Second thought on the Dream Lord/Valeyard theory. I think this is unlikely, since Moff would be on extremely thin ice if he did create a female version of the Doctor, and she turned out to represent his dark side. I don’t like the implications of that.

@purofilion Apologies, I missed that from earlier. The idea that she’s the TARDIS is interesting, but putting the TARDIS (or the Vortex?) into that form is surely no easy task. Two instances spring to mind: Rose as Bad Wolf, and of course something involving House again: could House be making a reappearance?

@ABXY Yes, I also thought this might…[Read more]

After another re-watch (I’m getting a bit addicted to this), I have a couple of questions that puzzle me, and I’d be interested to hear what others think.

First, when the Doctor is going to sleep, and seems to be translating what the dinosaur is saying, at the end he says, ‘Can’t see me’. As Clara points out, the doesn’t seem to apply to the…[Read more]

@wolfweed Fantastic spot. BBC cost-trimming by recycling locations, or significant plot point? I have to say, I’d go with the latter. (In the same way that I fondly believe that Moff never lazily re-uses ideas; he’s always just being self-referential.) Add in the white robots from The Girl who Waited, and is this more support for The Mind Robber hy…[Read more]

Just occurred to me that Madame de Pompadour was Louis XV’s official mistress. Missy, is that you?

@janetteB I love your point that the Marie Antoinette and the Madame de Pompadour may suddenly have acquired a new importance, and this could be the seed of a larger arc. Time-travelling clockwork-android-operated spaceships that last for millions of years and are searching for the ‘promised land’ are not to be sniffed at, especially now we know…[Read more]

@wolfweed No prob, and it’s really good to see all of them together. Personally, I’d hate it if it turned out be an evil, or even just a mildly deranged, Romana. That would spoil things for me, I think. I’d also rather think of River’s story as completed now. But they all look like plausible candidates in terms of building theories about who it…[Read more]

@wolfweed Thanks for the breakdown. I’d add two more to the list: The Moment (which we know can project itself as whomever it chooses), and a female version of The Master from The Mind Robber. That fits with the ‘Missy’ = Mistress theme, but it also conveys the slightly fictional vibe I got off the character. It was almost as if she was narrating…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip All very interesting. I especially like the meta-theory that a Master/Mistress this would be seeding the idea of a female Doctor. I have three daughters: they are really into the show, and dream of one day getting to play the Doctor, so I have a lot invested in this idea!

If you’re suggesting Clara is a plant, there is of course…[Read more]

One other thought: I did wonder if the time-travelling dinosaur (with a TARDIS inside her) may have been a reference to the time-travelling dinosaur embryos (inside a TARDIS) from Mark of the Rani. Personally, I hope Missy does not turn out to be the Rani.

Just to add as well that I thought this was an extremely moving and well constructed reflection the whole nature of regeneration. Regeneration stories always go on about the disorientation that the Doctor experiences, but this one really delved into the identity issues that it raises. I thought it was superb, and I’m really looking forward to more…[Read more]

As @Timeloop says: ‘Telephone number and advert, both being pointed out to us very deliberately. Clearly this is what they want us to theorize about.’ And I agree with @Barnable that I’m so glad we’re going to learn about the woman in the shop. For me that was one of the last hanging threads from the previous series, and am very glad they’re not…[Read more]

@Brewski I think the concept of ‘Weimar Daleks’ is brilliant. I’d be up for Kantian Kaleds too.

@Brewski By a strange coincidence, I had been watching The Daleks recently, for much the same reason, and was struck by the very same thought. Were the original Kaleds these beautiful philosophers and artists, as the Thals say they were?

But then I think of Genesis of the Daleks, and I suppose that maybe this was something the Thals were…[Read more]

Oops: needed a quick crash course in posting a picture. Here goes again.

And:

@wolfweed

Looks so good. I’m sure others have seen this already, but someone has put these two together. (Got this from io9.)

Along with this:

I’m so excited about the idea of a Pertwee/Cpaldi mash-up.

@Arbutus I agree: the woman in the shop is one plot-point that I’d really like to see tied up. I have three pet theories here, in ascending order of preference: i) Sally Sparrow; ii) the time lady from the End of Time (who seems mysteriously able to project herself out of the Time Lock/Stasis); and iii) The Moment (as Rose/Bad Wolf). I do hope we…[Read more]

A couple of thoughts on the connection between The Moment and the TARDIS, and on the links between The Moment, Rose and the Bad Wolf. They made we want to revisit the end of Parting of the Ways (sniff!).

Rose became the Bad Wolf when she looked into the heart of the TARDIS, so maybe The Moment is what is found there, i.e. the Moment/Bad Wolf is…[Read more]

With apologies if this point has been made before, but the (as it turns out, partial) painting title ‘Gallifrey falls’ brought home to me just how many ‘falls’ there are knocking around: Gallifrey falls, Summer falls, Silence will Fall, Fall of the Eleventh, maybe also the red waterfall (are the references to ‘Falls’ indications that we are in one…[Read more]