Howling:Amy or Amelia, why? She is the pandorica ?

Ok back to anagrams... Why (and when) did Amelia change her name to Amy? Why did we learn her full name in the voting booth? Why in the new dalek episode trailers does the doctor call her Amy and then Amelia when telling her not to question the dalek? It's like we're being reminded she has changed her name, so why is it relevant? Is "pandorica" correct? Or should it be "pandomy-ca" which is an anagram of "amy pond" with an extra bit. She is the big key ... Ok, it's not perfect, but any thoughts anyone? 86.26.137.154 08:01, April 16, 2010 (UTC)

"Pandomy-ca" doesn't really sound anything like "pandorica," and besides, that extra "AC" is a problem. I don't think her name change is significant. Besides, most Doctor Who anagrams and acronyms and other trick names are single names (Tremas, Yana, etc.). And I don't think she is the Pandorica (she will "open" and this will be disastrous? well, the way some people reacted to the fact that she was a kissogram... no, I'm not going to go there...).

I think giving her full name was just they always find some way to give us all the background on each major character (and nowadays, I'm sure they love doing it in "background" ways like that, so they can watch Wikipedia and this site to see which fans gets in first to update it...). And the change was meant to be symbolic of her attempt to become a new person, a grown-up who's forgotten her imaginary childhood friend the Raggedy Doctor, and of course the irony that she changed to a more childish name is intentional. (Listen to everything they say about her in interviews and Confidentials, and it fits in perfectly.)

However, this is The Howling, so here are a few wild speculations on how her name could be part of the story arc, starting with marginally plausible and going on from there:
 * The name itself isn't significant, but the change is. Something happened to the whole universe, an infinitude of tiny little changes all at once, maybe covering some much larger change, at some time before 2005, and Amy's name change is the way they pinpoint it.


 * The name is significant, but it's the meaning, rather than the letters. Although "Amy" is a common nickname for "Amelia," they actually come from totally different sources. "Amelia" comes from the German/Dutch name "Amalia," which comes from a Germanic root for "work" or "industry," while "Amy" comes from the French name "Aimée," which of course comes from the Romance root for "love". As some kind of fiendish plot, The Trickster turned the industrious savior of the world into "merely" a beloved fiancée--but, because of the power of love and all that, that just makes her even better at saving the world.
 * "Amelia Pond" = "Oedipal Man", while "Amy Pond" = "Dopy Man". So, instead of sleeping with The Woman from The End of Time, The Doctor will just act like a dork.
 * "Amelia Jessica Pond" = ... not sure, but it's got "pajama" and "niece" in there, and this is a girl who runs around in her PJs for part of one episode and all of the next, and has "no parents, just an aunt."
 * "iPad" is in the long name, but not the shorter one; changing her name to "Amy" is symbolic of Steven Moffat deciding he wants to wait for other "Pad" computers to come out first rather than buying the iPad the day of it release. --99.37.227.199 08:39, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Brilliant reply, thanks, hope you had a good laugh coming up with it and other readers enjoy it too, it would be interesting to see if any of these ideas actually pan out in any way at all, but very very doubtful. But then I wasn't being totally serious either. 86.26.137.154 09:49, April 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'd actually be OK with the second one (name meanings, not anagrams), as long as the Huey Lewis song "The Power of Love" doesn't somehow enter into it.... --99.37.227.199 09:56, April 18, 2010 (UTC)