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kerravonsenI didn't have time to re-watch the entire season, but I figured that re-watching the first episode would still be fruitful, and it was. Mind you, there's still more questions than answers. But asking the right questions may point towards the right answers.
"It's a split in the skin of the world."
"...two parts of space and time that should never have touched, pressed together..."
Note that Prisoner Zero appears to have escaped through the crack, unlike the crack in "Flesh and Stone", which sucked things in.
Note also that this crack didn't glow.
Note that the Doctor's method of closing the crack was to open it completely and let it snap shut. Perhaps this was not wise.
Amelia appears to be an orphan, living with her Aunt. When asked, Amelia states that her aunt is "out".
It is a big house, with a big back yard. Amelia steps outside the back door, along a path, through some shrubbery, past a swing set, to the garden shed which the TARDIS crashed into. Looking at the back of the house, there are six windows and two stories; three windows on each storey. And later on, the Doctor asks Amy "how many rooms on this floor?" and Amy says "five", and he corrects her to "six". Six rooms on the second floor. Presumably about six rooms on the ground floor also. That's a big house for just two people.
Amelia packs a suitcase. Very prepared, she is. And calm. (It's a very scary crack, and he fixed it.)
Kind of opposite to Donna; Donna didn't want to come the first time the Doctor asked, and then packed her bags for the second time. Amy was the other way around, reluctant to come when the Doctor asked her a second time.
"I grew up."
"We'll soon fix that."
(very much a Peter-Pan-and-Wendy moment, that)
Why is it that, even though the Doctor broke his promise to return in five minutes, Amelia still believed in him? Two pieces of physical evidence that would still fade in her memory over time: the crack in her wall is (presumably) gone, and the shed got demolished (and replaced). Mind you, she was certainly pissed off at him when he did return.
I still love the way everyone there is saying "it's the Raggedy Doctor!". (grin)
I don't think Amy said whether her Aunt was still around 12 years later. But Amy is still living in the same house. This big house with lots of empty rooms...
Why did Amy decide to work as a kiss-o-gram? I know some people have declared that the village of Leadworth is too small for her to do so, but I don't think there is sufficient data to make this assertion. Unless you think the fact that everyone we meet seems to know Amy is an indication that it is a really small village. Or perhaps an indication of something else more sinister, like it's all a dream.
There are the seeds of the Rory we come to know and love even in this our introduction to him. Yes, he's pushed around by people and he stutters and stammers, but he took photographs of the multiform. He had enough curiosity and presence of mind to do that, instead of just dismissing it out of hand like everyone else.
Why did all the coma patients say "doctor"? Presumably they were referring to The Doctor, but why? The only reason I can think of is that Prisoner Zero, though its psychic link with Amy, knew that the Doctor had returned, and through its psychic links with the coma patients, made them say it. But it's still rather thin.
Prisoner Zero taunted the Doctor because he didn't know what was causing the cracks. "There are cracks in the universe. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall."
Note that Amy dreams of the time when she was a child, waiting for the Doctor to return. And she dreams that she hears the TARDIS, looks up and smiles, and then wakes up and realizes that she really is hearing the TARDIS. I just wonder, since perception and belief and memory seem to be so important in this season, I wonder whether this dream is significant.
Note that Amy asks the Doctor why he's inviting her to come with him, and she deduces that it's because he's lonely. But in "The Pandorica Opens" he implies that there's another reason.
Then there was the "coming soon" trailer. Now that I've seen the whole season, yes, it had bits from almost every episode, including from "The Pandorica Opens".
"There's one thing you never put in a trap, if you're clever, if you're smart, if you value your continuing existence, if you ever want to live to see tomorrow, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap. ME."
And they put him in a trap. Ooops.
Last week, I thought that "The Eleventh Hour" was the only time something came through one of the cracks, rather than being sucked through, but I remembered about "The Vampires of Venice". Refreshing my memory with Wikipedia:
Signora Calvierri states they were fleeing from numerous cracks in time that threatened their planet, through some of which they heard only silence on the other side. Calvierri and her son fell through one crack into Venice.
