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Originally Posted by Tillane  Plays into the God theorem, doesn't it? And into the world-building thing, too. Interesting. Hadn't thought of that...  |
It crossed my mind, and I do think it was deliberate.
Cloning - I don't like the way SF TV and cinema produce these adult clones, with full memories and learned skills. However, she wasn't a clone as such, as others have pointed out already. What she was exactly was quickly passed over by the Doctor, and that would certainly be a nifty machine to have. It would be an ideal machine to take along for planetary colonisation, so it fits perfectly with the story. I don't know why they didn't sample Donna either.
I agree that they need to be careful with the number of temping jobs building up for Donna.
As for Jenny leaving in a space shuttle at the end. She is not able to travel in time, so she isn't going to get very far. She will still be found in the year 6000 (or whenever it was stamped on the tunnels) and within a light-year of that planet. But why didn't she change appearance when she regenerated?
The Hath fish-people just seemed like silly aliens to me; someone must have thought them up while lying in the bath blowing bubbles. And why did the nice one who fell in the blueberry slush puppy not survive? He's a fish, couldn't he breath underwater?
I think I expected more from this episode than it provided. It probably will be better on a second viewing. I probably felt cheated by the whole clone business.