Tardiness & TARDISness

River_song Last week my home was invaded by bees–AGAIN! This was the third time. Apparently when my place was re-roofed recently, the anti-bee measures (netting blocking access to vents) that had been set up got disturbed, and the little varmints got in again.

Multiple people have been joking me that they keep returning because I'm so sweet. All I can say is, that's very . . . sweet . . . of you to say.

In any event, I was basically offline for several days as a result, and that made me rather tardy on blogging. Apologies.

In other news, as predicted, this week's episode of Doctor Who ("The Doctor's Wife," by Neil Gaiman) was way better than last week's. Nice creepiness, humor, and a poignant twist on classic Doctor Who mythology. Just what I would have expected from Gaiman.

It also addresses a timely issue: Even though the Doctor has been married before (and is a father; he's said so explicitly, and we met his granddaughter and first companion, Susan, who was the title character of Episode 1, "An Unearthly Child"), and regardless of what happens with River Song (strongly hinted to be his future wife), from the perspective of the series as a whole there is really one "character" who has an even greater title to the role of Doctor's wife. And thanks to Gaiman, he's now been properly introduced to her.

Now we've got the two-part "rebel flesh" story before we get back to River, the Silence, and the promised "game-changing" mid-season finale.

For those who have been paying attention to the clues about River Song's past (still in the Doctor's future), the title of the finale is ominous: "A Good Man Goes to War." I'm also anticipating that we're likely to return to the beach, this time with more information about who's inside the space suit. 

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

6 thoughts on “Tardiness & TARDISness”

  1. My favorite quote from Saturday’s episode was the doctors response to House’s statement “Fear me DoctorI’ve killed hundreds of Time Lords,(Doctor) “Fear me I killed them all”

  2. Technically, the Doctor did not kill the Time Lords. He banished them outside of time.
    The Chicken

  3. Concerning the bees, look at the bright side – perhaps you can learn their hive dance!

  4. The Doctor did indeed kill the Time Lords. Gallifrey was left a burnt-out ruin.
    He *also* did something to time-lock the whole war so that nothing could escape its confines. Thus the Time Lords cannot simply use time travel to escape their doom.
    President Rassilon attempted a last-minute escape via the Master (the plot of “The End of Time,”) but was thwarted by the Doctor and the Master. Gallifrey and all the Time Lords were returned to the moment of their destruction.

  5. I, too, liked “The Doctor’s Wife” – well acted, well-written and the scenes of Rory and Amy in the TARDIS were effectively creepy. Reminded me a lot of the Robert Holmes stories from the Tom Baker era.
    I’ll refrain from saying anything about “The Rebel Flesh” until I see part 2. I’ve decided to watch without trying to unravel all the strings Moffatt’s pulling, and just (hopefully) enjoy how he pulls it all together in the finale.
    I do wish they’d get rid of the “and we’ve been running ever since” beginning. Don’t like it.

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