@geoffers  I thought much the same thing, I think I mentioned it previously, (or could have just dreamed I did.  It’s been that kind of week.)  Those who thought Clara was overshadowed by Amy have had that rectified now, surely, which is poignant and quite sweet.

Oddly enough, I never understood the concern though.  I admit, in a traditional sen…[Read more]

@geoffers  Well, between us we’ve managed to come up with two clock towers that would work.  The more this nuts idea of mine gets air-time, the more I kind of want to see what it would look like.  The clock/clockwork theme is already pretty strong, with the new opening title sequence and now a favoured pocketwatch masquerading as an uni…[Read more]

@Geoffers – I was one of those who on first viewing thought “oh, did they have to do that?” when Matt reappeared, but since Thommck’s kid and thinking about the younger audience I thought, ‘ah, fair enough’.

However, call me an old softie, but I think what you’ve just said re: Clara’s closure is rather beautiful!

When I get around to watching it…[Read more]

@Geoffers – not a problem. As I said, it wasn’t just you. 😉

If they did several of Missy’s scenes in that location, she could well be dropped into quite a few episodes. A location shoot for one day, no costume changes – think how many inserts they managed with Mme Kovarian.

@geoffers  That’s because I’m a twit and I keep getting my clock towers muddled up.  XD  I’d forgotten about the one on Trenzalore, I was actually meaning what, for argument’s sake, might be called Big Ben.  *lol*  But I like your theory even better!  It actually sounds almost feasible.

Could I make a request please?

ANY references to spoilers should stay in the Spoilers forums. That includes ‘I think/don’t think this because of spoilers’. @Geoffers, I’m not getting at you specifically; you’re not the only person to do this, just the latest.

It’s no bloomin’ good not mentioning what the spoiler actually is if you promptly tell…[Read more]

@TardisBlue – No worries and thanks!

@Bluesqueakpip – yes, I read your blog. Thanks for your amazing analysis of Tasha flying the TARDIS and the D.E.M.

@ScaryB – River does say that she was taught by the best, and the Doctor looks smug, but she then says that he wasn’t there that day. However, towards the end of ‘Let’s kill Hitler’ River…[Read more]

@geoffers

Re: aborted timelines, impossible Clara, GI, etc.
I posted this a few days ago on @Bluesqueakpip‘s Time-Structure blog, my thoughts about Clara and the timelines.

•    Starting Point: The Doctor destroys Gallifrey, becomes the last Time Lord.
•    AotD, The Snowmen: The Doctor meets Claricles.
•    BoSJ: The Doctor looks for and finds…[Read more]

@PurpleCup

Welcome, and thanks for a great post to start up the speculation again!

The Doctor never said that River couldn’t be buried (as you would assume he’d say after the Library), he just said that ‘they’ would never bury his wife there. Does this imply that there is a way to get her out of the Library and back to a body again, in order for…[Read more]

@geoffers

Your idea that River made the gravestone and tunnel is a good one. But it provokes the question “why?”. River could get in and out of the dying TARDIS using the door and his name, so she wouldn’t need a secret tunnel in. Did she need to get in unobserved and so would enter from a distance? Or did she know that The Doctor and The GI…[Read more]

@Wisht – seconding @geoffers, I took that to be a step-mum (or potential step-mum).  Rather ties in with the idea raised on here last week of Clara as the fairytale princess, waiting for the hero to ride in and save her*.  From a tower (block).  And a wicked stepmother!

*Apologies to whoever pointed that out, I can’t find the relevant post at…[Read more]

@geoffers
You’re right about the slower pace, it did give it a bit of BG feel. I liked that, although I could still have done with a few more minutes so that a bit of the shoelace-tying could have been a little less frantic. Great notion that the angels only send you into the past if they can see you! A nice tidy explanation for the problematic…[Read more]

@geoffers Yes @HTPBDET took the long view and his loving critique was definitely an inspiration. Let’s toast him for the New Year!

@ScaryB Ah ha – well my theory is that perhaps the Doctor’s Mother (whom we saw in The End of Time) and a coterie of Time Lords sympathetic to the Doctor somehow created Tasha Lem.

Not all Time Lords agreed with the…[Read more]

Hey guys,

many things have been already said. that’s what happens if you take your time.

Let’s see if I can add some new aspects:

According to the last episode we saw the Doctor was absolutely bluffing in Nightmare in Silver. He could have not got rid of Mr. Clever. (Maybe that is what he kept hidden together with Hurt) with a…[Read more]

@Geoffers

“kids are bonkers with excitement…”  sums up this forum quite nicely!

Sums me up, that’s for sure. I’m going to be wishing Christmas day away till it’s Time for the Doctor 😉

@Thommck Nice (11th hour, ha!) theory re Stormageddon

Matt is the 13th Doctor

that’s got me confused tho… I thought he’s either #11 or #12. I’ve missed a…[Read more]

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