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::The sun being gone is not the same as the sun exploding. Plus, our sun isn't large enough to create a super-nova. It'll become a red-giant, instead. (Which would burn up Earth either way) but like I said, if they only say the sun is "gone", there's no reason to assume is exploded. | ::The sun being gone is not the same as the sun exploding. Plus, our sun isn't large enough to create a super-nova. It'll become a red-giant, instead. (Which would burn up Earth either way) but like I said, if they only say the sun is "gone", there's no reason to assume is exploded. | ||
::This episode didn't state that the Sun is gone; that happened in the next episode (''The Big Bang''). | |||
*Why are the Slitheen mentioned as enemies? River lists them as one of the groups coming to witness the opening of the Pandorica. Technically, the Slitheen are not a race, they are a family ([[World War Three (TV story)]]), so it's unlikely that their ships are distinguishable from other Raxacoricofallapatorian ships. So how does River know - since the [[Tenth Doctor]] doesn't discuss it with her - that it's the Slitheen, and not just average Raxacoricofallapatorians, who are coming? | *Why are the Slitheen mentioned as enemies? River lists them as one of the groups coming to witness the opening of the Pandorica. Technically, the Slitheen are not a race, they are a family ([[World War Three (TV story)]]), so it's unlikely that their ships are distinguishable from other Raxacoricofallapatorian ships. So how does River know - since the [[Tenth Doctor]] doesn't discuss it with her - that it's the Slitheen, and not just average Raxacoricofallapatorians, who are coming? | ||
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::The last part of this seems like the obvious answer. The Doctor explains that most of the usual rules don't apply with the universe shrunk down to a little dumbbell around Roman Stonehenge and modern England. In fact, we directly see that it's because of this that he can meet his "dead" self and meet Amy and Rory out of order, so using it to explain why he can also meet Rory out of order off-screen isn't exactly a stretch. | ::The last part of this seems like the obvious answer. The Doctor explains that most of the usual rules don't apply with the universe shrunk down to a little dumbbell around Roman Stonehenge and modern England. In fact, we directly see that it's because of this that he can meet his "dead" self and meet Amy and Rory out of order, so using it to explain why he can also meet Rory out of order off-screen isn't exactly a stretch. | ||
::That only happened in the next episode (''The Big Bang''), and a variant of this question is already covered in that discontinuity section. | |||
*If in [[The Time of Angels]] and [[Flesh and Stone]] it's said that River was imprisoned in the 51st Century, then how was she imprisoned in the 52nd in The Pandorica Opens? | *If in [[The Time of Angels]] and [[Flesh and Stone]] it's said that River was imprisoned in the 51st Century, then how was she imprisoned in the 52nd in The Pandorica Opens? | ||
:: So little is known about River Song, it's possible she's still serving the same sentence a century on - or has been imprisoned for a different crime. | :: So little is known about River Song, it's possible she's still serving the same sentence a century on - or has been imprisoned for a different crime. | ||
::: One wouldn't expect her to be serving the same sentence, because that would contradict her claim in the 51st century that the Pandorica was earlier in her time-line. | |||
:::: However, that said: don't forget that River is also a time-traveller, and this opens up a huge range of possibilities. E.g. (1) River is imprisoned in the 51st century. (2) She breaks out. (3) She's rearrested in early 52nd century. (4) She takes part in Pandorica where Amy mentions the Byzantium. (5) So, soon after Pandorica/Big Bang, River investigates and realises she needs to go back to 51st century to participate in ToTT. (6) She gets herself rearrested shortly after her break-out in 2. (The guards think she's only been on the run for a few days.) (7) She kicks off ToTT by arranging for the Doctor to rescue her as she jumps out of the star-liner. (8) After FaS River breaks out of prison again. (Obviously she needs to be gone by the time she's rearrested in 3.) | |||
*[[5145]] is not in the [[51st century]], it is in the 52nd. | *[[5145]] is not in the [[51st century]], it is in the 52nd. | ||
::River meets [[Liz 10]] in 5145. Liz 10 is clearly older, as Sophie Okonedo's hair was greyed in her appearance, but since ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]] was said to take place in the 29th century, the passing of around 2,300 years would make her around 2,600 years old, as she was said to be 300 previously. | ::River meets [[Liz 10]] in 5145. Liz 10 is clearly older, as Sophie Okonedo's hair was greyed in her appearance, but since ''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]] was said to take place in the 29th century, the passing of around 2,300 years would make her around 2,600 years old, as she was said to be 300 previously. | ||
:: Yes, 5145 '''is in''' the 52nd century. But that's common knowledge - not a discontinuity. It would help tremendously to explain what in the story makes this a discontinuity. ("Ask wrong questions, get wrong answers." - Master Gregory, Seventh Son) | |||
*While scanning Stonehenge, how did River Song miss the Cyberman head? | *While scanning Stonehenge, how did River Song miss the Cyberman head? | ||
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:::It was not Roman but Auton in nature, so it had greater strength, just as shown in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. | :::It was not Roman but Auton in nature, so it had greater strength, just as shown in ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. | ||
:: This seems to be a common misunderstanding and the same topic has been raised on stories like ''The Monster of Peladon'' and ''The Seeds of Death''. To clarify: Guns are not "superior to swords" - they're simply ''different'', with different strengths and weaknesses. Yes swords are older, but they're not necessarily inferior. Guns can be used at fairly long range, but swords require close combat. However, swords are heavier and harder and usually capable of providing much more piercing force. | |||
*If the trap involving Romans, Pandorica and Stonehenge was built from Amy Pond's memories, why are there pieces of Cyberman scattered around? | *If the trap involving Romans, Pandorica and Stonehenge was built from Amy Pond's memories, why are there pieces of Cyberman scattered around? | ||
