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::They are clearly scared, and the thought of using one eye at a time probably wouldn't have occurred to them. It's also more physically challenging than it sounds, given the automatic aspect of blinking. | ::They are clearly scared, and the thought of using one eye at a time probably wouldn't have occurred to them. It's also more physically challenging than it sounds, given the automatic aspect of blinking. | ||
::Interestingly, this is the first thing Amy tries. Because she's amazingly clever, or because Moffat hadn't thought of that a few years ago but has since then (or because some fan asked him in the intervening time) Anyway, watching her, you can see how difficult it is. Try it yourself. | ::Interestingly, this is the first thing Amy tries. Because she's amazingly clever, or because Moffat hadn't thought of that a few years ago but has since then (or because some fan asked him in the intervening time) Anyway, watching her, you can see how difficult it is. Try it yourself. | ||
: I did love the fact that Season 5 addresses this very issue. Alternating eyes was my first thought, too, and it seemed like an oversight to not even consider it -- maybe this is Moffat's acknowledgment of that? I agree though that it's actually quite hard to pull of in practice, at least it requires enormous concentration. On the other hand, it could allow you to go indefinitely without your eyes drying out. | |||
*With DI Billy Shipton zapped back to 1969 and dying in 2007, wouldn't it have been possible for his older and younger versions to run into each other between 1969 and 2007? | *With DI Billy Shipton zapped back to 1969 and dying in 2007, wouldn't it have been possible for his older and younger versions to run into each other between 1969 and 2007? | ||
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:*Why couldn't the Doctor get a job? His mental and physical abilities are beyond that of humans, so it doesn't make sense that he couldn't get one, especially as he is a doctor, a job that at the time (and to this day) is very much in demand. | :*Why couldn't the Doctor get a job? His mental and physical abilities are beyond that of humans, so it doesn't make sense that he couldn't get one, especially as he is a doctor, a job that at the time (and to this day) is very much in demand. | ||
::The thought of having a regular job has been shown to unnerve the Doctor in the past, so since he already had the notes from Sally and so a means to get the TARDIS back he must have decided to focus on that. Also it would attract suspicion if people found out exactly how smart the Doctor really was.'' '' | ::The thought of having a regular job has been shown to unnerve the Doctor in the past, so since he already had the notes from Sally and so a means to get the TARDIS back he must have decided to focus on that. Also it would attract suspicion if people found out exactly how smart the Doctor really was.'' '' | ||
:::Did the Doctor have his psycis paper? | :::Did the Doctor have his psycis paper? If not he may have found it difficult getting work without ID, though supplying ID was not a legal requirement in 1969 for obtaining work in the UK as it is now. Martha of course masy have had trouble explaining her ID... what with the dates or colour pictures )(yes colour pictures existed in 1969 but not on ID of any kind that I can think of. | ||
:*You can't get that much money working in a shop, yet when you see them and they meet up with Billy, they look immaculate. You see where I'm going. | :*You can't get that much money working in a shop, yet when you see them and they meet up with Billy, they look immaculate. You see where I'm going. | ||
::The pay you get from working in a shop would be enough to get by on, and to keep your clothes clean. | ::The pay you get from working in a shop would be enough to get by on, and to keep your clothes clean. | ||
:::You do realise that lots of people work in shops, pay mortgages, raise children? | :::You do realise that lots of people work in shops, pay mortgages, raise children? Shopworkers are not unkempt and grubby when not at work. | ||
*It is highly likely that the easter egg was filmed in 1969 but there were no DVDs in 1969 and video publishing was probably not widely used either. | *It is highly likely that the easter egg was filmed in 1969 but there were no DVDs in 1969 and video publishing was probably not widely used either. | ||
