Doctor Who Season 7B Podcast!!!

After a longish hiatus, the Ashitaka's Angels Doctor Who Podcast has returned! Just in time for the end of Season 7!  Many thanks to Lea, Maxine, and DW podcast first-timer, Jen, for taking time to discuss our favorite time lord, an impossible girl,  and what the heck that reveal in the finale could mean going into Season 8*. 

Here's the rundown:

00:00~02:00 |  Lea provides a very un-Doctor Who-like intro; We ask ourselves the age-old question:  "How is Grey's Anatomy still on?"

02:01~11:34 | Our thoughts finally turn to Who, specifically, the 7B finale, "The Name of the Doctor"

                       We also experience residual Pond feels.

11:34~14:25 | Is River Song connected to Clara? Theories emerge! 

14:26~22:54 | Our thoughts on Jenna Louise Coleman, Girl with the Boop-able Nose and 

                       Clara Oswin Oswald: Impossible Girl, Soufflé attempter

22:55~25:29 | A slight meditation on Whouffle shippers. (Psst. It rhymes with soufflé.)

                       (And, yes, it's a thing.)

25:30~29:41 | JOHN HURT AS THE DOCTOR a.k.a. Lea nearly uses up her F-word quota 

                       (Each person is allowed 5 per podcast.)

29:42~29:43 | Lea officially reaches her F-bomb quota

29:44~31:06 | JOHN HURT AS THE DOCTOR, cont.

31:07~33:15 | Our thoughts on the actual meaning of the Doctor's name

33:16~41:38 | Our Favorite/Least Favorite episodes

                      Spoiler Alert: Our least fave rhymes with 'The Shrings of Shakhaten')

                      Also, could Rose and Clara have a possible connection? Theories emerge once more!

41:39~52:41 | Thoughts on Matt Smith's hair, or lack thereof, as well as the season as a whole

52:42~52:50 | Lea officially goes over the F-word limit

52:51~57:29 | We play the 7B Edition of 'Doctor WHO Said That?'; Winner gets a TARDIS! (Sort of.)

57:30~end    | What we're looking forward to for Season 8, followed by....

                      An investigation of the origins of Benedict Cumberbatch's creepy smile +

                      a discovery of the 13th Doctor's identity as well as Cumberbatch Kids

Thus spake the fangirls. What did you think of the finale/Season 7B? 

*Warning: this podcast is rated F for 'F-bomb-laden'...and fun, of course.

GG's Farewell to 2012

Traditionally I make a list of all the best things that I've found in the past year so here there are. Consider them GG approved :)

1. Best Book
No brainier! How about the books that captivated my attention in a matter of days, The Hunger Games Trilogy  Yes it's a worldwide phenomenon indeed but they have become so much more to me than that. a Suzanne Collins shares the story of Katniss Everdeen, a loner in  a post-apocalyptic world who becomes a symbol for her country. Whilst Katniss is a strong protagonist the readers are given a chance to see her struggle and the subsequent changes that come about from her journey and ability to survive.

2. Best Discovery

Doctor Who?
What can I say about this beloved  and brilliant series? Well to be honest I could go on for hours but for you guys I'll simply put it this way; this series offers adventure, courage, sacrifice, discovery, fun--simply it's magic. Viewers are given a unique opportunity to travel with a regenarating, imaginative and impossible man of a Doctor from a fanciful planet, a dark past with an iconic blue, TARDIS blue police phone box. It offers childlike, impulsive behavior, surprising and wonderfully remarkable companions--each magnificent in their own way.  And with all this knowledge, power and legendary history that the impossible Doctor provides, I cannot wait for more adventures and surprises.

3. Best Comedy

Plus Awesome Guest Stars! Hello Mr. Vice President

Parks and Recreation (please see my epic post)
Seeing as I've already written a love letter to the cast and writers of Parks and Recs I just leave you with this, if you aren't watching it get on that. I promise you won't regret it. They dynamics and juxtaposition of the cheerful can-do Leslie Knope and liberal, government hating Ron Swanson is enough to spark glee in this viewer.






4. Best Sophomore Season

I'd have to say Revenge, last season the story of Emily Thorne and her desire for revenge kept the viewers on the edge of their seats and with her return to the Hamptons and after all the drama that her detailed plans caused the writers still had a twist up their sleeves. Her mother was still alive and Emily became even more determined to bring down the Grayson's with more vengeance than ever. Ultimately the season never deterred and kept the viewers wanting more--which often proves hard to do in a second season.

