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# Doctor Who, episode 2: Day of the Moon, review
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## Doctor Who expert Gavin Fuller reviews the second episode in the new
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series of Doctor Who, BBC One.
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![Matt Smith as the Doctor. Photo: BBC][1]
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Matt Smith as the Doctor. Photo: BBC
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By Gavin Fuller 6:46PM BST 30 Apr 2011
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[Comments][2]
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Having set up an interesting cliffhanger last week, it was a tad annoying that
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Steven Moffat did his trick again of taking a swerve with the pre-credits
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section of this week's episode, and more supposed shock value with the
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shootings of Amy and Rory.
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It was even more annoying that what exactly was going on here, and how it was
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influenced by the events of the previous episode, were never exactly
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explained, leaving the audience to fill in the blanks.
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As arguably what happened in Florida could explain the Doctor's motives
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towards the Silence, which lacked total consistency apart from if they were
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all part of some genocidal masterplan against them, this was not the cleverest
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bit of writing by Moffat.
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Indeed apart from a blink-and-you-missed it flashback and a throwaway line
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from Amy apologising to the mysterious girl for shooting at her and being glad
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she missed, there was nothing to indicate how events last week ended, and what
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was going on this week only raised more questions than answers.
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For example, I presume that the mysterious markings on Amy, River and Rory
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were a tally count of meetings with the Silence, but as this was never
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explained it can only remain as that, rather than a solid affirmation, and
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there was probably too much of this sort of thing going on this week.
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26 Apr 2011
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Indeed, Day of the Moon is clearly aimed as an instalment in an over-arching
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storyline, but it seems this is a storyline that will require the audience's
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concentration over many weeks; any casual viewer tuning in this week, and I
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suspect not a few fans, will have been left baffled by the goings-on.
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Who is the woman in the eye-patch who appeared fleetingly in a hallucination
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of some form at a door? What exactly is Amy's pregnancy state? Who is the
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girl, what is her connection with Amy, and why does she appear to regenerate
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at the end of the episode?
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Yes, the episode was interesting and showed just how, when the writers use
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their imagination, Doctor Who can tell stories in a way little else on
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television can.
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But by leaving so much unresolved it is very hard to take a firm view on this
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episode until the series as a whole pans out, making it a distinct departure
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from the generally self-contained stories of recent years.
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_- Gavin Fuller is a Doctor Who expert and lifelong fan. In 1993 he became the
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youngest ever champion of Mastermind, with Doctor Who as his specialist
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subject. _
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