@Juniperfish

It seems odd to me that Smith is the only one to suffer memory loss. Then again, different regens deal with the war differently?

The memory loss was foreshadowed in previous eps (as @geoffers pointed out). I’m reading something into that – it’s what we do right? – for the Christmas ep.

Agree re Silence and loose ends btw.

@geoffers

GI shenanigans you say? That would explain it. I seem to remember memory loss from another ep though. Could be Moffat playing a long game.

The question should then be: will the ongoing memory loss have any impact on the regen ep?

I guess Clara’s seen it all so won’t be as frightened as – ooh I dunno – a dirty old man 🙂 Matt looks…[Read more]

@FiveFaces Good point. We should keep an eye out for that! Nice connection to Reichenbach as well.

@wolfweed Do you have a detailed, international analysis? Would love to get my hands on that. For example how many people per country, general reaction per country and so on.

@geoffers Yes, Clara and Bad Wolf are definitely part of it. But he might…[Read more]

@Geoffers    Your notion that the Doctors repeated encounters with Daleks may have triggered or created their hatred and fear of the Time Lords and fed into the Time War is quite interesting and worth thinking about.   Certainly one of the themes played with in the Matt Smith era is the ‘Batmanesque’ theory that the Doctor has become so large and…[Read more]

@geoffers

but the race thing, i don’t think that would affect me, if he changed race. perhaps many other fans would be outraged, but as long as the actor is right (as you say)… and british! the doctor should always have an accent, from somewhere in the isles…

This comment of yours made me think of Lenny Henry , and I found this on YouTube…[Read more]

@wolfweed Well spotted, you must be a whizz at those Where’s Wally? books 😉

What caught my eye was the interesting is the pattern on Clara’s cardigan. Are those cool bow-ties or infinite loops?

@geoffers I think the necklace is just a fashion thing, it goes with the punky bracelet she has and we know she likes a necklace.

Could her tartan…[Read more]

@Shazzbot, @pedant, @scaryb, @juniperfish, @geoffers and everyone else
RE: Time War
I must admit, I was a little disappointed by what the last day of the time war looked like, and not just because we didn’t see any Daleks outside of their casing!

I always interpreted it as a “non-violent” war, i.e. a timelord would alter time, then a Dalek…[Read more]

@Geoffers check out The Curse of Fatal Death, a special for Red Nose day 1999; while obv not canon, it’s a good insight into Moffat’s ideas on multiple Doctors, including the very definitely female Joanna Lumley!

If the Doctor’s changing gender or race, it needs to be first and foremost story driven, not done for the gimmick-factor or as a…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip @pedant

OK, OK… you’ve all convinced me that Osgood probably ( 😉 ) isn’t Kate’s daughter (dammit – another good theory bites the dust!)

@Juniperfish

I am a firm believer that the creation/ the text is greater than the creator

I agree with that.  This whole site is based on it, haha!

I also agree that the 2 timestreams ex…[Read more]

@badwolfie My personal headcannon for 9/Rose Tyler had been that while Eccleston doesn’t remember her, he maybe remembers her subconsciously. Hence the instant connection and fondness. But I think I like your idea better: that he remembers her from before the time stream memory loss and goes to look for her!

In my theater Billie Piper, Tennant…[Read more]

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Greetings back @Geoffers

That’s a great story and a nice intro.  Dr Who has way of sneaking into people’s lives, even if they resist it intially, haha. The Doctor will find you in the end 🙂   Look forward to reading your next posts