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[Assyrian]

So if Roy remembers being a roman, is he still a Auton?

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams

 

[.chrys.]

If Rory is an Auton, could he father children?
Also, who is oldest now--Rory, the Doctor, or Captain Jack?

How was it, by the way, for you Brits to see an episode filmed in the United States? I understand that the big yellow school bus was supposed to be an American Icon, as were the the blue jeans, the cowboy hat, the bendy straw and the diner--is this really what you think of when you think of America? Just curious.

 

[Assyrian]

Nixon seemed a bit odd, didn't he look more like Anthony Hopkins?

 

[pgp_protector]

If Rory is an Auton, could he father children?
Also, who is oldest now--Rory, the Doctor, or Captain Jack?

How was it, by the way, for you Brits to see an episode filmed in the United States? I understand that the big yellow school bus was supposed to be an American Icon, as were the the blue jeans, the cowboy hat, the bendy straw and the diner--is this really what you think of when you think of America? Just curious.

I'd guess Captain Jack is the oldest, given how much he's aged

 

[.chrys.]

I guess you're right, PGP, must be Captain Jack--he sure had to die an awful lot! And I agree, Assyrian, Nixon did look a bit odd. I thought a little too plump!

 

[pgp_protector]

New Question
Can the Face of Boe Die?

 

[A New Dawn]

He did, so I guess he can.

 

[The-Doctor]

well he did in Gridlock. The guy who played Nixon was the same actor who played the magician who Jonathan Creek worked for in the series. The FBI agent was played by the actor who ended up the president of the 12 colonies in the new Battle star galactica and was the bad guy in Hustle.

As for what we brits consider to be Iconic american...yes I guess the yellow bus would be included (though I have had some strange looks when I told an american friend...who had to ride one to school) THe cowboy hat ...absolutely and the bendy straw...we have those here. But the whole roswell desert thing is ICONIC i guess...reminds me a bit of Dreamland.

What do you consider to be iconic for us brits?...afternoon Tea, the royal family, buckingham palace, red buses, black taxis?

 

[pgp_protector]

He did, so I guess he can.

But if Boe is Jack, Did he Stay Dead?

 

[superdog]

actually yes

 

[.chrys.]

What do you consider to be iconic for us brits?...afternoon Tea, the royal family, buckingham palace, red buses, black taxis?

London Eye, Big Ben, red buses, Doctor Who!
Driving on the left side of the street, Beefeaters, phone booths.
Afternoon Tea? Well, really, just tea in general.
Mind the Gap.
Pudding, tarts, meat pies.


Not sure what else...those were just the first to come to my mind.

 

[.chrys.]

I'm still not sure that Jack is, indeed, the Face of Boe. I went back and watched that episode not too long ago, and if I recall, I remember thinking that Jack could have simply said that to throw the Doctor and Martha off guard--something about Jack knowing that they had recently met the Face of Boe...

 

[keb2005]

How could Jack have known they'd met the Face of Boe recently?

 

[.chrys.]

Watch this clip, in the first few seconds listen to what Martha says. Jack knew!

YouTube - Doctor Who Utopia Scene 18

 

[The-Doctor]

Interestingly there are no scenes that I recall with Jack and the face of boe together.

 

[.chrys.]

Set your television recorders! Tonight is episode 3!!!!!

 

[Assyrian]

Yarr!

 

[pgp_protector]

Set your television recorders! Tonight is episode 3!!!!!

That's what Season Passes are for, you don't need to remember to set single episodes

 

[A New Dawn]

Watch this clip, in the first few seconds listen to what Martha says. Jack knew!

I saw that, too, when I got that series and watched it again, but it was such a quick reference without explanation that it would seem far-fetched to think that Jack would have picked up on it and used it in the manner he did. He wouldn't have known what he was accepting credit for, whether good or bad. Even though I know that reference was there, it seems unlikely, to me, that Jack merely attributed to himself. It would have been too easy for the Doctor to have gone and checked out the story.

Speaking of Jack, I was wondering, just a couple of days ago, if he was going to make a reappearance in the show soon.

 

[.chrys.]

You're probably right...but I do think it's a lot of fun to speculate when there MIGHT be grounds for speculation!