@UltimateCompanion – one other option, i’ve read that the sheriff’s original demise was changed to the falling into gold version. if the original had been kept, maybe they get the sonic off his dead body? i don’t know…

but as with the tardis door being open/shut/open/shut, it looks to be a continuity error. i hope not, as that’s a pretty big…[Read more]

@wolfweed – thanks for the screengrab. i confess, i still don’t see a person. maybe a ghostly figure of some sort? i still wonder if there was someone there to hand him the spoon (and not as a prop, but in story, in the tardis)? maybe he has a robot butler, now?! 🙂

@wolfweed – any chance you can screengrab the spoon? i’ve paused it many times, now, and only see the reflection of the console lights…

also, in the tardis, did someone hand the doctor that spoon?! and was that custard on it?!! i’m sure i didn’t catch sight of a mircrowave oven, or a mini-fridge!

@Verbal – i saw the batman symbol, too, upon re-watching!

i may be in the small minority, so far, of those who like this episode. i thought it was well-paced, with just enough “dark” (people being stabbed to death, robots frying others to ashes) to play against all the lighthearted bantering going on. and the witty dialogue, the back-and-forth between characters (including the superb scene between clara…[Read more]

@UltimateCompanion – the doctor cheated. his first arrow was a homing arrow, so it had mechanical/computer components in it. thus, presumably, could also have had a “detonating tip,” or something similar?

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hello, everyone, again. just finished a third watch, after catching up on everything going on in here. while i don’t have much to add regarding “who is missy?” or “slapgate,” (or the justifiable banishing of the trolls, lol), i did come up with a disturbing idea…

just before everyone is miniaturized, the doctor states that he doesn’t need…[Read more]

ah, @wolfweed – “Gretchen Alison Carlisle sacrificed herself. Did Humpty sacrifice himself?”

someone around here theorized that missy could be some cosmic toymaker, i believe? if so, is she collecting all the “playthings” the doctor is “discarding” along the way, for some future devilry? or is she setting up the board for a cosmic game of chess,…[Read more]

@purofilion – bless you for being a teacher. you are made of tougher stuff than i, and a hundred times more brave! 🙂

i am wondering if anyone else got the obvious nods to ‘star trek: the next generation’ (episode “I, Borg”), where the enterprise captures a member of the borg (“resistance is futile!”), and he becomes semi-independent (even choosing a name for himself, “hugh”), and strikes up a friendship with geordi la forge. at the end, captain picard chooses to…[Read more]

@TimeCahoot – greetings, and welcome!

i thought that woman was rather rude, and i am hoping that there are few like her in the actual british education system!

also, the lady in the window in that scene, with the “crazy” looking hair, wasn’t she one of the schoolchildren in clara’s dream sequence in “deep breath?” the one who challenged clara to…[Read more]

@Barnable – I suspect that combining the VE with the TL’s RE may be a contributing factor as to why…

excellent idea! perhaps there’s an “allergic” reaction to vortex energy, that triggers a regeneration? or even death, with long enough exposure?

oooh, if so, then all the daleks need to do is harness vortex energy and use it as a weapon a…[Read more]

@Serahni – lovely defense of clara! i would add that she clearly stated to HFM that she was afraid for her life, after the doctor left her on the other side of the door. she knows he makes mistakes, sometimes (big burning dinosaur included), so her confidence in him was at an all-time low…

@ everyone else – has anyone worked up a theory as to…[Read more]

@Silverman – “I probably shouldn’t over-exam a sci-fi programme, but the dinosaur irked me for a couple of reasons, and mainly that it presented Vastra as ‘knowing the truth’ that dinosaurs used to be that size…when they weren’t.”

have you considered, and accepted, that the doctor has two functioning hearts? if the sci-fi aspect of the show asks…[Read more]

@purofilion – it’s great to be seen, again! twas a long, long summer, and i’m glad to have this wonderful program back, and this wonderful forum along with it… 🙂

@bivium6 @Arbutus –  i, too, don’t give much weight to missy’s “my boyfriend.” substitute “the object of my obsession,” instead. i predict that will be closer to the truth, as we…[Read more]

@ScaryB – ah, thank you for the link. i agree with that assessment. i also believe that the trenzalore affair is now a “closed timeloop” sort of situation, in the same way that most of the events in ‘journey to the centre of the tardis’ happened, then were un-happened (i feel so sorry for any non-native english speakers who might be trying to…[Read more]

@Serahni – holy crap! your clara theory fits, especially if we consider that she‘s been chameleon arched, to protect her identity (by her mother and/or father)! perhaps someone else has thought of that, too, i don’t remember? but, gallifrey coming back through the clock tower on trenzalore, or clara learning of her timelord heritage via big ben……[Read more]

i have just finished watching the end, again, and have one more thought to add about the surprise call from eleven. i didn’t have any problem with it, at all, as some had, and it makes sense (both in-story, for clara, and in a meta way, for younger viewers) that moffat wanted to ease the transition from the young doctor back to an old…[Read more]

@Serahni – on the contrary, gallifrey (or just one timelord) popping out from virtually any old clock tower (whether on earth, or elsewhere) is a brilliant idea, one that could be easily realized in our favourite timey-wimey show! it was i who assumed you meant the one on trenzalore, because that’s where the “gallifrey crack” was…

also, if the…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip – i see your point, and i’m sorry that i transgressed! i really don’t know anything, though. beyond having seen a few official bbc pics (and there was no avoiding a HUGE one before the cinema showing last night), i’ve avoided all the leaked scripts and episodes, as i don’t want to know what’s coming up, either. my main speculation…[Read more]