"Well, how would I know? That’s all human and private stuff. It just sort of goes on, they don’t put up a balloon or anything!"
"Well, could the child have begun on the TARDIS, in flight, in the Vortex?"
"No! No! Impossible! It’s all running about, sexy fish vampires, and blowing up stuff. And Rory wasn’t even there at the beginning. Then he was dead. Then he didn’t exist. Then he was plastic. Then I had to reboot the whole universe—long story. So technically, the first time they were on the TARDIS together in this version of reality was on their w..."
"On their what?"
"On their wedding night."
-- The Eleventh Doctor and Madame Vastra, Doctor Who: "A Good Man Goes to War"
Back from time and space, special guest companion Christine Peruski returns to Next Stop Everywhere and we discuss "A Good Man Goes to War", the seventh episode from Doctor Who Series 6 in 2011, featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Alex Kingston as River Song, and introducing Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, Catrin Stewart as Jenny Flint, and Dan Starkey as Strax!
In this episode, Christine and I discuss things like Christine working towards the Five-Timers Club, Christine's reaction to the revelation that River Song is Amy and Rory's daughter, the Eleventh Doctor having childlike wonder while being an old man in a young man's body, Neve McIntosh and Dan Starkey looking familiar from previous episodes, more James Bond connections to Doctor Who, the prequel mini-episode with Dorium Maldovar and the Headless Monks, exactly when Madame Kovarian kidnapped pregnant Amy, Christine liking a confident Doctor, Madame Kovarian pwning the Doctor twice, the Doctor's lowest moment, Christine's favorite badass moment in all of modern Who, Rory being Amy's companion, Rory remembering being a Roman soldier, River not wanting to cross her own timeline, the Doctor dodging questions about having children, not being able to read the Gallifreyan writing on the Doctor's baby cot, the Paternoster Gang getting together, Vastra becoming a Sherlock Holmesish private detective, the sequel mini-episode "The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later", running down the order of the Paternoster Gang appearances, Strax becoming a nurse to restore the honor of his clone batch, Mark Gatiss as Danny Boy, wondering if Steven Moffat planned the Paternoster Gang from the start, wondering what the Headless Monks bring to the table, Madame Kovarian's plan to have Amy and Rory's baby assassinate the Doctor, Margo from The Magicians, the Sonic Screwdriver actually being used as a screwdriver, our favorite quotes of the episode, a quick Reverse the Polarity segment, some feedback from Holly from Wisconsin and Paul from Australia, having to sacrifice creative works for making money, autotuning my shameless plugs, and more!
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