Still not ginger (Thenew doctor who thread)

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

They are a good enemy but I thought they were all supposed to be asleep.

Obviously they woke up.

Probably due to some kind of drilling maybe, I dunno.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Yeah I kinda thought that bit was obvious from the, ya know, plot and all.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

So the drilling not only woke up an entire city but they had time to get their entire city up and running again, with lights and major activities and all.
That is not a city that just been woken from hibernation.

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

So the drilling not only woke up an entire city but they had time to get their entire city up and running again, with lights and major activities and all.
That is not a city that just been woken from hibernation.

Maybe they had been drilling for a long time. Y'know, like they said they had.

[Kim]

Just started watching the ep, not very far in, but I wager that the engagement ring is either a big deal for this episode, or for the over-arching plot of the season. Probably the diamond that was used for it or something, even.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

We drill shit all the time without waking up lizard people so one can assume it only when you go really deep which wouldn't be that long. And considering the lizard people could go from the bottom of the hole to the surface in a few minutes I'm wondering why they didn't do that straight away instead of waiting around for months/years where the drill could come and destroy them.
It don't make no sense.

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

We drill shit all the time without waking up lizard people so one can assume it only when you go really deep which wouldn't be that long.

Maybe it's because they were drilling directly on top of the underground lizard-city that it woke them up.

And considering the lizard people could go from the bottom of the hole to the surface in a few minutes I'm wondering why they didn't do that straight away instead of waiting around for months/years where the drill could come and destroy them.

Maybe they spent that time getting their society up and running.

Can't believe I'm defending Doctor Who science here...

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Good to know they got their priorities sorted- focusing on the economy/society in the face of a drill coming to eat their face.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

You know it's not hard to wake up in a morning and switch the lights on in your house. Seeing as we barely saw much of the city at large we can't assume just how much of it has woken up. All we know is "drill woke aliens up", "aliens woke up", "did stuff". I duno about you, but I can do quite a bit within the first hour or so I wake up in the morning and seeing as the first human to be captured was taken in the middle of the night I'm guessing they've been awake for a few hours by now.

Seriously, what is the problem with the logic here? Honestly sometimes I think people on this site just want to find problems with stuff.

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Good to know they got their priorities sorted- focusing on the economy/society in the face of a drill coming to eat their face.

Well, we only saw lights and major activities going on. Perhaps they only got the war-oriented parts of their society up. If you're going to wage war on surface dwellers, you'll need some kind of infrastructure up and running.

Though I'll admit I'm mostly guessing at this point.