YMMV / Doctor Who S32 E1 "The Impossible Astronaut"

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Given the later reveals about the identity of the little girl and the astronaut, one wonders how much of River's dialogue and actions are lies in order to preserve the timeline, and how much the person in question actually remembers of these events, since it's a rule that characters only retain vague memories of events where more than one version of themself is present.
• Harsher in Hindsight: The scene in which Amy shoots the little girl in the astronaut suit to save the future Doctor's life becomes almost painful to watch when you realize that said little girl was actually Melody, the baby daughter stolen from her later in the season, and that this was the first time (in her perspective) Melody got to properly meet her mother after being snatched from her when she was a few days old.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The little girl is thought to be called "Jefferson Adams Hamilton" due to the intersection she is located on, named after American Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton, respectively. The Doctor believes it's possibly the only place in America with those three street names on the same junction. Post-2015, this is especially funny given the popularity of the musical Hamilton, in which Hamilton's bitter rivalries with Jefferson and Adams are highlighted.
  • Even funnier when you consider the Doctor says two of the three aforementioned men fancied him. Imagine Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton or Daveed Diggs's Jefferson crushing on the Doctor. Can you say Fanfic Fuel?
• Like You Would Really Do It: There were fans who didn't believe that the Doctor truly died in this episode (after all, it'd be kind of hard to run a show without the title character). This lead to much speculation and WMG about how the series was going to resolve it.
• Narm: Amy shooting the astronaut in slow motion is somewhat ruined by the Doctor and Amy still talking, with their voices also slowed down, making the scene come across as a parody of slow-mo scenes.

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