I don't have time for both tonight so I will add in part 2 soon but its been a few days so I wanted to post.
I really loved the character of Nasreen in these two episode. I was cheering for her as a new companion, or president. She looks familiar to me also, not quite sure why, soaps probably Anyway I think she is a brilliant character. If they are ever going to do a bit of cameo or a side encounter with a character later I would love to see her again. Also she dose ask the doctor to 'come and see us' at the end so maybe.
When they are asking Rory about his tea and he says; "Just white", lol that reminds me of when I first tried to order coffee in England I was so confused, I was like um no I want black coffee with milk in it, it turns kind of brown.... The things that you look back on with bemused embarrassment. Although its you lot really that should be embarrassed, racist coffee and all.
This was a brill episode from a philosophical point of view, exposing humanities weakness and strength all in one . Also quite sad because you really want humanity to be the best, you wish every single person on this planet was shinning example but obviously we are so not.
So far each race in the series has been portrayed with a set of characteristic (either good, bad or neutral) I wonder what humanities characteristics are from an alien point of view? The Doctor has implied that we are a resilience, determined, hopeful bunch.
There isn't much in either of these episodes that relates to the on going plot. I really love the scene when Amy and Nasreen are negotiating the terms of sharing the earth, you just kind of know its doomed, as a viewer, but it such a lovely scene.
Then we get on to the crack in the Universe, Amy says "Is that the crack from my bedroom wall?" and well yes it is. The Doctor puts together that the cracks are caused by the TARDIS exploding finally when he pulls a piece of the TARDIS from the crack. The thing I don't get about this is that shouldn't that have erased him from history? Its a selective crack I guess. Anyway bye bye Rory for now. That plot line annoys me so much, Rory is like the Kenny of Doctor Who.
