Talk:Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Roboidz in Doctor Who?
I have noticed that the robots that appear in this episode bare a striking resemblance to the Roboidz of Mission: 2110! Anyone else noticed the similarities? Visokor (talk) 07:02, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

They also look a bit like the Mondoshawan from The Fifth Element and the red/yellow robots from The Empty Planet. I think chunky robots are just "in". Also aren't they're actually suits? I think there's a clip of Rory's dad inside one in one of the series trailers. David (talk) 12:10, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

My theory is that BBC realised those Roboid suits were gathering dust all alone ever since Mission: 2110 finished, so they had to make good use of them, don't u think? Visokor (talk) 12:27, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

It looks like you're right - it might not be directly the BBC's doing though. Doctor Who and Mission: 2110 both use Millennium FX for prosthetics and costumes. David (talk) 17:05, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You would need a reliable source. Edgepedia (talk) 19:32, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Should it be mentioned in the development section about the Roboidz being recycled for this episode, then? Visokor (talk) 19:30, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Not until a reliable source is found.IrishStephen (talk) 22:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

The reviews keep mentioning Peep Show... Glimmer721 talk  15:44, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

There are cyborgs on Mission 2110 (I forget what they're called) who were made from cyberman props 188.141.41.93 (talk) 19:04, 24 September 2012 (UTC) (Sorry I'm not signed in)

They were indeed re-used from Mission 2110. I asked [Clive Mitchell], who worked in the prop department on that show. If someone else who knows the rules wants to get some kind of official verification, that's the sort of thing that prop nerds like to know. 2601:646:8301:C942:14A0:6EDC:61CB:958B (talk) 14:30, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Queen Nefertiti and Riddell were part of the 'Doctors gang'. Should we class them as companions?
In the episode, when Amy asks if Nefertiti and Riddell were just replacements for her and Rory, the Doctor says that he just wants a 'gang' together. Should we class them as companions for that episode also? Charlr6 (talk) 20:01, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Not unless someone, a secondary source or the production team themselves, classifies them for us. DonQuixote (talk) 20:44, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes I know that thank you very much. But who put Brian, Rory's dad into companions? The source for that doesn't confirm he is a companion. And "The Long Game" for Adam's character doesn't have a source saying his a companion. Same goes for Rose, Martha, Jack and Sarah Jane Smith on "The Stolen Earth" page. They are just returning characters more than anything else. Charlr6 (talk) 21:03, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for catching that. As for the Adam, "Russell, Gary (2006). Doctor Who: The Inside Story. BBC Books. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-563-48649-7" (from Adam Mitchell (Doctor Who)). As for the others...I don't recall exactly, but I think it was "companion for the programme and not companion for the episode". You can always bring this up again for discussion. DonQuixote (talk) 21:09, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I personally (although not massively knowledgeable on the subject) would only class someone as a companion when the actor;s name appears in the opening credits--TimothyJacobson (talk) 02:53, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * So are you saying there were no companions in the classical series? As it was just the theme tune and the title to appear on screen and then sometimes the actor who plays the Doctor's face. Charlr6 (talk) 11:26, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

The Radio Times review discusses including Brian as a companion, as he travels with the Doctor at the end. Glimmer721 talk  15:45, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Solomon's death?
Should we state Solomon was killed by the missile attack or apparently killed in the missile attack? Previous adversaries were apparently killed, only to resurface in later episodes having escaped. Thoughts?Wzrd1 (talk) 13:57, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Daisy Bell
So what would be considered a reasonable citation for the dreadnoughts singing "Daisy Bell" as they powered down being a a reference to Hal9000 singing the same thing? Can we only mention obscure and interesting points like that if the writer owns up to them on Twitter? Davorg (talk) 17:26, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Some notable commentator (WP:RS) mentioning it is good too. DonQuixote (talk) 20:03, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

pronoun--grammar
"The Doctor uses the ship's computer to locate the engines, accidently transporting he, Rory, and Brian to the engine room ..."

If it was only the Doctor, it would be, "The Doctor uses the ship's computer to locate the engines, accidentally transporting *himself* to the engine room ..."

I am no perfect grammarian, but the sentence as it stands in the article sounds wrong with the word *he*, even with the other people: it certainly seems wrong with the Doctor alone.

Comments? Thanks. 208.72.123.186 (talk) 17:53, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

And *him* is probably a better word than *himself*. Thanks for improving the grammar. This episode is repeated Sunday in Canada on "Space", BTW: so I will be watching it again.

208.72.123.186 (talk) 18:40, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

"a big other' story".
"a big other' story".

Is there a reason for the apostrophe/inverted comma after the word ? Or is it extraneous? Thanks. 208.72.123.186 (talk) 18:51, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed. It's a mistake from copying and pasting. Glimmer721  talk  23:54, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

CGI
The first time the initials CGI occur in this article are : "The two robots were of a size that normally required CGI..." I looked up and down in the article to see, so I hope I have the 1st occurance of this term here. Then I had to figure out what CGI actually means.

So, it might be an an improvement to write this:

"The two robots were of a size that normally required computer generated imagery (CGI)..."

