DR Who - BBCA - 6/11/11 SPOILERS

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Gerryex

Discussion Starter · Jun 12, 2011

What, no thread yet? Well, while not one of their greatest episodes the reveal about River Song being Amy Pond's daughter was pretty good. For a while when the Dr says that the cradle what his (they called it something else - a British term, but I forgot it) I was thinking that maybe River was the Dr's mother but then I thought that would be too wierd! When the Dr goes away and we still don't know what River meant I was yelling at the screen that they better tell us before they fade to black. And they did.

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pteronaut

· #2 · Jun 12, 2011

There is a thread, it was started last week over in UK General Chit Chat, because many watched it via alternative means.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=470767

Remember what Idris said to Rory, back in the episode "The Doctor's Wife"? "The only water in the forest is the River"

People's memory isn't exact, like a computer, we store things as associative patterns, so through time the exact words can be lost, leaving us to use words that more match our patterns, for instance: A Song usually contains a Melody, and a Pond contains water, so does a River.

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windracer

· #3 · Jun 12, 2011

Gerryex said:
For a while when the Dr says that the cradle what his (they called it something else - a British term, but I forgot it) I was thinking that maybe River was the Dr's mother but then I thought that would be too wierd!

Heh, my brain followed the same pattern ("River is the Doctor's mom? Huh?

) before the big reveal, which then made total sense. Also, the term you're looking for is "cot."

pteronaut said:
Remember what Idris said to Rory, back in the episode "The Doctor's Wife"? "The only water in the forest is the River"

I totally called that.

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Ment

· #4 · Jun 12, 2011

I don't think Rory is going to allow hugs anymore...

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jschuur

· #5 · Jun 13, 2011

Gerryex said:
For a while when the Dr says that the cradle what his (they called it something else - a British term, but I forgot it)

My impression was that it was still the Doctor's cradle, but that it was then re-used at some point in time for River.

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ThePennyDropped

· #6 · Jun 13, 2011

jschuur said:
My impression was that it was still the Doctor's cradle, but that it was then re-used at some point in time for River.

That was how I understood it, too.

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