A Good Man Goes To War (3207)

[GateWorld]

DOCTOR WHO - SERIES 32 A GOOD MAN GOES TO WAR EPISODE NUMBER - 3207 (607) Rory and the Doctor come to Amy's rescue at a secret military base that is raising an army against the Doctor, calling on some old friends to save her and her new baby. VISIT THE EPISODE GUIDE >>

[Sealurk]

Awesome Rory, Badass Rory. Restac revived. Danny Boy and River…oh wow. Wow oh wow. Wow. Have I mentioned, WOW?!?!

[Nth Chevron]

WHAT THE ACTUAL **** !!!!!!!

That was awesome in ways that dont even have words to describe it.

I figured out the whole River thing 3 seconds before she showed them the prayer leaf

Aside from the man she kills, which, judging by the 3 second Next time pic and the words "Time Runs Out" is getting clearer.

Best episode ever, bad Doctor and awesome balls to the wall Rory !!!!

I'm gonna watch that at least 20 more times over the week end !!!!!

N.C

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

Awesome Rory, Badass Rory. Restac revived. Danny Boy and River…oh wow. Wow oh wow. Wow. Have I mentioned, WOW?!?!

I'm pretty sure that wasn't Restac, not from the story she told on how they met.

Yes. Great episode.

Let's Kill Hitler!

[Sealurk]

I'm pretty sure that wasn't Restac, not from the story she told on how they met.

Yes. Great episode.

Let's Kill Hitler!

Ah well, still awesome. I must have misheard. Damn my failing ears!! But still, what an episode. What a brilliant, superb, fantastic episode.

"Demons run when a good man goes to war". Brilliant, brilliant line. Loved the poem at the end too.

[Cronus]

OMG That was awesome

[Teddybrown]

Omfg!!!!
What a brilliant episode!
So many great things baout it, a Sontaran that can breastfeed, all of the Doctors friends and foes rallying to his aide, the Doctor being tricked, River Songs identity!
Wheres the Doctor going??
I dunno whether Im happy or sad about who River Song is, I kinda wanted something totally out there and whacky, I suppose this is, but maybe a bit too obvious?
Soooo psyched for Part 2 now!

[Missster.Freeman]

WHAT A MIND FRAK!

Good job I was lying on the couch or I'd have been floored!

[Flyboy]

ZOMFG!!!!!!!

Danny Boy!

Clergy!

Cybermen!

THE LAST CENTURION!

DANNY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



*collapses in fit of fandom squee overload*

[Nth Chevron]

Heres an even more interesting question, as River is Amy's little girl and 99% proof that Melody is the little girl that regenerated in DotM, that means that when she dies in Library/Forest she could regenerate again and not be dead.


I hope she doesnt become Kovarian due to the Doctor abandoning her.

N.C

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

Heres an even more interesting question, as River is Amy's little girl and 99% proof that Melody is the little girl that regenerated in DotM, that means that when she dies in Library/Forest she could regenerate again and not be dead.


I hope she doesnt become Kovarian due to the Doctor abandoning her.

N.C

Not true. She even said that should the Doctor take her place in the chair in FotD it would kill him stone dead before he could regenerate. It's the reason she KO'd him and chained him to the rail, and took the hit herself.

[Zarius]

Heres an even more interesting question, as River is Amy's little girl and 99% proof that Melody is the little girl that regenerated in DotM, that means that when she dies in Library/Forest she could regenerate again and not be dead

Actually, no, since her body was destroyed

And she can't become Kovarian, she's significantly older and we know how River dies.

[Nth Chevron]

She is combined Human Timelord though, so that might give way to unforseen side effects and such

N.C

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

She is combined Human Timelord though, so that might give way to unforseen side effects and such

N.C

Because she's a hybrid of both, because of being born during TARDIS transit or *on the wedding night*, I still doubt that she's as powerful as a full Time Lord because she's still half human. So if the Doctor didn't stand a chance against the chair in FotD then River certainly wouldn't.

