Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E03 The Curse of the Black Spot: Difference between revisions

Captain Avery is understandably skeptical that the TARDIS crew picked up a distress call from them, since the pirates sent no signal and none of them has the faintest idea what a "sensor" is. Avery quickly gets fed up of all the Doctor's technobabble in trying to explain how the three got there in a blue box. Instead, he and pulls a gun on them. He settles on the more simple solution -- they're stowaways. What shall we do with them?

 

 

The pirates are rather reluctant to take Amy on. She manages to nick the hand of one of them. The wounded pirate realises that he's ''dead'' now. One cut is all that it takes, as the black spot appears on Amy's victim. Then Rory fumbles a sword catch and now he's got a spot too. And is apparently next on the menu for the demon that lurks in these waters. Poor guy just can't win.

** The story line of a son refusing to believe that his missing father was in fact a pirate and not a law-abiding man recalls Will Turner and his father Bootstrap Bill from POTC.

** {{spoiler|The reveal about an alien crew being killed off by human diseases may or may not be one to [[The War of the Worlds]].}}

* [[Sirens Are Mermaids]]: This is actually one of the least mermaid-like sirens around, although the Doctor calls it a mermaid in passing at one point.

* [[Sneeze of Doom]]: The Doctor's sneeze causes the Siren to notice him and come after him instead of Avery. {{spoiler|Though it ends up being a subversion, as the Siren's reaction to his sneeze helps him to figure out her true nature as the ship's doctor.}}

* [[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]].

** Considering the scene where the Captain was able to figure out the basics of how to pilot the TARDIS with just a glance, the audience is probably just supposed to take it that he's just that good a Captain.

** He figured out what a few of the instruments do. That's nothing like knowing how to pilot something -- just because someone can spot and know what the wheel, compass, and gyroscope of a plane do doesn't make him a qualified pilot.

* [[Unusual User Interface]]: To sign the consent form, place your hand in the golden ring.

** That particular pirate vanishing from a tiny locked room, no less. {{spoiler|Though as all the pirates are on the spaceship at the end of the episode, he was presumably zapped away off-screen at some point}}.

* [[Worst Aid]]: See CPR. It's highly unlikely CPR alone would rescue somebody who almost drowned. On top of that, whatever Amy is doing doesn't even resemble proper CPR. And it was [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|explained to her by a nurse!]]