This is far from a plot heavy question but still a lingering one all the same. Through a newspaper advert (which well get to later), the Doctor and Clara are drawn to a restaurant named Mancinis that is used as a front for an organ farm and populated entirely by Clockwork Droids. Mancinis is advertised as a family restaurant and the Restaurant Droid confirms that yes they do have a childrens menu. Assuming this wasnt some kind of Bond villain-esque quip before sending the Doctor and Clara to their deaths (the Clockwork Droids arent exactly masters of flamboyant villainy), we have to assume that the Clockwork Droids were after childrens body parts as well as adults. Why else would you set a trap in a family restaurant? A spin-off question from this is: since all of the droids are adult sized, just what would they be doing with childrens body parts? Unless adult parts were mainly reserved for the Half-Face Man, and the ship and the balloon were made from children. After all, if you needed a very specific engine part then youd have to get the size right. Which gives the trope Powered by a forsaken child an entirely new and horrifying meaning. And on that nightmare-inducing thought, its best that we move on...
JG Moore is a writer and filmmaker from the south of England. He also works as an editor and VFX artist, and has a BA in Media Production from the University Of Winchester.
