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Mission Creep (Silencing "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon")
Season 6 Episode 22
Memory, manipulation, and moon landings collide in one of the most audacious season openers in Doctor Who history. In The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, Steven Moffat unleashes the Silence — a monster so terrifying, you forget them the moment you look away — and dares viewers to keep up with a non-linear plot packed with space-suited children, timey-wimey double Doctors, and a shockingly competent Nixon. But does all the complexity serve the story, or is it storytelling gymnastics for its own sake? The team digs into Moffat’s high-wire act of serialization, the emotional weight behind Amy's and River's connections with the Doctor, and how forgetting may be the most frightening concept of all.
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Timeline:
- Intro 00:00:00
- Previously… 00:01:52
- Whomoji Challente 00:08:00
- Poll to Open 00:13:51
- TL;DW 00:21:14
- Commentary: The Impossible Astronaut | Day of the Moon 00:24:07
- History Corner 00:43:04
- Four Questions to Doomsday 01:06:16
- What If the Evil Plot Had Succeeded? 01:11:05
- Where Is the Clara Splinter? 01:16:23
- Final Judgment 01:19:37
- Randomizer! 01:26:16
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