Aye indeed, Reinette's bedroom and the Palace of Versailles and its grounds were filmed at Dyffryn. As were the exterior scenes for Gwen's wedding in Torchwood. It's a versatile location!
The lack of emotional follow-through from such a massive, life-changing loss is really grating and prevents me from fully connecting with the characters - which bums me out because this was a great episode full of the kind of emotional resonance and fleshing out that Amy and Rory and their relationship have long needed! Yet without any acknowledgement whatsoever of their terrible loss...it falls a bit flat. And I understand the desire for standalone episodes, obviously not every episode can or should be about the seasonal arc. But that doesn't mean that references shouldn't be inserted in context, or that the characters can't show any reaction to what they have been through.
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Date: 2011-09-12 08:47 am (UTC)The lack of emotional follow-through from such a massive, life-changing loss is really grating and prevents me from fully connecting with the characters - which bums me out because this was a great episode full of the kind of emotional resonance and fleshing out that Amy and Rory and their relationship have long needed! Yet without any acknowledgement whatsoever of their terrible loss...it falls a bit flat. And I understand the desire for standalone episodes, obviously not every episode can or should be about the seasonal arc. But that doesn't mean that references shouldn't be inserted in context, or that the characters can't show any reaction to what they have been through.
Ah well.