The Impossible Astronaut (3201)

[Teddybrown]

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

It was shown in the trailer

[Alan]

It was shown in the trailer

Not everybody likes to watch the "Next Time" trailer.

Doctor Who - 1963 - Present

DOCTOR WHO
EPISODE 2 -
"DAY OF THE MOON"
SATURDAY
(30/04/2011),
6PM ON BBC1

[Carter1994]

I find it exceptionally amusing that The Doctor refers to River as "Mrs. Robinson". Besides the Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, a pair of US singers (Simon and Garfunkel) had a hit song called "Mrs. Robinson", and more to the point, before that a hit called "The Sounds of Silence".

[Teddybrown]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/ep...two_wallpapers

Episode 2 pictures
Not very spoilery

Spoiler:

Picture 4 definately makes it look like the Doctor is a prisoner
Why else would he be chained up like that?

Also looks like we will get a prequel to Curse of the Black Spot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00gn2jn

[Pharaoh Atem]

not everybody likes to watch the "next time" trailer.

doctor who - 1963 - present

doctor who
episode 2 -
"day of the moon"
saturday
(30/04/2011),
6pm on bbc1

thank you!!!

[Nth Chevron]

New trailer for Sat in UK !!!

A few new scenes;

Spoiler:

- Rory surrounded by MiB on a Dam
- Amy alone with a Silent in their Time Engine
- River and the Doctor in a GUNFIGHT with Silents (lighting vs energy weapons)

N.C

[Teddybrown]

New trailer for Sat in UK !!!

A few new scenes;

Spoiler:

- Rory surrounded by MiB on a Dam
- Amy alone with a Silent in their Time Engine
- River and the Doctor in a GUNFIGHT with Silents (lighting vs energy weapons)

N.C

I was trying to find that trailer on youtube to post here, but I couldnt find it!
Looking forward to tomorrow!

[jameshawking]

I find it exceptionally amusing that The Doctor refers to River as "Mrs. Robinson". Besides the Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, a pair of US singers (Simon and Garfunkel) had a hit song called "Mrs. Robinson", and more to the point, before that a hit called "The Sounds of Silence".

mind=blown

Especially since I know and like both songs, but never connected them, lol.

[Nth Chevron]

I hope to god the Moff doesnt create Sudoku puzzles or riddles, we'd never solve them !!

N.C

[Spimman]

I find it exceptionally amusing that The Doctor refers to River as "Mrs. Robinson". Besides the Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, a pair of US singers (Simon and Garfunkel) had a hit song called "Mrs. Robinson", and more to the point, before that a hit called "The Sounds of Silence".

Interesting

Mrs Robinson Lyrics

Spoiler:

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair
Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids

Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you've got to choose
Ev'ry way you look at it, you lose

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson
Joltin' Joe has left and gone away
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

The Sound of Silence Lyrics

Spoiler:

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence

[Cold Fuzz]

I find it exceptionally amusing that The Doctor refers to River as "Mrs. Robinson". Besides the Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, a pair of US singers (Simon and Garfunkel) had a hit song called "Mrs. Robinson", and more to the point, before that a hit called "The Sounds of Silence".

That seemingly throwaway line about Mrs. Robinson apparently isn't a throw-away line after all, especially in light of Simon & Garfunkel's lyrics.

Interesting

Mrs Robinson Lyrics

Spoiler:

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair
Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids

Coo, coo, ca-choo, Mrs Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)
God bless you please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you've got to choose
Ev'ry way you look at it, you lose

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson
Joltin' Joe has left and gone away
(Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)

The Sound of Silence Lyrics

Spoiler:

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence

With "Mrs. Robinson" there's seems to be a wee bit of a parallel with River, especially:

We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home

With "The Sound of Silence" which happens to be my favorite Simon & Garfunkel song, all of the lyrics are eerily appropriate for what's now happening in Doctor Who.

[Teddybrown]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNr8C...eature=related

Just found this, it has some new clips in the trailer for next time...
Only annoying thing is someones put the Torchwood music behind it...
One scene that sticks out from the trailer is

Spoiler:

The Doctor confronting a Silent with River in the Lodger Tardis

And also

Spoiler:

It looks like theres going to be a fight in the Lodger Tardis and it shows one of the Silences being hit

[Cold Fuzz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNr8C...eature=related

Just found this, it has some new clips in the trailer for next time...
Only annoying thing is someones put the Torchwood music behind it...
One scene that sticks out from the trailer is

Spoiler:

The Doctor confronting a Silent with River in the Lodger Tardis

And also

Spoiler:

It looks like theres going to be a fight in the Lodger Tardis and it shows one of the Silences being hit

Thanks for posting this. The music was distracting as we couldn't hear the dialogue but it was worth it to see a glimpse of that firefight.

[Ian-S]

I don't know if this has been said already but its another crazy theory.

Spoiler:

What if Amy really is pregnant and River Song is Amy and Rory's daughter somehow?

Yup that's my theory too, which might explain the Doctor's reaction to:

Spoiler:

Amy trying to shoot the Astronaut in 1969, because he knows she'd be killing her own child (although we know he don't like guns anyway), my theory is that it's River inside the Astronaut suit in 1969 and present day (when the Doctor dies) and for some reason she can't remember all this, or maybe she can which is why she says of course not when she fires the bullets at the Astronaut.

This might also explain why both Amy and River experience pains at almost the same time, the theory is that babies can feel pain in the womb, so if Amy get's hurt, Baby would feel it, and because River is out of time sync wise, she'd feel it too.

I also think that the Area 51 shot of the Doctor in the trailer is present time too, perhaps Nixon get's angry with him over something (Moon?) and locks him up, leaving Amy, Roy and River (who we know can fly the Tardis) needing to come back to 2011 to free him.

Just MHO of course

[TryWhistlingThis]

Just finished watching The Impossible Astronaut. Absolutely breathtaking. You would have recalled that my review of The Big Bang was less than congenial. Well, all is forgiven. This episode had me drawn in the whole way. I admit, at first when I read there was humour running all the way through it, I had my reservations but they were put the rest. In fact, some of the funniest lines in the series have come out of this episode and they've been wisely spent to contrast with the gloomier moments of the episode.

Matt is starting to come into his own a little more. Amy was less of a nag while Rory has developed a new found confidence and authority while Riversong...well, she's still Riversong. The story was everything I want in a Doctor Who episode: shadowy, time travel related with some deep, human elements. The situation felt real and it held my attention the whole time. The irony? It featured the least usage of aliens and CGI.

I couldn't be happier that I went into this spoiler free. Cannot wait for next week.

5 out of 5.