Well.
We were right in a way that the Pandorica was made to hold the Doctor. It looks like Rory isn't actually alive, but is a construction made from Amy's memory. When Rory first spoke about waking up with Roman memories, I thought it was the other way around -- that Amy had stolen him from the past because she loved Roman history, and that being a Roman was his true life that he woke up to after dying in Amy's life.
Instead, it was the Alliance of Big Bads using Amy's memories to construct a trap for the Doctor. I wonder if that's all it is.
There's still Jacket Doctor. There's still the need to remember. The Doctor said it right out loud in this episode -- if something is remembered, it can come back. That's what the duck pond meant, like I said. But I don't know how that will play out, or if it will mean anything, or if Amy can still bring the real Rory back now that she's remembering him, because she can't be dead just yet.
Was Jacket Doctor controlling the TARDIS? Did he cause it to explode? Did he do something to stop it from exploding? How is a future version of the Doctor out there when the present version is locked inside an unbreakable cage? Will a crack appear inside the Pandorica, allowing him to escape into the past and effect the changes we've seen on the timeline?
I don't know! However, I'm willing to bet there's still more going on here than meets the eye.
But that was a fantastic episode. I adored -- I mean truly loved -- that speech he gave to the assembled alien fleets from atop the rock. That was incredible. I must retype it here for posterity.
"Hello Stonehenge!
Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe. But, bad news, everyone. 'Cause guess who!
They sent you lot, you're all ... whizzing about, it's very distracting, could you all just stay still a minute, because
I
AM
TALKING!
Now the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica. Answer, I do. Next question, who's coming to take it from me?
C'mon! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn, oh, and something else I don't have: Anything. To. Lose.
So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with your silly ... little ... guns, if you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, AND THEN ... do the smart thing.
Let somebody else try first."
We were right in a way that the Pandorica was made to hold the Doctor. It looks like Rory isn't actually alive, but is a construction made from Amy's memory. When Rory first spoke about waking up with Roman memories, I thought it was the other way around -- that Amy had stolen him from the past because she loved Roman history, and that being a Roman was his true life that he woke up to after dying in Amy's life.
Instead, it was the Alliance of Big Bads using Amy's memories to construct a trap for the Doctor. I wonder if that's all it is.
There's still Jacket Doctor. There's still the need to remember. The Doctor said it right out loud in this episode -- if something is remembered, it can come back. That's what the duck pond meant, like I said. But I don't know how that will play out, or if it will mean anything, or if Amy can still bring the real Rory back now that she's remembering him, because she can't be dead just yet.
Was Jacket Doctor controlling the TARDIS? Did he cause it to explode? Did he do something to stop it from exploding? How is a future version of the Doctor out there when the present version is locked inside an unbreakable cage? Will a crack appear inside the Pandorica, allowing him to escape into the past and effect the changes we've seen on the timeline?
I don't know! However, I'm willing to bet there's still more going on here than meets the eye.
But that was a fantastic episode. I adored -- I mean truly loved -- that speech he gave to the assembled alien fleets from atop the rock. That was incredible. I must retype it here for posterity.
"Hello Stonehenge!
Who takes the Pandorica, takes the universe. But, bad news, everyone. 'Cause guess who!
They sent you lot, you're all ... whizzing about, it's very distracting, could you all just stay still a minute, because
I
AM
TALKING!
Now the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica. Answer, I do. Next question, who's coming to take it from me?
C'mon! Look at me, no plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn, oh, and something else I don't have: Anything. To. Lose.
So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceships with your silly ... little ... guns, if you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way. Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, AND THEN ... do the smart thing.
Let somebody else try first."
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/Doctor Who: "The Pandorica Opens" *spoilers*
19/06/2010 09:24:45 PM
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The only thing jumping to mind at the moment...
19/06/2010 09:38:44 PM
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Oh and...
19/06/2010 11:41:17 PM
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Nice!
20/06/2010 07:57:03 AM
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True...
20/06/2010 09:57:08 AM
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Re: True...
20/06/2010 09:59:09 AM
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Wow.
20/06/2010 12:16:16 AM
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I can't believe we have to wait an entire week to find out what happens!
20/06/2010 01:03:40 AM
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Re: I can't believe we have to wait an entire week to find out what happens!
