Hello, Sweetie

Our poor Doctor. He’s so harangued by River Song. LOL. Even the brief, surprise greeting of, “Hello, Sweetie,” elicits such a hangdog response that you just want to put your arm around The Doctor and tell him that everything will be okay. Being out of the loop, I had no idea there was a current running through fandom with theories about River. I’m pretty bad to take a plot point at face value and just let the story play out, but now I’m dying to get into the conspiracy theorists’ minds.

That’s the big difference with the new series; it’s smarter. Certainly not to disparage RTD’s helm, which was still largely better than anything else on television, but the nuances now are just a bit more mature and cerebral. Perhaps the least cerebral clue, as I mentioned before, is “The Crack” and though I did not spot the crack in the episode, it’s FINALLY being seen by The Doctor in the preview for next week’s episode. Next week’s episode, by the way, looks to be full of excitement, and motion, and intrigue.

In what I consider to be the mark of greatness for a show, a Twitter friend of mine is just getting into Doctor Who, and I’m proud to have him jump on board with Eleven and Amy. Welcome to the greatest show on Earth. Or Gallifrey. Or Raxacoricofallapatorius. Or, well, you get the picture. With The Doctor and the TARDIS, anything is possible!

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  1. I love that you pointed out that hangdog look—it’s such a perfect little moment, and it says more about their whole dynamic than any big speech could. I’m with you on taking plots at face value most of the time, but the River theories are too juicy to ignore. It’s like the fandom turned one wink into a whole treasure hunt, and now I can’t stop wondering what else I’ve been missing.

    Speaking of missing things, that’s actually why I started using PlanLiva for my personal project tracking. Between fandom deep-dives and real life, I kept losing threads, and having a clean way to map out notes and timelines has been a lifesaver. It’s nothing flashy, but it helps me keep my own little theories straight—much like the Doctor’s journal, minus the spoilers.

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