Here's your squee post for Dinosaurs on a Spaceship. Like Snakes on a Plane, but with considerably less f-bombing (not counting the ones from the audience
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That episode was mad, and surprisingly serious at moments (Tricy, no! Man, Soloman's an asshole), but it was great fun! Also, the Doctor snogging Rory. Didn't see that coming (and neither did Rory).. Loved Brian too, although I kept expecting him to say "this week, I shall be mostly be..." half the time.
Regarding Nefertiti, my brother - knowledgeable in all things Egyptian - remarked that she disappears from hieroglyphs at around the date given at the start of the episode, so props for that little nod. He did not, however, remark on the state of her marriage to Amenhotep IV (although he was known as Akhenaten by this point). Interestingly, the date given at the start, 1334 BC, is the year Akhenaten died. Suddenly that sleeping potion remark has a whole different tone.
PS: the "just my balls" line caused us all to nearly choke. Subtlety? What's that?
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Regarding Nefertiti, my brother - knowledgeable in all things Egyptian - remarked that she disappears from hieroglyphs at around the date given at the start of the episode, so props for that little nod. He did not, however, remark on the state of her marriage to Amenhotep IV (although he was known as Akhenaten by this point). Interestingly, the date given at the start, 1334 BC, is the year Akhenaten died. Suddenly that sleeping potion remark has a whole different tone.
PS: the "just my balls" line caused us all to nearly choke. Subtlety? What's that?
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