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They wake up on the bridge of an alien ship. Basically, the pirate ship and the alien ship exist on the same plane, but in two different universes, and all the reflective surfaces are where the barrier between the worlds is thin enough to slip through. And [[Everybody Lives|everyone that "died" is lying in the sickbay]]. The Siren is a medical hologram left on autopilot, the black spots are tissue samples. However, since Toby is dying anyway, letting him escape would only harm him.
 
Rory would also drown if removed from the machine. However, he gives Amy instructions on how to [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable|perform CPR]], and agrees to let them drag him to the TARDIS and revive him again. Our heroes leave the alien ship in the hands of the pirates, where Toby, hooked up to the machine forever, can travel the stars with them.
 
Back on the TARDIS, Schroedinger's Pregnancy still seems to be going on, and the Doctor is ''very'' worried. He keeps it a secret from the others. Amy and Rory continue to angst about {{spoiler|the Doctor's impending death}}.
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* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Toby is devastated when he finds out his father is a pirate, although it is shown that he already has pre-existing resentment about his father never coming back to see his mother before she died.
* [[Call Back]]:
** This isn't the first time that {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E9 The Empty Child|malfunctioning alien medical technology]]}} has caused problems.
** This isn't the first time that {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E12 Bad Wolf|people who were apparently being disintegrated -- including a companion -- were actually being teleported to the threat-of-the-week's ship]]}}.
** This isn't the first time that the solution has involved {{spoiler|[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S16 E3 The Stones of Blood|being transported to a spaceship that's in the same place but another dimension]]}}.
** This isn't the first time [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S4 E1 The Smugglers|a pirate called Avery has been mentioned.]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 E05 Flesh and Stone|Comfy sofa!]]
** Near the start of the episode, the Doctor asks Amy what she thinks she is doing and she replies "Saving your life." This may be a [[Call Back]] to The Impossible Astronaut.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: A ship is a ship.
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* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Despite the fact there is no possible way to do so given the situation, [[Cloudcuckoolander|the Doctor]] is less concerned about walking the plank and more concerned that the pirates aren't doing enough evil laughing as he walks the plank.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Avery. He even takes {{spoiler|the TARDIS and space-time travel}} in stride.
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: {{spoiler|Used to save Rory's life after he's removed from the sick bay}}. Rory, who was otherwise occupied and unable to assist the patient himself, even told Amy that she knows CPR based on what she'd seen in the movies. Worst nurse ever, or [[Genre Savvy]]?
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Rory}}
* [[Dissimile]]: According to the Doctor, the Siren is like a shark, in a dress, and singing, and green, a green singing shark in an evening gown.
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* [[Projected Man]]: {{spoiler|The Siren.}}
* [[Running Gag]]: The Doctor is once more enthused by the prospect of a new hat.
* [[Shout -Out]]:
** The title is one to ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of The Black Pearl'', while the Siren is similar to the mermaids that will appear in ''On Stranger Tides''. There are also several POTC shout-outs in the incidental music, particularly when {{spoiler|the pirates are sailing off into the distance at the end}}.
** Also, the "black spot" as a warning of imminent doom is a reference to [[Treasure Island]].
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* [[Techno Babble]]: Subverted when The Doctor explains the TARDIS controls.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: "No curse is getting through three solid inches of timber". No points on guessing what happens next.
** It might also be partially the Doctor doing a [[Continuity Nod]] to [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S2 E2 Tooth and Claw|a certain werewolf]].
* [[Troperiffic]]: According to [[Word of God]], you simply ''can't'' do a pirate story without using every single pirate trope there is, such as [[Walk the Plank]], [[Pirate Girl]], [[Pirate Booty]] and so on.
** Although, apparently [[Talk Like a Pirate|no-one says "Yo-ho-ho" any more]].
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