I'm going to ignore your stroke marks and say it was a really, really good episode. It possibly looked better than it really was due to the super lame pirates of the week before (Including the Amazing Vanishing Pirate, in one scene, not in the next!).
What do you mean ignore my stroke marks? That episode was a romance between a boy and his box! That's what it was. This isn't me reading into it.
And yes, I noticed the missing pirate. And the plot holes (having the Doctor say ignore my previous theories doesn't erase them)! And, okay, the boy has to stay because he has typhus, but what about the rest of the pirates? Why were none of them given a choice? (Though being put back on a ship with few supplies in the middle of a storm isn't that much of a choice.)
Also also, merchant ships of that size were often manned by five-ten people. That's one of the main reasons people went pirate. Pirate ships would have many times that number, meaning you didn't have to work much. But it wouldn't actually be that odd to encounter a ship with that few sailors.
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Date: 2011-05-16 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-17 09:12 pm (UTC)And yes, I noticed the missing pirate. And the plot holes (having the Doctor say ignore my previous theories doesn't erase them)! And, okay, the boy has to stay because he has typhus, but what about the rest of the pirates? Why were none of them given a choice? (Though being put back on a ship with few supplies in the middle of a storm isn't that much of a choice.)
Also also, merchant ships of that size were often manned by five-ten people. That's one of the main reasons people went pirate. Pirate ships would have many times that number, meaning you didn't have to work much. But it wouldn't actually be that odd to encounter a ship with that few sailors.