Forest of the Dead (3009/409)

[aintright]

This has to be one of my all time fave eps!!! it jarred me to the core.

I could have strangled Moffat for the scene when Lee is 'bout to be beamed off and he sees Donna and then the stutter ... i was ... well .... angst!!! OH MY!!!

love the scene where Donna and the Dr. are discussing if they are alright .... is alright really doctor language for not alright ... to paraphrase!! it was brilliant ... and then he takes her hand.

*sigh* i miss tennant!!

his face when he knows he can save River!!!

and Alex ... she is a amazing as River!! i want much more of her.


teehee!!


moffat = brilliant love to hate

[Cold Fuzz]

I just finished watching Silence in the Library & Forest of the Dead for the first time in a long while. Watching this again, especially after having seen everything that happens in series 5 & 6, has made me appreciate her character in new ways.

When I first watched this episode, it was more along the POV of the Tenth Doctor, who didn't know her yet--and neither did the audience.

But now, having seen River and her backstory brought to the foreground in future seasons, her heartbreak at the Doctor not recognizing her in this two-parter really comes off as genuine to me. I think Alex Kingston did a fantastic job.

And that last sequence, when the Doctor finds out how to save her, everything was just brilliant: The acting, the shots, and especially the music. Absolutely brilliant.

[Morgania]

One of my favourite episodes.

[Coco Pops]

Was any one else reminded of the timelord matrix?

There was an awful lot of similarity's between the libary data core and that particular piece of collective timelord knowledge.

As for his name he said "only one time I could (tell anyone)". There are two things that people can only do once in their life, be born, and die (physical condition before regeneration not counted). Since she never seen him any younger; and I doubt he would write his name on a tomb for the universe to see; she must have been with him at the end of his last regeneration.

In conclusion his name is Earl.

Why would it matter? He is dead why would it matter if his name is on a tomb?

And I personally think he told her just before heading for the singing towers as that was in my imagination a one way mission and he possibly died there alone..

[Girlbot]

One of my favorite episodes

[maneth]

"Don't play games with me. You just killed someone I liked, that is not a safe place to stand. I'm the Doctor and you're in the biggest library in the Universe. Look me up."

don't make the Doctor angry!

My favorite line of this episode. The 10th Doctor is really growing on me, I didn't like him at first, as I felt he was too silly. The arrogance I can live with. Very good double parter, and I can't wait to see more of River Song...

[tomstone]

It has been a long time since I have seen this and wow, Alex Kingston did a great Job for her first appearence. After knowing the whole story I also agree, the Heartbreak that she showed at realizing this is the last time she will ever see him was genuine. I kept thinking of that Time with Rory when she cried about the thought that this Day will come.I would have wished a better end for her.