I thought it was pretty obvious her act was a purely defensive one for her being insecure. Obviously she had a really strange childhood what with being alone so much, the Doctor, the crack in her wall and everything.. that would imbalance anyone. Being all sassy and treating people the way she does is a fairly typical way of making up for insecurities.. (sort of like what bullies do >.> )

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Originally Posted by Lost in Austen (Post 1769362480) But... River Song? They just don't seem like a good match, to me.

I didn't think Marilyn Monroe seemed like a good match for him, yet they got married. :lol: But I know what you mean, though I kind of think that she and 11 are a slightly better match than her and 10, personality wise.

River being the anthropomorphized TARDIS does sound like a pretty clever idea, and at least I hope it is something like that instead of them "just" being married.

The thing with family and relationships like that as well.. I don't know the classic Doctors very well, but the new Doctors did have that massive trauma of knowing that all his relations were lost in the Time War and I think he has been building up to being able to relate to others more intimately. Yes, he had Rose, but his feelings as 9 were a mess and I think he was more susceptible. After he lost her, he hardened so much and it seems he's been trying to convince himself ever since that he can't get close to anyone because, as Cherry pointed out, he will always end up outliving and losing them.

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I was going to say that River Song is possibly not even human so who knows how long her species life span is, and then I remembered that the Doctor knows from the beginning that she will die.. though again, he doesn't actually know for how long she's known him, so it might have been a long time. Plus, it's implied that she's the one who kills him at some point in the future..

RANDOM FACT: Did you know that Susan's (the Doctor's granddaughter and first companion) real name, Arkytior, means "rose" in High Gallifreyan? The things you find out while getting lost on the TARDIS wiki...

I just saw it as well, that is very sad. I only really saw her in her short roles in the new series, but even just from that I really liked her character. From the tribute on the Doctor Who website it sounds like she was just as lovable outside her role.

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I hate BBC for making the first episode of the season such an epic cliffhanger. :gonk:

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Right from the start, I wasn't too impressed. It was a bit confusing, I didn't quite get what was going on.. and then all of a sudden the Doctor is dead!? I just sat there stunned, going 'let this be some fucked up dream, or something.. please?'
I figured he would be part of the show though, as a younger self, and I thought the invitations were pretty clever. It's so frustrating not to know what's going on though! The fact that the Doctor is going to die just distracted me from really paying attention to anything else in the storyline (the girl, the super fucking creepy alien memory erasers..). They must be able to change it though.. right?? I mean.. quite apart from refusing to believe the Doctor is ever going to die, I definitely won't believe it will be as 11. Since the classic season we've learned that he has 13 incarnations, and I don't believe they would make it any fewer than that, especially as they've been building it up so much to reach American audiences..

Actually, speaking of, I think this episode would be a terrible way to start watching Doctor Who. You would have to know the relationship between the Doctor and River Song, and him and Amy, and Amy and Rory in order not to get completely lost.