Or, it might be even better to write "...that would normally require computer generated imagery (CGI) ..." Maybe that is better....

But, I think that for the first time that acronymns are used it is nice to have the full words given out beforehand. Some people don't know what KFC means. Nice article, whoever is doing most of the work: I am just seeing things that I wonder about. Cheers,   Rob.

208.72.123.186 (talk) 19:29, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed. I put the abbreviation after the first occurance of "computer-generated", where it was wikilinked. Glimmer721  talk  23:33, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

spiders
The Dr sees spiders and says there should be no spiders in space. Hmmm wince when? and it seems to be an empty comment in this episode. Is there any reference to spiders further in this episode? Dinosaurs, yes. I waited for something about the spiders. 208.72.123.186 (talk) 22:05, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

The mention of spiders was obviously a clue before the reveal that this ship and its cargo came from earth, where spiders have existed for millions of years. The Silurians placed entire ecosystems on the ship, including other plants and animals for the dinosaurs to eat. I guess a few escaped and crawled around the circuitry. Jac12358 (talk) 15:39, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Solomon or Soloman
Both spellings coexist in the article. Which one is correct ? Hektor (talk) 09:10, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed. My mistake. Glimmer721  talk  23:55, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Nefertiti's husband
I wonder why Nefertiti refers to her husband as Amenhotep, rather than the more familiar Akhenaten ? In that this episode supposedly shows why Nefertiti disappears from Egyptian history, he would already have undergone the name change that went with his new religion before she entered the Tardis. RGCorris (talk) 10:10, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's in our reality...the reality without Time Lords and TARDISes. DonQuixote (talk) 11:27, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Or an error, like movies and TV shows do. Charlr6 (talk) 20:46, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Silurian emigration
Wasn't the event that precipitated the Silurian hibernation the approach of the moon? That would have been millions of years before the meteor strike that wiped out the dinosaurs. Which was actually the spaceship Adric was on. -- ‖ Ebyabe  talk -  Opposites Attract  ‖ 17:49, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

When was it ever suggested previously that the Silurians were capable of space flight and had escaped the earth? When first shown they and their cousins were hibernating in underground caves and under the ocean, respectively. It seems unlikely that their clunky stone technology during Pertwee's era would have resulted in such a complex space craft, which looked like nothing that would be aerodynamic or be able to escape earth's gravity. But it would also have to have been floating through space for millions of years undetected, with the dinosaurs never running out of food or EVOLVING into something else - unless the whole system had been in hibernation... Jac12358 (talk) 15:46, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Historical references
I had this moved to the "writing" section because that was better than a one-line section under "plot". Can we have a consensus on this? Glimmer721 talk  00:54, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Well I thought it made more sense there. You have to put yourself in the shoes of a reader looking for a particular piece of information. It is not obvious you would find that under 'production'Mezigue (talk) 12:57, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * But otherwise it is a trivia section. I'm all for keeping it in the article, it just needs to be relocated. Glimmer721  talk  01:39, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Siluria
I've removed the suggestion that "Siluria" is a planet, given the lack of information to support such a claim. There are just too many unknowns. It could be a different planet, one that the Doctor used as a new home for the dinosaurs. Or, it could be in Earth's past. For that matter, we don't even know if it is from Rory's dad - that is implied, but it could arguably be from the Doctor instead. Point, is, it's not significant enough of a detail to warrant speculation in the absence of verification. --Ckatz chat spy  20:35, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

The name "Siluria" is exactly in keeping with what such a planet would be called. Typically this would be the home planet of the dominant species, but in this case it is a colonized one. It would make no sense for the Doctor to drop them off in earth's past, for that would return them to the fate of extinction the Silurians built the ship to avoid. The third Doctor might have done the Silurians this generous favor of relocating if he had the use of his TARDIS, but what then prevented the 5th Doctor? I guess by the time we got to Matt Smith he finally found the solution to when he said "there should have been another way."

It isn't spelled out (verified) precisely for the effect of allowing the viewer to feel clever in coming to this obvious conclusion. This does not imply that nothing is canon unless someone says explicitly that it is. Jac12358 (talk) 15:53, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Brian as companion
Should Brian be listed as a companion in this episode? IGN refers to him as such here, as does one of the reviews in this article. Ω pho  is  01:08, 14 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Only the BBC is the authority as to when a guest is a companion or not. --M ASEM (t) 04:36, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Do we have sources from the BBC that Jack or Adam were companions in season 1, or that Mickey was a companion in season 2? Or do you mean just for one-off appearances? Ω  pho  is  16:07, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, we do have sources. Doctor Who: The Inside Story, to name one (off the top of my head). DonQuixote (talk) 17:45, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Companions?
Wouldn't you include Riann Steele who plays Queen Nefertiti, Rupert Graves who plays Riddell and Mark Williams who plays Brian Williams as companions as well as Rory and Amy? They did accompany him to the episode just as Amy and Rory unwillingly. 75.109.232.202 (talk) 18:41, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The better question is, "Does a reliable source include them as companions?" DonQuixote (talk) 19:39, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

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