Nitpicking Doctor Who 7x09

[eve11]

- How old is Palmer supposed to be? If it's WWII they are talking about, and it's also November 1974... that is nearly 30 years passing time. Which would make him in his 50s, while Emma is way younger than that. So, if not WWII, which war? Korean conflict? that would be early 50's. Vietnam? I thought that was just the US. And, in the war as a POW... Sounds like VietNam if it was the US. I do math; not history. Help?

- November, 1974, in a creepy house on the moors (north? moors are in the North, right?). It looks remarkably like Spring when they are outside in the end.

- Still don't know why the opposite of "bliss" is ... "Carlisle"?

Comments

[skalja.livejournal.com]

The Doctor identifies Palmer as a Baker Street Irregular, which was a nickname for an agent of the Special Operations Executive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive). So, espionage/sabotage/reconnaissance stuff on the front lines or beyond them, helping local resistance against the German occupation. The youngest individual agents I could find listed on wikipedia would've been 'roundabouts 51-52 in 1974, and Scott's 47, so the casting's quite reasonable. Funny that his characters have ended up on both sides of the front lines, though! I'll have to check Enigma out, it sounds fascinating.

Like other commenters, I assumed the age gap was an homage, though it would've been nice to see some middle-aged romance...

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, thanks. I was going to watch it again on the Friday repeat and see if I could catch what he actually said, because all I got was an impression that it was definitely WWII and something a bit unconventional/more intelligence work than active, but no more. (Well, I'm still going to watch it again, but thanks!)

Enigma is a great little film; I really love it.

[skalja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not an expert, but from what I understand they were pretty, uh, active.