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<blockquote data-quote="StevenAC" data-source="post: 2829422" data-attributes="member: 12319"><p>No, it isn't a throwaway remark, as is indicated by its deliberate mirroring in the scene at the end where the Doctor manages to reestablish the link to the ship. This sort of duplication is a technique Steven Moffat often uses to highlight significant bits of dialogue -- see, for example, the two occurrences of the "[you've] had some cowboys in here" line, which provide a subtle hint of the connection between Reinette and the ship.</p><p></p><p>Assuming you mean the climactic scene in the ballroom, the droids used the same mirror portal that the Doctor later smashes. This is shown by the fact that when they capture Reinette and the king in her bedroom, they drag them off to the ballroom:</p><p>REINETTE: Where are we going?</p><p>DROID: The teleport has limited range. We must have proximity to the time portal.</p><p></p><p>At this point, the ballroom mirror is the only portal to 1758 (i.e. when Reinette is 37). This is shown by Mickey's reference to finding "<u>the</u> portal at age 37," and also by the fact that the droids have taken the precaution of physically blocking this portal on the ship, but not any of the others.</p><p></p><p>The loose connection in the fireplace is the crux of the entire story. So much so, in fact, that Steven Moffat (briefly) considered using <em>Loose Connection</em> as the title of the episode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StevenAC, post: 2829422, member: 12319"] No, it isn't a throwaway remark, as is indicated by its deliberate mirroring in the scene at the end where the Doctor manages to reestablish the link to the ship. This sort of duplication is a technique Steven Moffat often uses to highlight significant bits of dialogue -- see, for example, the two occurrences of the "[you've] had some cowboys in here" line, which provide a subtle hint of the connection between Reinette and the ship. Assuming you mean the climactic scene in the ballroom, the droids used the same mirror portal that the Doctor later smashes. This is shown by the fact that when they capture Reinette and the king in her bedroom, they drag them off to the ballroom: REINETTE: Where are we going? DROID: The teleport has limited range. We must have proximity to the time portal. At this point, the ballroom mirror is the only portal to 1758 (i.e. when Reinette is 37). This is shown by Mickey's reference to finding "[U]the[/U] portal at age 37," and also by the fact that the droids have taken the precaution of physically blocking this portal on the ship, but not any of the others. The loose connection in the fireplace is the crux of the entire story. So much so, in fact, that Steven Moffat (briefly) considered using [I]Loose Connection[/I] as the title of the episode. [/QUOTE]
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