The Adherents of the Repeated Meme

[merrythemad]

I've noticed quite a few repeated ideas or phrases throughout the first three episodes and I figured they are most likely clues (reckoning back to my school-years if the teacher says it more than once it's likely on the test, yeah?) Anyway a list follows

The Doctor's off-hand references to mortality he definitely said you only live once and there was at LEAST one more but I cannae remember

Amy's Schroedinger Pregnancy why scan every episode?

Alternate Universes/Realities(1) IA-eyepatch lady and implied with timelines (that's kinda hard sci fi but as Eleven-ty died crossing his own timeline couldn't we have an alternate now where he never need die?) (2) Obviously Blackspot (3) Doctor's Wife (though we don't know how this will play out)

implied head baby (1) baby in the picture of naked!Eleven granted it(the painting) wasn't finished, but there was clearly an implied head on one of the two babies (2) picture of the empty dress on the beach with an implied head on the dresser in DotM (3) Time-head

repeated dialogue

Dropped out of the sky said by River referring to the Doctor said by Amy supposedly referring to Rory whom she has known since childhood

it's all about _____ last series the blank was Amy this series the blank is the little girl but both are said precisely the same aside from the blank


I don't know if that's all and feel free to add to or discuss any and all ideas!

[leamichelle]

This is a great list, Merry!

- Regarding the scan on every episode - I was actually curious about that myself, and I can't remember where I wrote it, but I was actually a little irked that they found it necessary to put the scanner scene at the end of CotBS (I keep wanting to type "Curse of the Black Pearl," hence the acronym xD) because it really felt out of place. I hope the whole pregnancy bit is as huge as they make it seem, otherwise it's just like, "why?" But I think that it falls into the same alt-timeline plot device as Madame Kovarkian's windows.

- I was thinking about the "throwaway line" concept, and the Time Head line could very well be conceived as a throwaway one, but it, like you said, does have the potential to develop into a huge plot point. Another line I caught upon another viewing last night was in DotM, with the Silent telling Amy, "You will bring the Silence." what, I mean, what is this I don't, aaah, it's so confusing, but it has to be important. It just has to be.

- In these same veins, I was wondering if the same short-term memory loss issue was related to the pregnancy scanner a bit. You know, people going from remembering the Silents to not remembering them the very next second - that seemed very similar to the scanner being like, "you're pregnant! wait, what? .... omg, you're preg - naaah, never mi - HOLY BEES, YOU'RE - nope, jay kay, el oh el."

- Anyone else notice how reflections have been a recurring motif? Again, I think it has something to do with the whole alt-timeline thing. Doorways to another universe, you know the drill ...

- i am still tripping about the time cradle. wtf.

That's about all I have to add for now ... unfortunately, speculation makes my brain a big load of mush, granted it wasn't like that to begin with