Right, as I understand it there are these memory-erasing sharp-suited types called the Silents. They are used as tools by the religious order known as the Silence, who definitely have access to time travel (what with them having foreknowledge of the silence which will fall when the Doctor fails to answer the question), to kidnap Amy (who is under the influence of the Silent memory-wipe, so she can't remember being taken to the future), make her ganger and return that to the '60s.ReservoirAngel said:If you think about, The Silence would have had to kidnap Amy and replace her with a flesh Ganger... even though we've never seen them have access to Time Travel capabilities... and they would need Amy in the future to create the Ganger in the first place. But it would have to be Amy before she was taken in the past or she'd have all the memories of being taken in the Ganger form.
Okay it is a plot hole, and it makes no fucking sense when you commit any serious nerd-thought to it. But with this show, I forgive more than I do with any other. We got our awesome pay off in the form of the Battle of Demon's Run and we finally figure out who the hell River Song actually is, so I'd call it about even.
Think that fills the hole. OT, really enjoyed the episode although I feel a fool because the Tesselector recap at the start of the episode should have clued me in to how the Doctor survived, but I was busy giggling at "live" chess, pterodactyls, Holy Roman Emperor Winston Churchill and balloon cars.