Official Doctor Who Thread

Originally posted by Ushgarak
I really doubt it.

Especially since the Doctor emphasized that the gangers are each just as valuable as living beings as are the "original" versions.

Could the ganger regenerate? I'm guessing not

Why wouldn't it be able to regenerate? That is a biological ability, after all.

Just wondering if it could...woulda been interesting to see if it had regenerated

Just saw the ep, I won't give anything away but there is a surprise ending 😄

For me this two part story was average and a little better than the last two stories. Interesting ending an a interesting mid season cliff hanger trailer.

Was it a 2 parter? The end did say to be continued so I woulda thought that would make it 3 parts...or 4 if next week is another cliff hanger ending

Two parter as that story goes but not the on going Amy storyline.

Ahh right

ummmmm....

Spoiler:
why did the Doctor just kill the flesh version of Amy?

I thought the Tardis turned the gangers into normal people...maybe I misheard the doctor. I think he did that because that ganger didn't have proper life like the others? The Amy ganger was being controlled by Amy I believe.

It's possible the real Amy was controlling the ganger, but the Doctor scolded the factory workers for killing the gangers (even before they became self-aware) as they are still life forms...but then he just killed her.

No, the Doctor scolded them for killing ones that were developing as independent life forms. The Amy ganger was not that; it was just a remote-controlled shell.

I thought as much

Originally posted by Ushgarak
No, the Doctor scolded them for killing ones that were developing as independent life forms. The Amy ganger was not that; it was just a remote-controlled shell.

Except the gangers before the lighting strike were only remote controlled shells as well. He scolded them before the lightening strike that made them "alive".

I think...THINK...the gangers mentioned after that each time the shell died that the flesh could feel it...and that it hurt, but I dunno if the sonic would hurt it when it dissolves it.

Originally posted by -K-M-
Except the gangers before the lighting strike were only remote controlled shells as well. He scolded them before the lightening strike that made them "alive".

No, the criticism was for not acknowledging that the flesh was alive and the consequences that came from that- like the pile of 'decommissioned' bodies that were left immobile but still sentient. The gangers were not sentient when they were being controlled; the problem was that the imprint was left behind afterwards.

Else the Doctor could have just killed 'Amy' ages ago. The whole point is that he had come to find a way to block the signal.

Originally posted by Ushgarak
No, the criticism was for not acknowledging that the flesh was alive and the consequences that came from that- like the pile of 'decommissioned' bodies that were left immobile but still sentient. The gangers were not sentient when they were being controlled; the problem was that the imprint was left behind afterwards.

Else the Doctor could have just killed 'Amy' ages ago. The whole point is that he had come to find a way to block the signal.

Yeah, he said the flesh was alive that's my point. Amy was created from the flesh.

Also he didnt know about the decommisioned bodies till much later, and amy flesh would still have an imprint as well. Seems sketchy.

All I can do there is ask you to read what I said again, really. Sorry that you don't get it.

Bottom line is- no, the Amy ganger was not in any way independently alive, and by breaking the link instead of just killing the ganger he ensured there was no sentient imprint left behind.

and as I said earlier as well, the gangers were the exact same way at the castle and Doctor said the flesh was alive even before the lightening blast giving them independent thought. Only one who cared about the ganger before they became sentient was the doctor, but then he did that. Doesn't seem right.

but lets leave it at that, as were going in circles.

It was not a great episode, I have my reservations about the direction of this season.