The Impossible Astronaut Review

Dalek1099's Review:

I'm Pregnant

Quote of the Episode I'm Pregnant
Enemy:The Silence,The Astronaut(Helper Enemy)
Aliens:The Silence,The Astronaut(Possibly)
Companions:Amy Pond,River Song,Rory Williams,Canton Everett Delaware III
Saviour:TBA In Day of the Moon (Prediction:The Doctor and River Song)
Deaths:1
Rating:9.6/10(Best this series not suprising because we have only had one episode so far!!!)
Twists:France,WW1 Prisoner of War Camp,Regeneration Failure,Rewritten History,Balloon,Envelopes,Astronaut,Shooting,Old Canton,Younger Doctor,1103,909,908,Straw,Nixon,Oval Office,Invisibility Cloak,Memory Loss,Phone Picture,Death by Silent,Pregnancy,Lodger Tardis,Little Girl,Phone Calls,Map,Jammie Dodger,Fez,Stetson,2nd Choice,Amy shooting Little Girl,Paradox,Secrets,Tunnels
Plothole:
Reason for Plotholes:Might of not been plotholes to complicated
Setting:Oval Office,1969 Utah,2010 France,1482 WW2,
Cliffhanger:Amy Shoots the Little Girl

Overall,great episode lots of loose ends how come that little girl is the astronaut who shoots the doctor or is she?It was absolutely fantastic seeing the silence use the tardis team's disability of seeing them to their advantage at the end of the episode and i find it really hard fully reviewing this episode when we've only seen half of a story.One criticisms is their wasn't enough of Utah but then again knowing what we've seen in trailers and things it looks like we're returning their.Amy being pregnant was an amazing twist aswell because i was fully expecting Amy to realise that she'd seen the silent as she has a photo of it and the doctor to see this photo and explain to us what is happening.That is what is so good about this episode it makes the doctor not encounter the silence and not have a chance to be part of the adventure as much as his companions which banishes the stereotypes of the doctor just doing everything and gave such variety to the show.The Doctor's Death was a bit too fast is another criticism we needed more build up to anticipate it more and fully anticipate it when it came.Overall,though absolutely excellent opener and once again it looks like Moffat has decided to pack everything into the second part.I'm looking forward to how he wraps it all up.
My Theory:I think that the silence have a spaceship, above Earth and have been manipulating the human race, into Beginning a space program which they plan to take over, so they can get to their spaceship- they must have had to escape in an escape pod or something. Don't know how this links to their tardis though - maybe it can only travel in Time and not Space now what a great twist that is we've seen things that can travel in space and time and space but not just time like H.G.Wells novel The Time Machine.

Ritzii's Review:

It's back, it's finally back! Was it good? Ohhhh yes! Now, I find it hard to judge a multi-part story without seeing everything but I'll give it a go.

(Synopsis from the official site)

The Doctor is back in the biggest, most mind-blowing series opener ever. Amy, Rory and River also return for an adventure that combines humour, shocks for our heroes and one of the creepiest creatures they've ever encountered...

The Doctor is engaged on quest that takes him from the visually stunning Utah desert to the White House where he's enlisted by President Nixon himself to assist enigmatic former-FBI agent Canton. His mission - save a terrified little girl from a mysterious spaceman.

Prepare for the return of the galaxy's greatest hero. Prepare for excitement. And prepare - if you can - for The Silence...

The Good - Almost everything about this episode was fantastic. Our main cast deliver excellent performances as usual and Mark Sheppard as Canton is one of the finest guest stars to appear in the series to date. Throughout the episode, the main thing I felt was intrigue, I was intrigued to know what would happen next! The episode ended leaving you wanting so much more and that is the job of a first parter!

The Bad - I have one main qualm about the episode and that is simply the pacing. It was a tad off for the first 20 minutes or so. I understand that we have to get everyone together and explain what's going on for new/casual viewers, but I think it could have done with some slight fine-tuning.

The Ugly - The Silence! Whoah, I would not want to run into them in a dark alley. Then again, maybe I have and I don't remember?

Overall - If this is just the start, I cannot wait to see how the rest of the series unfolds. This was a fantastic opening to the series with many twists and turns and some genuinely scary monsters. If you haven't watched it yet, watch it now!!!