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   Terry wrote:   
   >>>>> and Dr Who (The Empty   
   >>>>> Child)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Hmmm, I don't remember that episode.   
   >>>   
   >>> The episode that introduced Captain "Yummy" Jack. Set in Blitz-era   
   >>> London. "I want my mummy"   
   >>>   
   >>> I love that episode. That, and "The Doctor Dances."   
   >>   
   >> Ahh, the kid with the gas mask. But I still don't remember any   
   >> nanites...   
   >   
   > The nanites were what caused the problem.   
   >   
   > *SPOILER ALERT*   
   >   
   > Jack appears in Blitz-era London with far-future tech... an   
   > ambulance. The ambulance is peopled with nano-thingys that will   
   > repair damage on a battlefield. They found the boy with the gas mask   
   > after he was hit, and thought the gas mask was part of him. So, they   
   > "fixed" him, but with the mask. Then, they proceeded to "fix" as much   
   > of London as they could (the creepy people in the hospital). The   
   > Doctor parsed out that the girl was not indeed the boy's sister, but   
   > his mother. The nano-thingys recognized the mother's DNA as correct   
   > and re-fixed the boy, as well as all the creepy people in London.   
   > Much joy abounds. We get hot omnisexual Jack in a WWII uniform, cute   
   > Rose, and the Ninth Doctor with a happy ending. What's there not to   
   > like?   
      
   Ahhhhhhhhh! Thanks for explaining, I'll have to watch it again :-)   
      
   Not sure about Rose, although I like John Barrowman's OTT acting skills, and   
   he's an amusing and eccentric guy (omnisexual issues aside!).   
      
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