REACTION | DOCTOR WHO | 6x6 | The Almost People

[@BritanyBinges]

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[@VBane]

In episode 2 of this season, while investigating the orphanage, Amy saw a slot in a door slide open with the face of that eye-patched behind it. She ignores Amy, says "No, I think she's just dreaming" and closes the slot, the slot not existing after that. That means Amy was already replaced at that point, so it happened either while they were scattered between episodes 1&2 or between seasons.

[@arch1017]

Has to be between the Christmas Special and the start of S6 (and the Doctor says as much, I think).

[@grabtharshammer]

@@arch1017 That is what I thought, as that was Amy & Rory's Honeymoon and also when they got the Bunkbeds on the Tardis

[@railfan711]

According to the wiki and the Doctor, she was replaced at some point before receiving the Doctor's invitation to Lake Silencio.

[@10thdoctor15]

​@@arch1017Yes, at the beach, the (older) Doctor says she's "put on a couple of pounds".

[@enbysheriff]

A little detail that I love is in every episode, from the moment they get off the bus in Ep1, Amy is in the same jeans & checkered shirt

[@azizuladnan2957]

Wait... wait... WAIT!! WAIT!!

[@joshuajoshua2732]

The scene at the beginning where the confused ganger Doctor was coping with past regenerations where he says "Would you like a jellybaby?" was the Fourth Doctor Tom Baker's voice and also where he stands straight and says "Hello I'm the Doctor" was David Tennant's voice. Amy's kidnap happened off-screen somewhere between "A Christmas Carol" and "The Impossible Astronaut".

[@timothymcinvale8852]

I missed so, so much the first time I saw this. But after watching it again years later ,with what I now know, There are so many suttle things that pay off later. BRILIANT writing!

[@mr.overlord6720]

Jennifer, in retrospect does make sense for her to go mad. Because in the first episode in the very beginning pf the episode we see her blatantly lie about pushing another ganger into the acid. And out of all of the characters she’s the one that lies the most with grievous intent through both episodes or hides important information from the characters from the start.

[@RickZarber]

Fun fact: Mark Bonnar (the actor playing the dad character) has done a bunch more Doctor Who for Big Finish in the years since, portraying an insane Time Lord villain called The Eleven who has, upon every regeneration, been accumulating the prior incarnations as voices in his head / split personalities who fight for dominance. So Bonnar gets to play 11 characters in 1-it's pretty fun. He's played against (mostly) the 8th Doctor, but also the 6th and 7th, as well as UNIT-Kate Stewart, Osgood, etc. (His debut is in the 16-episode arc Doom Coalition, which is a very solid entry point for any of you out there considering trying out DW audio dramas.)

[@kemmdog4444]

And at least once three different incarnations of the Master.

[@ziggythedrummer]

"One day, I shall come back" is a First Doctor line. "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow" is the Third Doctor, "Would you like a jelly-baby?" is the Fourth (in Tom Baker's own distinctive voice) and "Hello, I'm the Doctor" is David Tennant's voice as the Tenth Doctor.

[@scottredding7357]

21:18 and onwards - Britany experiences a 404 page not found error.

[@koletoday]

That is one of the most terrifying reveals in this show. It gives me literal goosebumps

[@anonymes2884]

A decent two-parter IMO but _arguably_ only really _needed_ a single episode. And I just realised this but in retrospect, making it Jennifer that's the "villain" fits well with: "You're not superior to people who were cruel to you. You're just a whole bunch of new cruel people. A whole bunch of new cruel people, being cruel to some other people, who'll end up being cruel to you." (which this you hasn't seen yet but future-present you has - timey-wimey :). Making it Cleaves would be a bit obvious IMO (and gives her character nowhere to go - she starts off the "villain") whereas making it Jennifer both gives her an arc and adds a nice "cycle of violence" theme.

[@coladict]

"Get back to where?" well those were all memorable quotes from the classic series. I am working off of very, very fuzzy memory here, because I've only watched the old series episodes once, but I believe he meant Gallifrey.

[@RubyMadigan]

I'm pretty sure she got swapped between the first two episodes because she wears the same outfit from that episode onwards

[@eolsunder]

exactly just pay attention to the clothes. Because they are part of the ganger.

[@Great_Olaf5]

I have been looking _forward_ to this ending! As for when (yes I know you're ages ahead), back in the two non landing episodes where Amy was missing for a little while.

[@ronfehr7899]

"Yowza" was a favorite phrase for Richie Cunningham in the 1970s sitcom Happy Days, which was about a family in the 1950s.

[@BritanyBinges]

I used to love watching Happy Days reruns when I was a kid in the 90s. :)

[@RegianOne]

At first I thought that she was taken in series 6 Episode 2, but in episode one, she felt the pregnancy sickness. So she had to use the restroom. She was taken before series 6

[@Mowingthefrontlawn]

I absolutely agree that it should’ve been one episode, maybe a 60-minute episode. I have never rewatched it in full.

[@WiccanRai]

I do think the story should have just been across one episode. The twist that Amy was a ganger was very good. I always thought Amy was switched with the ganger when the Silence took her from the orphanage as they told her she'd been with them several days, but that's so confusing as for Rory and the Doctor she was gone only hours. But then time travel, timey wimey stuff.

[@the_dropbear4392]

She saw the woman open the slot before that, so it must have been either between episode 1 and 2 or given the silence tell her in episode 1 to tell the doctor shes pregnant, it must have been between the christmas special and episode 1.

[@WiccanRai]

@the_dropbear4392 That does make sense.

