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besidesitstoowarm · 8 days ago

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"The Day of the Moon" thoughts

i would argue we stuck the landing here, but it's a bit shaky. my bf said he was frustrated bc we never got back around to the astronaut in the lake and i think that's a fairly good point. i know where the season is going but so far the show has been fairly self-contained, we haven't really had such a major story beat be kind of dropped. obviously i know it'll come back but it does feel like the story itself kind of forgot about its own inciting incident. that said i still loved it

so we open 3 months later, amy is on the run and covered in tally marks. canton shoots her, then chases down river until she jumps off a skyscraper, then tracks down and shoots rory, both of whom also have tally marks. canton has the doctor at roswell and puts him in super prison and then drops the act once they're alone; amy and rory are fine, he lets the doctor go free, they're a-silence huntin'. they catch river. amy tells the doctor she was wrong, she isn't pregnant

the doctor implants them with the career chip from futurama but it's a recording device and all of a sudden canton's shows that he has a message "how did it get in here" and it's genuinely unnerving. moffat is really, really good at horror episodes, very "something scary enough for children without being too scary for adults", he taps into these primal fears (aging, the dark, something under your bed, something in the corner of your eye, being watched) in a way that is always effective for me

they try to track down the little girl from part 1 by going to an orphanage. the guy running it is visibly unwell and the entire place looks condemned, LEAVE NOW GET OUT is painted on the wall, the guy says they're planning to close in '67. canton says that can't be true cause it's already '69 and the guy is confused. amy gets trapped in a room with more creepy writing on the walls, threadbare beds, suddenly covered in tally marks with a message saying she found them sleeping. we see them nesting on the ceiling like bats, and it's gross and creepy

she escapes the room and sees a hatch open on another door, we see a woman with an eyepatch who says "no i think she's just dreaming" and closes the hatch. hm. amy opens that door but it's just a child's room, the little girl's room. there are a lot of pictures of her on the dresser and one pic of amy holding a baby. what could it mean! amy gets ambushed and kidnapped

the doctor and rory find her palm chip on the group and it's live playing her crying and begging for help. rory says amy knows he'll always come for her and she starts begging for the doctor. poor rory, man. like i said in the other recap, that insecurity hasn't gone away, no neat bows on that arc. i love them your honor. the doctor and river find the empty astronaut suit and it's life support but the little girl busted out. "incredibly strong and running away, i like her" yeah i'll bet you do

the doctor and rory have a good weird little moment. the doctor says fighting the silence is like kicking the romans out of rome and rory says "rome fell" and the doctor says "i know, i was there" and rory says "so was i" god he's so cool. rory says he kind of remembers the lone centurion years, sometimes. the davies era has the companions all end up for the better after traveling w the doctor, he's the best thing that ever happened to them, a miracle. and he is, but the moffat era also acknowledges that he leaves scars, he's like cpr in that he saves your life but also cracks your ribs

they find amy! river has a gun! the doctor gets horny again "she really doesn't mind shooting people, i shouldn't like that but i sort of do" and then says she could kill at least 3 of them before they get to him, she says easily 7, 8 for you honey "oh, stop it" "make me" "mm, maybe i will" i NEED to be their third. i want what they have. i want to be the peanut butter in their sandwich. the doctor harnesses the power of gaslighting by inserting a clip of the silence saying "you should kill us all on sight" into the moon landing, ensuring hundreds of millions of people will see it and drive them away, even if they don't remember it

anyway we learned last episode that canton got kicked from the fbi bc he wanted to get married so nixon is like "the one you want to marry. black?" canton says yes and nixon is like "well i'm a little more liberal than–" and canton cuts in with "HE is." nixon does not approve. naturally. remember in that call of duty game when reagan asks for your pronouns? fuck me that was funny. nixon does not do that. we love a gay interracial romance however. i love you canton

the doctor asks amy why she told him she's pregnant and she's like idk you're my best friend (only friend, i think) and he's like "but you didn't tell rory?" and rory is like yeah you def should have told me. i'm a nurse, and also your husband. the doctor surreptitiously scans amy for pregnancy and it keeps oscillating between positive and negative. paging dr schroedinger

he drops river back off at prison and she kisses him and he flails a bit and she realizes they haven't kissed before, and his firsts are her lasts so this is it for her :( it's good, it's tragic. river hides so much pain under her flirtation and quips, she's very much like nine in that. i'd love to have seen them together

last scene we see the little girl who escaped the astronaut stumbling down a nyc alley and she tells a homeless man that she's dying but it's cool bc uhhhhh *explodes into light* you know how it is in nyc. what could it mean?!

next episode is mid if i recall. that's okay i need a break from thinking

#doctor who #besides its too rewatch #DW s6 #The Day of the Moon

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dontlistentothemmoose · 2 years ago

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nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol* moon’s stuck in a time loop. do you have extra ammo? this won’t be enough. nasa employee: enough for…what? astronaut: *finding extra clip of ammo, pocketing it, and getting back on the rocket-ship* don’t worry about it!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *emerging from supply closet with a space harpoon, getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: what? nasa employee: how did you know what i was going to say? astronaut: *punching in key pad code for base evacuation signal, getting back on the rocket-ship* i told you…moon’s stuck in a time loop. *red warning lights begin flashing*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *rifling thru bookshelf of operating instructions, selecting one that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. hey, do you have anything to eat? i’m starving. *opens random drawer, finds nothing, closes it* nasa employee: a time loo- uh, we don’t have food in here…we can’t…eat in the control room, only the break-room. astronaut: *sighs* nasa employee:…my lunch is in like 10 minutes, though, and if my lunch is actually STILL THERE and not STOLEN, AGAIN, i can share it with yo- astronaut: nah, that’s ok…no time. *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* or…too much time. but thanks, anyway. OK, bye! *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: you’re…welcome? wait, a TIME LOOP?!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: yup. nasa employee: …? astronaut: *sitting down next to nasa employee* so…do you ever like…wonder what the meaning of life is? the secrets of the universe? nasa employee: aren’t you supposed to be ON the MOON?! *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: hey, what the hell is that? astronaut: that’s the code red override klaxon. moon’s stuck in a time loop. oh, and there’s an explosion imminent. But don’t worry, we can deal with that tomorrow. So, you have any siblings? *pulls beer out of space suit, cracks tab* want a drink?

