While watching episode seven, “What Are Little Girls Made Of”,
I could not help but be reminded of the two part episode of Doctor Who
in the most recent season, “The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People”. Both episodes
feature duplicates of characters that learn to think for themselves. Of course,
this is a very popular theme in Science fiction (think Bicentennial Man
and A.I. Artificial Intelligence), but I found the similarities between
these episodes striking.
Basically both episodes start out with our hero arriving in
a secluded place, discovering that the people there have been using doppelgangers;
in Star Trek they are androids, and in Doctor Who they are a type
of animated plastic controlled remotely. Eventually they learn that they are
being manipulated and they don’t like it. [SPOILERS] Then there is the twist at
the end; the doctor in charge in Star Trek turns out to be an android
and the doctor in charge in Doctor Who turns out to have a life
threatening illness and sacrifices herself to save everyone allowing her doppelganger
to take her place. [/SPOILERS]
The one main difference is that the rest of the world in Star
Trek will never know of the existence of these androids, but in Doctor
Who the characters will eventually fight for the doppelgangers to be
considered human and allowed to live.
So, without going into too much detail, this has been my first
parallel post. I will hopefully do more as I discover episodes that very
closely resemble other shows or movies.
And now for an OMG moment from episode 11, “The Menagerie”: OMFG
Captain Pike is a Dalek!!
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