@brotherjohn Thanks for pulling apart my theory 😀
You are right, of course, it is open to interpretation. I am still not convinced that at that point “no living creature may speak falsely or fail to give answer”. It seems only the Doctor could not speak falsely or fail to give an answer, but only if he wanted to protect his friends. He could have let them die, and actually did seem to be choosing them dying over saying his name. Dark, dark Doctor!
I am going to go on record as thinking that this is what is going on/will happen:
I think Hurt is between 8 and 9, but because of starting the Time War, ending the Time War, or his actions during it, he is not considered the Doctor. He is no 4th Doctor, he has no conscience when it comes to wiping out the Daleks (and the Time Lords).
I think Hurt will be considered the 9th Doctor by the end of the 50th though – redeemed somehow.
I think the tomb we’ve seen on Trenzalore is therefore Tennant’s Doctor’s, as he is now the 11th. That would explain why we only see 10 Doctors plus Hurt in his timestream (Smith’s Doctor was not in the timestream). And Tennant’s Doctor was the only one not running about – he was in The Library, at rest, so to speak…
One problem is the TARDIS tomb had the same cracked window as Smith’s, and they made a bit of a deal about that. Perhaps Smith and Tennant swap TARDISes?
As for the story, I think it has to involve the events of the Time War and the battle at Trenzalor where Tennant’s Doctor will die to save Smith’s Doctor. Can he do that and still have regenerated into Smith? Who knows? I just don’t think Moffat will make it canon that The Doctor has to die at Trenzalor, it’s too restricting for future writers. I think it is a tomb that will be shown not to be the FINAL resting place of The Doctor, just one of what will become one of his many resting places.
But then there are Zygons in it, how do they fit in? I have no idea yet. 😀
