Scardoll
Since: Nov, 2010
02/27/2011 00:00:00
Like many series finales, the lead-in was amazing, and the lead-up was okay.
That's not to say I didn't like The Big Bang, but The Pandorica Opens was dramatic and punched viewers in the gut with its ending in a way most Doctor Who episodes (Or parts of serials) don't.
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The Pandorica Opens
At the start of this episode, I had a surprising realisation - River Song is growing on me. Yes, really. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that she seemed pretty awesome.
This happened in the first five or so minutes of what proved to be a funny, dark, surprising and epic story, in which this season's fairy-tale themes come to a head, and we finally get to see the fabled (and much-foreshadowed) Pandorica. And when I say "funny, dark, surprising and epic", I mean, this is a rollercoaster. Details can be funny one moment, heartwarming the next and heartbreaking the next. Scary becomes epic, epic becomes agonising, agonising becomes sad. It's a superb piece of writing which never ceases to surprise.
Meanwhile, longtime fans will be pleased to note the return of a number of enemies seen in previous episodes, and allusions to many more. Heck, even the Chelonians get a mention, and the Uvodni and Weevils get blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameos.
All this in Roman Britain. At Stonehenge.
Really, what's not to like?