5x12 The Pandorica Opens (1)

I don't buy Vincent would get these visions from the stones, but i'll roll with it.

When River kissed that guy, it made me uncomfortable.

I used to not care. I didn't care when Jack did it, and as a man i thought it was hot when a woman did it. But in recent years we've had more visibility about sexual assault, that of people forcing themselves on others, kissing them, and it being considered sexual assault.

I don't know exactly how i feel about the situation, but i know i feel uncomfortable when River forces herself on others, kissing them (even if it's used as a weapon).

It just feels uncomfortable now and how normalized it is in the show. It's even more uncomfortable when you switch the roles and see how more inappropriate it is, and think back to when Jack did it. I guess it's just an outdated aspect of Doctor Who.

And upon watching the great analysis by verilybitchie (that video will contain spoilers about future Doctor Who seasons), it's made me aware of the suspicious behavior in Moffat's writing around this kind of thing.

If no one was inside the Pandorica, how was it being unlocked from the inside?

Who was the force trying to control the Tardis? And why the Nestine created the plastic soldiers? There was no need? The other enemies already had him surrounded. And why recreate Rory? I thought he was wiped from existence anyway?

The Judoon are space police, they wouldn't be involved.

The Daleks and Sontarans wouldn't admit there is a superior force out there, and they both have an armarda of forces.

I like the idea of the doctors enemies considering him the greatest threat to the universe, because they must have found out he in some way was responsible for the cracks in the universe (or universes said by the cyberman) and the cracks were expanding and growing in frequency to eventually consume reality.

But it doesn't make sense for these enemies to team up when held up to any scrutiny. It's just a cool idea for the sake of being a cool idea, no matter how much it doesn't make sense.

And then making a trap for him with the pandorica and going into his companion's memories to construct this trap. It's all very elaborate and i like the idea, but it's too elaborate, plus the simple possibility that they could just kill him. They had him helpless and a prisoner. And they created the pandorica using so much of their resources just to contain him instead of killing him. Stupid.

And the doctor never knew about what the pandorica was for, even though all these aliens knew in their information storage to make this plan. Stupid.

How did the tardis explode for no apparent reason?

Why would you inflict emotional trauma on Rory by making him inadvertantly killing Amy? Drama. Okay.

When the doctor said about how vast the universe is and how impossible things just happen. Well no, they don't, and they never have. Everything is cause and effect and supported by evidence.

Overall i did enjoy the episode, but the logic feels too stretched out and the story isn't particularly interesting, though i liked the idea of how big the pandorica was built up, and i liked Rory returning.