Some preliminary thoughts:

I am wondering, too, why the Doctor didn’t retrieve the sonic when he went back.

Laughed out loud at “the only other chair on Skaro”. Oh Moffat. Stealing your own joke from The Curse of the Fatal Death.   (That had sewers in it too.  Must been nostalgic that day 😉 )

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@blenkinsopthebrave. Ah, thanks.  But no! Keep yourself hatted. I was not the first to suggest the hand mines would be the target.

However, I am pleased to say I retained my zero percent average in predictions.  That the Doctor’s compassion is what made Davros who he is because he resented living.   Totally not!   Lol.

@ichabod

Aw shucks, thanks.  🙂  But I can only enjoy it until tomorrow when I turn out to be wrong again.  Lol

@blenkinsopthebrave

But Moffat’s Doctor DOES say to the Weeping Angels that you never ever put him in a trap “if you value your continued existence. ”

Of course he may have been bluffing…

@idiotsavon

Thank you so much for tracking that down.

Pity it’s such an un-bonkers thing, though.  😀

For a second I thought I had something!

@lisa

Could have been a Gallifeyan Wedding Anklet. 😉

Not sure what, but just think I saw something there.

I’ll try to find a link to a screen shot.

Can someone more clever than me find/post a screen grab of Missy getting zapped by the Dalek?

I want to say I saw something outlined around her ankle.  Like a hidden vortex manipulator?

@blenkensopthebrave

Interesting point.  Though he has done such things in the past.  The Vervoids for instance.

Need to rethink it.

But I’m not sure it changes the larger point: by whatever means he saves Davros, his (Davros’ s) resentment for it stands.

@ScaryB

Ach! You guys always beat me to it.  🙂

Have to go back and re-read now!

Regarding the Confession Dial.  (And I’m finding the parenthetical “of Rassilon” to be hysterical,  btw):

I agree that the line is more likely a pointer in the dial.  Like it’s counting down to something.

However, I would like to offer a Moffat-esque use of “The Doctor’s Will”

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Regarding Missy’s flippant “I’m back”:

This is a cheeky Moffat joke.  He has said in interviews that he used to love the way the Master could die horribly one week and be back the next with nothing more than “I escaped”.

He’s doing a little homage to that.

I’ve spent all this time reading just to get caught up!  What great thoughts here, everyone!

Regarding Boy Davros, I want to agree with most everyone to a point and then diverge wildly.

Of course the Doctor does not go back to kill the boy.

Yes he exterminates the handmines instead.

However…

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