@brewski lol. Isn’t bonkers theorising what we do here.

@phaseshift I dearly hope if Sony are being bought in as production partners that the Beeb have layed  down some serious caveats one of which is that there be a predominately British casting including that of the Doctor. Too often I have felt that when American TV companies try and re…[Read more]

@Brewski

The discussion which I referred to isn’t really  spoilery, just the report that sparked it off.

This gist of the hypothesis which I proposed there is that the coincidence of the paired regenerations of Hartnell Doctor and Capaldi Doctor which immediately followed their meeting, which could be seen in one sense as simultaneous although…[Read more]

@brewski

Um. The transmat first makes its appearance in the Troughton era – the Daleks have it, I think, in one of the ‘missing’ stories, which is why I’m not very sure. Then lots of people start having transmats; when we turn up on Gallifrey for the Five Doctors, the Time Lords use a transmat to send the Master into the Death Zone. During the T.…[Read more]

@brewski

The reviewer in question clearly lacks imagination 🙄

There is a relevant discussion which might be of interest if you are prepared to venture onto the Spoiler forum.

Fortified by coffee, another reflection. The lighthouse. Lighthouses also have connection with time, as the are governed by the tides, and the tides are governed by time. As the saying goes: “Time and tide waits for no man”. No conclusion–just a reflection.

P.S. @brewski, good to see you back!

@brewski @janetteb

at the very least, perhaps the doctor will find out where exactly susan is, in his current time stream, and it can be like the finding gallifrey theme from a couple of series ago? something for chibnall to tackle in a loose arc, or even a doctor’s quest sort of thing, next series? i could go for that… if she’s not featured in…[Read more]

@wolfweed @brewski I’d never seen the “behind the scenes” before. Thanks for that. Liked seeing Moffat trying to be a Dalek.

And, of course, features Richard Curtis, who wrote “Vincent and The Doctor” many years later.

I’m sure everyone is wondering though – is it canon? 🙂

@Brewski

@brewski and it is Christmas when families are traditionally reunited so when better to meet up with his Granddaughter again.

Fingers crossed….

Cheers
Janette

@brewski — another nice theory.

I think we could well see Susan at Christmas, given PC’s keenness for her to come back and the rumours that he is getting a strong input into the special. Now I know many are keen to see some kind of return to the character, but I’ve never been all that bothered myself. I think mostly because of the culture of the…[Read more]

@brewski I have long had a “fanfic” story bubbling in my head regarding just such an event. Susan is elderly and nearing regeneration and manages to send out a message to the Doctor who arrives, not knowing that it is her, high jinks ensure, others, possibly the master, have also picked up the message, are lurking about eager to get their paws on…[Read more]

I watched again tonight too.   Maybe wrong but I think the Saxon Master

is wearing a black Crombie coat very similar to the Doctor’s blue Crombie Coat?

Whether it could be a thing that matters I have no idea?  The Masters inferiority complex and

narcissism are the most authentic aspects about him so maybe a little competition of the coats…[Read more]

@nerys  Yes, that’s the beauty of it — she “played” the “two minds” she was in, one physically, the other verbally, at the same moment.  So good . . . (and bad).  Being “of two minds” about it is a neat marker of just how far along the Vault experience has brought her, when you compare that line with Simm’s “I will NEVER stand with the Do…[Read more]

@brewski — I’m hopeful that you’ll get at least some of your christmas wishes as I think you’re definitely onto something with your theories about the spesh….

@brewski — I’ll be very curious to see just what approach we’ll see. Can’t imagine we’ll see all the Doctors though, maybe just edited highlights and I imagine some of them will just be re-edited footage a la The Name of the Doctor. If indeed this is the approach taken. It might just be some kind of Two Doctors. Rachel Talalay has used the…[Read more]

@tardigrade  Somehow I find it difficult to imagine Missy preparing a confession dial, but perhaps she may have, in the lonely hours in the vault, particularly towards the end, when she began to feel that she had something to confess.

Great point — A Simm Master Confession Dial would have nothing but snarks and boasts, and I don’t think Missy…[Read more]

@Brewski

2 into 3! Yes, I actually wouldn’t put it past The Moffster…..

See two-into-three the comic way! Here on my old blog

Not sure how it fits in with ‘Devious’, though…

@brewski
That is a neat theory! I suspect it may be the other way around (with the 1st Doctor in the role of Clarence the angel) but there is a certain appeal to your idea.

Your idea also made me wonder if the “difference” with this regeneration, that Moffat has been emphasizing, is that it involves 2 regenerations, with the 12th regenerating…[Read more]

@brewski @thane15

A continuity error would be something like a piece of costume appearing and disappearing from a character throughout a scene.

Or an entire pirate….

also @nick

And we haven’t even considered spaghettification… 😉

@lisa @brewski

A lot of British TV Drama is filmed in 60 minute episodes. As a viewer I rather wish Who had the same episode duration.

I hope Chibnall will attempt to do a few things differently. I watched all three Monk stories back to back (without any pre-watching), which certainly made me appreciate the whole story line more than the…[Read more]