5. Best Song 
"Call Me Maybe"

Yes, indeed it was the most popular song of the year, but besides the fun and easy pick up line that it provides I love the parody's and various remakes that the song sparked. Well done Carly Rae









6. Best Film 

Now this year I didn't get to the thereat all that often but I'd have to say that this summer The Avengers stole my heart and sealed it away. I've always been a major fan of superhero films and The Avengers gave us fantastic interactions between some of our favorite Marvel characters. Joss Whedon gave us all we dreamed of while anticipating the mash-up of SHIELD, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America.


7. Best Website

This year I finally succumbed and started a Twitter account. And became instantly addicted, yes indeed the best waste of time a gal could find. I'm sure all of you are familiar with Twitter but just in case, its a website that allows you to share a thought in a 140 characters and to follow people that you talk to on a daily basis and the people you wish to speak to on a daily basis. Some of my favorite tweets come from a childhood friend, Adam Levine and Mindy Kaling. It is AWESOME :) Look me up @MightyMaxine






8. Hardest Goodbye

American television provides a lot of information and a lot of series come and go, but the ones that stick around and become a part of your routine or water cooler chatter can really stick with you. If this category was about characters then the Whovian in me would most certainly have to say letting go of Ten this summer was beyond impossible. Farewell my beloved bouncy, skinny Doctor. And don't even get me started on the massacre provided by Steven Moffat in "The Angels Take Manhattan," in which we say goodbye to the beloved Ponds who became The Doctor's family.  Since this category has to do with a series as a whole, which I lost 3 of:  One Tree Hill, Chuck and Gossip Girl. I'd have to say One Tree Hill because I've been attached to that series since high school and grew up with Haley, Brooke, and Nathan. They taught me about life and survival--even if the story lines were way more dramatic than my own life--the fundamental things that everyone struggles with these characters traversed and overcame.

An Early Christmas Present from the Ashitaka's Angels

Three. There are only three more days until one of the biggest events of the year...The Doctor Who Christmas episode! And, yeah, I guess Christmas is pretty important, too. In the spirit of the holidays, the Ashitaka's Angels would like bestow upon you an early Christmas present. Er, it's actually our Season 7 Midseason Reaction podcast that I didn't get around to editing until now, but a present's a present! It was either this or regifting you some tube socks. Don't say we never give you anything ;)

 

Anyways, here's the rundown!

00:00:00~00:01:19 | A Very Special BSG-themed Intro as sung by our very own Lea

00:01:20~00:03:43 | A Round of "WHO Said that?": The Season-Wide Edition!

00:03:44~00:15:25 | Our General Reactions to the Season as a Whole

00:15:26~00:29:44 | Our Favorite and Least Episodes of S7

00:29:45~00:41:16 | Our All-Time Favorite Episodes

00:41:17~00:45:19 | How our Favorite S7 Episodes Measured Up to Our All-Time Favorite Episodes

00:45:20~00:46:18 | Jenni shares some Doctor Who-centric sentences written by one of her students

00:46:19~00:51:45 | Our Favorite S7 Episodes vs. Our All-Time Favorite Episodes (cont.)

00:51:46~01:08:35 | Our Discussion of the Ponds' Legacy (and that of previous companions)

01:08:36~01:10:35 | re: the Daleks; Also, Who Really Said that: Galaxy Quest or Winston Churchill?

01:10:36~01:17:37 | What We're Looking Forward to in the 2nd Half of S7

01:17:38~end        | Signing Off Until 2013; Rachael Nearly Meets the Same Fate as the Ponds

And in case you haven't seen it yet, scope out the trailer for Doctor Who: The Snowmen, airing on Christmas at 9 p.m. on BBC America!

[image credit: bbc.co.uk]

Doctor Who: "The Angels Take Manhattan" Live Reaction Podcast: The Weeping Ashitaka's Angels Edition!

You saw that title right, folks. Who better to discuss an episode about the Weeping Angels than the Ashitaka's Angels, who also, consequently, wept with abandon after watching it (well, at least 2/3 of us did). Going in, we fully expected the Ponds' farewell to be an emotional one, and we were not disappointed. In this podcast, we discuss those pesky and creepy Weeping Angels and say goodbye to an amazing companion duo while wading waist-deep into an ocean of Pond feels. Wade with us, won't you? 

