Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E10 The Girl Who Waited: Difference between revisions

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The Doctor lands the TARDIS, claiming to Amy and Rory that they have arrived at Apalapucia, a futurist holiday resort. But on opening the door, they find themselves in a clinically white room, a single door in front of them. Amy returns to the TARDIS to retrieve her phone, while the Doctor and Rory step ahead and examine the door, which has a panel with two buttons. Rory hits the green top one, revealing yet another clinically white waiting room behind it. They enter it, the door closing behind them. Amy, by now, has left the TARDIS, and, figuring them to have gone through the door, hits the [[Oh Crap|second]] [[Red Pill, Blue Pill|red button]] and enters the room.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Apalapucia is under planet-wide quarantine thanks to the plague.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The Doctor's answer to whether or not {{spoiler|[[Tenchi Solution|both Amys can join Rory in the TARDIS]]}}:

* [[Ascetic Aesthetic]] / [[White Void Room]]: The hospital.

* [[Auto Doc]]: The Handbots. Too bad they're designed for patients with two hearts, and would unintentionally kill any single-hearted patient.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Older Amy, as soon as she sees the Doctor, ''knows'' he intends to abandon her.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Tom MacRae had a ''lot'' of fun with this one.

'''The Doctor:''' I don't know... It's your marriage. }}

** Amy and Rory played "Doctors and Nurses" growing up. How? Use your imagination.

* [[Heel Realization]]: Rory forces Older Amy to face her weeping younger self.

* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Rory, again.

** It becomes even more apparent with the Rory-bot. He's considered a pet by Amy, completely "disarmed" (since he's blind and has no hands, he's basically neutered) and follows Amy's every command instantly. [[Freud Was Right|Symbolism doesn't get more obvious than that.]]

** And when Older Amy says "Rory, sit down." Both of them immediately do.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Older Amy.}}

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The interface is voiced by Imelda Staunton, best known as Professor Umbridge in ''[[Harry Potter]]''.

* [[Hipster]]: The Doctor is the ultimate hipster, taking Rory and Amy to the ''second'' most popular tourist destination because the first is over-run by coffee shops.

* [[Madness Mantra]]: While Older!Amy is telling him he shouldn't let her in, Rory can only repeat "I'm so so sorry" over and over again.

* [[Manly Tears]]: From the moment where he meets the older, jaded version of his wife, Rory's eyes remain suspiciously red. He fully breaks when he has to make the [[Sadistic Choice]].

* [[Medical Horror]]

* [[Minimalist Cast]]: The Doctor, Amy, Rory and Older Amy are the '''only''' physical characters here. The only exceptions are the Handbots, the holographic Check-In Girl and the Interface voice.

* [[Temporal Paradox]]: The [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] is avoided here. They straight up break causality to save the day, and much [[Lampshade Hanging]] about it is done.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Rory gives the Doctor an epic put-down in this episode;

'''Rory''': THEN I DO '''NOT''' WANT TO TRAVEL WITH YOU! }}

* [[This Ain't Rocket Surgery]]: The Doctor complaining about Rory being slow at rerouting the regulator valves for the temporal engines.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Older Amy. Fighting robots with a katana and hand-made armour, hacking into computer systems and making her own ''sonic probe''? Epic.

* [[Vader Breath]]: {{spoiler|Older Amy's first appearance.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]:

** Until younger!Amy can sway her opinion, older!Amy spends the whole episode viciously grilling the Doctor.

** "This isn't fair. You're turning me into ''you!"''

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: {{spoiler|Sorry, Older Amy, but there can't be two Amy Ponds in the universe.}}

** Justified: Since the planet is a plague facility, the plague sufferers who would be dead in a day get to live a full lifetime. The visitors need to stay in a normal timestream, hence the other side of the planet.

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