“Let’s Kill Hitler” preview | Doctor Who s6

• This, ladies and germs, is why Matt Smith is my Doctor and why the Moffat era is my favorite (so far). People wax poetic about the good old days of Tennant and Ten and blahblah Rose and blahblah Martha (you know I love Donna, in fact I love them all in their little ways), but… Ten would have picked up that phone. Ten would have admitted aloud how upset he was. He would have said, to Amy, how he was sorry he was letting her down and he would promise that he was trying his best. Eleven just lets it ring, has a moment to himself, and it’s so much more real. Bravo to Matt Smith, his acting is impeccable here.
• Amy Pond: the girl who waited. The girl who waited for him, and relies on him, and who has earned his trust and this monumental job he has to do because it involves River and Rory and his Amy. Picking up that phone would be too painful. Too overly dramatic. Too obvious. So we see him here, understated, disappointed in himself but flying off without her just like he did when she was 7, with clear motivations to get back to her as quickly as he can… wanting to deliver good news. So short, so simple, so incredibly touching. Long Live Moff.

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