A vampire doesnt age so there may be something in this. Perhaps he was bitten in 1990?
But then he'd have had to have been a grown man all this time, so young Amelia would hardly have been likely to make him dress up as her Raggedy Doctor when playing games. They grew up together.
I failed my 'Doctor Who Extreme Fan' exam, since I can't remember enough about previous episodes to make these brilliant links, so I'm inclined towards the 'cock-up' rather than 'conspiracy' theory.
This is a bit boring of me, but I suspect that that particular red is just one of the 'palette' colours for this episode. It's just a way of giving a tv programme a consistent feel and look. Loads of tv programmes do it ('Ashes to Ashes' does it to death!), but they have fewer devoted fans to spot/analyse/discuss.
Also the colour red can be used to denote the sense of danger, which would be pretty apt for well the doctors lifestyle.
Just watched Confidential on iPlayer earlier. At the part where they explain the stop motion sequence where The Doctor remembers what he saw, the photographer spends a great deal of time (and photos) on Rory's badge, furthermore, that's where the sequence ends before zooming out of The Doctor's eye. When he realises what he "remembered", he doesn't go straight for the man with dog, he doesn't say anything like "that guy's taking photos of the man with the dog"... he actually says "stop that nurse".
I think The Doctor knows more than he's letting on right now, but needed to get the Prisoner Zero stuff sorted first.
Further, the question of "Why Amy?"... maybe he's getting her as far away from him as he can.
I think theres something up with the colour red. Don't ask me what, I have no idea but if you watch the episode theres an awful lot of red standing out against green or blue backgrounds. Yes I realise at this point I sound like a loony, but the camera lingered for ages on Rorys red pen, plus young Amy was wearing a lot of red, old Amy had red painted nails, there was a boy in a red jumper run straight infront of the camera, red on her front door...
Ok back to my bottle of wine now
You could be onto something
Rory is the most common English form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic male name Ruairí, Ruaidhrí or Ruaraidh. The name originates with Ruaidri mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair or Rory O'Connor, a king of Connacht and High King of Ireland who died in 1198. It is a common name in Irish and Scottish cultures and is generally held to mean "red king", from Irish rua "red" combined with rí "king".
Could Rory actually be Prisoner Zero taking the form of a nurse who fell into a coma soon after 1990? Perhaps all the other forms were less perfect, hence the mistakes with voices, while he was one who really worked out how to use the coma patients dreams of being a little boy and then eventually a nurse.
I'm so crap at putting things together and speculating as to what it means - I never noticed Rory's badge, well spotted! I did spot a lot of red in the episode, only clicked when the camera focussed on Rory's red pen - random. I saw Amy's red nails but just assumed that was part of her kissogram outfit.
Loving reading your theories. I can't wait til Saturday!
Ok, so having given it some thought and here is my hair-brained theory.
It's not Rory that's the problem, it's Leadworth.
* The fact that they have so many coma patients for such a small village,
* The fact that the Doctor keeps messing up time so badly (And when he realised it was 12 years instead of 6 months/5 minutes he said "This matters, this is important") when asking Amy why she lied,
* Rorys security pass with a date that couldn't possibly be,
* The duck pond that never has any ducks (and when he's standing right there he says "This is too soon i'm not ready, i'm not done yet" Which totally doesn't fit into regeneration.
* The crack in the wall/on the Tardis monitor.
Something is wrong with Leadworth, and maybe all the red keeps the people there from remembering, like a hypnotist type thing.
You know what? I think if it was in any way important to the plot, they would let people without freeze-frame video editors see it. My guess is that it is deliberate, but only as fodder to keep us nitpickers distracted!
Ok, so having given it some thought and here is my hair-brained theory.
It's not Rory that's the problem, it's Leadworth.
* The fact that they have so many coma patients for such a small village,
* The fact that the Doctor keeps messing up time so badly (And when he realised it was 12 years instead of 6 months/5 minutes he said "This matters, this is important") when asking Amy why she lied,
* Rorys security pass with a date that couldn't possibly be,
* The duck pond that never has any ducks (and when he's standing right there he says "This is too soon i'm not ready, i'm not done yet" Which totally doesn't fit into regeneration.
* The crack in the wall/on the Tardis monitor.
Something is wrong with Leadworth, and maybe all the red keeps the people there from remembering, like a hypnotist type thing.
