5. The Errant Phone Charger
A Town Called Mercy: Once theyve entered the town of Mercy, The Doctor notices the flickering electric lamps around the town. Pointing out that electricity isnt due for another ten years or so, Rory says that its close enough, which prompts The Doctor to reply "That's what you said when you left your cell charger in Henry VIII's en suite." So the story so far: Amy marries King Henry VIII by accident, Rory leaves his phone charger back in the en suite, and The Ponds decide to go off with The Doctor to Mercy. (Also, theyre wearing the same clothes from The Power of Three in A Town Called Mercy.) Though reading more into the obvious Doctor/Kahler Jex, we find The Doctor being quite hard on himself. He draws a parallel to Jexs experiments and his own personal behavior, criticizing Jex for transplanting himself to an alien town where he could absolve himself of his sins by doing good for others. This culminates with The Doctors now infamous line, You dont get to choose your punishment! On the surface, its easy to parallel this with The Doctors previous history as the man who killed all of the Daleks and Time Lords at the end of the Time War. However, when the Previous Chronology theory is applied, it looks like The Doctors guilt for letting harm befall Amy and Rory is getting to him. He doesnt get to choose his punishment, and he carries his prison with him, so why should anyone else be better off?