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Christina, disguised as Captain Vorch, surprises the Ashayan crew with a snap inspection. Assuring X.O. that he runs a tight ship, Christina surreptitiously inserts a data stick into a slot, a program in it overriding the ship's controls. | Christina, disguised as Captain Vorch, surprises the Ashayan crew with a snap inspection. Assuring X.O. that he runs a tight ship, Christina surreptitiously inserts a data stick into a slot, a program in it overriding the ship's controls. | ||
Amy | Amy proposes that Christina intends to steal the diamond powering the ship. Rory suggests that Amy is only upset that Christina jumped ahead of her in the queue at the airport, but Amy claims to be motivated purely by moral outrage. What's more, she insists, Rory is as well to defend her pride. They go to find the Doctor, who is even now surprising Christina by waiting silently in her dark room. Christina claims the Doctor must have mistaken her for someone else, but the Doctor uses [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]]'s cancel-hologram setting to reveal her true face. Christina reluctantly admits that she may not have been entirely who she seemed, but insists the Doctor could not possibly be the [[Tenth Doctor|man she met]]. It takes only a quick mention of [[San Helios]] and flesh-eating [[Tritovore]]s, however, to convince Christina that this is indeed the same man with a new face. Christina comments that she finds the Doctor's new appearance to be "distinguished, in a slightly squashed sort of way," but that she will only accept his bow tie if it's intended ironically. The Doctor smugly suggests that Christina must have gotten off world by stealing a ship from "the vault," an eccentric billionaire's collection of alien paraphernalia. By way of confirmation, Christina says she made it halfway across the galaxy since then (contradicting the Doctor's earlier statement that the Ashaya Nebula was a few galaxies away). The Doctor, suspicious of Christina, asks her if she's been being good. "Where's the fun in that?" returns Christina, quite sensibly. | ||
Amy, despite the grumblings of her sceptical husband, bangs frantically at the TARDIS doors, shouting for the Doctor. An Ashayan, alerted by all the noise she's making, comes to see what the problem is, and Amy tells him that someone is trying to steal the diamond. The Ashayan, who was plotting to steal the diamond himself, brandishes a stun ray and forces the Ponds into a service elevator. As they march, the Ashayan explains his people's backstory in great detail, including how the Vodirans plucked out the "eye of Goddess," causing their sun to sicken and condemning their race to death or enslavement. He mistakes Amy and Rory for Vodirans themselves, who resemble [[human]]s much more than his own squat, egg-shaped species. But the Ashayan's attempt to make the alleged Vodirans understand his people's plight through by beholding the glory of the goddess's eye directly is foiled when they find the diamond already missing. Oh, there it is: the Doctor's got it. | Amy, despite the grumblings of her sceptical husband, bangs frantically at the TARDIS doors, shouting for the Doctor. An Ashayan, alerted by all the noise she's making, comes to see what the problem is, and Amy tells him that someone is trying to steal the diamond. The Ashayan, who was plotting to steal the diamond himself, brandishes a stun ray and forces the Ponds into a service elevator. As they march, the Ashayan explains his people's backstory in great detail, including how the Vodirans plucked out the "eye of Goddess," causing their sun to sicken and condemning their race to death or enslavement. He mistakes Amy and Rory for Vodirans themselves, who resemble [[human]]s much more than his own squat, egg-shaped species. But the Ashayan's attempt to make the alleged Vodirans understand his people's plight through by beholding the glory of the goddess's eye directly is foiled when they find the diamond already missing. Oh, there it is: the Doctor's got it. | ||
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* The Doctor says there used to be easier ways to rekindle a dying star, but you just can't lay your hands on a decent [[stellar manipulator]] these days. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | * The Doctor says there used to be easier ways to rekindle a dying star, but you just can't lay your hands on a decent [[stellar manipulator]] these days. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* The Doctor says Christina got her alien tech from a [[The Vault (Dalek)|vault]] owned by an eccentric billionaire in Utah. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | * The Doctor says Christina got her alien tech from a [[The Vault (Dalek)|vault]] owned by an eccentric billionaire in Utah. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | ||
* Amy previously prejudiced the [[Eleventh Doctor (Ganger)|Ganger Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]'') and the [[Siren (The Curse of the Black Spot)|Siren]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]'') Both times nearly got everyone killed and showed her she was acting more monstrous than she believed them to be. | |||
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