But then he'd have had to have been a grown man all this time, so young Amelia would hardly have been likely to make him dress up as her Raggedy Doctor when playing games. They grew up together.
I failed my 'Doctor Who Extreme Fan' exam, since I can't remember enough about previous episodes to make these brilliant links, so I'm inclined towards the 'cock-up' rather than 'conspiracy' theory.
I thought that was a reference to more 'adult' games!
I thought the reason so much time was spent showing the close up of the badge was simply to highlight the fact that he worked in a hospital. The Dr then figured out that the psychic link was being made with people in the hospital who were in comas and that's why Rory was taking a photo of him, because he was one of the people in a coma.
Obviously the Scrubs give this away anyway, but still.
Plus the Millennium Dome was present when the doctor was hurtling down to see Amelia Pond - 14 years later puts the end of the episode set in about 2013 (at least)...
I was thinking about it, then realised the Tardis didn't crash in Amy's garden, it materialised there. You can hear the materilization noise when young Amy is praying, its the noise that makes her look out the window. So...
The Doctor is hanging onto the outside of the Tardis as it hurtles over London in 2010. He climbs back into the Tardis and we see it continue to hurtle over London.
During which time The Doctor takes control of the Tardis, dematerializes it and it ends up re-materializing in Amy Pond's garden in 1996. The reason it is on its side is because it was horizontal when it dematerialized over London and The Doctor couldn't control its landing.
So it is not a direct course from being over London to crashing in Amy's garden, it travelled back in time. So 14 years later can still be 2010.
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But then he'd have had to have been a grown man all this time, so young Amelia would hardly have been likely to make him dress up as her Raggedy Doctor when playing games. They grew up together.
I failed my 'Doctor Who Extreme Fan' exam, since I can't remember enough about previous episodes to make these brilliant links, so I'm inclined towards the 'cock-up' rather than 'conspiracy' theory.
Also the colour red can be used to denote the sense of danger, which would be pretty apt for well the doctors lifestyle.
Anyone tried scanning the barcode?
Lol, no - but it did cross my mind!
I think The Doctor knows more than he's letting on right now, but needed to get the Prisoner Zero stuff sorted first.
Further, the question of "Why Amy?"... maybe he's getting her as far away from him as he can.
Well it was just a thought.
I wondered that. The Doctor usually knows these things.
You could be onto something
Just tried it, comes up invalid.
Interesting!!
Churchill is a Time Lord
Seriously though that is a pretty bad error!
Loving reading your theories. I can't wait til Saturday!
And especially when that whole "what did I see, I saw, what did I see, I saw" Sequence, end's up with the badge being the focal point of it all....
I wonder if the doctor will do that whole bionic man eye sequence in every episode??
It's not Rory that's the problem, it's Leadworth.
* The fact that they have so many coma patients for such a small village,
* The fact that the Doctor keeps messing up time so badly (And when he realised it was 12 years instead of 6 months/5 minutes he said "This matters, this is important") when asking Amy why she lied,
* Rorys security pass with a date that couldn't possibly be,
* The duck pond that never has any ducks (and when he's standing right there he says "This is too soon i'm not ready, i'm not done yet" Which totally doesn't fit into regeneration.
* The crack in the wall/on the Tardis monitor.
Something is wrong with Leadworth, and maybe all the red keeps the people there from remembering, like a hypnotist type thing.
you might be onto something there!
I thought that was a reference to more 'adult' games!
OFF WITH MOFFATS HEAD!
Obviously the Scrubs give this away anyway, but still.
I was thinking about it, then realised the Tardis didn't crash in Amy's garden, it materialised there. You can hear the materilization noise when young Amy is praying, its the noise that makes her look out the window. So...
The Doctor is hanging onto the outside of the Tardis as it hurtles over London in 2010. He climbs back into the Tardis and we see it continue to hurtle over London.
During which time The Doctor takes control of the Tardis, dematerializes it and it ends up re-materializing in Amy Pond's garden in 1996. The reason it is on its side is because it was horizontal when it dematerialized over London and The Doctor couldn't control its landing.
So it is not a direct course from being over London to crashing in Amy's garden, it travelled back in time. So 14 years later can still be 2010.
Is "legs agenda" the same as legs akimbo?
Or is that just wishful thinking on my part?:)
I knew someone would lower the tone, usually it's me!