Rory saw a tombstone with his name on it, he didn't see his corpse. (Or, okay, he did, but that timeline got erased) Anyone (or at least the Doctor) can go buy a tombstone. have Rory's name engraved on it, and place it there to keep continuity while preventing Rory's actual death from happening then.
The jumping thing would have been a much more dramatic ending for them. The Doctor wasn't around at that moment to explain how their theory might or might not have worked, so maybe it could have ended up that they died and caused the paradox, but it didn't spit them back out alive.
Also, speaking of them jumping... Did anyone notice that a (long) moment before they jumped, NEITHER OF THEM WAS LOOKING AT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ANYMORE?! Rory was watching it really intently, and I thought they wouldn't jump because the statue would get them, so I was paying really close attention to when they both looked away... and then they did and nothing happened. :/
I just like writing things in this blue box bit. But yet again, SPOILER.X
Eh, I meant to say something about Rory just seeing his name on a grave not being an issue but the fact it was specifically his grave might have mattered. But then I said I was keeping out of this side of the debate precisely because I say stupid things like that.
I did notice nobody was looking at the Statue of Liberty but my Trillian chat log has decided not to save anything from the iOS app so you're spared my exact "GUYS IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT THE STATUE DHUEFHXOIU" comment. (It was probably that)
I noticed them not looking at good old Lady Liberty as well, and I can't figure out how that didn't factor in to anything. I mean, you'd think that the statue would have gotten them and they would both have been trapped in the angels' food farm forever...
Yeah, them not popping back into reality after creating the paradox would have been a much better ending for them
I think it's just assumed because in each of their prior episodes they've been billed as the perfect assassins. Not to mention that if that building existed simply as a food source, they'd probably be policing it pretty seriously and she'd take that opportunity as a moment of weakness and attack...
I was mostly kidding/playing the devil's advocate. I can't say I'm freaked out by the angels, I think them pretty neat. The ability to send people back through time when threatened? What an amazing trick and product of evolution! I like the idea behind them too, being interested in Victorian funerary approaches and accouterments. Anyway. I do think for something alive, it's hard to be "on" all the time, you know.
It does make me sad that there is no memorial for Toshiko or Owen, though. They gave their lives for Cardiff and greater, considering it was a Nuclear Plant they were stopping from going critical. The radiation would have shown up in the grass on the eastern coast of the US... just like how the Japanese bit has shown up in the grass of the Western US.
(I did revisit the front page and it mentioned any major plot twists in any season of Doctor Who only, not the spin-offs. It's not DW and people tend to either follow Torchwood to the T or know nothing about it- quite unlike Doctor Who. The only people I've met who have only seen just a portion of Torchwood are people to whom I am introducing/showing the programme for the first time.)
Well, Ianto did have a tie-in in season/series 4 but most people probably won't remember him... the guy with jack at the underground torchwood base channel surfing through the serious news to 'what did I drink last night, furniture polish?' before jack runs outside... and then on the subwave network he interrupts, introduces himself, and has a whole two lines or so to everyone else. Whovians don't really know anything he did aside from the fact he worked with Jack.
Where do I sign up for the Brian and Wilf show where they garden and stargaze and are genuinely lovely blokes but they both know the effect the Doctor can have on the family of a companion but mostly gardening?
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Quite a bit of time (for Amy and Rory) took place between the previous season and this season. I think it might have been a year, maybe more. By the middle point of series seven, Amy and Rory are in their thirties. When they started traveling with the Doctor, they were 19, maybe 20. So quite a lot of time passes off-camera.
From the cosplays I've seen, that's a very good look for toddlers. I can't claim to know a bunch about Mister Smith, but he seems to be very good with/appeal to kids. Which makes him an excellent fit for a 'kids' show'.
New to all this, but a longtime Whovian. My college boyfriend got me hooked on the show waay back in 19..ahem. Put it this way, Romana was my favorite companion without any competition for a long time. Have been watching the new series since the start, and haved loved every minute of it. Can't wait for the Xmas special.
Hello! I feel like the others should be giving you the proper welcome, as they are Whovians too, and I... watch the show occasionally and like to come in here for the various banter opportunities. But I think you'll find it an enjoyable spot to frequent :)
Welcome, Zsofiya! I'm quite the fan, but I can't claim to have seen more than a few moments prior to the new series. Perhaps you could recommend some of your favorite Classic Who episodes.
Hi, Zsofiya!
I just started watching this year and started with the ninth Doctor, so I'd like some of those Classic Who recommendations as well! I've wanted to delve into them but just never known where to start!
Rory was watching it really intently, and I thought they wouldn't jump because the statue would get them, so I was paying really close attention to when they both looked away... and then they did and nothing happened. :/
