They had to bring something in at the end to shine just a glimmer of hope. Even evil Moffat, who KILLED OSGOOD (the audience avatar as @ABXY pointed out!) and is making us wait for WEEKS, couldn’t leave Clara and the Doctor as such broken souls. Would have been just too bleak to bear. (And I love that it was Santa not Father Christmas. Would have…[Read more]

@pedant @Mudlark @ScaryB @Blenkinsopthebrave

If the Master’s TARDIS is the mausoleum, then the Doctor’s TARDIS has materialised inside it, which would cause a recursion problem, which doesn’t appear to have occured in this instance.

Good points @Mudlark

I still can’t believe it took me a second watch to pick up on the dialogue (which you quote above) about the Nethersphere ie exactly where/what it is.

You say –

a virtual environment which is possibly tailored to suit their own preconceptions.

Great stuff. HFM gets something that looks like his “promised land” (a beautiful…[Read more]

Mega thank yous to –

@PhileasF List of post-its is great

@Blenkinsopthebrave – Bless you for the foray into Clara’s kitchen, and confirmation of same. Seriously – the rest of us just aren’t worthy!!

You also say

You don’t think that she slipped away with Robin in Sherwood Forest when we weren’t looking, and…

Actually… we were looking! You m…[Read more]

Random Thoughts in Not Particular Order (Some of which I see other eaglery eyes them mine have spotted:

. Loved about every second of it

. Post-it notes. More low tech list-making. Like the chalk board.

. Clara had something dire to talk to Danny about, then abruptly changed her tone. Still feels like we’re missing pieces of time here.

.…[Read more]

@BlenkinsoptheBrave

Boy oh boy…Because of you, I just put the DVD of “The Time of the Doctor”

Sorry 😉

(There are some tower blocks in Roehampton, quite close to Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park)

@BlenkinsoptheBrave

We have some lovely parks in desolate London (she says rather plaintively).

The park they picked most looked like Regent’s Park, and there are indeed some seriously crappy council housing estates nearby. Or it might have been meant for Victoria Park, which borders Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

One thing I do like about Clara’s…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

 and yet Clara’s flat, the last time we saw it from the outside (the previous episode with Gran) seemed to be in a rather desolate spot a long way from central London.

I assumed that was her dad’s flat.

@Whoville    You’d think that by now he’d be relieved it’s just the Master again       No kidding!

@TheKrynoidMan   To me it just doesn’t seem like something any of the other incarnations of The Master would ever do.   I disagree, I think the Simm Master would have done it. In fact, even as a man, I can imagine his Master having done it!  :-)…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Moffat rarely bothers to take the time to explain away stuff like that, and probably correctly so–because, at the end of the day, most people are willing to accept it.

And it would ruin some enjoyable bonkers theorising!

@Blenkinsopthebrave

So, if heaven/the nethersphere is not real, then what is it? The Master’s TARDIS, with an outer shell of St Paul’s cathederal.

That’s one of the things I was wondering about, but with so many other things to think about, hadn’t got round to yet!

Going back to Robots of Sherwood (again) – the robots’ base seemed to be imp…[Read more]

No one’s mentioned (or have I missed it?) that these are different cybermen from previous ones. These are Missy’s “cybermen from cyberspace”. They appear to be the consciousness of the (recently?) deceased, without emotions (choices again – delete your own emotions (and become a cyberman)/live (your death) with the pain of…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave

Hi fives on the Missy/Master call – there are some cookies and jellybabies beside the sofa for all those who guessed write. And your expulsion notice from the Failed Theorists Club is there too – effective immediately!

Also well done re your call on the comparisons with A Matter of Life and Death. I think this will continue…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

My final call on Missy: She’s the Doctor’s wife/girlfriend/significant other, Susan’s grandmother. She somehow hitched a ride out of the Doctor’s timestream with the Doctor and Clara. Or possibly escaped through the crack.

The evidence:

– her prior knowledge of the Doctor, with a different accent (Deep Breath)

– she refers…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave

Woke up with Missy ( not literally) as Prisoner Zero

Wow bonkers dreaming

@blenkinsopthebrave

Excellent idea to gather musings on the finale. I’m sticking with my wish for Missy to be the idea of Death, or rather the Guardian of Life and Death. I think it fits in well with the series as a whole, and I can’t help thinking that the consequences of that new surge of life in Time of the Doctor would make an excellent sto…[Read more]

@Rob Really interesting,  take it you’re a River fan too, or did that surprise you too.

I do rather like River, but, yes, I was also surprised that the episodes with her in were ones that I consistently appreciated much more highly than average.

@blenkinsopthebrave @DrBen @thommck In other news – I have now emailed the spreadsheet to @Craig, so…[Read more]

I’ll try, @blenkinsopthebrave …

I’m sure you’ve all seen this trail for the Dr Who Experience – but I’m out of the loop now!

Check if it’s open though because I gather there’s been some filming there of late…..

W

@blenkinsopthebrave

@DrBen

@Bluesqueakpip

I’m sorry to say that I’m not back. I’m just briefly haunting you (well it is nearly Halloween!). I’ve missed you all. However, I’m currently compost, and a full resurrection is off the cards for the time being.

Do keep your eyes peeled for my ghost, though. I’m the one who resembles a…[Read more]