I just quickly iPlayered that section, and to me it seems pretty deliberate, from focusing on his sleeve as he pats her on the head before then bare-armed taking her hands, to the very different tone in his voice.
Not that the tone of his voice doesn't change from heartbeat to heartbeat anyway, but even still.
Not sure I agree with two Doctors though. Well, yes, two Doctors were there, but the same one, albeit the jacketed one is likely shirted one's future.
I need to rewatch the other episodes to see if there might have been another point where Amy was talking to the wrong Doctor.
I think you're right that it's likely a future Doctor. Hasn't he said before that he can't go backward in his own timeline, though? Does this count as that? Perhaps it fits in with the idea that time can be unwritten, or perhaps future Doctor uses the cracks to circumvent the rule.
Definitely worth a second gander. Although I wouldn't be surprised if we had to wait for the Moffat episodes for it to be introduced.
As for backwards in his own timeline...well, he's said this enough times you'd think it'd be true. Mind you, there's all those old "Three Doctors" episodes and so on. Is time magically safe because he's changed bodies in the intervening years? I'm not really expert enough (expert at all) to say. I suppose the most likely theory so far would have something to do with the cracks. Or, perhaps, because he just popped in to speak to Amy alone, who it would appear is something of an oddity anyway.
Makes it all very exciting.
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Oh, how simply grand it is to be travelling by dirigible again. Direct us to the west good sir, tonight we will remember what it is to live.
Oh, how simply grand it is to be travelling by dirigible again. Direct us to the west good sir, tonight we will remember what it is to live.
I'm sorry for making too many Doctor Who posts. But I noticed something that must be discussed.
- 06/05/2010 12:54:19 AM
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Whoa, nice catch.
- 06/05/2010 04:31:09 PM
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Re: Whoa, nice catch.
- 06/05/2010 06:10:05 PM
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Re: Whoa, nice catch.
- 06/05/2010 07:04:13 PM
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Crossing into established events is strictly forbidden. Except for cheap tricks - The Doctor
- 07/05/2010 10:25:27 AM
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Ok, rewatching episode 1 now.
- 07/05/2010 12:08:13 AM
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Re: Ok, rewatching episode 1 now.
- 07/05/2010 03:34:55 AM
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Well, the duck pond is, at the very least, not what FutureDoc was talking about - she wasn't seven.
- 07/05/2010 02:51:59 PM
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