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I'm now rewatching it with this specific intent.

I'm not sure where he got "Tiaanamat" from, but the others are from the Doctor at the beginning.

Here's some key quotes from the first scene on/near Akhaten:

"Can you feel the light on your eyelids? That is the light of an alien sun."

"Welcome to the Rings of Akhaten (how does that show up on iPlayer subtitles? Capitalised?)"

"The Pyramid of the Rings of Akhaten. It's a holy site for the Sun Singers of Akhet."

(explaining the SSoA) "Seven worlds orbiting the same star, all of them sharing the belief that life in the universe originated here. On that planet."

What we have just from this one scene is that:

The astronomical object that later wakens and becomes the Old God is a sun
The Doctor welcomes her to the Rings of Akhaten, suggesting that's the official name of the location.
We get a name for the pyramid.
The Sun Singers of Akhet (my misunderstanding — thought it was "Sung Sings of Akhet") is a solar system in which all seven planets share the same religion and beliefs.
"Life originated on that planet." As source of confusion, this seems to indicate that there's a planet involved, even though one hadn't been mentioned before.

"Can we see it up close?" Here, she seems to be asking about the pyramid, right? So does everything in the story take place in the pyramid?

If so, then why did the Doctor have to travel by mo-ped to get there?

On to the next scene for more clues!