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::The Doctor explained that certain things still lived on. He even mentioned a face in a photograph. | ::The Doctor explained that certain things still lived on. He even mentioned a face in a photograph. | ||
*If the trap is made out of | *If the trap is made out of Amy's memories, how can the Auton-Rory remember his death? If the memories were taken before he was sucked into the Crack, he would not have been dead in her memories. If the memories were taken after Rory had been sucked into the Crack then Amy would not have remembered him at all. | ||
::Psychic residue was mentioned. Perhaps it has a psychic link to Amy, no matter where and when she was. | ::Psychic residue was mentioned. Perhaps it has a psychic link to Amy, no matter where and when she was. | ||
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::If you look closely, the part River Song wrote on was rock, but diamond seemed to be crystallising on the rock's surface above and below the graffiti. | ::If you look closely, the part River Song wrote on was rock, but diamond seemed to be crystallising on the rock's surface above and below the graffiti. | ||
:: This belongs in the next story ''The Big Bang''. | |||
* River Song was imprisoned in Stormcage before the crash of the Byzantium (from her point of view). So if she had killed the Doctor this would have had to occur before the Pandorica Opens from her point of view. Meaning she couldn't have killed him, because she was already imprisoned. | * River Song was imprisoned in Stormcage before the crash of the Byzantium (from her point of view). So if she had killed the Doctor this would have had to occur before the Pandorica Opens from her point of view. Meaning she couldn't have killed him, because she was already imprisoned. | ||
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:::Also, the plastic Mickey was created in a short amount of time. The Romans could have been created over a course of years, getting their looks correct and human-like. | :::Also, the plastic Mickey was created in a short amount of time. The Romans could have been created over a course of years, getting their looks correct and human-like. | ||
::::Also these Autons are allied with greater and smarter races like the Daleks, who would/could have given them more advanced technology to make more advanced Autons. | ::::Also these Autons are allied with greater and smarter races like the Daleks, who would/could have given them more advanced technology to make more advanced Autons. | ||
:: The "plastic-looking Mickey" was more for our benefit. Other Auton stories have shown that Auton copies are almost impossible to distinguish from the originals (which is the main reason Rose didn't notice something wrong with Auton Mickey). | |||
* Why did the Daleks refer to the TARDIS as the TARDIS, when that's just what Susan named it, instead of being the standard name for Gallifreyan time machines? | * Why did the Daleks refer to the TARDIS as the TARDIS, when that's just what Susan named it, instead of being the standard name for Gallifreyan time machines? | ||
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*Bracewell is wearing his black leather glove on one hand, which suggests that this is after he has been exposed as an android. However, wasn't he supposed to have fled following the events of Victory of the Daleks to find his long lost love? | *Bracewell is wearing his black leather glove on one hand, which suggests that this is after he has been exposed as an android. However, wasn't he supposed to have fled following the events of Victory of the Daleks to find his long lost love? | ||
::Maybe he hasn't "fled " yet. | ::Maybe he hasn't "fled" yet. | ||
:::He kept in contact with Winston in case he met the Doctor or something. When he discovered the painting, he probably went to the Cabinet war rooms to show him. After delivering it to the Royal Collection, Bracewell left again. | :::He kept in contact with Winston in case he met the Doctor or something. When he discovered the painting, he probably went to the Cabinet war rooms to show him. After delivering it to the Royal Collection, Bracewell left again. | ||
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:::: Well that's the thing. Because the cracks only erase things from history and not causality, all of the events that were/are/will be predicated upon something's existence still occur. Though the Doctor is the catalyst for River's birth, his erasure does not change the fact that she was born. Plus, in order for the Doctor to even be remembered back, he had to have been erased. Meaning that he had to have existed, so the whole timeline retroactively holds itself together, in a sense. In short, it's timey-wimey. Alternatively, you could say that she was simply an anomaly at that time and would have faded if it had not been for Amy's remembrance of the Doctor. | :::: Well that's the thing. Because the cracks only erase things from history and not causality, all of the events that were/are/will be predicated upon something's existence still occur. Though the Doctor is the catalyst for River's birth, his erasure does not change the fact that she was born. Plus, in order for the Doctor to even be remembered back, he had to have been erased. Meaning that he had to have existed, so the whole timeline retroactively holds itself together, in a sense. In short, it's timey-wimey. Alternatively, you could say that she was simply an anomaly at that time and would have faded if it had not been for Amy's remembrance of the Doctor. | ||
:::: Basically, the cracks erase the cause but not the effect. | :::: Basically, the cracks erase the cause but not the effect. | ||
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*How can there be life on Earth without stars? After all, our sun is a star and humans would need it to survive. | *How can there be life on Earth without stars? After all, our sun is a star and humans would need it to survive. | ||
:: This is explained in the next episode. | |||
*The Cyberman form this episode were from the other dimension so why does it have a skull in it if the other dimension cyber-conversion was just placing a brain in the suit ? | *The Cyberman form this episode were from the other dimension so why does it have a skull in it if the other dimension cyber-conversion was just placing a brain in the suit ? |
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