Well, here are a couple of reflections.I think we should change the subtitle of our forum to:

“Theories even more dramatically satisfying than what’s actually happening.”

Don’t get me wrong, I like fantasy. But if I am looking for pure fantasy I will turn to Michael Powell’s gorgeous version  of “The Thief of Baghdad”. But not, alas, to this.

@magdiragdag, Yes! as @thane16 says…well spotted! They specifically focus on the clock, so it must be deliberate. But to what end?

Back in “Pyramids of Mars” the Tom Baker Doctor defeats Sutekh with the 2 minute gap for radio waves to travel from Earth to Mars. Could it be pointing to something similar? And yet, at this point in the episode,…[Read more]

@whohar

Or the Doctor will transport Sutekh into the time window by the same route and then get rid of him, probably by taping over Ruby’s VHS with a episode of EastEnders.

Brilliant!

@mudlark Crikey, no offence taken at all! One of the great things about this site (beyond the accepting and generous calibre of the people who frequent it) is that any “wrong” prediction still captures the essence of the site; viz, “theories even more insane than what’s actually happening”.

And you take care of the shiny new knee and hip, my…[Read more]

OK, time for my last minute predictions. Ruby, rather than the Doctor, will save humanity. The key will be her sensitivity to music which Maestro was puzzled by. The Doctor, on the other hand, will defeat Sutekh, for similar reasons that the Tom Baker previously defeated Sutekh– through his understanding of time, which is beyond Sutekh.

Back to…[Read more]

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@mudlark,

Thanks for that excellent description of the Time Window sequence. I was struck by the colours you mention, particularly as they hint at Sutekh (as in P of M). I wonder if this could mean that the woman in the cloak and hood becomes possessed by or respondent to Sutekh as the events play out in the Time Window? If so, this might explain…[Read more]

@craig Everything that Puro just said. Yes.

As for the wonderful silliness of “Pyramids of Mars”, apparently it was filmed in the house and on the estate (including the vast and verdant grounds that characters are running through) owned at the time (1975) by Mick Jagger.

Mrs Flood…again. The only likely anagram I came up with was…Molsdorf.

Although I want her to be on the side of the angels, I do recall that when she came into Carla’s flat her mode of greeting to Ruby was: “…still waiting for your growth spurt”.

I ask you, who says that to a young woman except a complete and utter Molsdorf…!??

Thank you @craig! You are a benevolent Emperor.

The perfect preparation for the upcoming finale.

@ps1l0v3y0u

Remember, when 15 first appeared, the other guy got the trousers…

Priceless!

Am still trying to work out Mrs Flood. Nothing would surprise me at this point. We don’t know her first name. We don’t know her maiden name. Am now prepared to be told it was Helen Arbinger… But I still hold out hope that she is on the side of the…[Read more]

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@mudlark

I believe it groaned as they were crossing Abbey Road in 1963.

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Fun fact: a bit of quick research on Sutekh (god of storms, disorder, violence, etc) reveals he had, among his offspring, one called…Maga.

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@thane16, @dr-pepper-bean,

I tend to think you are both right. Yes, the Doctor has long ceased to be the magical solution to all of humanity’s problems. Or even the problems of non-humans. And the limits on the Doctor’s ability to solve the problems of others goes back a long way. The Pertwee Doctor had to witness (impotently) the Brigadier…[Read more]

@juniperfish

A cracker of a post! I had forgotten all the names that Harriet Arbinger had listed (also seems very unfair in a story involving gods that some people (like Harriet) have had their humanity (as well as their lives) stripped away. Also agree with a point made upstream that the site seems really energized in a way we haven’t seen for…[Read more]