to be disappointed. I knew that nothing could meet my expectations and the hype they'd built up around what was in there. Right enough though, nothing did meet those expectations...<br /><br />This two parter is probably the best season finale new-Who has had.CiBnoreply@blogger.com