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: do you know frank in IT? nasa employee: what? astronaut: do you know frank, who works in IT? nasa employee: yeah, but why are you guys back so early? astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. call frank, tell him there’s a virus in the security patch and the system’s compromised. then get the hell out of the base. nasa employee: wait what? what? where are you guys going? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* back to the moon. it’s stuck in a time loop. call frank! nasa employee: *picks up phone* ugh, straight to voicemail. i wonder wha- *alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: *grim silence* nasa employee: i said, you guys are back early…hey, what are you…? astronaut: *randomly opening drawers until they find a pair of scissors and some duct tape, getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop. *sticks head back out the door of the rocket-ship* by the way, if you go to the break-room in exactly 2 minutes and 45 seconds, you’ll catch the person who’s been stealing your lunches for the past two weeks. nasa employee: what?! WHO IS IT?! *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: *running for the break-room* FUCK!!!!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *sits down, sighs, pulls a beer out from their spacesuit* moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: …ok, and? hang on, how did you get a beer? you can’t have that in here. astronaut: what do you know about project floyd? nasa employee: I mean, the usual amount? i’m not really on the project anymore, why? *alarm begins blaring* astronaut: COME WITH ME TO THE ROCKET-SHIP, we don’t have ti-

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: yeah. moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop. see you tomorrow. maybe. nasa employee: WHAT?!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *sighs, rubs hands over face, and loads pistol, before getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop. and, uh…you should call your mother like you’ve been meaning to. and tell her you’re not actually mad and that you will come to dinner tonight. you’re gonna be hungry. nasa employee: wait, what? WHAT?? how do you know my mom?! why am i gonna be - *alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” starting to get back on the rocket-ship, but dropping everything with a horrendous clatter* FUCK! goddamn moon’s stuck in a time loop. *alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? also, hey, where’d you get that duffel bag? astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” shoving them into the bag, and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earl- astronaut: *grabs nasa employee and kisses them passionately* nasa employee: what? WHAT?! astronaut: *loading a single pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop, sweetheart. nasa employee: what?!? astronaut: a time loop!!! i love you!!! get out of the base!!! stay alive!!! nasa employee: *presses fingers to lips, confused but intrigued, as alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee:…. nasa employee:… nasa employee: ho hum what a regular day at the office *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: what the hell is that?!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earl- astronaut: *grabs nasa employee and kisses them passionately* nasa employee: what? what?! WHAT!?!? also, hey, where’d you get that duffel bag? astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” shoving them into the bag, then cupping nasa employee’s cheek with free hand* moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: the moon’s stuck in a what?! astronaut: a time loop, sweetheart, but we don’t have much time ourselves, so you have to listen to me RIGHT now nasa employee: *faintly* …“sweetheart”?! astronaut: in 2 minutes and a few seconds, you need to go into the break-room and find frank. nasa employee: wait, frank from IT? astronaut: yes. nasa employee: how do you know he��s gonna be in the break-room? i can’t just call him at his desk right now? astronaut: how do i know this?! because, one, time loop, ok? and…also…because…heismaybetheguywhohasbeenstealingyourlunchfortwoweeks nasa employee: that BASTARD i KNEW it astronaut: BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT’S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. hey! listen to me! go in there, catch him red-handed with your burrito, and tell him lunch is on you FOREVER if he goes RIGHT NOW and checks the last security patch - because there’s a virus and the whole system’s compromised. then you need to get the hell out of this base, ok? nasa employee: …ok. ok. and…and what about you? astronaut: *cocking pistol and getting back into rocket-ship with duffel bag* me? i’m gonna shoot for the moon.

EPILOGUE:

nasa employee: so, how many loops in total? astronaut: i mean, it was hard to keep track. somewhere around six months, if i had to guess. nasa employee: damn. astronaut: yeah. nasa employee: and in those six MONTHS, the best zinger you came up with was “shoot for the moon”? astronaut: hey, you know what, i had some other stuff on my mind! nasa employee: i mean, i guess. it sounded like you found time to flirt with me each time. astronaut: yeah, like i said. other stuff on my mind. *they look at each other, blush, and look away* astronaut: sooooooo. you’re sure your mom is cool with me coming over for dinner? nasa employee: can’t make the day any weirder. plus, i owe you for ratting out frank, right? astronaut: he did help us save the world; we can’t be too mad at him. nasa employee: you’ve had a little while to get over it, i might need some more time. and it wasn’t even your food! astronaut: ok, that’s fair. what if i buy you lunch to make up for it? nasa employee: hmm, when? astronaut: tomorrow? nasa employee: well, i’ll have left overs from my mom, and you might too if you play your cards right. day after tomorrow? astronaut: honestly, anytime is good for me.

*FADE TO BLACK*

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