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So I was just rewatching these on BBC America, and they're wonderful episodes, but here's what I don't get (apart from why River didn't die of explosive decompression right at the start, but one can handwave that, because it was after all a wonderfully stylish and dramatic entrance, what with the evening gown and all):
First, why didn't River know about Amy? She's met -- and, one strongly suspects, killed -- a later version of the Doctor; he didn't tell her about the girl whose existence seems nearly to have destroyed time itself? Really?
Second, if the angels falling into the crack of time meant that they never existed, does this mean that River is going to wind up back on the prison ship with them having absolutely no knowledge that they sent her to do anything, and thinking that she was instead an escaped prisoner? (I'm assuming for the sake of sanity that Octavian and the other soldiers getting killed before his corpse fell into the crack, along with everything else in the forest of glass and chlorophyll, means that he'll be remembered, otherwise things get very confusing indeed.)
Third, I wonder if it's going to turn out that the Pandorica is basically a version of Pandora's Box, remembrance of which has been mangled by history, as these things frequently are.
Fourth, why would going through the forest as though she could see make the angels leave Amy alone? After all, she had one in her head. It knew perfectly well she couldn't see; no faking required. And they seemed to have a markedly efficient communication system. (That moment where all the statues turn their head, though, that was a good one.)
Fifth, I really should stop thinking about these things. I mean, yes, the Moff's episodes stand up much better to Sunday morning quarterbacking than Rusty's did, but it's still Doctor Who, after all.
First, why didn't River know about Amy? She's met -- and, one strongly suspects, killed -- a later version of the Doctor; he didn't tell her about the girl whose existence seems nearly to have destroyed time itself? Really?
Second, if the angels falling into the crack of time meant that they never existed, does this mean that River is going to wind up back on the prison ship with them having absolutely no knowledge that they sent her to do anything, and thinking that she was instead an escaped prisoner? (I'm assuming for the sake of sanity that Octavian and the other soldiers getting killed before his corpse fell into the crack, along with everything else in the forest of glass and chlorophyll, means that he'll be remembered, otherwise things get very confusing indeed.)
Third, I wonder if it's going to turn out that the Pandorica is basically a version of Pandora's Box, remembrance of which has been mangled by history, as these things frequently are.
Fourth, why would going through the forest as though she could see make the angels leave Amy alone? After all, she had one in her head. It knew perfectly well she couldn't see; no faking required. And they seemed to have a markedly efficient communication system. (That moment where all the statues turn their head, though, that was a good one.)
Fifth, I really should stop thinking about these things. I mean, yes, the Moff's episodes stand up much better to Sunday morning quarterbacking than Rusty's did, but it's still Doctor Who, after all.
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2) HANDWAVY PLOT HOLE TIME.
3) Good question! Only six more weeks before we find out! And then the season is over, woe.
4) See #2.
5) Yes :)