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

Also GREAT to see my favourite pirates again (if not briefly) I wonder why they didn't join in the battle outside the TARDIS though?

[Cronus]

I'm slightly confused about timelines and what not though - so the Doctor now knows how Amy's child dies? And Amy knows how the Doctor dies? And River went to jail for killing a good man (presumably the Doctor?)? But why doesn't River react more to Amy and Rory in the past season or so? And why, when we first met River, is she supposedly from the 51st century? And where is the Doctor's daughter in all this?

My head hurts

[SGalisa]

I'm slightly confused about timelines and what not though - so the Doctor now knows how Amy's child dies? And Amy knows how the Doctor dies? And River went to jail for killing a good man (presumably the Doctor?)? But why doesn't River react more to Amy and Rory in the past season or so? And why, when we first met River, is she supposedly from the 51st century? And where is the Doctor's daughter in all this?

My head hurts

I haven't seen the episode, won't get to see it until next week ... but read the spoilers, cause I couldn't wait .... so I know who River is -- by now.

Anywho... here's why I think River didn't recognize Rory or Amy and vice-versa -- I mentioned it in the River Song topic -- so this is a partial quote from there

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

As for River not knowing who the child was, the Doctor mentioned that the Silence creatures were operating on some sort of post-hypnotic suggestion, and therefore, chunks of River's entire life could have been blanked out of her memory, as a result -- deliberately by the Silence. Same issue with Amy (and Rory) not knowing who River was -- altho, they were traveling forward in time, River was going back and forth... On the other extreme, River seems to have no problem being a fully grown adult as *River Song* knowing where her connections to the Doctor are in various points of the time-stream.

Also, if the Silence creature did tell Amy that she would *bring* (not break, but BRING) the silence, it could make sense that it was the time of silence brought on by River not telling the Doctor who River *really* was...??

just a few thoughts...

Also, River claimed that she is *quite the screamer*, ehhh?? She did say "now there's a story for yah!" (spoilers!)
perhaps, not what one might think???

Spoiler:

as a baby, or perhaps while having a baby herself -- if she was pregnant and having morning sickness, as well..?? Rory didn't complain about feeling sick, and neither did Canton.. and neither did that lady in the bathroom -- Joy?? or was joy just that lady's mood??

[Forseti (a.k.a. Thor's lawyer)]

In other potentially historical news:

Spoiler:

Am I right in thinking that this episode might reveal the Doctor's actual name for the very first time ever? We don't know what it sounds like (yet), but maybe we now know what it looks like. (Assuming that the Gallifreyan writing on the cot spells out the Doctor's name and not some kind of nursery rhyme).
Maybe this is how River knows of the Doctor's name? We know that she can understand and write Gallifreyan. And since it looks like she will be spending/has spent some quality time in this cot...

Come to think about it:

Spoiler:

In SitL/FotD did the Tenth Doctor realize River had been in his cot? Or might there still be something else we're missing?

[PMN1]

Got to say, was expecting a bit more.

Most interesting thing was the Sontaran....some amazing lines...and what Alex Kingston hinted at regarding the cot in the Confidential after.

[knowles2]

In other potentially historical news:

Spoiler:

Am I right in thinking that this episode might reveal the Doctor's actual name for the very first time ever? We don't know what it sounds like (yet), but maybe we now know what it looks like. (Assuming that the Gallifreyan writing on the cot spells out the Doctor's name and not some kind of nursery rhyme).
Maybe this is how River knows of the Doctor's name? We know that she can understand and write Gallifreyan. And since it looks like she will be spending/has spent some quality time in this cot...

Come to think about it:

Spoiler:

In SitL/FotD did the Tenth Doctor realize River had been in his cot? Or might there still be something else we're missing?

I think the name on the cot is River Song/Melody pond. Which is how the Doctor connected the dots that River was Amy daughter before she spelled it out to Pond. Which means the cot was never the Doctors of cause and we are left with the big question of where it came from. At least that what I reckon anyway.