The Impossible Astronaut (3201)

[Teddybrown]

Spoiler:

In a straight jacket & chains?

Looks like hes been there a while too... lol

[Blencathra]

I wonder what River thinks about that

[P-90_177]

I think that the opening scene will play some relevance next week too, the bit about him being locked in the Tower of London and then being carried 'aloft' by a magical floating sphere? Just the scene from the preview for next week with him chained up to the chair with the beard - looks like a Tower setting to me.

I know how the Moff likes to use his wonderful time tricks

Nah. It's kinda obvious with moments like that that it is just filler. Basically just informing you what the Doctor has been getting up to and emphasising that not everything he does is all death and danger, some times he just has a rip-roaring adventure through time.

Besides, the Tower wouldn't be gleaming white walls.

[mr_kennedy]

LOL.

I thought he said "You're someone from my future. Getting that. But who? OK, why are you in prison, who did you kill?"

lol this can also be added to that ^

Ok your asking me to trust you thats fine, but you obviously have my compions under some kind of spell so why should i trust you at all?

[jameshawking]

I don't really have a reason for him to be in chains (perhaps nto keep him from doing things in a manner affected by the Silent). But it's quite clear that the people stationed around him are, Iunno, are on the lookout form something quite clearly. Seems fairly silly to assume "Make sure you're looking at something in a large number!" is disconnected.

[Rickington]

Mild spoiler!

Spoiler:

Thats NASA, hes being held prisoner there

Dunno why though

Spoiler:

If you look at the text on the wall behind the Doctor, it says A-51... Area 51?

[rosey_angel]

hello!

this was an awesomepants episode! everyone involved did so well. IMO, Joy's death was kind of goofy, which i think was done of purpose coz otherwise I wouldn't have gotten any sleep. those freaky screamer-looking aliens -silencers?- scare the bajeebers out of me, so i'm glad Joy loooked so comical while she was dying. took the edge off, as it were.

also, i'm liking these theories about amy's baby being baby river being adult river. personally, i think that river is the next generation of doctor, but this would be cool too.

i'll be posting longer reviews on my blog if people wanna read, just a quick bit of self advertising

[Lahela]

Finally caught up after vacation and watched this. Just bloody brilliant! Must rewatch though - so much stuff going through my head now!

[Teddybrown]

Spoiler:

If you look at the text on the wall behind the Doctor, it says A-51... Area 51?

I think NASA owns that A51 place because

Spoiler:

The spoiler i read definately said NASA were holding him prisoner, but may be a different part.

[kirmit]

I think NASA owns that A51 place because

Spoiler:

The spoiler i read definately said NASA were holding him prisoner, but may be a different part.

Of all the places the Doctors been trapped and escaped I find this a little hard to believe.

[Teddybrown]

Of all the places the Doctors been trapped and escaped I find this a little hard to believe.

If you look at the trailer, hes wearing a sort of straight jacket, with his hands chained, so it really restricts his movement and his chances of escaping. It is quite a genius way of trapping him, he cant move his arms or hands.
Also, looks like hes been there awhile because he has his beard and long hair...

[Nth Chevron]

Yes but why though, thats the question i cant seem to find a theory too.

Unless they need to use his body to hold an essence or something and he volunteered for the incarceration.

*Shrugs* total blank here

N.C

[SaberBlade]

I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, so I'll just put this out there:

At the picnic the Doctor says, very somberly, "A lot more happens in 1969 than anyone remembers. Human beings, I thought I'd never get done saving you."

Now, I guess you could just interpret this as he knows he's going to die and therefore is done with saving them, but I feel like this "never get done saving you" ties directly into the events on the beach and in 1969. So the Doctor letting the spaceman kill him somehow saves the Earth?

I don't think the quote was anything important. To me, it was more of a reference to the things he'd done during 1969, such as the events of episodes that first aired on television in 1969 (Second was forced to regenerate at the end of the 1969 season for example). Also his own personal past, like Tenth and Martha stuck there.

[Pharaoh Atem]

just re watched it. now i love it!!! can't wait for the cliffhanger

[Lahela]

If you look at the trailer,

Spoiler:

hes wearing a sort of straight jacket, with his hands chained, so it really restricts his movement and his chances of escaping. It is quite a genius way of trapping him, he cant move his arms or hands.
Also, looks like hes been there awhile because he has his beard and long hair...

Is this something I forgot in the ep under discussion, or am I reading spoilers that I truly don't want to read?