Here's the rundown:

00:00~00:53  Let the sadness begin!

00:54~09:36  Chapter 1: Crying. We talk about whether or not we cried, what parts made us cry, and what other episodes (if any) made us cry. Spoiler alert: One of us shed no tears.

09:37~19:20  Chapter 2: Least Favorite/Favorite parts; we also discuss different versions of the Angels,  Matt Smith's heartbreaking performance, and the Statue of Liberty

19:21~24:49  Chapter 3: Confusion, part 1: "How do those Angels work?" and other time-traveling queries. Also, why did Rory have to go back?!

24:50~26:47  Chapter 3, continued: Our theories on how "The Angel's Kiss" gets published; also, head canon!

26:48~33:54  Chapter 4: The Farewell Itself; We discuss how happy we were with how the Ponds departed/the finality of their departure

33:55~39:21  Chapter 5: River Song--why she can't travel too long w/The Doctor; the beginning of the end; our thoughts on The Doctor and River's relationship

39:22~45:32  Chapter 6: Emotional Respite a.k.a. we play a brief round of "WHO Said That?" (Yes, I am that corny sometimes) to distract ourselves from the sadness. Also, Maxine explains why she would carry a sledgehammer with her if she were The Doctor

45:33~46:54  Chapter 7: Scolding Rory (but not really)

46:55~53:07  Chapter 8: More Time-Travel Centered Confusion. Lea asks a big question about the very last scene + leftover favorite Amy/Rory moments

53:08~1:00:12  Chapter 9: Displacement. Maxine literally gets displaced in time for a quick second; we discuss The Doctor's having to let Amy go

1:00:13~1:03:51  Chapter 10: The Doctor. How he's been erasing himself from history, being scary while traveling alone, his dislike of endings

1:03:52~end  Chapter 11: Speculation on Oswin/Clara, how we'll process not seeing the Ponds anymore + wrapping up

Though the Ponds' days of time-travel with our favorite time lord have concluded, our discussion of it will continue. Our mid-season podcast recap will be happening soon! 

Doctor Who: "The Power of Three" Live Reaction Podcast! (The Repodcasting)

Why the 'repodcasting,' you ask? Because we love the show so much we had to talk about it twice (and not because of technical difficulties that occurred during the first recording)? Sure! Let's go with that. Tomorrow's episode, as all Whovians know, is when the Ponds say farewell. So, naturally, in this podcast, we couldn't help but dip into an ocean of Pond feels. Even Mrs. Hughes from Downton got in on it. It'll make more(?) sense when you listen.

Here's the rundown!

00:00~06:43  A quick recap and a Quotes Quiz! Which Doctor Who character said what?

06:44~12:31  General reactions/Our favorite parts

12:32~20:11  Lea blows Jenni's mind with a Doctor Who theory. More theories abound soon after.

20:12~26:32  A Spice Girls mention followed by the beginning of our Pond feels/ General companion commentary/ a discussion of the lonely Doctor

26:33~27:01  Spoilers?

27:02~31:27  A chat with Mrs. Hughes and more spoiler talk

31:28~31:53  Funniest scenes in "The Power of Three"

31:54~42:03  Favorite episode so far/General thoughts on this season as a whole/What kind of episodes appeal to us

42:04~44:44  A brief discussion about cardiac arrest

44:45~46:50  The Doctor vs. Rory: Who has better hair?

46:51~53:59  Our attempts to emotionally prepare for the Ponds' farewell episode

(50:48)           Lea does a spot-on Dalek impression

54:00~58:09  Comparing different companions' departures

58:10~1:07:59  Top Amy/Rory moments; Plus, a discussion of the dynamic between the Doctor and the Ponds; Basically, all the Pond feels are belong to us.

1:08:00~end  Wrapping up!


Are you prepared to say goodbye to Amy and Rory? Excited and/or terrified to encounter the Weeping Angels again? "The Angels Take Manhattan" airs tomorrow on BBCA at 9:00 p.m.!

Is it possible to cry from Pond feels and not blink for fear of the Weeping Angels at the same time? I guess we'll find out.

Our Doctor Who: "A Town Called Mercy" Live Reaction Podcast!!

Last night's episode of Doctor Who brought out some interesting reactions, Pond feelings, and, yes..."Gangnam Style" interludes.

Here's the rundown!

