Howling:Crash Of The Byzantium

In the episode " Crash Of The Byzantium" - River gives Amy an injection of some sort, with the excuse that it is to protect her from any possible germs/virus on the alien planet. But why, in all the episodes and planets I've seen, very very rarely is anyone worried about ambient virus infections. Is this just a way of bringing the characters together to talk, or is it a definate way of taking something from or adding something to Amy's dna/blood?

It could be that she was checking to see if amy was pregnant ... or it could be that they knew the Byzantium was leaking radiation. Besides that it could be anything Cory Jaynes 19:55, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

Three more possibilities:


 * Companions are getting innoculated all the time, but we rarely see it on-camera. Just as they're presumably eating breakfast, sleeping, and using the facilities.


 * The Doctor rarely thinks about it. When he is reminded by someone getting sick, he usually reacts with mild surprise and annoyance ("You humans, so fragile"). Maybe he gets away with it because the TARDIS can probably cure most things they're likely to pick up.


 * They rarely go to places like grubby slums or failed colonies of near-future humans. In the present and recent past, their immune system is fine; on a world that's never seen a modern human, the germs probably wouldn't infect them; etc.

If you look at the novels, especially the EDAs, there are a lot more mentions of getting shots than on TV. But that doesn't really help. One sentence is 0.02% of a book, while one scene is 2% of an episode. On the other hand, Fitz loved to worry, and Sam was very cautious, and the 8th Doctor was (at that point) more in tune with humans than most companions. On the third hand, Sam spent half her time in 23rd century slums, and Fitz kept visiting Earth 30-40 years after his time, neither of which is common. So, all three explanations (and probably many more) are still plausible.

(PS, the episode's called The Time of Angels. But no big deal; anyone can tell what you meant.) --173.228.85.118 04:44, August 4, 2011 (UTC)