Talk:P.S. (webcast)
For which episode?
We need to cite a source that says this was meant for Angels Take Manhattan. Chibnall did not write that episode, Moffat did, so one would assume that Moffat would have written P.S. All the online sources I've seen have either been ambiguous or have said this was for the end of Power of Three (making its cut make sense as it would have blown the ending of Angels Take Manhattan). 70.72.211.35talk to me 12:43, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
- The page doesn't say what it was "meant" for. Just that this webcast was put up after Angels Take Manhattan aired, which it was. -- Tybort (talk page) 13:51, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Is the Chris Chibnall Twitter account his real account? I know it sometimes takes time for an account to be labeled as verified. If it is his actual account, he says in a tweet from yesterday, "The Brian scene: written to be a DVD extra, not an alternate ending to Angels Take Manhattan. Not filmed due to actor availability clash." Additionally, "The scene was written long before S7 transmission, same time as Pond Life."Mewiet ☎ 21:07, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
Are there webcasts for every episode? Or just this one? And can everyone outside the U.K. watch them? I'd love to see these! :) Jay JLOMThings turn out for the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out - John Wooden 09:25, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
Timeline
I'm a bit confused about the paragraph referencing the age discrepancy of Anthony. It seems to imply that The Power of Three took place before Dinosaurs on a Spaceship for Brian, which obviously isn't correct. ǝsʞpɐןǝ (talk page) 19:00, 16 October 2012
Dating the episode
in the continuity section of this article, it states this takes place in 2020 after power of three. however there is already enough controversy about the dating of power of three as can be seen at the howling thread Howling:Dating the Amy era. should we keep this statement about the date given the fact there is so much argument about whether it is accurate? Imamadmad ☎ 08:25, October 17, 2012 (UTC)
Not a valid source
It is a long-held belief of this wiki that unfinished works are not valid sources. By Chibnall's Twitter admission, this was a cancelled project, abandoned because of actor availability. What we're seeing are a series of storyboards for an unfinished project, and therefore it doesn't "count" when trying to write in-universe articles.
Yes, it may be referenced in the "behind the scenes" sections of articles, but along with the Eighth Doctor's regeneration in Endgame (graphic novel), the spider Dalek from The Dark Dimension, the "bit of TARDIS coral" scene from Journey's End, the unfinished televised version of Shada and other incomplete bits and pieces that have been made public by the BBC, this one is "officially released but invalid".
Hence, it will continue to fly the {{notdwu}} banner, and cannot be used as a source for other in-universe articles.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 00:44: Tue 30 Oct 2012
Continuity section moved here
Because this is a cancelled scene, and therefore not a valid source, the notion of it having "continuity" is somewhat spurious. It is our usual position that non-DWU material doesn't have active continuity. I've preserved the entirety of the continuity list here, however, for posterity:
- The Angels Take Manhattan implied that Amy and Rory had been sent from the cemetery to circa 1938, the era to which Rory was first sent.
- The Angels Take Manhattan also implied that Amy and Rory remained in or about New York City. P.S. confirms this. Anthony's sister was in New York during their parents' lifetimes, both as adult River Song in the summer of 1969, and as young Melody and infant Mels in January 1970. (TV: Day of the Moon)
- The Doctor and his TARDIS were momentarily in Manhattan twice during Rory's and Amy's temporal exile: once carrying the First Doctor in 1966 at the Empire State Building's observation deck; and again in July 1969, piloted by the Eleventh Doctor and carrying Rory's and Amy's younger selves on the side of a skyscraper under construction. (TV: The Chase, Day of the Moon)
- Anthony is stated to be in his mid-sixties, and to have been adopted as an infant in 1946. However, The Power of Three and P.S. take place in or after 2020, by which time, Anthony would be in his mid-seventies, barring time-travel.
- Rory says that he realizes "having a grandson who's older than you is so far beyond weird". Rory grew up with his own daughter and also knew her as a woman considerably older than himself. Even in their youths, Mels was already several years older than Rory and Amy, despite appearing to be their age.
- Asylum of the Daleks established Amy's inability to bear additional children after Melody, resulting from the events at Demon's Run. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
- Amy and Rory are the second and third former companions shown to have adopted children, after Sarah Jane Smith. (TV: Invasion of the Bane, Sky) Ben Jackson and Polly Wright were said to have operated an orphanage in India. (TV: Death of the Doctor)
- Rory mentions that he bought a trowel, in response to Brian's suggestion. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)
- Brian is watering the plants when Anthony arrives, as he told the Doctor he needed to do. (TV: The Power of Three)
It should be noted that since the infobox contains the entirety of the piece, it's hardly a tragedy to lose this section. Readers can watch the thing for themselves, from our site. It would take them longer to read this list than to just watch the scene.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 05:06: Tue 30 Oct 2012