20/06/2010 09:15:05 AM
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Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 01:14:52 AM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 09:31:54 AM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 01:13:42 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 01:32:49 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 02:39:46 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 02:48:48 PM
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Re: Rose
20/06/2010 03:43:57 PM
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Re: Rose
20/06/2010 03:46:05 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 04:03:43 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 04:09:44 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 05:52:31 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 06:12:46 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 10:50:47 PM
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Re: Quite a crowded episode.
20/06/2010 10:52:44 PM
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The Silence
20/06/2010 01:26:02 AM
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Yeah, but what's the significance of that?
20/06/2010 01:40:55 AM
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Plus of course the whole "Silence will fall" shebang from Prisoner Zero. *NM*
21/06/2010 10:00:10 PM
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Also.
20/06/2010 07:46:05 AM
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Re: Also.
20/06/2010 09:33:34 AM
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Re: Also.
20/06/2010 02:46:15 PM
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Re: Also.
20/06/2010 02:49:34 PM
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I did at the time
20/06/2010 02:52:48 PM
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Re: I did at the time
20/06/2010 02:58:46 PM
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Re: I did at the time
20/06/2010 04:04:37 PM
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Re: I did at the time
20/06/2010 04:10:35 PM
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Oooh. Potentially interesting thing from Confidential
20/06/2010 10:02:27 AM
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Re: Oooh. Potentially interesting thing from Confidential
20/06/2010 10:26:34 AM
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Re: Oooh. Potentially interesting thing from Confidential
20/06/2010 10:29:27 AM
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Re: Oooh. Potentially interesting thing from Confidential
20/06/2010 01:16:44 PM
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*minor spoiler for next season*
20/06/2010 08:05:23 PM
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Re: *minor spoiler for next season*
20/06/2010 08:08:05 PM
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I feel that there is another party to all this
20/06/2010 08:10:15 PM
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Re: I feel that there is another party to all this
20/06/2010 08:14:18 PM
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I've just discovered that iPlayer has the whole of this series available.
20/06/2010 10:05:55 PM
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Yes, they are devious
20/06/2010 10:07:35 PM
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I can still see them both.
20/06/2010 10:24:08 PM
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Re: I can still see them both.
20/06/2010 10:29:05 PM
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I can't stop thinking there's still more to Amy. (Crazy speculation within.)
20/06/2010 11:08:13 PM
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Nutter
20/06/2010 11:20:44 PM
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You think Shada, I think...
20/06/2010 11:31:13 PM
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What book?
20/06/2010 11:34:23 PM
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It's kind of a big spoiler.
20/06/2010 11:37:42 PM
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Hmm
20/06/2010 11:39:02 PM
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Yes. *NM*
20/06/2010 11:40:15 PM
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Re: I can't stop thinking there's still more to Amy. (Crazy speculation within.)
20/06/2010 11:28:39 PM
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Re: I can't stop thinking there's still more to Amy. (Crazy speculation within.)
20/06/2010 11:33:43 PM
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Re: the accent.
22/06/2010 10:05:35 AM
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Oh, I know. I have Scottish neighbours. The kids have never even live in Scotland but have accents. *NM*
22/06/2010 12:48:47 PM
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Elaborating on your crazy speculation...
22/06/2010 10:14:14 PM
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Re: Elaborating on your crazy speculation...
22/06/2010 11:48:00 PM
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If Amy Pond is a trap.
22/06/2010 11:43:34 PM
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Re: If Amy Pond is a trap.
22/06/2010 11:46:57 PM
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Re: If Amy Pond is a trap.
23/06/2010 12:02:24 AM
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Re: If Amy Pond is a trap.
23/06/2010 12:04:28 AM
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Epiphany
23/06/2010 12:11:09 AM
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I was bothered by the Cyberman
24/06/2010 09:00:37 AM
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Apparently "someone very important is coming back".
25/06/2010 11:58:26 AM
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Another point I only just thought of.
26/06/2010 01:21:49 PM
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In fact, that makes a horrible sort of sense.
26/06/2010 02:12:38 PM
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Didn't the new Daleks travel back to "their own time", which implies time travel.
26/06/2010 03:00:10 PM
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I think I read somewhere that the Dream Lord won't be coming back.
26/06/2010 03:45:01 PM
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