New Who Review: The Wedding of River Song
Posted By Kathleen David on October 3, 2011
We are at the end of the 6th season of New Who. We get a Christmas episode and then it looks like nothing until Christmas 2012 and onto 2013 which is the 50th anniversary for the program. 50 years is a long time for a TV program to survive but I think Doctor Who has done more than survive, it has thrived.
Over all not a bad ending. I didn’t see one of the elements coming but more on that in the spoilers section.
Acting was solid all the way around. The casting director got it right as always.
I am fine with the ending and leaving things where they are with all the toys pretty much neatly back in the toy box. I have a few issues with how we got to putting all the toys back and restoring balance to the universe.
Also this is the BBC, which has one of the best make-up departments in the world. What is the problem with Matt Smith’s face that they have to put such a rubbish beard on it? Took me right out of the scene. I know he was suppose to look unkempt but there is a difference.
The rest of this is going to be behind the cut. The whole season is in play so here there be spoilers.
I am grateful that the BBC has already declared that there will be a 50th anniversary episode.
Best double take award goes to Karen Gillian for her reaction to figuring out that she is now the Doctor’s Mother-in-law. She did an excellent job with everything that was thrown at her including a good deal of the exposition.
Rory was great fun too. Talk about destine for each other.
The eyepatch explanation worked for me. It made sense given the Silence’s power.
The robot solution I didn’t see coming but it doesn’t quite work for me. If they had said “History is written that the Doctor died that day.” But they kept thumping on that the Doctor HAD TO DIE at THAT DAY at THAT TIME. That is different. You can’t trick time. If the universe can only continue with the Doctor’s death then he has to die because the universe is going to know if he is dead or not.
It does explain why River takes her incarceration so lightly. She knows that she didn’t do it but must keep the illusion going for history. I thought Alex Kingston had the hardest job of all of them to sell the audience on this cockamamie explanation for why the Doctor was not dead.
Overall the season did hold together. I really would like to know what the original order was for the episodes because I have a feeling that the bottle episodes got pushed to the latter half.
Will I be back for the next episode? Yep. But then I am a whovian.
Moffett has confirmed that there will be a full series next year, most likely all broadcast during the Autumn . . .