A Good Man Goes to War: well, okay then!

[tenlittlebullets]

First of all: happy Barricade Day! Hopefully I will have some Les Mis fandom goodies for later tonight.

Second: Who midseason finale. Is it bad that I was way more excited by the one-off characters and the little bits of Gallifreyan backstory than by the grand plot developments? I mean, grand plot developments were suitably grand, I totally called the whole "the Doctor's reputation is pretty damn fearsome and he needs to come down a few pegs" thing, and while I hadn't thought they were really going to make River be Amy and Rory's kid, in the event it was pretty well-handled.

But--VICTORIAN INTERSPECIES LESBIAN COUPLE. With KATANAS. I demand all the fic! All the vigilante crime-fighting shenanigans and the Silurian tongue porn and the full story on Jack the Ripper! And also Time Lords evolved into Time Lords through prolonged exposure to the schism, of course they did! It is now even more my headcanon that some of the humans at the end of the universe discovered a spacetime rift on Utopia that took them back to prehistoric Gallifrey so they could evolve into Time Lords. And TARDIS translation circuits don't do Gallifreyan, how interesting is that? Does that mean the Doctor has been speaking English the whole time? Or is it only written Gallifreyan? And--WEE DOCTOR CRIB, HEEEEE.

Also, going to call it right here right now: the 1100-year-old Doctor in Impossible Astronaut is the real Doctor, but his ganger somehow survives and stabilizes. I've seen a lot of people speculating that it's the other way around (that 1100-year-old Doctor is a ganger) but this would be a brilliant way to give all that "gangers really are the same people as their originals" business some unexpected payoff.

Comments

[remindmeofthe.livejournal.com]

the 1100-year-old Doctor in Impossible Astronaut is the real Doctor, but his ganger somehow survives and stabilizes.

I would not be surprised. There was way too much little seemingly-throwaway stuff in "The Almost People" for the gangers to just disappear now that they have served their mid-finale purpose. Plus, it would be a nifty way to address that little "thirteen regenerations per Gallifreyan" issue (if he's really the Doctor, then he's also really a Time Lord, and technically speaking he's only on his first generation), because you know they're not gonna end the show just because the Doctor runs out.

Also, I have a couple little DW/Les Mis bits I've written that I had totally forgotten I should link you to now that you know both fandoms. Here and here.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I don't know about the regenerations thing--there was that hilarious bit in the beginning where the Flesh!Doctor is trying to cope with past regenerations, so one assumes that (a) Flesh!Doctor can regenerate, and (b) he has already been through ten regenerations, sort of.

And ooooh, that Turn Left crossover is creepy. (Then again Turn Left was one of the few Who episodes that genuinely kind of horrified me.)

[icicaille.livejournal.com]

I was totally thinking of your post about the Doctor getting taken down a few pegs when I saw the episode! And YES to the Victorian couple. That was awesome.

I totally agree re: the ganger/Doctor switch in Impossible Astronaut. So far the plot twists have been fairly simple (imo), but this would be an amazing way for Moffat to really execute another mindfuck.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

It would, wouldn't it? Not overcomplicated enough to lose people, but definitely enough to surprise a lot of people.

[bucybuce7590.livejournal.com]

LOL I actually watched it a day late at a friend's house and all her and her mom kept saying was that the VICTORIAN INTERSPECIES LESBIAN COUPLE WITH KATANAS was THE BOMB and way cooler than anything else that happened in the episode. So believe me you are not alone. I really hope they're planning a sherlock holmes esk spin-off cause that would be THE BEST! That would be my new favorite show. =]

I was actually kinda disappointed by River being Amy and Rory's kid. I really wanted her to be Ramana =[

That's a really interesting theory. I haven't heard that one before. I hope you're right. =]

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

THEY ARE SO AWESOME. They definitely need their own spinoff--if Jack Harkness can get one, so can the Victorian interspecies samurai lesbians, dammit.

[bucybuce7590.livejournal.com]

whoa whoa whoa don't tell me you don't think Jack Harkness is hella awesome?!