[@jburditt6028]

I think it was in the bathroom of the White House.

[@rycloud_1]

Amy was either taken before the season started or was taken during the 6 months going around America 1969.

[@IsiahBradley]

P.S. I love how you watched this a million years ago and now you know all those Smith lines he was doing from #ClassicWho!!!

[@weescotspaul]

Not quite. She's still on the Third Doctor, so at least one of those lines hasn't happened yet.

[@kemmdog4444]

This story I don’t really rewatch myself.

[@kingsora6352]

I enjoyed this episode as a horror fan and the twist with amy was just a nice cherry on top

[@katearcher8514]

Love this two-parter. I figured out two Jens and the Doctor swap all on my own, but the ending just punched me, like wtf. Here's my mandatory (for this episodes' reactions) recommendation of David Brin's 'Kiln People', which explores the themes of what makes a human a human much deeper and is more creative and fascinating. I mean, if you like this type of moral debate, you should definitely read it.

[@alexandershaw5603]

"Welcome to series 6 episode 7..." You had me for a second there! 6x6 is good though.

[@noahrobin1941]

Is that a Highlander reference @6:28, of all things? Daaaaaang.

[@dupersuper1938]

Ah, the previous Doctor catchphrases...

[@craigoconnor6662]

I agree with you concerning this and the last episode.

[@jburditt6028]

I personally believe she was switched in the bathroom at the White House

[@Jaserocks2]

Next episode is one of my favorite of this season

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you, Britany! ⏳

[@DOCTORFREEDOM]

I know. It makes no sense how they could beam a flesh signal into the TARDIS. Also they were outside the universe in one episode.

[@grabtharshammer]

The Dr said that was why he was there to understand how the signal was working, which it was still doing until he turned it off inside the Tardis, with the Sonic once he learned the frequencies. Being outside the Universe didn't stop things or even signals getting through, hence the Dr getting "mail" with the little box that took them ouside

[@suntannedduck2388]

Fair episode with the flesh I guess, don't remember it much, fair dynamics. But ah Episode 7 begins its mid story line part and reveals. Then the big break and the remaining episodes.

[@grabtharshammer]

Why would Miranda Cleaves be the bad guy, she is the boss on that site. Very clever, and a good boss. Least likely to lead a revolution. Whereas, Jennifer Lucas was always damaged, always very emotional, always the most likely to flip into a bad guy.

[@kenmercer8112]

there can be only one!

[@Mitzi_DelverVRC]

I'm sure someone's said it here before, but that new intro is exclusive to the American broadcasts of this season. From my understanding, most people found it a little annoying.

[@lucasmilano8792]

I agree, i feel like it could have been a 1 episode then the reveal at the end, it was an amazing reveal but the episodes themselves wernt strong enough to be a 2 parter really, plus something about jennifer annoyed me but hey thats just a personal thing cant fault the show for that haha

[@IsiahBradley]

The CW-type intro is beyond annoying :) But "jelly baby of the neutron flow..." It's hard to explain how much I love that line! LOL!!!! As always, THANKS for this!!!!

[@kivimik]

The intro was annoying, but BBC America was to blame for that, not the BBC itself. Every other non-American market got the regular BBC opener.

[@IsiahBradley]

@@kivimik Yeah, BBC America was trying hard then! I watched Who and Robin Hood and Torchwood there!

[@kemmdog4444]

Nice,I can watch the reaction to both.😊

[@RedPandaGirl002]

Hey there! Idk if you saw my comment for on the Vampires episode yet? Just a fanfic crossover idea for it. 😁💡

[@joshuaverran9443]

It's up to you but i think if you rewatched your least favourite episodes it might give you a better fresh perspective and it would make a whole new lot of sense and pointers you didn't get the first time around.

[@VonPatzy]

This was when Doctor Who had finally jumped the pond after almost 50 years of being a BBC show with almost no American eyes. The Tennant era suddenly catapulted it into the states and while it was growing quickly many people were intimidated by starting a show with THAT MUCH baggage and history. You can see how MUCH this changed things just by looking at the budget here vs season 1 with 9 and Rose. This is also why they filmed some stuff in the states - DW tends to always be visiting London - but now the space and time traveler finally got a passport to see more of earth - specifically the US The Amy voice over intro that plays this season was a way of trying to speak to newbies who were jumping in with nothing.

[@asterix7842]

I didn’t like these last couple episodes that much either. The next two episodes are among my favorites. I can’t wait to see your reactions. 😊

[@menachemsalomon]

So, let's spend a whole episode, or two, proving that the Flesh gangers are just as human as their originals, or almost so, and it's a terrible thing to treat them as if they're disposable. But Amy is just a Flesh ganger, so let's sonic her into nothingness.

[@jennifermorris6848]

So we spent the whole episode proving that flesh people are unique individual people with rights. Then we dissolve Amy2. Does Amy2 not have rights? Couldn’t she come with us to help? It’s been her with us for about 8 months.

[@thepandorica1660]

It's because the gangers in this story were living beings. Amy's one was more of a spy database or something

[@nocturne8333]

The solar storm animated the Gangers in this episode. Amy’s Ganger was just an avatar for her consciousness, as she’d been taken before The Impossible Astronaut.

[@darynvoss7883]

This is why he says "given what we know I'll be as humane as possible ". He had to disperse the ganger to save Amy and that was not a tough choice.

[@maxdennis2236]

I think given his anger in the next couple of eps. It’s justified, I believe even if the doctor thought Amy’s ganger had her own sentience he would still have done it. Look at the lengths he went to next episode