Cake for Brains wrote:Do you mean the best companion the series has had or the best swansong for a companion the series has ever had?
The best swansong for a companion. As for best companions, I think combined Amy and Rory would come 2nd after Donna.
Cake for Brains wrote:I agree that the Angels were utilised far better here than they were back in Series 5. They were back to being properly frightening again. I think that's got more to do with the excellent direction than anything else. And I also agree (this is getting scary) that it would have been nice to have seen the life Amy and Rory made for themselves - perhaps a few snapshots of their years together during Amy's afterward. Glad that River (my one and only woman crush) wasn't written out too (as I expected her to be) - as far as I'm concerned, she's welcome to re-join the Doctor any time. The sooner the better.
As nice as it would've been for Amy/Rory/River to set up the perfect family unit somehow, it would've been limiting in terms of River appearances so I'm glad she wasn't written out too. Maybe she doesn't need to appear quite as much as in series 6, but her presence certainly makes for greater viewing.
I would've liked to have seen a 'coda' detailing Amy and Rory's life, but I guess that may have seen a tad self-serving, something which Moffat was probably keen to avoid after the companions round-up at the end of
The End of Time (don't get me wrong, I liked that, but it was a tad overblown!)
Come to think of it, I kind of feel sorry for Rory's dad. He urged the Doctor to take them on more adventures, and now he'll never see them again.
Cake for Brains wrote:My only real gripe is that part of me thinks there was enough story here to fill two episodes. I miss the two-parters.
Me too, it's a shame Moffat seems to have washed his hands of them completely. If anything, he's the only one that can write two-parters successfully.
My ratings:
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe - 4/10
Asylum of the Daleks - 8/10
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - 5/10
A Town Called Mercy - 7/10
The Power of Three - 6.5/10
The Angels Take Manhattan - 9/10
Strange, I tend to rate the weaker episodes higher than you, and you rate the stronger episodes higher than me.