Tim Shaw found a new level of ineffectiveness, protected by feeble “sniper” bots and personally able to be bested by one untrained old guy with a gun. His only significant power was by proxy, through his influence on the Ux.

Absolutely! He was “pretty crap” as a villain. Graham and “the gang” had been to a variety of places nipping hom…[Read more]

I can’t believe how quickly my reservations about this series have melted.

Hanne: from the Hebrew Channah,…[Read more]

You’re right; for me, this story had a pleasingly disconnected feeling that I think came with the “through the looking glass” echo — first time I felt that they dared to take off without a clear flight path to an expected landing place (except that a sort of resolution between Ryan and Graham…[Read more]

So, my main worry is that they might try to incorporate the Spockification of the Doctor attempted in the film (I am 100% happy that 8 is officially one of the Doctors but I prefer it when we politely ignore the half…[Read more]

On rewatch Timeless Child definitely came over as much more significant than at first – telling her something she did not remember, and revelling in knowing a secret that it wouldn’t tell.

It occurs to me, with hindsight, that Chibbers is a much more likely candidate that Moffatt to take a crack at an…[Read more]

The Doctor Winning: the Doctor losing has been an issue this series. My count before Heaven Sent was Doctor 3 (Davros, Fisher King and Mire) vs Forces of Darkness 2 (Rasmussen,`They’). But my, this win was a slog, 4 Billion plus years of excruciating effort.

Is this the first t…[Read more]

One that belongs in the BBC Spoilers section. Naughty @pedant!

Missy’s daughter and the Doctor’s gift on the occasion of… was definitely an intriguing tidbit @Ardaraith ! The complexity of their long…[Read more]

Now, any bets that Susan was the Master’s granddaughter as well as the Doctor’s? Or even that Susan WAS that daughter?

😀

@purofilion     I think Capaldi’s accent thickens up at certain times. Definitely he played it up in the alley scene wh…[Read more]

@PhaseShift     The pleading by Clara about “loving him” (surely a “LOL” moment on the other side of the crack)     Hahaha!

The only jarring thing slightly was the voice, but we can’t do much about tha…[Read more]

I said on the Spoilers […]

I have taken the third time-stream. As Juniperfish says, it IS Christmas.

New blog set up for discussion of the trailer, and any other trailers that appear in the next couple of weeks (with the usual protection built in on the Activity…[Read more]

@Wolfweed “What if it turns out Matt Smith’s tenure was all a dream & he wakes up in the shower with Tennant”

Get thee and thy fan fiction to the Fan Creativity thread! What do you mean, it’s me?

That scenario would make a lot of fans happ…[Read more]

I mean Anthony Brian Williams, the adopted son of Amy and Rory Williams. Those are very much the sort of pictures you’d expect from a kid…[Read more]

As for the other pix – Punch & Judyness is back (with a Monoid twist)! Yay!

Bonkers theory: What if it turns out Matt Smith’s tenure was all a dream & he wakes up in the shower as Tennant (a la Bobby in…[Read more]

I’d love to see River on-screen one more time before Smith goes, maybe Amy and Rory too. 

It would be time-travel-tastic (that sounds like an Eleven-ism) if River and the Doctor’s daughter had been adopted by Amy and Rory (her grand…[Read more]

Doubling – are we done with it?

We’ve had many a story involving two time streams and those proved to be narrative foreshadowing (yay bow-tie obsession)  culminating in the “Day of the Doctor” and the two t…[Read more]

@wolfweed, – given the memory filter, this visit to the Tower (with Zygons) could well be Clara’s second visit.

@Juniperfish – well, […]

Agree with @Shazzbot that we’ll be out of the Doc’s collapsing timestream faster than you can say Raxacoricofallapatorius (or even Clom).…[Read more]

Isn’t there a multiverse theory, one that Heinlein used quite often, that every…[Read more]

thaf theory makes a lot of sense if I can add to it?

when smith said in TDOTD that the timelines have split I wonder if the one where galifrey falls

no more is like a dream If they are still in time stream

Okay I watched it. And I have to agree with you. Looks like the two stream facility idea I settled for earlier. Gallifrey looks so different. Definitely after the time lock (and supposedly burning). So maybe in the version we have seen this weekend the Timelords have not yet decided that they will end time itself.

But that would…[Read more]

OK, Deep breath, here are my somewhat organised ramblings. I’ve tried to mention the people who sparked of my thoughts. Sorry if I missed anyone.

Numbering: @Hudsey, thanks for the info direct from Moffatt regarding the numbers. I was already getting confused before this…[Read more]

Re still being in the timestream – and just when I’d finally theorised them out of it! (Took me 6 months that did!) May have to go back to sitting on the fence.

But  it can still work without them still being in the decaying timestram. Having sorted out his dodgy past, and presumably finally got rid of the angst,…[Read more]

She also seemed very attracted to that photo of Susan (which I admit might just be a reference back to 1963, just as we saw a female teacher (Clara) with a male teacher at Coal Hill school).

And a male teacher in full Brylcreem style at that!

I liked the photo touch – I’d go for the simple tribute, except that style of…[Read more]

Being a teacher at Coal Hill School does suggest that the Doctor can, perhaps, only get to places he’s already…[Read more]

I also noticed on a re-watch that Clara is positioned as Barbara (working in a school with a young fellow male teacher coming to tell her about the Doctor). I don’t think Clara is River but she may still turn out to be the nanny – all those Mary Poppins parallels we…[Read more]

A few (read loads) of tweeters pointed out that, if the Tardis just made the Doctor a new sonic every time he lost one, as in Eleventh Hour, then giving one away to River (per SiL/FotD) was hardly as special as made out. To which he replied: Oh, er OH LOOK! KITTENS!

Now, if it is always his, with just a new case the specialness is…[Read more]

I enjoyed the episode in so many ways, not least (which I haven’t mentioned yet) the cinematography. The shot which took us from planetary explosion to a coffee cup was particularly beautiful. I enjoyed most of all, the collective experience of sharing fifty years of the pro…[Read more]

of the High Council referring to the Doctor as having gone rouge.

I bet that made them blush 😉

@Phaseshift did you manage to quaff cocktails from Doctor 5 to Doctor 11 and stay standing? I’m not surprised the “Great Green Vampire” for Doctor 4 proved strong medicine – it is based on Hemingway’s…[Read more]

I managed to see it on good old trusty DailyMotion

Not sure if the embed code below works so here’s the link http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17faxi_doctor-who-the-last-day-mini-episode_tech

<iframe frameborder=”0″ width=”480″ height=”270″…[Read more]

link to watch this on as I missed the one show (wrapping chrismas presents)

I think River was supposed to be their way of ensuring the silence that must fall at Trenzilore by killing him before he went there. As it turned out she ensured the Silence by saying his name in a way that nobody else could hear. Funny how these prophesies turn out, isn’t it?

Maybe the Gallifrey painting links back to Time War Gallifrey?!  Maybe its a portal?

Now that IS exciting?!

@JimtheFish Re trailer – You BIG cynic you! I think it’s very unlikely that they wouldn’t plan to…[Read more]