00:12~12:24  General Reactions

12:25~15:43  Thoughts on Isaac's death, the Western theme, and the main baddie

15:44~18:16  Residual thoughts on the "Ganger" episodes with a brief shootout to Susan, the horse

18:17~18:52  PSY/Gangnam Style Break!

18:53~22:16  Favorite parts of the episode, or lack thereof

22:17~27:34  Thoughts on the Ponds and next week's episode. Also, Lea shares her ominous dream.

27:35~31:01  How long the Ponds have traveled with The Doctor; the motivation for the Ponds' exits compared to previous companions

35:29~39:07  What scares Steven Moffat? / Who's scarier: the Weeping Angels or The Silence?

39:08~42:06  The age old Companion's dilemma: Would you choose to stay with The Doctor, or would you live your own life?

42:07~50:57  Randoms and Possibilities: Is Amanda a "ganger"?; "Ganger Style," Professor Who, A Community/Who Crossover, Female Timelord

50:58~58:05  What we're looking forward to for next week's episode, "The Power of Three" (cont.)

58:06~59:44  This episode's side characters vs. those in the past: what makes them memorable?

59:45~1:00:15  Amy, Rory, and the Doctor as Hermione, Ron, and Harry

1:00:16~end  Wrapping up...with Gangnam Style!!! If you're unfamiliar with this song, be unfamiliar no longer:


Due to the Ashitaka's Angels incredibly tight, jet-setter schedules, next week's podcast will be postponed a couple of days. We can't wait to watch and talk about "The Power of Three"!

Doctor Who "A Town Called Mercy" Teaser Clip

Some stray thoughts:

• I'm getting serious Terminator vibes from our mysterious gunslinger. Unfortunately, he doesn't have an Austrian accent. Fortunately, unlike Ah-nold, it looks like he won't be back for 3 sequels, the first of which was great; the other 2...meh.
• For a second, I thought the word 'Exterminate' flashed in aforesaid gunslinger's crosshairs and became immediately annoyed because it made me think of the Daleks. I then remembered how to read and became annoyed at my brief illiteracy. 
• Spoiler-alert, the guy gets shot and says, "Am I the last one?" The last what, pray tell?? 

Anything you're wondering about from the previews for episode 3?

See the answers unfold in "A Town Called Mercy," which airs at 9 p.m. this Saturday on BBC America!  

Doctor Who: "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship" Reaction Podcast!!!

Once again, thanks to the Internet, the Ashitaka's Angels (and friends of the blog) got together on Saturday night to discuss our favorite time lord in the latest episode of Doctor Who, "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship"!

Full disclosure: there are a lot of tangents, but they enhance the discussion. Naturally :)

If you want to keep the whole podcast for yourself, you can actually download it by pressing the 'Download' button on the player.

If you want to skip around, here's the rundown!

00:00~09:27  General Reactions

09:28~13:00  Speculation on the Ponds' farewell

13:01~19:31  Our dream guest stars for Doctor Who
                      ...followed by a quick discussion of the Bifrost from the movie, Thor

19:32~22:05  How many times we thought of Jurassic Park during the episode;
                      ...Also, a clarification of the term "Goldbluming"

22:06~26:16  Thoughts on the relationship between Rory & his dad (played by Mr. Weasley!)

26:17~33:38  Our reactions to the Doctor letting Argus Filch die (Solomon in the episode); a discussion  of the Doctor's personality

33:39~38:53  Thoughts on the trajectory of future episodes based on "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship"

38:54~42:17  On whether or not Eleven's dark side will emerge

42:18~47:44  Lea's dog, Sonny, pays us a visit/ our favorite moments from the episode

(45:12~46:20  Technical difficulties, which made Lea, Jenni, and I sound like Daleks)

47:48~50:13  Clarification on what happened to the dinosaurs at the end

50:14~53:22  Wrapping up

Enjoy. And join us next week when we discuss Season 7, episode 3, "A Town Called Mercy". Same bat time, same bat channel :)

Ashitaka's Angels Doctor Who Live Broadcasts!

Friends, Whovians, general TV-lovers, lend us your ears!
The Ashitaka's Angels are shaking things up for September and the new fall season of television. As you can see above, one new thing we're trying out is live podcasting our reactions for Season 7 of Doctor Who.

After the premiere last Saturday, the Ashitaka's Angels and a couple friends of the blog got together (thanks, Mixlr.com and The Internet!) to have a roundtable that was chockfull of timey-wimeyness, laughter, insights, loud noises, and expectations for the new season. We had such a good time that we're hoping to do it again. And who knows? Maybe we'll get a few more Whovians to join us. More details to come on that front soon.

