Can't Get You Outta My Head (ie, My Current Crackpot Doctor Who Theory)

[iko]

It's 1:30am here.

I can't sleep.

My mind is occupied by a particular theory about what's going on in S5 and I'm trying to grab as much "evidence" as I can for it. I figured I'd share it to see if it really is crazy or a possibility.

My friends, I've never been so excited about a series arc theory. Really.

Here goes:

Comments

[fahrbotdrusilla]

That's an interesting theory, what if she gets sent back to meet herself by a weeping angel?

(even though I kind of want Amy to just be clever enough to see what the Doctor misses)

[iko]

That's interesting, although I suspect (ok, this is spoilery for the upcoming episodes) if it involves River, then the weeping angel that Amy encounters throws her back much farther back in time than Weeping Angels that we've seen in the past (since I'm making the assumption that any River story is based in the 51st century). This wouldn't be inconsistent with what Team TARDIS said in interview at the Apple SoHo store: that the angels are way more powerful than the ones we've already seen. Hmm

[fahrbotdrusilla]

like it doesn't matter if she's been told to do certain things, because she told herself so she will have done it anyway? Interesting, I'll have to think about this some myself.

I LOVE the idea that Amy is Amelia's Aunt lol.

[greydruid]

This.

[iko]

On one hand, I'm rather excited about this idea and other associated thoughts.
On the other hand, I'm afraid that this is going to so color everything else I see in the series. I don't want to miss something and I want to be open to other ideas.

Also, I don't want to become emotionally invested in any theory and become disappointed when it doesn't come to pass. I want to think about this more and explore it, but I fear expending the energy and becoming emotionally involved.

[persiflage_1]

Interesting theory...

[iko]

MY BRAIN HURTS. *tears*

By the way, I love your icon. Would you mind if I took my own screenshot and cropped it similarly and treated it a bit?

[persiflage_1]

Well I didn't make that icon - immobulus_icons made it at my request (because I wanted an Amelia praying one), but AFAIK it's entirely snaggable. I must admit, I've only seen a couple of variations of Amelia praying - the others aren't in profile, though.

[iko]

What about the idea that Amelia's aunt is herself?

*BRAIN ASPLODE*

[iko]

Amelia mentions her aunt's name, but I still turn to the evidence that Amy can pretend to be someone else as proof that pretending she had a different name is possible.

[drho]

"I thought that maybe Amy doesn’t know about the Daleks because Amelia was told to not encounter them, but that fails my Occam Razor test quite badly in my brain."

Maybe Amy simply is withholding information, because she was told not to share what she knows about aliens. Or, maybe her memories are blocked, so she wouldn't remember. If the townspeople saw the Doctor and agreed to go along with the secret to save the universe from a paradox, which is part of the reason why the legend of the raggedy doctor doesn't phase them. They know he's real.

[iko]

That's true. Now that I think about it more, I can come up with many reasons that Amy is either lying or genuinely doesn't know.

I like the idea that Amy is someone "out of her time". The question should not be about what the exact dates the events of "The Eleventh Hour" happen, which a lot of the fans are fixated upon, but from what time is AMY from. Leadworth gave me a strong The Prisoner vibe, so I kept wondering if the town, perhaps, was constructed as a safe haven for her. Or something. I had lots of other theories post watching "The Eleventh Hour" and "The Beast Below", but they's been pushed aside for this whole Amy-time-loop concept.