Transcript Dr Who, the Romans and Us PowerPoint

Penelope J. Goodman, University of Leeds
www.weavingsandunpickings.wordpress.com
All images © the BBC unless otherwise stated
Doctor Who, the Romans and Us
Romans at the traffic lights: The Wedding of River Song
MALOKEH:
Not too many late nights
in Gaul, I hope.
CHURCHILL:
Just the one. I had an
argument with Cleopatra.
Dreadful woman.
Excellent dancer.
NEWSREADER:
Crowds lined the Mall
today as Holy Roman
Emperor, Winston
Churchill, returned to
the Buckingham
Senate on his personal
mammoth...
Pterodactyls: 65+ millions years ago
Egyptian pyramids:
2nd millennium BC
Julius Caesar: 1st cent BC
The Holy Roman Empire:
medieval Germany
Montgolfier balloons:
18th century
Charles Dickens:
19th century
Wars of the Roses: 15th century
Steam trains: 19th century
Winston Churchill: World War II
CHURCHILL:
What happened? Explain
to me in terms that I can
understand. What
happened to time?
Flashes from the past: Julius Caesar’s invasion of Gaul
“He saw that it would be very
dangerous to the Roman Province
to have a warlike people, hostile to
Rome, established close to its rich
cornlands.”
Caesar, Gallic Wars 1.10
“Out of all the many provinces
he selected Gaul as the most
likely to enrich him and furnish
suitable material for triumphs.”
Suetonius, Caesar 22
“First one war broke out against
him of its own accord, and then
another was added, so that his
greatest wish was fulfilled of
waging war and winning success
for the whole period of his
command.”
Cassius Dio, History 38.31
Coin image of the Gallic leader
Vercingetorix
CHURCHILL:
What happened? Explain
to me in terms that I can
understand. What
happened to time?
Romans at Stonehenge
in The Pandorica Opens /
The Big Bang
RIVER:
They're not real, they can't
be. They're all right here in
the story book, those
actual Romans, the ones I
sent you, the ones you're
with right now. They're all
in a book in Amy's house,
a children's picture book.
DOCTOR:
Plastic Romans. Duplicates,
driven by the Nestene
Consciousness, eh? Deep
cover, but what for? What are
you doing? What's in there,
eh? What's coming out?
SOLDIER:
Welcome to Britain.
We are honoured by
your presence.
DOCTOR:
Well, you're only
human. Arise... Roman
person.
RIVER:
They're not real, they can't
be. They're all right here in
the story book, those
actual Romans, the ones I
sent you, the ones you're
with right now. They're all
in a book in Amy's house,
a children's picture book.
DOCTOR:
History has collapsed.
Whole races have been
deleted from existence.
These are just like afterimages. Echoes, fossils
in time. The footprints of
the never-were.
The Lanuvium Marbles, Leeds City Museum
Source: http://newsfeed.leedsvirtualnewsroom.co.uk/2010/10/roman-marbles-return-to-leeds-city.html
DOCTOR:
Ancient Rome! Well, not to
them, obviously. To all
intents and purposes right
now... this is brand new
Rome.
DONNA:
Oh my God, it's... it's so
Roman. This is fantastic!
I'm here... in Rome.
Donna Noble in Rome.
This is just weird. I mean,
everyone here is dead.
STALLHOLDER: Hello,
sweetheart. What can I get
for you, my love?
DONNA: Veni, vidi, vici.
STALLHOLDER: Hunh?
Sorry? Me no speak Celtic.
No can do, missy.
DONNA:
Wait a minute! One
mountain... with smoke...
which makes this...
DOCTOR:
Pompeii. We're in Pompeii...
and it's Volcano Day!
DOCTOR:
The people of Pompeii
are turning to stone
before the volcano
erupts. But why?
Plaster casts of victims trapped in
the ash produced by the eruption
of Vesuvius, AD 79
STALLHOLDER: Hello,
sweetheart. What can I get
for you, my love?
DONNA: Veni, vidi, vici.
STALLHOLDER: Hunh?
Sorry? Me no speak Celtic.
No can do, missy.
DOCTOR:
I can avert the system, so the
volcano will blow them up, yes,
but... that's the choice, Donna.
It's Pompeii or the world…
If Pompeii is destroyed, then
it's not just history, it's me. I
make it happen.
The Lanuvium Marbles, Leeds City Museum
Source: http://newsfeed.leedsvirtualnewsroom.co.uk/2010/10/roman-marbles-return-to-leeds-city.html