There are 3 ways to listen to the podcasts:
1. If you don't like waiting, and you want your Doctor Who commentary quicker than the time it takes a Weeping Angel to attack a blinking person, you can listen live on the Ashitaka's Angels Mixlr player located on the blog. We'll tweet on @ashitakasangels when we're about to broadcast.

2. If you kind of like waiting, you can listen to a saved recording of the broadcast on our Mixlr page: http://mixlr.com/ashitakasangels. These will post on the night of. This is the LINK

3. If you enjoy waiting a whole lot, we'll also post the recordings on this here blog via sound cloud usually a day or two after we've broadcasted live.

We'll be on-air next Saturday to talk about "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship," or as I like to call it, "Motherf***in' Dinosaurs on a Motherf***in' Spaceship."

Until then,

zozizzle

DOCTOR WHO New Season 7 Trailer!!! I AM EXCITE.

Some stray thoughts:

• RIVER SONG!!!
• Re: The Dalek Tribunal: If they all say, "EXTERMINATE!" simultaneously, I may have to punch someone in the face. Their voices are sooo annoying.
• I.LOVE.THE.PONDS. 
• Rory(yyy!): "Who killed all the Daleks?" The Doctor: "Who do you think?" #DoctorDropstheMic

No official air date for the season premiere has been set , but it's been speculated that it'll take place near the end of August. This of course begs the question: What are you excited to see in the new season of Doctor Who?

Oops, it's already 2012

But let's talk about our favorite TV things of 2011, shall we? Not too much text in this one, just lists and some crappy photoshopping. All in no particular order:

5 Favorite TV shows of 2011:

1. Game of Thrones (Favorite episode: 1.09 "Baelor"*)
2. Doctor Who (favorite episode: 6.10 "The Girl Who Waited")
3. Breaking Bad (favorite episode: 4.13 "Face Off")
4. Parks & Recreation (favorite episode: 3.13 "The Fight")
5. Community (favorite episode: 3.04 "Remedial Chaos Theory")

*Favorite episodes are just those aired THIS year

5 Favorite TV Characters of 2011:

1. Britta Perry "Community"
2. Jesse Pinkman "Breaking Bad"
3. The Doctor "Doctor Who"
4. Rory Williams "Doctor Who"
5. Jimmy Darmody "Boardwalk Empire"

5 TV Boyfriends of 2011:

1. Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill (Doctor and Rory "Doctor Who") - yes, I cheated
2. Richard Madden (Robb Stark "Game of Thrones")
3. Donald Glover (Troy Barnes "Community")
4. Michael Pitt (Jimmy Darmody "Boardwalk Empire")
5. Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman "Breaking Bad")

5 TV Girlfriends of 2011:

1. Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen "Game of Thrones")
2. Gillian Jacobs (Britta Perry "Community")
3. Karen Gillan (Amy Pond "Doctor Who")
4. Zooey Deschanel (Jess Day "New Girl")
5. Amy Poehler (Leslie Knope "Parks & Recreation")

5 Favorite TV ships of 2011:

1. Amy/Rory "Doctor Who"
2. Troy/Abed "Community"
3. Leslie/Ben "Parks & Recreation"
4. Jimmy/Richard "Boardwalk Empire"
5. Sam/Jon "Game of Thrones"

Yeah! Now it's Zozizzle and Good Grief's your turn! What were some of your favorite TV things of 2011?

Doctor Who Episode 6.5 (and other stuff): love you THIS big

Docwho 6.5_the rebel flesh by Ashitaka's Angels

Doctor Who! Game of Thrones! American Idol! These are the things you will hear about if you listen to this podcast. Yes, we are late to the discussion about the latest Who, "The Rebel Flesh". Yes, we ramble on & on about our Theon-issues ("Thissues" as I like to call them) in our GOT section. And yes, we had to cut out 20 minutes of singing just for our discussion of American Idol to make any sense. But hey, we're posting this podcast anyways. Aren't you lucky. Enjoy?

Doctor Who Episode 6.4: Oodcast

Doctor who 6.4 doctor's wife by Ashitaka's Angels

Another Doctor Who podcast? Oh shi-
This time it's for episode 4 of season 6 "The Doctor's Wife", an episode we enjoyed a lot! Thanks Neil Gaiman! Also included, a discussion of just why the 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean movie is so goshdarn terrible, and the awesomeness of a little show called Community. Enjoy!  

