Some comments I’ve seen have pointed out Jodie throwing bits of the other Doctors into her performance, but I have to admit, I’m not seeing that,

As you say, it has been stated that she deliberately didn’t watch any of her predecessors in the role, but perhaps the writing and direction may have influenced her performance in that res…[Read more]

I’m with @bendubz11. Apart from oreos which, besides being and American affectation, do something deeply unsettling in your digestive tract if you eat a whole packet.

Not that I’m allowed any sodding biccies at the moment.

@XAD4

One aims to please 🙂

(Did you see my gif of Dinas’s fledging? Can’t recall if I tagged you or…[Read more]

If this…[Read more]

A number of people here and elsewhere have commented on the death count, often to the effect that it was…[Read more]

I’m totally up for this, and agree with everyone who says that Jodie nailed it from the outset. Felt quite Tennant-y (not a bad thing IMHO 🙂 ) and I loved how, apart from a couple of throwaway lines, she just gets on with…[Read more]

Ha, ha!  Apart from the fact that I don’t know what deuce means, I don’t even care. *grins*

Missy

Also, it is a BBC approved spoiler to say that the Twelfth Doctor appears in all the remaining Series 10 episodes.  How can his death be a fixed point and yet h…[Read more]

@craig:

Nope, I cannot agree. I was fascinated. Apart from Heaven Sent, this is the only episode that I have watched every night since it aired – and probably will  watch again tonight.

@thane15: It took a turn for the worst when Capaldi arrived and Moffat took a different path…[Read more]

What I found anomalous about the Pope Benedict IX as female diversion was the portrait.  The style of the painting bore no resemblance to any depiction which might have dated from the 11th century, but that is not in itself a problem, since there are plenty of representations of historical persons painted long afte…[Read more]

@whisht, @thane15, @pedant, @wolfweed and everyone here, I’m really enjoying reading your posts.   I have so much to comment on and say, which oddly enough leaves me feeling like the Doctor’s comment to the Pope, plus there is so much I wouldn’t no where to st…[Read more]

Just to be clear I was using “sprite” in the computer animation sense. Anything that moves and does stuff is a sprite, be is Mario, Messi in FIFA17, Zombies in Half Life 2, spaceships in Elite or orcs, elves and wotnot in World of Warcraft. “Those things you shoot in video games”.

@bendubz11 @steffstaff (welcome back and welcome…[Read more]

They couldn’t not though. It was very briefly covered by the VR Doctor during a quick exchange with the VR Bill towards…[Read more]

I agree. I think it was a nice way to resolve her arc, and didn’t take away from her choice to save Rigsy.

Interestingly, a few weeks ago, many made note of that glowing light that flashed when the raven flew into Clara’s body. I would now theorize that the light flashed as her body was returned via the extraction chamber, and that…[Read more]

The Wikipedia reference for Maisie Williams’ appearance is the “Next Time” trailer, so I don’t think there’s any evidence that the Wikipedia writer has any information outside that.

@bendubz11   That makes since though, but the stool was no longer in the room so would the stool disappear even if it was no longer in the room. I guess we will never know….

One of the reasons that “always” wins, is that he creates time loops all the time. Upon his death he starts at a previous point (or a checkpoint) in his timeline. And gets another go, until he gets it right (which means him not dying). This is why his companions can die, he would break his own time loops to save them, and loops wit…[Read more]

seems we arrived at the same conclusion, instantaneously! but you type more quickly than me… 🙂

Oooh – I’ve never come across that correlation with suits. The only stylistic theory I’ve come across with 10 was that his hair height indicated his mood. Happy? Quifftastic! Sad? Flat and plastered down. 🙂

Like @ichabod, my brain is having a lot of trouble processing yyour idea. Indeed, after reading your post 3 times, my brain seems to resemble an Escher drawing. Even wine isn’t helping!

@lisa  Let’s hear it for the brilliant baby!  Only Rigsy and her mom might have a thing or two to say about that . . .

@pedant  That Moffat is such a fucking hack! Stealing from Buffy again!

You know of a better place to steal from?!

The teleport bracelet worn by the Doctor in Missy’s story in The Witch’s Familiar is totally different from the one he is trapped by in Face the Raven. And while he teleports in Face the Raven, the portable transporter is left behind.

Sorry to put the kibosh on a bonkers theory…

That’s just Buffy interfering.

@bendubz11

Well she had to do it Once More With Feeling

LOL!

The Veil is played by the same person as plays Colony Sarff, and the outfit is pretty similar. could it be not the time lords but in fact Davros and Missy working together to trap CapDoc?

As this season has shown, who wouldn’t welcome seeing more Missy or more Davros?  I suspect starting the season so strong with those two interacting…[Read more]

You’re drifting. The question is not about the Doctor, or indeed, Davros, but about the Timelords. They are returning. The question is, what will they be like this time around?

And why?

Unless of course, as I’ve seen people suggest, The Doctor IS the hybrid. or maybe it’s a hybrid race he created.

At this point it certainly is quite the possibility the Doctor is somehow the hybrid:  He’s almost the only candidate left just looking over the names known to be in Hell Bent.

Just watching some of the big story arc epis…[Read more]

Does anyone know what the Doctor and Clara were wearing at the end of The Woman Who Lived, and if that corresponds with their clothing at the start of any other episode (e.g. Sleep No More)? The Doctor’s hair length may also be a clue – it noticeably fluctuates.

Me’s  tattoo looked sort of snakey to me

Now that you mention it yes! The cracks in time from when the Tardis exploded.
When Galifrey was moved there was also a very huge explosion.

Also TenDoc traveled back and forth a few times to Pete’s World in those Cybermen
episodes thru some sort of rift thing.

Its sort of a old theme and I can imagine it as a possibility.

I think you’re into something there with the Hanged Man/ Odin connection.

A long, long time ago, when we first met Clara, there was a lot of internet spec about the meaning of her name. Oswald means “power of God” (Germanic).

When Odin hung on Ygdrassil, the World Tree, for nine days and nights, he was seeking the power of the runes,…[Read more]

Before we watch one of the street people die, another character says “He should stay with her.” But he runs and the character asks “Why do they always run?”

When Clara died, she did not run. Also when the raven entered Clara’s body, there…[Read more]

@bendubz11 I really hope it’s Luke, I love that character.  Something other than a human girl.  Even an older woman, just not another girl.

Sorry for the delay. I’ve spent the evening being entertained by Ed Byrne in a comedy gig.

I’ve removed that bit in the post. Now to catch-up on stuff before we Face the Raven!

@saraji

Put your back into it son. That’s lousy trolling.

I thought that may have been the purpose of the sonic glasses? To see Clara in some
different way? That said I have only a bit over a day to find out.