The moment I'm sure all of you have been waiting for has arrived. My thoughts on last Saturday's Doctor Who episode!
A Town Called Mercy passed with flying colors for me as far as being entertaining. I don't usually go out of my way to watch Westerns but I do like them. I have seen a few in my past and didn't really recall not liking any of them. I do remember there seemed to be a large quantity of riding around on horses. That was probably the hardest part to get through when it came to watching Westerns. Long drawn out scenes of people on horses and cows, etc.
Doctor Who did it well and included the time told elements of westerns but also they added their own little side to things. I appreciated the humor used throughout, especially the undertaker. He was probably my favorite. Susan the horse was pretty amusing as well. I'm going to probably lean with the people that are considering it to be a boy named Susan and not a transgender horse. Plus then you can make the reference to the song boy named Sue.
One line I thought was just kind of thrown in there for no particular reason was after the Doctor gets off Susan the horse and finds the aliens spaceship he throws the line out "Yes, I wear a stetson now." It didn't really fit to me. I know he likes to say "I wear *this* now" but in this case it really didn't go with what was going on. He was just getting off of a horse and not even talking to the horse like he does later. Plus the horse wouldn't know what he previous wore in the past. I think someone thought it would be 'neat' to say that since the craze for bow ties and fezzes happened so easily. This time I think they might have tried a bit too hard. Those things happen on their own, and using an old hat line isn't going to make me want to go out and buy a cowboy hat.
Besides that one part, the episode worked for me. I found humor in it and I also liked the quarrel within the Doctor on what the right thing to do would be. It had some nice moments where you can see how the Doctor is aging. They did say he was over 1000 years old now and that means there is a good chunk of time we don't know what he has been up to. Amy even mentions that this is what happens when he travels alone. Er, or was it something like "this is the reason you can't travel alone". My memory is failing me since I watched it a week ago.
I have no idea what to expect for the next episode this weekend but I'm going to be looking forward to it none the less. Maybe this time I'll get my opinion blog out a bit quicker.
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