Downton Abbey anachronistically hydrated

[Asbo Zaprudder]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28794870



Some people have been applying their photoshop-foo inventively.

Lady Edith and the loom bands and a Big Mouth Billy Bass and a boom box

Oops.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

That's hilarious. I have to admit, I totally missed the bottle the first time I saw the picture.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Lady Edith and the loom bands and a Big Mouth Billy Bass and a boom box

Oops.

The warp nacelles should be blue.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Every morning I wake up thinking it's 1923, but then I'm reminded that it's still the 21st century - #Diogenes Abbey

So, I assume the fifth series of DA is going to reveal that the whole thing is set on a nature preserve and that people only act like monsters to keep their children from learning that it's really the 21st century outside the walls?

 

[Smellincoffee]

I like to think there's some imp on set somewhere who had a bet: what'll you give me that no one will notice a bottle of mineral water sitting around until the photo's been published?!

 

[Timewalker]

The bottle was obviously forgotten by one of the Doctor's Companions, in a lost episode.

Whoever originally messed up, it's the publicity department that should have caught this before it went online. That said, it's probably generated more publicity for the fifth season than it would have received otherwise.

BTW, Netflix has a fascinating documentary about Highclere Castle itself.

 

[Evil Twin]

Best article on this here:
http://www.avclub.com/article/new-photos-find-downton-abbey-embracing-modern-fad-208173

And finally, Mr. Bates assures you that if a water bottle comes anywhere near his wife, he will fucking strangle that bottle to death. That is a promise, sir.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Whoever originally messed up, it's the publicity department that should have caught this before it went online. That said, it's probably generated more publicity for the fifth season than it would have received otherwise.

It would be pretty brilliant if they put it there on purpose hoping that it would be noticed and generate this kind of publicity.

 

[Gov Kodos]

Every morning I wake up thinking it's 1923, but then I'm reminded that it's still the 21st century - #Diogenes Abbey

So, I assume the fifth series of DA is going to reveal that the whole thing is set on a nature preserve and that people only act like monsters to keep their children from learning that it's really the 21st century outside the walls?

It will be brutal. I'm apathetic myself, but some might be friendly.

 

[Timewalker]

I choose to have a sense of humor about this. I've worked on backstage crews in the theatre, and I know that mistakes can happen.

And considering that every time I hear Mrs. Crawley speak I automatically hear, "Harriet Jones, Prime Minister," it's fun to speculate on in-universe explanations for how that water bottle got there.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

That is quite brilliant. And of course adding the Doctor only vastly improves it. Imagine if they never told us, NEVER.. that this was to happen. And then ALL AT ONCE in the middle of some soapy Downton ep there. was. the. Tardis.

 

[Timewalker]

That is quite brilliant. And of course adding the Doctor only vastly improves it. Imagine if they never told us, NEVER.. that this was to happen. And then ALL AT ONCE in the middle of some soapy Downton ep there. was. the. Tardis.

And we discover that Mrs. Crawley really is/was/will be Harriet Jones, or maybe they're twins separated by a century of time.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

That would make me insanely happy!!!

Harriet Jones YES

And really, so much similarity

 

[Timewalker]

That would make me insanely happy!!!

Harriet Jones YES

And really, so much similarity

Okay, a story is beginning in my mind, and includes not only Mrs. Crawley, but her frenemy, the Dowager Countess. They're out walking one morning, bickering over some semi-trivial family issue, when they hear an odd wheezing sound behind them...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

aaaaaaaaahahahhaha..

So much improvement, so much LOVE such a show would engender in my heart.

 

[Timewalker]

A whole bunch of people beat me to it.

I read "Second Chances." It's interesting so far.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

^Madame Vastra Investigates: the Death of Matthew Crawley

This would so vastly improve Downtown, this would be.. perfect television.

 

[auntiehill]

The cast got together to tweet this cute picture with their water bottles.

 

[Mary Ann]

Every morning I wake up thinking it's 1923, but then I'm reminded that it's still the 21st century - #Diogenes Abbey

So, I assume the fifth series of DA is going to reveal that the whole thing is set on a nature preserve and that people only act like monsters to keep their children from learning that it's really the 21st century outside the walls?

Much like this YA novel.

 

[Gov Kodos]

^Madame Vastra Investigates: the Death of Matthew Crawley

This would so vastly improve Downtown, this would be.. perfect television.

This show keeps killing off or losing anyone I give a damn about. If it weren't for Maggie Smith, I'd never bother with it at this point. I want a show with Maggie Smith and Shirley MacClaine raising havoc in Nazi occupied Europe as two old upper crust birds who the Reich thinks they can coopt all the while they are sowing the seeds of dissension and better manners throughout the continent. Sort of a cross between Allo Allo and Dad's Army set on the Cote D'Azure.