apocalypsos | Good morning. Or, BLAAAAAARGH.

I just posted this elsewhere in the comments of a Doctor Who discussion post, and it really does make me wonder.

... in the woods.

I rewatched the first episode trying to figure out what he'd told her when she was seven (although I was still like, she was seven there? I thought she was older than that) and nothing really struck me as important. And then I wondered ... okay, you know how there was that shot in the first episode of Amelia waiting in the yard and smiling when she hears the TARDIS noise? And how that link I posted earlier in the week posited, what if that wasn't a dream like we thought at the time? What if it was some alternate Amelia being picked up by the Doctor? Well, what if this is some alternate Doctor who took Amelia, and he said something to that Amelia, and the point is that she's able to access THAT Amelia, and her memories? I mean, look at what he says to her:

Doctor: Remember what I told you when you were seven.
Amelia: What did you tell me?
Doctor: No, that's not the point.

The point is not for him to tell her, the point is for her to remember. If there's nothing important from her version of that night, maybe there's something important from Amelia's version of that night, and remembering that means realizing that there's more than one timeline going on and unlocking a key to the mystery.

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EDIT: And here's another interesting thing about that scene -- this other Doctor, the one who's not the current Doctor, came to Amy when she couldn't look at him. That's awfully fortuitous for a Doctor who's wearing a coat he just lost to the angels.

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See, that scene intrigues me. I know I said it has to be a future Eleven -- at the very least, that was most definitely not our current Eleven, who would have had to retrieve his coat and develop a sudden personality change -- but what if it's an alternate Eleven? We've got a world where Rory's issued a hospital badge in 1990 but carries a camera phone, a world full of cars released in the early nineties and before where Jeff uses a Myth laptop to video-conference. They're been doing a fine job so far of implying an alternate world going on, so why not an alternate Doctor?

Mostly, it makes me intrigued, because I have this vision of a universe where Eleven took Amelia with him, and that somewhere out there exists Amelia Pond, age: early-twenties, marital status: single and carefree, parent or guardian: the Doctor, place of residence: the TARDIS for the last fourteen years. As much as I love Amy Pond, that Amelia Pond would give me the happy in my pants SO FUCKING MUCH.

Of course, then I have to go and ruin it by mentioning I think she might be dead. It was something in the expression on Eleven's face after he kissed her forehead in the forest. Oh, don't be dead, awesome AU!Amelia Pond. *pouts*