I put my love of Rory down to the actor, but it is also that he isn't important to the show. I mean, they tried to make him "THE LAST CENTURIAN" but the actor gives us his lovely turn on the bombastic lines and they become adorable. If only Matt had the skill to turn a few of his more bombastic lines, but to be fair to Matt, I don't think TPTB would let him. Rory being unimportant has some leeway to make more of his character than the Doctor, River or Amy do.
It was a joy in this episode to see Alex K. have a little fun being another person for a bit. I think she is a competent actor but is getting very little but scene chewing material out of Moff and Co. I mean, even regenerated Melody was scenery chewing, but at least it was new teeth she was using. And speaking of, notice how NOT CLEVER that new teeth line is the second time around. It worked the first time, because we had never heard it before that moment. It was TEN! But it isn't RIVER! With RIVER it is, again, something she already saw or was told or some writer who is not very clever himself put in her mind.
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Date: 2011-09-18 04:50 pm (UTC)It was a joy in this episode to see Alex K. have a little fun being another person for a bit. I think she is a competent actor but is getting very little but scene chewing material out of Moff and Co. I mean, even regenerated Melody was scenery chewing, but at least it was new teeth she was using. And speaking of, notice how NOT CLEVER that new teeth line is the second time around. It worked the first time, because we had never heard it before that moment. It was TEN! But it isn't RIVER! With RIVER it is, again, something she already saw or was told or some writer who is not very clever himself put in her mind.