Thank you for that analysis, which reconciles me a little. I enjoyed it as an adventure and loved Rory's relative disdain of death, but felt overly and clumsily manipulated by the OMG EMO. Possibly because I disagree so profoundly with the New Who premise that women have to choose between the Doctor and their lives. That's just. People can have two best friends. Even women.

But yes, thank you. I missed that.