Talk:Closing Time (TV story)

Baby
Craig's baby is no longer a myth, as he plays a part in the preview video on the bbc website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00kmzlm). Can this be changed already, or is this against the spoiler policy? I'm assuming the bbc site can be taken as an official source? Geek Mythology 18:34, September 23, 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguate
There's a Torchwood short story by the same name from TM 16 and 17. Please rename Closing Time (TV story). -- Tybort (talk page) 16:23, September 24, 2011 (UTC)

Sonic
Should we mention that the sound the sonic screwdriver made when deactivating the cybermat was the same sound the orginal Sonic Screwdriver used?

Cybermen
I know it wasn't directly referenced, though due to their behaviour and appearance (i.e. no Cybus logo), among other things, it's fairly safe to assume that these are in fact, Mondasian Cybermen. ProtoKun7 19:05, September 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Speaking of Cybermen, has it been stated WHY Criag does not know what they are? --Confused


 * It's discussed under Continuity. Boblipton 02:13, September 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * Needless to say this discussion about Cybermen is nothing new. I for one don't see why it's often theorised that just because one small change to the Cybus design is made, the Cybermen are assumed to be Mondasian - I don't see why the Cybusmen couldn't change their designs too. But if any conclusion is to be made, it probably wont happen for a while yet. Hopefully I'm wrong in that assumption.


 * It is not just their redesign, but also the use of Cybermats, spacefaring capabilities, "conversion" instead of "upgrade" etc. Another theory is that the two groups of Cybermen have somehow joined forces and the series 6 Cybermen are a result of a merger between Cybus and Mondas Cybermen. Ausir(talk) 16:00, September 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * The Pandorica Opens shows that the Cybusmen have become a space-faring race too. Whether that was intentional, or if the production team meant to change the Cybus logo to the new logo but didn't for any reason, the space faring Cybusmen has, at the end of it all, been canonised. Perhaps time had planned such for the Cybus Cybermen all along, perhaps even for the Mondasmen as well. Anyway, back to the main topic at hand, it's still pretty unclear. An episode focusing on a new Cyber design would be handy for us. They did it for the Daleks, I say the Cybermen deserve that sort of attention as well. I suppose we can only wait. 90.200.188.165 16:35, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

Date
I read somewhere that the date on the newspaper seen in this episode is April 19th, 2011. Since two days pass, The Doctor leaves on April 21st, 2011 and heads for America. This would imply that the Amy/Rory seen in the store are not the ones we just left in The God Complex, but the one that are just about to get the invitation's to go the America. --Future Companion

It would be nice if you could cite where you read it -- a screen grab would be nice. Alternate explanations include this is not the Doctor who dropped them off or that he actually dropped them off a considerable time earlier. Or that this adventure takes place a significant time in the future. If true it is probably significant, but just how is unclear. Boblipton 19:16, September 25, 2011 (UTC)

Here is a link -- Future Companion

There it is. Thanks. I checked for myself and it is dated 19 April 2011. Assuming it's not an oversight like the Rory namebadge controversy, it undoubtedly is significant. Hm. Maybe Rory is Flesh too. After all, the Doctor told him to stand away when he aimed the sonic at Ganger Amy to dissolve her. Come to think of it, how could he dissolve her as Flesh when the interior of the TARDIS had 'set' the gangers as 'real.' Boblipton 19:39, September 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's still entirely possible that Amy was kidnapped and turned to Flesh in the months-long interim between The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, especially since the Silence said that Amy had been there for some time... d ● ● ●  21:01, September 25, 2011 (UTC)

I don't think it is a mistake because the Doctor keeps saying he is running of time and he also says that tomorrow is the day he dies. -- Future Companion

Alfie as a companion
Can we add Alfie as a companion? I think he deserves it. MaGnUs 22:46, September 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * There's no "deserving it", Craig hasn't done enough to be considered a proper companion. d ● ● ●  22:55, September 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * I disagree, but still; I'm talking about this episode in particular. Craig is listed as a companion for this episode, as well as for 'The Lodger', same as Astrid Perth or Christina de Souza, who were was listed as companions in a single episode. The "deserves it" is a joke; but I do think that Alfie, as a character, functions as a companion in this episode, taking part of the adventure with Craig and the Doctor. MaGnUs 23:01, September 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * An ally, surely.Boblipton 23:04, September 25, 2011 (UTC)

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that to be considered a companion one must have traveled in (or been offered the chance to travel in) the TARDIS? -- Future Companion

If only it were so easy! There's a big article on Companions in this wiki that will leave you knowing as little going out as you did coming in, except as a source of fanwankery. Boblipton 23:24, September 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * If it worked that way, then Craig wouldn't be listed as companion in both his episodes. MaGnUs 10:15, September 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * The debate over what is a companion is probably more appropriate there, however Craig is just as qualified as Liz Shaw (who never travelled in the TARDIS either), and other one-off companions (officially recognized as such by the BBC) such as Lady Christina and Astrid Peth. Craig also has the edge that he is directly referenced on screen as being a companion. If in doubt, go with what the BBC says. If they say he's a companion, then he's a companion. Put another away, if this were a Christmas special, and the Doctor wasn't with regulars, Corden would have been billed in the opening credits. 68.146.80.110 14:04, September 26, 2011 (UTC)

Amy and Rory Timeline

 * I added this. The fact it's post-God Complex is clear from the episode. I left "TBC" in the second column because Wedding of River Song hasn't aired yet and we don't know yet if it occurs before or after Amy becomes a fashion model in their couple's personal timeline. 68.146.80.110 14:04, September 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * The date on the newspaper clearly establishes that it is before the Impossible Astraonaut on earth. We know that they were on earth at that time, and they can't be there twice, so they had to have been dropped off at the end of the god complex after they were picked up at the beginning of Let's Kill Hilter. This means that the cameo in this episode is from before The Impossible Astronaut from their POV.

name tag
In continuity with the name tag and him forgetting his name in the movie; correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't he lose his memory again in the Eighth Doctor novels at some point? Tivis014 15:43, September 26, 2011 (UTC)