Well, the Doctor returns at their wedding only because they manage to remember him and which then allows them to remember the entire parallel timeline. But didn't Rory the Auton only exist in that pocket dimension that was used to trap the Doctor? I'm having trouble remembering that episode now, but my explanation actually raises the opposite question: if Auton Rory was only in that pocket dimension and never really Rory, why would Rory remember anything about it at all?
I only just watched the latest episode and, yeah, Moffat is bad with time travel and plot holes. Which speaks to my issues with the 11th Doctor in general. He's grown on me as a character, but there's just an obvious sloppiness in the writing. The concepts have a giddy energy (Dinosaurs! On a Spaceship!) and I appreciate that. This Doctor has a lot more "Whee!" than previous ones. However, it's too ardently plotted. Events will happen because someone along the way decided it'd be neat if they happened and who cares if the story makes sense? And I feel like the counter-argument's always going to be that "Whee!" factor. "It's fun, it's a ride. Don't think about it, just enjoy it." But that argument doesn't fly after the 10th Doctor.
This show went from being a program I was evangelical about to my friends to something I catch up on when I have the time and remember. On the one hand, the group behind this Doctor had a high standard to meet and I never wholly expected them to. On the other hand, I never expected them to be so bad so often, to so consistently and repeatedly fail to make something good.
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Date: 2012-10-08 01:02 am (UTC)I only just watched the latest episode and, yeah, Moffat is bad with time travel and plot holes. Which speaks to my issues with the 11th Doctor in general. He's grown on me as a character, but there's just an obvious sloppiness in the writing. The concepts have a giddy energy (Dinosaurs! On a Spaceship!) and I appreciate that. This Doctor has a lot more "Whee!" than previous ones. However, it's too ardently plotted. Events will happen because someone along the way decided it'd be neat if they happened and who cares if the story makes sense? And I feel like the counter-argument's always going to be that "Whee!" factor. "It's fun, it's a ride. Don't think about it, just enjoy it." But that argument doesn't fly after the 10th Doctor.
This show went from being a program I was evangelical about to my friends to something I catch up on when I have the time and remember. On the one hand, the group behind this Doctor had a high standard to meet and I never wholly expected them to. On the other hand, I never expected them to be so bad so often, to so consistently and repeatedly fail to make something good.