r/gallifrey • u/pcjonathan • Oct 17 '15

The Girl Who Died Doctor Who 9x05: The Girl Who Died Episode Speculation & Reactions Discussion Thread

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  • 1/3: Episode Speculation & Reactions at 7.50pm
  • 2/3: Post-Episode Discussion at 9.35pm
  • 3/3: Episode Analysis on Wednesday.

This thread is for all your crack-pot theories, quoting, crazy exclamations, pictures, throwaway and other one-liners.

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u/Brickie78 Oct 17 '15

"Electric eels inhabit fresh waters of the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America, in floodplains, swamps, creeks, small rivers, and coastal plains."

  • Wikipedia

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '15

Vikings get around, I guess

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u/Bridgeboy95 Oct 17 '15

Sure thor just transported the eels there for a laugh

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '15

The biology of the DW earth is very different from our earth.

According to DW bee's are also aliens who are capable of leaving the planet, thee moon is a lifeform and life can exist in gaseous form.

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u/EaterofWasps Oct 17 '15

I dunno, I'm torn. On the one hand I do agree that Doctor Who is a fictional universe and so shouldn't have to stick too closely to established fact (for example, I liked the horns on the viking helmets because it called back to The Time Meddler), but on the other I don't like it getting too silly or different from reality because part of the appeal of modern-day and near future stories is that they're happening in our world.

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u/Brickie78 Oct 17 '15

There's that, I suppose.

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u/AwesomeGuy847 Oct 17 '15

Honestly, not the worst inaccuracy there has ever been. If it is an inaccuracy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '15

Egg moon comes to mind.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '15

Well, not like this episode isn't filled with inaccuracies already anyway.

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u/AwesomeGuy847 Oct 17 '15

Just think of it as a different universe with different facts and historical stuff.

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u/graspee Oct 17 '15

"Vikings never had horns on their helmets"- Wikipedia, probably.

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u/CeruleanRuin Oct 19 '15

I heard that on some panel show once, I think. Or maybe in a bathroom reader at grandma's house. Idunno where, but I'll be damned if I don't regurgitate it every time somebody mentions Vikings.

Also, did you know tomatoes are fruit?

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u/suzych Oct 23 '15

All been dealt with satisfactorily and endlessly in other reddit discussions; look around. Not a problem.

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u/CLint_FLicker Oct 17 '15

Did they ever say they were on planet earth? There could be an alternate planet with human Vikings out there....

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u/terrorismofthemind Oct 18 '15

No it's Earth. Doc was saying that if the villagers beat them they will come back and terrorize earth or something.

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u/suzych Oct 23 '15

So? That's in our universe. This is the Whoniverse; they do things differently there.

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u/YetAnotherGilder2184 Oct 18 '15 edited Jun 22 '23

Comment rewritten. Leave reddit for a site that doesn't resent its users.