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Old 09-28-2012, 08:23 AM   #404
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TATM shows the Doctor (Matt Smith), Amy (Karen Gillan), Rory (Arthur Darvill) and Melody/River (Alex Kingston) a very, very bad day. The kind of day only a very twisted and dark-spirited soul could conjure. Steven Moffat wrote this, and I'm thinking The Moff may need a hug. Everyone extend a cyber hug to The Moff via the Docbacks below. But, you know, keep it clean.



Yet within Angels’ aggressive determination to shove its characters all the way through an emotional shredder, and then kick around the piece of what’s left, there is still beauty...and no small portion of hope. Longstanding WHO tenets about love and dedication are pointedly re-validated here, and the relationship between a few of the show’s regular characters are more clearly stated and sharply defined than ever before. More than being about time displacement or creepy alien 'don't blink' statue things, Angels in Manhattan is about love, commitment, and what they ultimately mean when all chips are down.



Last week’s generally excellent The Power of Three began an emotional arc seen to fruition in Angels. While Power and Angels are more or less detached narratively, I very much feel the two work in concert together in a number of regards. As I wrote LAST WEEK, I view Power of Three as something of a pre-emptive wake for Amy and Rory’s highly publicized departure from DOCTOR WHO. And, of course, it very much cemented an emotional undercurrent/backbone for what happens this weekend.

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