What's inside your room?

It may surprise you the lingering images in my mind of The God Complex are not the disappointing "end" of Amy and Rory's relationship with the Doctor, but rather the lighting and cinematography in the episode.

 

Toby Whithouse seems to ask two simple questions: What do you have faith in? What frightens you the most? His script along with Murray Gold's music takes on an emotional journey of these two primal ideas. Whithouse explores our very nature of faith whether it be in religion, a loved one, or simply an idea. In our most darkest hour and the crevices of our soul where we tremble with fear, what is it that we call upon to give us courage and comfort?

 

I really enjoyed Owen McPolin's cinematography along with other departments. I thought the softer lighting on the actor's faces and interesting camera angles gave a rather illuminating look into our characters. I mostly appreciated the bathroom scene with all the mirrors and the various nuances like Rory's reflection in the pictures hanging on the wall.

 

Nick Hurran's direction and Matt's performance should be noted as well. The self referential aspects were cute such as Matt playing with the Rubric's cube as we had seen in previous episodes such as Night Terrors and The Doctor discovering his room is room 11. It is the interplay between Amelia/Amy and the Doctor as he destroys her faith in him in order to save everyone that is most moving.

 

I am not sure what I would discover in my room in terms of fear. As we travel along in life, we accumulate so many regrets, fears and insecurities that it would be hard to pinpoint one exactly that would frighten me so greatly. I also believe in making peace with your past and embracing our downfalls so the weight of each of these incidents would have to be measured against my overall mood of the day. It would be interesting to discover what it is that each of us fear the most.

 

As for faith, I was raised Catholic and then spent twelve years as an Agnostic searching for meaning before returning back to the Catholic faith. I do also have faith in people and at times humanity in itself. I am not sure I could rid myself of the notion that there is something beyond our comprehension out there in the universe. I also don't think I could rid myself of the universe's wonder and the infinite amount of possibilities out there and the beauty that lies within.

 

I also found the notion of faith in the episode intriguing as it implies some kind of prayer or worship rather than a simple belief. I also found it interesting The Doctor pointed out Rory had no faith and therefore wasn't susceptible to the traps laid within the hotel. I find it hard to believe that Rory has no faith at all. I am married to an Atheist and could only hope that he would at least have faith in me and that if we were to fall upon dark moments he could rely on me to standing next to him.

 

So I turn the question onto you now, what is inside your room?