The Doctor Who Forum | feralcat | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/feralcat/activity/ Activity feed for feralcat. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:29:15 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 7db16fd11931f384563fe6930bc8ecda feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 14 – The Name of the Doctor in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-14-the-name-of-the-doctor/#post-9603 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:44:08 +0000 And loved Clara in era-specific clothing when warning the various incarnations of the Doctor – especially the 80’s one!

]]> f1792a9ac11ccb857f4417d3bd97b5fa feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 14 – The Name of the Doctor in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-14-the-name-of-the-doctor/#post-9601 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:40:22 +0000 So…

The leaf wasn’t the actual leaf – the doctor must have substituted another leaf which Clara then offers up in the “Rings” – the planet/star/sun doesn’t feast on her mother’s potential but on Clara’s […]

]]> 31cbf5c92bbb68a88abada30ab17aeb2 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 12 - The Crimson Horror in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-12-the-crimson-horror/page/3/#post-7895 Sun, 05 May 2013 15:28:54 +0000 I  reckon Mr Thursday is a nod to GK Chesterton’s The Man who was Thursday – the hero’s love interest in that very Kafka-like story is Rose (Rosamund).

Of course Chesterton also wrote The Paradoxes of Mr Pond…

]]> afec0c6d49a7fa5a1dec48b9bab0a603 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 12 - The Crimson Horror in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-12-the-crimson-horror/#post-7737 Sat, 04 May 2013 18:46:52 +0000 So if he had managed to get to London in 1893 rather than Yorkshire, was he planning to show Clara her Victorian doppelganger? Seems a bit brutal. Or to prove they were different beings if it turned out a time […]

]]> 868d56ab20663ff802d1fc24222441d0 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 12 - The Crimson Horror in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-12-the-crimson-horror/#post-7732 Sat, 04 May 2013 18:30:25 +0000 Plus Jenny wearing an Avengers leather catsuit – priceless.

]]> 2ba06182d2adb3ddea600104c34df325 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 12 - The Crimson Horror in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-12-the-crimson-horror/#post-7727 Sat, 04 May 2013 18:18:29 +0000 Thomas Thomas – victorian sat nav !

]]> 149b551e1043537198519ec38bc3fd62 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 10 – Hide in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-10-hide/page/2/#post-6243 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:01:19 +0000 Around about 15:00 or so, Clara only has two candles in the candlestick, having run down the stairs; a few seconds later there are 3 again.

Continuity slip, for sure.

 

]]> 797c98d9669354261b2ca10f22658a73 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 10 – Hide in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-10-hide/page/2/#post-6205 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:12:17 +0000 As noted by other here, we have blue and red balloons representing the two universes. The doctor blows up the blue one first to represent ‘our’ universe, the red second as the pocket universe.

He draws them […]

]]> db00d6d3fbdad4b2e1261e7c29f9a047 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 10 – Hide in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-10-hide/#post-6197 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:34:26 +0000 “sliver of ice” line is a paraphrase of Graham Greene’s assertion  that;

“There is a splinter of ice in the heart of a writer”

He was writing in the context of the writer’s need to look at tragedy, or at […]

]]> af9cf5274b29ed3ddcd8d6bfa7471f33 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 10 – Hide in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-10-hide/#post-6178 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:22:41 +0000 Sticking to my Clara as normal / impossible theme;

The Tardis comes up with the only image she thinks Clara will recognise from her vast database; Clara herself – again this suggests Clara has a very limited […]

]]> da5d5315dd6975777178c232e4b7768f feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 10 – Hide in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-10-hide/#post-6169 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:25:43 +0000 Another instance of Clara being unable to do something until prompted – she won’t follow the Doctor and go looking for the ghost, in fact clearly can’t follow him until he dares her (at her suggestion), then she’s […]

]]> 573ec67b4ee1ea342e50accac2546f0d feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 9 – Cold War in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-9-cold-war/page/3/#post-5599 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:02:57 +0000 So to recap (for myself as much as anyone)…

Phoenix / Firebird = Rebirth

Egyptology = Reincarnation

Looking Glass (Clara does the mirror image of the usual; “smaller on the outside” & “Anywhere in […]

]]> 5dcb47ef197a87c135722ce6e6f29374 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 8 - The Rings of Akhaten in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-8-the-rings-of-akhaten/page/2/#post-4437 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:54:32 +0000 Egyptology count so far;

Camels, Pyramids, Mummy, Raiders of the Lost Ark

Any others?

]]> f020ea1b01d180ccb55c8b1eb9d11fbd feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 8 - The Rings of Akhaten in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-8-the-rings-of-akhaten/page/2/#post-4427 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:44:25 +0000 Some  more things about Clara (am presuming you’ve all read others speculations and clue-assembly, so won’t repeat the basics);

Her Father is still alive (and, as the Doctor reports in his list of messages for […]

]]> 7f6de9428a2bddd0e85e78da29ae7be3 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 7 - The Bells of Saint John in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-7-the-bells-of-saint-john/page/2/#post-3859 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:30:17 +0000 @Bluesqueakpip

Agreed – I thought that ‘pond’ being the only word to get the Doctor’s attention was the perfect example of Moffat setting up any/all/none of the following; a good joke (since the old governess […]

]]> b8cccea4216c59d0c698fa84a844e457 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 7 - The Bells of Saint John in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-7-the-bells-of-saint-john/page/2/#post-3853 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:07:17 +0000 @ScaryB – yep, very much so. Although it required the Doctor to mention the ‘World Wide Web’ somewhat anachronistically when really it was wi-fi networks and the net generally that had been co-opted. Loved that […]

]]> 4c718309e866e3095602d568d8619276 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 7 - The Bells of Saint John in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-7-the-bells-of-saint-john/page/2/#post-3843 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:44:07 +0000 Looking at the Prequel again, it is most specifically Autumn – the camera makes a point of including a huge tree with reddish  leaves, leaves all around in fact;

So it’s the first page because Clara brings it […]

]]> 59e2581c60739658a536ac3109137708 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 7 - The Bells of Saint John in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-7-the-bells-of-saint-john/page/2/#post-3827 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:37:53 +0000 Reposting this from the Series Blog over at The Guardian;

 

So did anyone else notice the camels? – one on Clara’s desk, a picture of one on the hall stairs and then, when they are about to set off on the […]

]]> 9341b0ed2a32adb0c8c420edfe839c42 feralcat replied to the topic S33 (7) 7 - The Bells of Saint John in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/s33-7-7-the-bells-of-saint-john/#post-3801 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:25:42 +0000 ‘Summer Falls’ is surely just Amy taking her adventures with the doctor (Silence Falls) and writing them as a children’s adventure story, in the manner of Famous Five books (the cover has the heroine with her two […]

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