@purofilion wrote:   Our new Dr isn’t that interested in acceptance -but that’s surface only, I believe
@stormintheheartofthesun wrote: 12 also changed the parameters of his relationship with Clara.

I think that what changed him was the events of Day of the Doctor. I think that he very much wants to be accepted by Clara, and is less conce…[Read more]

@pedant    Well, yes. I have a couple of people in my life whom I would sometimes like to shake. Of course, what I really do is give advice when they ask it and support at other times. Who knows how helpful that really is, but mostly people can only help themselves in the end. I’m guessing from his actions that this would have been Danny’s view as well.

@purofilion    To your very eloquent defense of Clara, I would add that she also admitted that she found the notion of boring Danny who was totally focused on getting the kids to safety extremely attractive! So she was doing that fairly natural thing of finding a nurturing, responsible man attractive. Good for her.  🙂

@purofilion     I think part of the problem lies with the fact that these people really don’t understand how they come across to us. I had an exchange of views awhile back with someone who appeared very briefly on this site, where I told them that it wasn’t as much their opinion as their tone that people were objecting to. They were quite ann…[Read more]

@Bfinch    I should add, I’m not approving of what she did. I think her desperation comes from her own sense of guilt. I didn’t care for her treatment of Danny throughout the series, or her lies to both him and the Doctor. I enjoy Clara as a character because she is interesting and real, and her motivations can be understood if not approved. If I…[Read more]

@Bfinch     Your paraphrase is slight, but it makes all the difference to how I would read the Doctor’s words. He said: “Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?” He says, in essence, “Do you really not know how much I care? I care so much that I can understand and forgive.” His statement isn’t about what…[Read more]

@Phaseshift     Sorry to hear you’ve had a stressful time; I’m glad your brother is getting better. I hope it’s all behind him and you now!

@purofilion   I have recently discovered that Rachel Tallalay teaches in the theatre program at the University of British Columbia, here in Vancouver. There was a story about her in the local media just…[Read more]

@ScaryB   I thought for a moment you had responded to my other post before you had read it, time travelling again perhaps! Yes, I love June Tabor, she has a lovely low, rich voice, and is so expressive without over singing or over emoting. A beautiful song should sell itself, shouldn’t it?

@ScaryB    I’d say that Missy definitely wants to be the Doctor’s friend again, and be understood by him as she understands herself. And we saw her try to convince the Doctor that he is just like her, so that this could happen. But that doesn’t mean that she has reformed in any way that we would recognize!

Hi, @Ozitenor! Welcome. I love that you watch both old and new DW with your son. My son (15) has never been interested in the show, despite (or perhaps because of) a massive interest in physics and technology. He has always been pretty literal-minded. But I have always watched old films with him as well as new, and it’s great when kids can grow up…[Read more]

@Fonsini     Sorry? The Doctor “is not supposed to”? Says who? I’m not aware that anyone writes the rules for the Doctor other than those who are actually writing the show. And as others have stated, and has been discussed frequently here throughout this run, the Doctor’s anti military viewpoint is not only not new, it has been a specific th…[Read more]

@DrBen      Your last paragraph makes an excellent point! Cyber-Brig really helps make that crystal clear, I think.

@Phaseshift     I really liked your thoughts about the need to have the dead choose for themselves to delete their emotions. This works really well and fits both this story and what we know about cyber conversion.

Also    No – I think this was a powerful end to a series. It’s downbeat and one I think you could only pull off if you know you have a…[Read more]

My two cents gets you these thoughts about Osgood and her potential return.

First of all, River was quite a different situation. She died at the beginning, but as @purofilion says, we knew her situation at the time. That death was sad as viewed from Ten’s perspective, but less so from ours. The real parallel is her goodbye to Eleven in Name of t…[Read more]