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::The lightbulbs are a,most certainly nothing. In ''Asylum of the Daleks'', the lightbulb seemed like it was just supposed to invoke the light bulbs on the Dalek's heads that blink whenever they're talking. In ''A Town Called Mercy'', the reason they were flickering was obvious, and you really wouldn't expect them to work properly under those conditions. In ''Dinosaurs on a Spaceship'' the lightbulb was not flickering. It just wasn't working, and it seems to have been a problem with the fitting. Really, it was just a plot device to bring Brian to Amy and Rory's house. In ''Pond Life'', the bulb most likely just burned out, and it was a chance for the Doctor to perform a mundane task. I think there was also a joke about that bulb in one of the ''Night and the Doctor'' episodes.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] [[User talk:Icecreamdif|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:43, September 17, 2012 (UTC) | ::The lightbulbs are a,most certainly nothing. In ''Asylum of the Daleks'', the lightbulb seemed like it was just supposed to invoke the light bulbs on the Dalek's heads that blink whenever they're talking. In ''A Town Called Mercy'', the reason they were flickering was obvious, and you really wouldn't expect them to work properly under those conditions. In ''Dinosaurs on a Spaceship'' the lightbulb was not flickering. It just wasn't working, and it seems to have been a problem with the fitting. Really, it was just a plot device to bring Brian to Amy and Rory's house. In ''Pond Life'', the bulb most likely just burned out, and it was a chance for the Doctor to perform a mundane task. I think there was also a joke about that bulb in one of the ''Night and the Doctor'' episodes.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] [[User talk:Icecreamdif|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:43, September 17, 2012 (UTC) | ||
::As much as I love over-interpreting, I would tend to classify that one as a motif, like the 'eyes' from previous seasons. But it's a good catch, I definitely think the motif is there between the TARDIS bulb change, Bryan, and Mercy (missed the Asylum one). Granted, two of the big bads at large right now (Angels and The Silence) have displayed disruptive effects on | ::As much as I love over-interpreting, I would tend to classify that one as a motif, like the 'eyes' from previous seasons. But it's a good catch, I definitely think the motif is there between the TARDIS bulb change, Bryan, and Mercy (missed the Asylum one). Granted, two of the big bads at large right now (Angels and The Silence) have displayed disruptive effects on lightbulbs for different reasons. I would be extremely surprised if we don't see the Angels do that trick in the mid-season finale, but even that wouldn't elevate it out of the category of 'Series 7 symbolism'. What might elevate it, is if we revisit the 'faulty fitting' in Power of 3. [[User:Wibbly-Wobbly|Wibbly-Wobbly]] [[User talk:Wibbly-Wobbly|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 05:27, September 17, 2012 (UTC) | ||
::...point of order, though. I went back and checked, and realized that, even though the main plots of Asylum and Dinosaurs were off-world, all 4 lightbulbs were Earthside (granted, a filament bulb, even the Mercy ones, are idiosyncratically Terran tech). [[User:Wibbly-Wobbly|Wibbly-Wobbly]] [[User talk:Wibbly-Wobbly|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 05:51, September 17, 2012 (UTC) | |||
