30 Days of Nu-Who: Day 18

[annissamazing]

Day 18 - Fave Amy Moment



I feel sort of bad choosing a moment from "The Eleventh Hour" as my favorite Amy moment. I was really excited about her character when she was introduced. She started out really strong and then just sort of petered out. It's been a whole season and I still don't really know much about her. Adult Amy seems to be exactly like little Amelia, only with much shorter skirts. However, I'm not going to dissect Amy's character here, mostly because I'm suffering from a nasty cold and my brain isn't functioning well at all. What I will talk about is the thing that I love most about Amy: her innate bravery.

In "The Eleventh Hour," Amy is introduced praying to Santa Claus to send her help because there's a crack in her wall, and even though her Aunt thinks it's an ordinary crack, Amy knows it's not because she can hear voices coming from it. Coincidentally, the Doctor crash lands in her backyard. Amy, thinking this is the help she's just asked for races outside and meets the Doctor. She then takes him inside and feeds him an assortment of food trying to find something he'll like.

This is played as a silly scene and it's a lot of fun to watch, but what I loved most of all is the very end when we come to the point of it.

DOCTOR: So, your aunt. Where is she?

AMELIA: She's out.

DOCTOR: And she left you all alone?

AMELIA: I'm not scared.

DOCTOR: ‘Course you’re not. You're not scared of anything! Box falls out of the sky, man falls out of box, man eats fish custard, and look at you, just sitting there. So you know what I think?

AMELIA: What?

DOCTOR: Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall.

I love this because it's a twist on what most people would find scary. Strange men crawling out of flaming boxes and demanding weird foods doesn't phase Amy in the least. It's the crack in her wall, a thing most people would find utterly mundane, that scares her. And it turns out she had prioritized properly.

Day 1 - Favorite Incarnation of the Doctor: Nine
Day 2 - Favorite Companion: Donna Noble
Day 3 - Favorite Villain/Monster/Alien/Baddie of the Week: The Entity from "Midnight"
Day 4 - Favorite Character: Wilfred Mott
Day 5 - Favorite Guest Star: Anthony Stewart Head
Day 6 - Least Favorite Character: Lady Christina de Souza
Day 7 - Favorite Episode: "Midnight"
Day 8 - Favorite Series: Series Four
Day 9 - Least Favorite Episode: "Planet of the Dead"
Day 10 - Favorite Scene/Moment: "Don't... just don't."
Day 11 - Scene/Moment that makes you cry: Ten rages against the dying of the light
Day 12 - Scene/Moment that makes you giggle: Jackie Tyler smacks the Doctor
Day 13 - Favorite Era visited by The Doctor & Co: The End of the World
Day 14 - Fave Doctor Moment: "Basically, run."
Day 15 - Fave Rose Moment: "The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life."
Day 16 - Fave Martha Moment: "This is me, getting out."
Day 17 - Fave Donna Moment: "If I change things, I don't die? That's... that's right, isn't it?"
Day 18 - Fave Amy Moment: "Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall."
Day 19 - Favorite Ship
Day 20 - Prettiest Scene
Day 21 - Favorite Location
Day 22 - Something Silly
Day 23 - Something Epic
Day 24 - Favorite Accessory of the Doctor's
Day 25 - Favorite TARDIS Team
Day 26 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'awww'
Day 27 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'argh'
Day 28 - Favorite Series Arc
Day 29 - Favorite Music/Song
Day 30 - Why Do YOU Love Doctor Who

Comments

[ladyprydian.livejournal.com]

I found I liked little Amy better than Adult Amy. *points to scene you have a video clip for*
Matt Smith works fantastically well with kids.

It's odd, when Rory was around, then I found myself liking Amy better. I've thought about this for a while and I chalk that up to a lack of characterization in S5, especially when it comes to Amy.

When we get to the season final I had very little empathy for her. I think the emotional impact of having her parents back would have been stronger if we had met them in the first place or, had her metion how they died(?). I don't remember that being said.

I'm going to stop now, this is just a taste of what I have issues with when it comes to S5.

[annissamazing]

My problem with Amy is that there's no journey there. It's a problem that Martha had as well, except in Martha's case there was just nowhere for her to improve. She started out too good. It's not that I don't like Martha, it's just that I find her less compelling than other characters.

Amy, on the other hand, could be amazing. She has so many awesome qualities and is starting from a really good place. But for some reason, she's not being developed.

I think Rory was the best part of S5 and I loved every episode he was in more than I liked the ones in which he didn't appear. Rory got to develop.

I'm hoping that Amy gets her turn in S6.

[ladyprydian.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping for the same thing, but I won't be surprised if it doesn't happen.

[flydye8.livejournal.com]

I really liked this episode it is one of my favorites of S5 I do hope they develope Amy a bit better in the next season.

Love it when DW makes the simplest things scary. I would have never thought about a crack in a wall being scary until my daughter said cracks and closets are always scary.