Megacherv said:
I agree with you there, BUT may I point out one of the most ridiculous puns I've ever heard:-
"Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue"
The whole series was gearing towards that
Oh come on! That was just epic, I laughed so hard when she said that! Damn, I even said the last few lines with her, oh the shame!
I have to admit certain parts could have been done better. I mean this series hasn't exactly had the strongest stories or perhaps the best writing but the good parts far outweigh the bad and I have come away from the whole series with an overal good feeling. I have been glued to my screen, I have laughed and I have come pretty close to getting all emotional, which doesn't happen often. I think that's what counts.
However past stories such as Love & Monsters and the Unicorn and the Wasp, have the power to ruin everything. What were they thinking with those? Luckily Series 5 didn't have any of those awful atrocities.
Hashime said:
It shows you that they wrote the whole season around the finale, which is why I liked it so much. They had to shoot that scene when that set was built. I liked the fact that they filled the little anomalies in action that were eating at me. My favourite part though was when he travelled back with the mop.
I agree, I love it when all the loose ends come together and it's shown that the whole thing was so well thought through. I love Moffat's take on time travel too, it's definately the way I want to see it done. The Tardis always felt like some kind of giant plot device simply to generate a reason for the Doctor to be in another time/place. Moffat actually uses it for what it is: a time machine.
However I feel the mop scene, however amusing it was at the time, kind of felt like it was added for the sake of it.
"What's the funniest way for the doctor to appear? Wearing a fez and holding a mop!"
But later on it really is by chance that he picked the mop up and it all just felt a little weak. I did like the ways he managed to get young Amy to the museum though, especially when he stole her own drink from the past to give back to her in the future, now that was pointless but absolutely great!
