I actually rewatched "The Rebel Flesh" yesterday before watching "The Almost People" and didn't find any characterization inconsistencies. I really quite liked Cleaves and the way she and her ganger interacted with each other. She reminded me of Adelaide Brooke in "Waters of Mars."
I'm actually quite fond of these episodes. I've rewatched both them now, and I think they will end up ranking among my favorite not-written-by-Moffat episodes. I've become very wary about two parters not written by Moff recently (Silurians FTL), but this actually delivered on just about everything I wanted it to (except, as many people have pointed out, on Rory actually acknowledging why he had such empathy for the flesh).
I agree with timemachineyeah that Amy's ganger is not a ganger-turned-human the way the gangers on the island were, but rather a remote controlled avatar; Amy's mind was in her avatar, while her body is lying back wherever. When the Doctor dissolved the avatar, her mind snapped back. The jury remains out on this storyline, though it is weird, I will definitely give you that. I don't think the people holding her are the ones who impregnated her, since she told the Doctor she was pregnant presumably before she was taken (I agree that must've happened between "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon"). My guess is that the baby is Rory's, but there are those who wish to use it for Nefarious Purposes; on the other hand . . . we still have a kid who can regenerate and we don't know how that happened.
But I trust Moffat. I have never quite understood where people's gender issues come from with him, to be honest. I'm a card-carrying feminist (or would be if we had cards), and I think Moffat is about five times better than most TV writers when it comes to issues of gender and sexuality (including possibly Joss Whedon, who jumped the shark so badly with Dollhouse and the S8 comics that I want to shake him).
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I'm actually quite fond of these episodes. I've rewatched both them now, and I think they will end up ranking among my favorite not-written-by-Moffat episodes. I've become very wary about two parters not written by Moff recently (Silurians FTL), but this actually delivered on just about everything I wanted it to (except, as many people have pointed out, on Rory actually acknowledging why he had such empathy for the flesh).
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But I trust Moffat. I have never quite understood where people's gender issues come from with him, to be honest. I'm a card-carrying feminist (or would be if we had cards), and I think Moffat is about five times better than most TV writers when it comes to issues of gender and sexuality (including possibly Joss Whedon, who jumped the shark so badly with Dollhouse and the S8 comics that I want to shake him).