Howling:Prisons recurring?

(Have I just had a eureka moment?, rofl) We seem to be having recurances of prisons / prisoners... Zero and River and the star whale, indeed you could argue that the entire Starship UK population were imprisoned on the ship, and the staff in the Cabinet War rooms (I know the last 1 is a bit weak though). Any thoughts 86.26.137.154 09:41, April 27, 2010 (UTC)

(Or, as the Digital Spy hints for next week say, a "eureka gallileo" moment?) You could make a case that the Daleks were prisoners. They had the means to recreate the pure Daleks, and wanted to do so and be exterminated, but they were stuck in the prison of existence for the very crime they wanted to be punished for--being impure made them unable to active the Progenitor device. Although that seems like a stretch too.

Anyway, if you think about it, the Doctor and Amy returned Zero to prison, retroactively removed the motivation for the crime of Starship UK leaving them to decide freely whether or how to punish themselves for their past, "freed" the Daleks by giving them the death sentence they wanted... wonder what they'll do for/to River? --Falcotron 10:15, April 27, 2010 (UTC)

You could argue also that the weeping angels imprison people in an earlier timeline and are prisoners of their quantam locking

Also, as I have posted on another thread, on a comments page on Whoviannet someone posting as Mad Mel pointed out Amy's full name name is an anagram of 'i escape mondas jail' and that Mondas was the twin planet to Earth that the original Cybermen came from 86.26.137.154 06:48, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

Haha, the Pandorica is a prison! From http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/pandorica-pics-new-info-6135.htm

"A Van Gogh painting is ferried across thousands of years, communicating a disturbing prophecy to the Doctor. In 102AD England, Romans receive a surprise visit from Cleopatra. Nearby, Stonehenge conceals the Pandorica, a prison-box of legend. As it slowly unlocks, terrible forces gather in the heavens above. What bearing do growing cracks in time and Amelia Pond’s bedroom, have on all of this? There is just one certainty: silence will fall…"

86.26.137.154 06:12, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

So, it seems the Pandorica is a prison. Makes perfect sense really with all of these aliens returning, except maybe the Silurians unless they managed to get off Earth some how. ☆The Solar Dragon ^(Talk)☆ 06:24, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

Are the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and whoever else the prisoners, or the "terrible forces [gathering] in the heavens above"?

Anyway, if the Pandorica is a secret Time Lord prison that the Doctor has heard of but considered a myth, containing (among other things) Daleks and Cybermen, that sounds pleasantly familiar. I wonder if that's connected to the Hitchhikers' references early in the season that various fans picked up on? --Falcotron 06:44, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

See SFX teasers, http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/05/25/doctor-who-preview/. That and the blue grass / minerals, and the shot of a planet in the next time traiker, IMHO a duplicate earth will be created for the Silurians 86.26.137.154 06:51, May 27, 2010 (UTC)