@barnable – forgot to say that imagining Spock reading that explanation made me laugh out loud – well played.

@barnable – fair point re: Amy – I stand corrected! I knew there was something but couldn’t remember as I was typing. I’ve watched News series 1-4 quite a few times (helps to put them on in the background while I’m working in the dead of night), and series 5 a few as well, but series 6 & 7 only once or twice – so I’m not as familiar with some of…[Read more]

@Barnable – I suspect that combining the VE with the TL’s RE may be a contributing factor as to why…

excellent idea! perhaps there’s an “allergic” reaction to vortex energy, that triggers a regeneration? or even death, with long enough exposure?

oooh, if so, then all the daleks need to do is harness vortex energy and use it as a weapon a…[Read more]

@midnyt – good point about the ‘rising higher’ – I’ve never considered it as a criticism before, or at least not being a positive. I still think that achievement was overstated though. Either that or it’s pacing meant that the achievement of staging the rescue mission just didn’t ‘seem’ as great as the other feats 9, 10, and 11…[Read more]

@purofilion @barnable @bluesqueakpip

All good points and theories about explaining the dinosaur’s presence in ‘our’ shared history. Three days after watching the episode, and as many have pointed out, I think I’m probably best to wait and see how Moffat ties it all up. If he does explain the size and the fact that loads of Victorians witnessed a…[Read more]

@Barnable    No, no, it was a pun. An embarrassingly old one. My mother’s family is Ukrainian, and here in western Canada, there is an old joke (as many Ukrainians live in northern Alberta). What is the definition of a paradox? Two ducks flying over Edmonton. You have to imagine the phrase “pair of ducks” spoken in a Ukrainian accent– I alwa…[Read more]

@Pufferfish   I hadn’t connected the characters who have been “hung up on various Romans” (hee hee); I guess as @Rob says, the Doctor is one of them now.

@Barnable    Where are those paradoxes?   There were no ducks in the duck pond. 😳

@Serahni  She could have found a cloud to sulk on for a while to recover from the loss of a beloved frien…[Read more]

@Barnable @Serahni

Yes, that was basically what I was suggesting with the Roswell comparison, that you would end up with something that most dismiss as urban myth. And good point Serahni, I hadn’t though of the eye guy in that connection. But now that I think of it, Moffat was probably establishing just that idea with the line about the d…[Read more]

@Barnable – It might have been grotesquely over-sized, but it could have been worse.

@Barnable  Not to mention that the guy who lost his eyes displayed disbelief that the dinosaur was even real and he was seeing it with his own, albeit-doomed, eyes.  Without any remaining evidence, how long before the story would start to sound too fantastical to be true?

@Silverman   I completely agree with this. From a dramatic point of view, I liked what the dinosaur brought to the Doctor’s post-regen recovery. But I wish they could have come up with a way of presenting it such that it didn’t leave such an obvious gaping hole in the history books. It’s more clever to have sci-fi events that tie in with real on…[Read more]

Who’d have thought 5 mins of a Dinosaur could lead to so much bonkers theorising (well I suppose we would!).

@silverman @purofillion Regarding the Dino’s size, do we know it was an earth dinosaur (@Cath Annabel)? For all we know, Dinosaurs could’ve been able to time travel or there is some Planet of the Dinosaurs we are yet to visit. It was…[Read more]

That @barnable is brilliantly bonkers. Well done. I am certain that would account also for why a T Rex splashing about in the Thames does not rate a mention in any reputable history of Victorian London. (Just don’t ask me how or why.)

Cheers

Janette

@barnable

I counted at my theater too, two tardis dresses, one very good Eleventh Doctor, plenty of general tshirts, and 8 hats/scarfs Fourth.  Plus me, the only one to dress like a companion, Clara (Bells of St John).

By the way, hi everyone.  I’m a pretty new Who fan, about six months.  Ten was my first Doctor, but I also love Seven and Two (y…[Read more]

@purofilion @Barnable  The only tricky thing to get my head around so far is that I’ve seen promo shots of The Doctor and Missy and Cybermen.  (I think I did, anyway, when I was looking up that photo of her to use.)  That doesn’t rule anything out but it does leave me with not enough clues yet to make my “Missy is TARDIS” theory work yet.  *lol*

@phoebe-phire @Barnable

The Doctor was fully aware that Clara expected him to die – and was wholly unaware that it was Clara’s plea to the Time Lords that turned things around. He would expect her to be confused and scared and it was in his nature to reassure (“under my protection”) – but also,  he knew how important Amy’s message to him, via th…[Read more]

As @Timeloop says: ‘Telephone number and advert, both being pointed out to us very deliberately. Clearly this is what they want us to theorize about.’ And I agree with @Barnable that I’m so glad we’re going to learn about the woman in the shop. For me that was one of the last hanging threads from the previous series, and am very glad they’re not…[Read more]

Happy Who Day all.

@PhaseShift Surely endangered species can be cultivated to enjoy Dr Who too. @Purofilion I hope that bro Ilion does not interrupt viewing. @VashtaNerada I hope you have Jelly Babies at the ready!! (I am certain that the Vashta Nerada would love jelly babies) @Barnable I hope you enjoy the screening. I went last year and the…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip I would hate if they would take the easy way out. What a letdown that would be. And it is supposed to be the only thing that remained from the TARDIS exploding. Moffat can do better than this.

I AM getting positively EXCITED though! FINALLY new input in the Whoniverse. And hopefully the explanation how Capaldi could have played…[Read more]

@Barnable @MonochromeDimension     I must say that, while I also hope for a change in energy from the new doctor, a little more gravitas, I can’t imagine the Doctor ever avoiding trouble or objecting to interfering in other people’s issues. Even the First and Third, the most serious of the incarnations, never hesitated to jump right into thi…[Read more]