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Season Seven Saturdays: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship Meta

Sep 08, 2012 22:25

rory williams, nu who, episode: the ark in space, episode: dinosaurs on a spaceship, amy pond, 11th doctor, river song, episode: the hungry earth/in cold blood, book: the silent stars go by, episode: the ark, episode: the beast below

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viomisehunt September 9 2012, 03:07:55 UTC

On first sight I didn't think I would fall in love with Nefertiti because of the way she was introduced--pawing the Doctor: I did. And the start was haphazard, with the Doctor collecting travelers, but I liked Riddell and I love Rory's Dad as much as I love Rory. The episode wasn't "brilliant" and they spent a lot more money than time developing the plot, but it was loads of fun and they introduced characters I hope to see again, including Indira.

kilodalton September 9 2012, 03:12:33 UTC

Damn straight =D

viomisehunt September 9 2012, 03:38:58 UTC

OOPS-- I missed the questions: I would have thought if anyone would ask about Nerfertiti's relationship to the Doctor, it would have been Amy and Rory. They didn't ask, there was no need to worry. Maybe Nerfetiti's flirting was her way of 'seducing" the Doctor to get on the TARDIS Nefetiti and Akhenaten supposedly shared one of the grand passions of antiquity--even thouigh it is hinted that the pharoah favored Wife was Tut's mom--I think the girls were Nerfertiti's. But this Nefertiti's spouse is Imhotep who wasn't a Pharoah at all, so they intend to have fun this character--and John Riddell I hope.

radiantbaby September 9 2012, 05:50:53 UTC

We've seen the "Noah's Arc" theme before in Doctor Who for people attempting to survive hostile conditions on Earth, including The Ark In Space, The Beast Below and The Silent Stars Go By, and Chibnall's previous episodes The Hungry Earth/In Cold Blood. How do you think this fits in?

Not sure how the 'Noah's Arc' theme fits in to everything, except that it makes an interesting old standby for a SciFi story ('The Ark in Space' is AWESOME, by the way), perhaps?

For some reason, I'd completely forgotten that Chinballs Chibnall had written the previous Eleven-era Silurian stories, so I didn't even tie them together in my head until reading this post. Will have to think on that, especially upon rewatch.

This is the first time we've met any member of a companion's family in the Moffat era - what did you think?I think overall it was pretty good. Brian was pretty cool, even if he was saddled with a few clunky or unfunny lines here and there (Chibnall is not a natural at comedy, apparently?). I'm overall pretty meh about Rory, so Brian ( ... )

nonelvis September 9 2012, 14:36:34 UTC

I mean, yeah, I'm poly, so I'm a bit biased, but I definitely see them as having a pretty open relationship.

I'm firmly monogamous, but I completely agree with you about them having an open relationship. Both have been attracted to multiple people at the same time (providing you buy into Doctor/Rose, as I do), and the only hint of jealousy I can think of doesn't even appear in television canon -- it's in one of the "Night and the Doctor" shorts, where River wonders if he's got another woman on board. (And even that doesn't seem to upset her so much as make her curious.)

psyfi_geekgirl September 9 2012, 06:28:23 UTC

Modly Mod Fact Check Alert:
1. There was also an Ark story in the First Doctor's era called, The Ark, where Dodo (a companion) begins killing people off by spreading the common cold. After finding a cure and clearing their name, they leave, and the TARDIS mysteriously returns them to the exact same ship, 700 years later, to help stop a civil war.
2. Rory's Dad is not the first family member we meet in Moffat era. We meet Amy's parents for the first time once the universe reboots post Big Bang the morning before the wedding and in another scene with the Father's toast to the happy couple. Granted though, Brian gets way more lines/screen time!

kilodalton September 9 2012, 19:09:30 UTC

Ahhh ok thanks re "The Ark," I'll tag that!!

Ngl, I don't really count the Big Bang cameos ... they don't really get much dialogue or anything, but I can change the phrasing of the question to the first family member we get to "know" =)