So this is further evidence that not all the "cracks" are the same.
Cracks that spit things out:
* The Eleventh Hour
* The Vampires of Venice
Cracks that wipe people from history:
* The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone
* The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood
Cracks of unknown effect:
* The Beast Below
* Victory of the Daleks
* The Lodger
By the time I wake up tomorrow, all you UK people will have seen part 2 of the finale, and all this speculation will be moot. I'm posting it anyway.
"It's a split in the skin of the world."
"...two parts of space and time that should never have touched, pressed together..."
Note that Prisoner Zero appears to have escaped through the crack, unlike the crack in "Flesh and Stone", which sucked things in.
Note also that this crack didn't glow.
Note that the Doctor's method of closing the crack was to open it completely and let it snap shut. Perhaps this was not wise.
Amelia appears to be an orphan, living with her Aunt. When asked, Amelia states that her aunt is "out".
It is a big house, with a big back yard. Amelia steps outside the back door, along a path, through some shrubbery, past a swing set, to the garden shed which the TARDIS crashed into. Looking at the back of the house, there are six windows and two stories; three windows on each storey. And later on, the Doctor asks Amy "how many rooms on this floor?" and Amy says "five", and he corrects her to "six". Six rooms on the second floor. Presumably about six rooms on the ground floor also. That's a big house for just two people.
Amelia packs a suitcase. Very prepared, she is. And calm. (It's a very scary crack, and he fixed it.)
Kind of opposite to Donna; Donna didn't want to come the first time the Doctor asked, and then packed her bags for the second time. Amy was the other way around, reluctant to come when the Doctor asked her a second time.
"I grew up."
"We'll soon fix that."
(very much a Peter-Pan-and-Wendy moment, that)
Why is it that, even though the Doctor broke his promise to return in five minutes, Amelia still believed in him? Two pieces of physical evidence that would still fade in her memory over time: the crack in her wall is (presumably) gone, and the shed got demolished (and replaced). Mind you, she was certainly pissed off at him when he did return.
I still love the way everyone there is saying "it's the Raggedy Doctor!". (grin)
I don't think Amy said whether her Aunt was still around 12 years later. But Amy is still living in the same house. This big house with lots of empty rooms...
Why did Amy decide to work as a kiss-o-gram? I know some people have declared that the village of Leadworth is too small for her to do so, but I don't think there is sufficient data to make this assertion. Unless you think the fact that everyone we meet seems to know Amy is an indication that it is a really small village. Or perhaps an indication of something else more sinister, like it's all a dream.
There are the seeds of the Rory we come to know and love even in this our introduction to him. Yes, he's pushed around by people and he stutters and stammers, but he took photographs of the multiform. He had enough curiosity and presence of mind to do that, instead of just dismissing it out of hand like everyone else.
Why did all the coma patients say "doctor"? Presumably they were referring to The Doctor, but why? The only reason I can think of is that Prisoner Zero, though its psychic link with Amy, knew that the Doctor had returned, and through its psychic links with the coma patients, made them say it. But it's still rather thin.
Prisoner Zero taunted the Doctor because he didn't know what was causing the cracks. "There are cracks in the universe. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall."
Note that Amy dreams of the time when she was a child, waiting for the Doctor to return. And she dreams that she hears the TARDIS, looks up and smiles, and then wakes up and realizes that she really is hearing the TARDIS. I just wonder, since perception and belief and memory seem to be so important in this season, I wonder whether this dream is significant.
Note that Amy asks the Doctor why he's inviting her to come with him, and she deduces that it's because he's lonely. But in "The Pandorica Opens" he implies that there's another reason.
Then there was the "coming soon" trailer. Now that I've seen the whole season, yes, it had bits from almost every episode, including from "The Pandorica Opens".
"There's one thing you never put in a trap, if you're clever, if you're smart, if you value your continuing existence, if you ever want to live to see tomorrow, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap. ME."