Ashitaka's Angels special edition Doctor Who after-episode reaction Podcast!

doctor who 6.2 by Ashitaka's Angels

WAT.

Oh, you're in for a treat, my friends. Zozizzle and I got together to watch the conclusion of the Doctor Who season 6 two-part premiere and immediately decided our unfiltered general confusion, flail, pleading towards Steven Moffat, shouted questions in anguish, violence towards one another, Robin Hood tangents, and all around buffoonery needed to be shared with the world. So here it is, 20 minutes of podcast for "The Day of the Moon", a fantastical (and horrifying) outing of our beloved Doctor Who.

Enjoy!

Doctor Who 6.1 "The Impossible Astronaut, Part 1": The Live Blog Edition!

WARNING: If you have NOT seen the premiere yet, READ NO FURTHER for there will be, in the words of River Song...

...SPOILERS. 

However, if you HAVE seen it, come on in! The water's fine. Sort of.
Welcome to our  recap in which we, two-thirds of the Ashitaka's Angels, keysmash and capslock-yell our way through the Doctor Who Season 6 Premiere. In true Ashitaka's Angels style, this post is going to have the minimum amount of coherency and the maximum amount of flailing. There will be pretty pictures, though! Consider it our (belated) Easter gift to you. A nonsensical, capslock-filled, confusion-ridden (belated) Easter gift.

The stetson'd Doctor welcomes you in.

"I wear stetsons now. Stetsons are cool."

In general, the episode was seven kinds of brilliant. Much like the best Doctor Who episodes, "The Impossible Astronaut, Part 1" was filled with moments that ranged from very touching to outright horrifying to downright mind-boggling. When the episode was over, we came away with a lot of revelations and a whole lot more questions.

First, here's what we found out:

1) (Not Related to the Show) We Were Determined To Watch, Obstacles Be Damned

Yes, there was one horrifying moment within the first 30 seconds of the show. And it didn't even have anything to do with the episode. It had everything to do with, um, technical difficulties:

Lea: my dad is hogging the tv OMG NOOOOOO

 Z: NOOOOOOOOOOO

9:00 PM get on that television!!!

  should i stop watching?

  i'm recording it

9:01 PM Lea: oh fuck balls

 Z: wha happened?

 Lea: ok, i'm watching it but idk if i'm a little behind

9:02 PM Z: amy just got a blue envelope

  river song is onscreen

  

 Lea: i'm not at River Song yettttt fuuuuuuuu

 Z: okay

  i'll wait

 Lea: oh, there she is

  lol

 Z: when you get to the bus, tell meZ: do you see the bus yet?Lea: BUSZ: k!!!

We wasted no time in mitigating the problem because, let's face it, nothing comes between TV bloggers and their TV shows. Especially shows about time-traveling Doctors.

In fact, by the time the intro came on, we were all sync-ed up and settled in:

*Do do dooo!* You know you sing the theme song, too! ...Right?...Anybody?

Z: this is a new intro

 Lea: omg new opening?

  ooooooooooooh

 Z: I KNOW, RIGHT!

  it's very amy-intensive

 Lea: sings along

 Z: doo doo doo

 Lea: doo dooooooo

2) (Related to the Show) Doctor Who Fraks With Your Heart & Mind; Also, Steven Moffat is a Sick, Sick Puppetmaster

The Doctor dies in this episode, guys. Killed mid-regeneration by a mysterious astronaut. We were, to put it lightly, distraught: 

Astronaut arrives; The Doctor: Still alive

Astronaut Shoots and Leaves; Doctor: Dead; Us: Devastated

Z: ASTRONAUTZ: what is going on?

 Lea: WAAAAAAAAT

  OMGOMG

 Z: who's inside

9:08 PM Lea: WAT WAT WAT WATWAT

  WHO IS IT?!

 Z: WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA

 Lea: OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING NOOOOOOO

 Z: he just got shot!!!!!

9:09 PM is he.....

 Lea: OMG

  no

 me: killed mid regeneration????

  that is a first

 Lea: WAT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

9:10 PM NO HE IS NOT, SHUT YOUR MOUTH

  

  I'M CRYIIIIIIIIIIIING

 Z: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

9:11 PM Lea: WHY?!

