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[eve11]

And another question about Day of the Moon:



If the little girl IS Amy's daughter then why and how did she end up in a children's home? ALSO, why would Eleven automatically assume that the little girl had been kidnapped and why would that suggest looking in children's homes? Also, did orphanages still actually exist in 1969? Not many, surely. That seems like quite a leap. Well, of many for this episode I suppose.

Also, Murray, the Hail to the Chief music...oh man... *headdesk*

ETA again, on third or so rewatch I'm coming back around to realizing that yeah, okay, that ep was pretty cool. Getting optimistic for the series again, yay!

EATA: but a question for that last scene, didn't the Doctor and River repeatedly turn their backs on the Silence in that scene? Maybe because they were inside the ship and it was a Silence ship, the effect was nullified. Or maybe there were Silents in their sightlines that I missed.

Comments

[kernezelda]

Why wouldn't orphanages exist then? They exist now, don't they? Where else would displaced children be sent when foster care is not available readily?

[eve11]

Do they? I suppose they do but I think that the term "orphanage" is antiquated. Children's home or youth center or something like that seems like it would be more current. Don't know about 1969 though; I suppose I should have said "do they still call them orphanages"?

[kernezelda]

Well, we do here in Florida.

[eve11]

okay, thanks for the info.

[stlscape.livejournal.com]

Huh. They haven't used "orphanages" in St. Louis for decades. It's all children's homes, etc., since the mid-1950s.

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

i thought they used the phrase of the time, for the time they were in

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

as to your other questions, those are all "we'll have to wait and see" questions. though, at a guess, he'd suggest she was taken from her home because her actions make it feel like she needs help because she's calling for it in an extreme way. And if searching the records of the period didn't turn up a crime report then the next likely place i'd personally look would be an orphanage; somewhere a child wouldn't be immediately missed, or could, sadly, be under routine duress.

i offer all of the above being absolutely 100% not spoiled for the season at all.