Amy's Choice

An early example of Moffat being a bit too timey-wimey for his own good, and thinking that everyone who watches the show is a Dr Who obsessive, who will appreciate every little detail.

It does improve on repeated viewing, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum, The Dream Lord's about and he's after some fun, but which one is real, you have to decide, which one appeals, for you to reside.

Hallucination, illusion, nightmare or delusion, whatever it is, it's full of confusion, firmly encouraging, that confident voice, but ultimately leading to your Hobson's Choice.

When all you needed was an antihistamine tablet.

After the unimaginative Vampires of Venice, they hit back big time with Amy's Choice, a rather surreal story. Slightly of the 'Turn left' ilk, a kind of what if story, rather then an actual adventure.

In brief, Amy and Rory are living seemingly in domestic bliss, married, house, a baby on the way, but by the tweeting of birds they escape to a different reality, all on board the TARDIS in a more realistic reality. In the first reality they are attacked by old people, and in the second the TARDIS is hurtling towards an Icy demise, as the TARDIS hurtles towards a Cold star. The miscreant of their foes is The Dreamlord, a powerful malicious individual who knows all about the Doctor and co, The Doctor has an idea who he is. The Dreamlord gives them the chance to live by deciding which is reality and which is the dream.

I really liked this episode, I loved the utter originality of it. The concept was a clever one, one reality seemingly more obscure then the other. Some nice touches of humour. I love the Dreamlord character and his manipulation of Amy and treatment of the Doctor.

Toby Jones is very good at doing the villainous roles, he can make you despise him. He puts in a very good performance.

It could have been a classic, not quite, but it is still a very good episode.

There is a phrase (more like a string of adjs) I only use to describe a good Doctor Who episode, that is: cozy pleasant clever creepiness. No more no less. This style of sci-fi, to this day, only a good Doctor Who could deliver. Now the time is 2021, I am rewatching all the good NuWho episodes, and really hope the NuWho can get rid of its current season 4 CW Flash/Supergirl/Arrow style, and come back to this standard of story telling.

I prefer the format where just the doctor and his companion go through their adventures. It's cool with people coming from the companions life, but then leaving. I for one don't like that Amy's boyfriend is always there. I thought Rose's (I really miss Rose) and Mickey's relationship was done better.