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Stormy weather! Creepy old house!! Paranormal activity reading devices! Psychic girl!! This episode just starts off with ALL the cool stuff! Instantly delivering on all the creep the poster promised! Then, THAT GHOST!!!!! Not some weak whispy thing...it had a freaky face and errythang! Now, when the ominous banging at the door started, we all KNEW it was the Doctor. Loved his cheekiness when he popped his head out all of a sudden and threw out a "BOO!!".... "We're looking for a ghost.", immediately followed by Clara's "Ghostbusters!!" quip. *happy sigh* 

I know we all died over the next line. Instead of the new guy responding with "Doctor who??" he said "Doctor what?" and the Doctor was all "If you like!"  Hahaaaa!!!! Doctor What. Oh TimeLORDY that was too good.

In my book, the mark of an awesomely exceptional movie or TV episode is when its so loaded with great lines that you want to quote them ALL all day!! Erryday!! I can't even decide what to highlight next!! I just want to rewatch the whole episode and pause it every few seconds to quote all the brilliant things that came out of the Doctors mouth! And Claras!! We're gonna have to do a twitter rewatch together sometime with #Hide as the hashtag so we can just quote and comment away.

Another minor detail that I loved was how the Doctor brought up all the things he admired about the guy (getting especially excited when calling him a Ghost Hunter), but all to point out that this guy was great, brave, and humble. The Doctor seems to always, even in his mad 10 million words and thoughts per second, find a moment to encourage someone who's a bit forgotten or perhaps a tad deflated. It wasn't empty flattery, it was a plain old "well-done" pat on the back respect. With the Doctor, nothing is empty or fake. Even when he's lying, it's always for a reason. Usually to save our butts. (Rule 1: The Doctor Lies.)  There are always many meaningful nuggets that occur so fast; the Doctor just screams along at such a genius alien pace that you barely get a chance to register them sometimes.  He started to say really nice things to the girl who was an Empathic, but Clara sensed it wasn't the time or the right thing to say and stopped him. He means well! He just gets carried away with all the stuff he knows! Anywhooo... I'm getting carried away now.

I especially loved that board with all the photos of the ghost. Very cool. Very demented faces. Loved it.  Having the "ghost" turn out to be the FIRST time traveler was AWESOME.  I dunno why, but I particularly like that she wore a white space suit of sorts. 

Know what else I loved? Clara's faces!!! Her expressions... I love it when actors don't stand there all boring like. I once watched the movie A Knight's Tale specifically to observe Wot the entire time because he was perpetually hilarious even if it wasn't his scene. I'm starting to want to watch Clara like that because she's so... not dull... and she's, dare I say, SO CUTE!!

I haven't even gotten to all the poingnat moments with the Doctor. The episode was crammed full of them. In particular, the scene when they were developing the photos was pretty loaded with meaning.  The Doctor's face after this exchange caused some pretty legit feelings:

There was also that other little moment after the Doctor had taken a photo of their location at every point in time ("When are we!" Clever Clara!), when Clara asked if her grave was out there somewhere. We know the Doctor has seen her gravestone. Again, his face. The knowing yet unsure look on his face at that moment. *feelings*

I bet we're all alive to him. All the time. Surely he remembers us like that rather than as dead?

Now, onto the curious case of the TARDIS always locking Clara out. Or as Clara called her, the grumpy old cow!! LOL. You know, I wonder if the TARDIS locks her out because Clara died that one time kind of as a result of just walking into the TARDIS and then being followed by that frozen governess monster chick? Maybe it's a health and safety thing? That said, she's awfully persistent about not letting Clara in. I do love that the TARDIS finally responded to Clara and that they rescued the Doctor together. Togther! Not only that, but the Empathic girl, Emma, rescued EVERYONE. Even the TARDIS!

THEN... THEN!!!! It all turned out to be a love story. And not just between Alec and Emma. It was about love lost and found again. Even if they were kind of, errm, awkward looking creatures. Love is love! It is always beautiful. It even made those creatures, however strange they may appear to our sense of beauty, beautiful to us.

Now, there is SO much more to comment about on that episode, that I am seriously serious about doing a twitter re-watch sometime. Let's do it after the season ends when all feel like dying. Perhaps it will comfort us.

Can't wait for our next Journey!!

Together in Timey Wimey,

Heather