I suspect that "keeping the population intimidated and unquestioning" is more important than feeding the whale - since presumably it gets most of its nutrition from food waste rather than political prisoners. Yes, those were my thoughts too.
Unless Spaceship Britain is so overpopulated that they have to keep on feeding surplus people to the whale, or they'll run out of life support capacity? Now there's a darker twist to the story... Oooh, there's a thought. Hmm. Very dark indeed - I like it! :)
But that aside, the thing about the Vator seems to me to be simply "Here's a petty rule, just to make life inconvenient for you and show you how much you suck and how pathetic you are. But if you defy authority and break the rule, you'll disappear and never be seen again. All about intimidation and enforcing the social order through fear. *nods a lot* Those were the lines I was thinking along - it very well done.
the fact that he's apparently identical now to what he was when she was a small child suggests that he's unaging and immortal. (Or that he jumped through time and for him it was only five minutes - but I think human nature would first jump to the former conclusion.) I dunno. He tells her immediately that it's a time machine, so I think it's the other way round - she finds out that he's not human, and suddenly a lot of things probably make a lot more sense.
Also, maybe he reminds her of David Attenborough. ;-) LOL! (Or, as Moffat said 'The mind of Sir Patrick Moore trapped in the body of an underwear model! *g*)
Btw does this mean that you've jumped on the Who bandwagon? If so, welcome to!
He tells her immediately that it's a time machine, so I think it's the other way round
Maybe. I'm just thinking about what would be easier for someone to accept - Amy doesn't really believe the TARDIS is a spaceship until he takes her into space, and I'm not sure she really believes it's a time machine until he takes her to London in 1940 to meet Churchill. Seeing is believing. On the other hand, the fact that the exact same man cam to see her when she was a little kid and when she was an adult has already convinced her that he's unchanging and eternal.
does this mean that you've jumped on the Who bandwagon?
I'm not sure I've ever been off it. I'm British, which means I hid behind the sofa as a child with the best of them. :-)
On the other hand, the fact that the exact same man cam to see her when she was a little kid and when she was an adult has already convinced her that he's unchanging and eternal. True. (He's like Santa & Peter Pan, all wrapped up in one!)
I'm not sure I've ever been off it. I'm British, which means I hid behind the sofa as a child with the best of them. :-) I realised that maybe I hadn't phrased that as well as I should have. *g*
Yes, those were my thoughts too.
Unless Spaceship Britain is so overpopulated that they have to keep on feeding surplus people to the whale, or they'll run out of life support capacity? Now there's a darker twist to the story...
Oooh, there's a thought. Hmm. Very dark indeed - I like it! :)
But that aside, the thing about the Vator seems to me to be simply "Here's a petty rule, just to make life inconvenient for you and show you how much you suck and how pathetic you are. But if you defy authority and break the rule, you'll disappear and never be seen again. All about intimidation and enforcing the social order through fear.
*nods a lot* Those were the lines I was thinking along - it very well done.
the fact that he's apparently identical now to what he was when she was a small child suggests that he's unaging and immortal. (Or that he jumped through time and for him it was only five minutes - but I think human nature would first jump to the former conclusion.)
I dunno. He tells her immediately that it's a time machine, so I think it's the other way round - she finds out that he's not human, and suddenly a lot of things probably make a lot more sense.
Also, maybe he reminds her of David Attenborough. ;-)
LOL! (Or, as Moffat said 'The mind of Sir Patrick Moore trapped in the body of an underwear model! *g*)
Btw does this mean that you've jumped on the Who bandwagon? If so, welcome to!
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Maybe. I'm just thinking about what would be easier for someone to accept - Amy doesn't really believe the TARDIS is a spaceship until he takes her into space, and I'm not sure she really believes it's a time machine until he takes her to London in 1940 to meet Churchill. Seeing is believing. On the other hand, the fact that the exact same man cam to see her when she was a little kid and when she was an adult has already convinced her that he's unchanging and eternal.
does this mean that you've jumped on the Who bandwagon?
I'm not sure I've ever been off it. I'm British, which means I hid behind the sofa as a child with the best of them. :-)
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True. (He's like Santa & Peter Pan, all wrapped up in one!)
I'm not sure I've ever been off it. I'm British, which means I hid behind the sofa as a child with the best of them. :-)
I realised that maybe I hadn't phrased that as well as I should have. *g*
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