After accidentally finding themselves in a facility to home people suffering from the "one day" plague (I.e you die in one day), the Doctor and Rory decide to make a swift departure. Unfortunately Amy has found herself trapped in a different time stream where time is moving faster so by the time they catch up with her she has been living on her own in the facility for 36 years. Yeah...that's got to piss you off big time!
Obviously old Amy is slightly bitter towards the Doctor and Rory for seemingly abandoning her but you you've got to think she's maybe being a little ungrateful when Rory once spent 2000 years guarding the Pandorica to make sure Amy was safe inside it and Amy is being all angry after just 36 years. To be fair she is on her own whereas Rory would have had some kind of company so there is that I suppose.
In many ways this is a bit of a Doctor-lite episode as he is constrained to the TARDIS as the plague only affects beings with two hearts like himself he cannot risk stepping outside. However he is constant radio contact with Rory and so he doesn't feel like he's missing from the action too much.
After the Doctor comes up with a plan by which they can save Amy in the past meaning she would never have been stuck there then you would think that the episode was coming to an obvious conclusion. Brilliantly though there is a sting in the tail! Old Amy refuses to help save her younger self as from her point of view by saving her younger self she will be killing the person she is now as she would never have existed. I'm not quite sure of the logic of this one. If I had lived 36 years on my own in what is branded by Amy as "hell" and I was given the opportunity to erase that from ever happening them I think I'd snap your hand off but I guess women are complicated at the end of the day! It's fine that I say things like that because no one is reading this blog and if they are then they are certainly not women!
After promising old Amy that the TARDIS would be able to sustain the paradox of taking both Amy's along then old Amy agrees to help. And that's where the highlight of the episode appears. As old Amy sprints towards the TARDIS to follow Rory and her younger self, the Doctor slams the door shut I'm her face. As we should know by now, the Doctor lies and there was never a way that both Amy's could come along. After being screamed at by an upset Rory, the Doctor places Rory's hand on the lock of the door and ultimately leaves it up to him to decide which Amy to take with them. It's an odd one because deep down I think you would know that by saving the younger Amy then the older Amy would never have existed so that is the obvious choice. But that is easier said than done when you have your wife banging on the door of the TARDIS begging to be allowed inside. It's a dark decision to make and it feels wrong in a way that the Doctor puts Rory in such and awful position. As Rory says "this isn't fair, you're making me like you!"
A very good episode overall. Unfortunately I must admit to being in a pretty terrible mood again so I probably did not appreciate it as much as I should have done. I really could not be bothered to watch Doctor Who on this particular day but no matter how down I'm feeling I certainly can't miss a day now that I'm so close to the end!
Tomorrow will explain the few gaps that have appeared in my blog as I talk about the final season of Torchwood, Miracle Day!
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