  I'M HYPERVENTELATING ON MY COUCH RIGHT NOW

                   Lea: WHY IS THIS HAPPENING I'M SO DISTRAUGHT RIGHT NOW

9:13 PM     AL;SDKJFL;SDKJF;ALSDJF

  
I'M IN A GLASS CASE OF EMOTIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

3) In the Same Vein, Doctor Who Never Ceases to Fascinate and Confuse Us...But Mainly Confuse Us

For a timelord, time is never in a straight line. To borrow from the tenth Doctor (David Tennant shoutout!), it's more like a "big ball of wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey stuff." Which makes perfect sense to a timelord. But for two bloggers, who are most certainly NOT timelords?...Not so much. 

One source of confusion was when the Doctor came back to life. But...he really didn't come back to life so much as not die yet, making him the Past!Doctor. It was the Future!Doctor that died. See? It's confusing.

The Past!Doctor and his special straw.

Z: HE'S BACCCCKKK

 Lea: AS;LDKFJDKSLA;SLDKFJDKSLA;SLKDJFDKLA;

9:16 PM MY SPECIAL STRAW

 Z: this an emotional rollercoaster

 Lea: DOCTOR, YOU EFFIN BASTARD

 Z: STEVEN MOFFAT, STOP IT

 Lea: YOU. BASTARD.

Lea: that exposition went by so fast and i know i missed most of it

  so this Doctor we're seeing now is Future!Doctor?

9:20 PM Z: no

  it's the past!doctor

  the future!doctor just died

  the past doctor is 200 years younger than the doctor at the beginning

 Lea: frick

9:21 PM future doctor invited past doctor to the restaraunt

 Z: yes!

9:22 PM that's what i've got down

 Lea: K.........still........WTF

 Z: yeah. i have no idea, either

  

This and other plot developments opened up a whole bag of questions/theories. But, more on those later. 

Another thing we found out:
3) Mark Sheppard WILL Find His Way Onto Every Show We Watch

Romo Lampkin, is that you? What are you doing off of Galactica? 

This man's TV guest appearances include, but are not limited to:

• Firefly (Badger)
• 24 (Ivan Erwich)
• Dollhouse (Tanaka)
• Chuck (Ring Director), 
• Supernatural (Crowley, McLeod)
• Battlestar: Galactica (Romo Lampkin, WUT WUT)
• and now Doctor Who (Canton Everett Delaware III)

According to my precise calculations, he has appeared in 90-100% of the shows Lea and I have ever been fans of. Come to think of it, he probably managed to wriggle his way into an episode of another one of our favorite shows, Lost. I wouldn't put it past him if he just whispered to a producer and got himself CGI'd into the background. The smoke monster? That was really just him.

Mark Sheppard. In the TARDIS. In Lea's words: the luckiest bastard alive.

Z: Romo Lampkin!

 Lea: OMG MARK SHEPPARD

9:26 PM CONTINUING HIS QUEST TO BE IN EVERY SHOW I'VE EVER WATCHED

 Z: it's so true. only this time, he's got an american accent?

Lea: omg Mark Shepphard has been on Serenity, Galactica, AND THE Tardis!

  "IT'S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE"

9:44 PM Z: he has gone where every nerd wants to go

4) One of Us Has An Immense Fear of Alien Faces

Don't look away, gurl! You gon' die!

Too late. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Lea: OMGGLASKDFJGAWIRGJOMG

  OMGOMGOGMOGM

  I JUST SCREAMED OUT LOUD

  

9:36 PM OMG WTF THAT THING WAS SO SCARY OMG

 Z: I WAS JUST THINKING THAT

  ALIIIIEEENNNN

 Lea: IT'S SO SCARY

  CRYING CRYIIIIIING A;LSDKFJAS;LDKFJ

 Lea: OH

  MY

  GOD

 Z: it erases your memory

 Lea: OH MY FREAKIN GOD

 Z: GUUUURRRLLL

Z: IT HAS FREAKY HANDS

9:39 PM Lea: LS;DKFJLASDKGJHOIWERAI;SNBLKASNFBS;WEIUFJALS;DGNALSFH;LSKCVASRHGOAIWRJS;FLAKJSDLKGJLAFKSDJGLSDK;FJAOSIGJAS;LDGJKFOWRIGJ

  BREATHE IT'S SO SCAAAAAAAAAARY I'M SO FREAKED OUT RIGHT NOW

9:40 PM Z: are you watching in the dark?Lea: Yes. i am legitimately terrified omg. my brother was even freaking out lololol

Those are the things we found out. Onto the things we didn't and still don't know--a.k.a. the questions/theories portion of this post, a portion I'd like to call:


"WTF, DOCTOR WHO?! WHA HAPPENED?"