And they put him in a trap. Ooops.
Last week, I thought that "The Eleventh Hour" was the only time something came through one of the cracks, rather than being sucked through, but I remembered about "The Vampires of Venice". Refreshing my memory with Wikipedia:
Signora Calvierri states they were fleeing from numerous cracks in time that threatened their planet, through some of which they heard only silence on the other side. Calvierri and her son fell through one crack into Venice.
So this is further evidence that not all the "cracks" are the same.
Cracks that spit things out:
* The Eleventh Hour
* The Vampires of Venice
Cracks that wipe people from history:
* The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone
* The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood
Cracks of unknown effect:
* The Beast Below
* Victory of the Daleks
* The Lodger
By the time I wake up tomorrow, all you UK people will have seen part 2 of the finale, and all this speculation will be moot. I'm posting it anyway.
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Date: 2010-06-26 06:27 pm (UTC)This is making me think of The Lodger. Is someone building a TARDIS in Amy's house?
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Date: 2010-06-26 04:16 pm (UTC)Prisoner Zero taunted the Doctor because he didn't know what was causing the cracks. "There are cracks in the universe. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall."
This puzzles me greatly. I'm not sure I'll have time to rewatch TEH before the finale becomes available, but I'd love to know how Prisoner Zero knew that. Especially given that last week's episode ended with the Doctor a prisoner (and didn't River say that the Atraxi were part of the massive group of alien ships coming for the Pandorica?).
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Date: 2010-06-26 07:10 pm (UTC)Why did Amy decide to work as a kiss-o-gram? I know some people have declared that the village of Leadworth is too small for her to do so, but I don't think there is sufficient data to make this assertion.
From what we saw of it, it looked pretty small. But she can drive, and there could well be a sizeable town within easy reach. Bear in mind that England's not like Australia, where I understand that most places are hours away from anywhere else. :)
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Date: 2010-06-26 10:35 pm (UTC)Bear in mind that England's not like Australia, where I understand that most places are hours away from anywhere else.
Yeah, I remember being amazed, when I visited Newcastle, to find that it was only 5 hours by train away from London. Only 5 hours! England is really tiny! Sydney is 12 hours from Melbourne by train. Brisbane is 14 hours from Sydney by train. Canberra is 8 hours from Melbourne by car.
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Date: 2010-06-27 08:31 am (UTC)Ah, I'd forgotten that. So that town would have been well within range for her to do kissogram jobs in.
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Date: 2010-06-26 07:54 pm (UTC)Oh and the Finale ends with more questions than it started with.
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Date: 2010-06-26 10:36 pm (UTC)Well, that could be good, or it could be really annoying. We shall see.
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Date: 2010-06-26 09:52 pm (UTC)I'm wondering if Amy is River's daughter. River = large, wandering. and Pond = small and stays in one place, which would be true for a baby. I don't think River is her 'aunt' though; Amy would recognise her. River hugged her protectively after she was saved from the angels and I remember people commenting on the affection. It could be River being friendly and kind to the DOctor's companion, or rather more.
some people have declared that the village of Leadworth is too small for her to do so
She could cover several villages and a large town or two. There's not much country between in England.
But in "The Pandorica Opens" he implies that there's another reason.
I didn't catch that. Why did he say? Certainly he finds her life a mystery that ought to puzzle her. [reads comments] That her house is too big?
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Date: 2010-06-26 10:17 pm (UTC)Doctor: Remember the night you flew away with me?
Amy: Of course I do.
Doctor: And you asked me why I was taking you, and I told you there wasn't a reason. I was lying.
Amy: What, so you did have a reason?
Doctor: Your house.
Amy: *exasperated sigh* My house.
Doctor: It's too big. Too many empty rooms. *deep breath* Does it ever bother you, Amy, that your life doesn't make any sense?
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Date: 2010-06-27 10:15 am (UTC)I nearly responded to the unedited version of your post before I saw this version, but I take it from the edit that you've now realised what happened to Amy's parents.
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