OK, so this episode was pretty awesome for this kind of stuff. So many plot arcs were raised, and more were introduced. I’m going to put down, in bullet point format, what I thought was really important this episode.
- We finally see the start of River’s timeline. In this episode, she had no idea who River was until the end, and it was pretty great to see her like this for the first time. This is obviously important for continuity issues, as now we have two parallel timelines (hers and the Doctor’s) pretty much complete.
- At the end of the episode, the Doctor whispers something to River. It wouldn’t be a massive stretch of the imagination to assume that this is the same thing that River whispers to the Doctor in “Forest of the Dead.” However, we still don’t know what this was, despite Amy’s best efforts to find out!
- We now know why Melody was captured on “Demon’s Run.” It was to brainwash her, to use her as a weapon against the Doctor. Clearly, this plan succeeded, and it was River who killed the Doctor in Utah, as that seems to be the most logical explanation. The only question is, how does he get out of it? Surely the Doctor can’t die…
- The Silence have more to do with River and the Doctor than we first thought: they are the ones who brainwashed River into killing the Doctor. They also are not a species, but a religious cult. This is very strange indeed: how did they get their look if they’re not a species? Surely some are humans? Also, the belief that “silence will fall” when the first question is asked – what’s up with that, and what on earth (or not!) could that question be? The suspenseful moment before Amy said “unknown” was, for the record, amazing.
- Amy brought up a good question at the end of the episode: why is River in jail? Who was the “best man” that she killed? Was it the Doctor on Utah? Surely it must be…I guess we’ll find out before the series is over!
There’s not much else to be said about this episode, as far as I’m aware. If you think I’ve missed anything, please let me know so I can add it to this list. I want to make these pages something we can refer back to when we’re trying to join up the dots. Finally, here’s one major thing I noticed in “A Good Man Goes to War.” Behind the monks, there were flags. On those flags was one symbol: the Greek letter Omega. That’s food for thought, ‘eh
Join me next week for the episode that looks to be terrifyingly brilliant: “Night Terrors!”
Pages: 1 2
Loading tweets...