Our first big question:
1) River Song, WHO ARE YOU????!!

Srsly, though. Throw us a flippin' bone here, River!

Exchanges similar to this one...


Lea: WHO ARE YOU, RIVER SONG?!

 Z: NO ONE KNOWS

...happened frequently while we were watching. 

This is what we do know. 
1) She is constantly breaking out of horribly guarded space-prison. 
2) The more she gets to know the Doctor, the less he knows her. 
3) She is a BAMF, no doubt. 
4) A flurry of questions always surrounds her, making her a MYSTERIOUS! BAMF.  


...And that is the sum of our knowledge.


What kind of relationship  did/will she have with the Doctor?! What did she mean when she told the Doctor he knew she was a "screamer"??? WHAT IS ALL THIS LEADING TO??? 


Do any of you know? Because I have No Idea.


2) HOW IS BABBY FORMED. HOW AMY GET PRAGNENT

Guuurrl. Who the baby daddy?

So, Rory and Amy have been married for a little while. It would seem only natural that Amy happens to be pregnant, right? WRONG. This is DOCTOR WHO, so this isn't just some normal pregnancy that they would just casually mention. No, this has got to be important. But how? Our theories emerged as such:

Lea: So....what do you think about Amy's pregnancy?

10:13 PM Z: it makes me happy!

 Lea: Do you think it's just straightforward and Rory is the father and that's it?

  or is there some ~secret there

 Z: well, who actually knows

 Lea: or it'll get complicated

  OR RIVER SONG IS REALLY THEIR DAUGHTER :O

 Z: that'd be something if it was part timelord

  OMG

  WAT

  DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID

10:14 PM MY HEAD EXPLODED

 Lea: BOOM!

  lolol idk if i actually believe that

  but i just wonderrrrrr

 Z: that's an interesting theory!

 Lea: like, WHY DID AMY HAVE TO TELL HIM SO BADLY?

  Why was it so important she tell him that she was pregnant?

10:15 PM Z: THE CHILD. IT'S SPECIAL.

  i have no idea

 Lea: i think there's going to be something fishy w/ the pregnancy

10:16 PM I WOULD LOVE IT IF IT WAS JUST HER AND RORY'S BABBY AND THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND RORY GROWS A MULLET

3) Who Is That Child In the Spacesuit?

W.T.A.F. What. Child. Is. This?!

Is this the person in the spacesuit at the beginning of the episode (who also shot the Future!Doctor)? Is this a character's future child? Is she even a real child? Did Amy actually kill her at the end? Again, our wild theories emerged. We may have gotten carried away. All the way into another show--Game of Thrones:

Lea: i wonder if the little girl is still in the astronaut

  but [The Doctor] knows them still?

 Z: could be! do you think amy killed her?

10:56 PM Lea: maybe the child in the astronaut IS AMY'S CHILD!

  :O

  I'm just throwing out the most ridiculous theories ignore me

10:57 PM Z: but they could be true!

  who really knows

10:58 PM Lea: OMG SO MANY QUESTIONS

 Z: Wait! i have the answer!

10:59 PM the child in the space suit is the lovechild of rhaegar targaryen and lyanna stark: jon snow

11:00 PM Lea: IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!!!!!!

  secrets and lies and secrets

11:01 PM Z: we are on to you, Steven Moffat

Concluding Thoughts:
If you couldn't already tell, by the end of the show, we were mesmerized:

Yep. Pretty sure we looked like that through the entire show. BTW, if you've made it all the way to this part of the post, you deserve a stetson.

Lea: IT

  WAS

10:01 PM BRILLIANT

  AMAZING

  SO FREAKIN GOOD

  LEGIT

  LIKE

  DUDE

  OMG

  LOVE

  SO MUCH LOVE

 Z: MY HEART IS FULL

  MY MIND IS FRAKKEDZ: it packed a real emotional wallop at the beginningand, in true doctor who fashion, was still mentally captivating all the way throughthe best doctor who episodes have me by the mind and heartstrings

Enough said. We absolutely cannot wait for Part 2! Catch it on Saturday on BBC America @ 9 p.m.

Until next time!

p.s. Thanks to Lea for her brilliant screencapping skillz :)