I will tell Uncle.

He will, I think, be interested that Miss ScaryB thinks the policemen could be Hartnell.

I forgot to mention that Unlcle wondered whether the Policeman was meant to be a Zygon copy of the Hurt Dr.

Thank you

Mine HTPBDET(s)

I am confused though.

Does this mean you think it is Hurt or that you don’t?

Uncle is certain it is not the same policeman from Unearthly Child.

He is also struck with how every Doctor and Companion is frozen in action – as if locked.

He wonders if Hurt is there playing the Policman, what is he doing? Has he just…[Read more]

My Uncle wanted to know whether anyone else thought that John Hurt was the policeman at the very beginning of the trailer.

He thinks it is Hurt.

Greetings.

Apologies for radio silence, but I have been mostly in hospital again over the last two months. No point in beating around the bush – open heart surgery, two rounds, from which I am […]

Thanks for the kind words ( and welcome @XAD4 ) – much appreciated.

I have had a little setback with incompatible medication and thus have been […]

I never said that your theory was incompatible with a force controlling the TARDIS.

I also don’t ignore information given in what you refer to as Act Two.

Nothing you say proves any aspect […]

Interesting theory.

Is there anything to support the notion that Dalek Clara survived the destruction of the Asylum?

The constant references/allusions to Rose do seem to be leading […]

Are there rules in the real world about what does or does not constitute a time paradox?

You may be approaching this from a scientific basis, wheras I am just thinking about it in terms of the […]

For my own part, I can’t see a difference based upon when X was born in the situation we are discussing.

If Amy’s parents have been removed from the timeline by the Crack then she is a […]

The Baker is the key to the whole show and the relationship between he and his wife a delicate, real one which sits in contrapuntal mode against the fairytale action.

And he needs to sing […]

I rather think I just take a default position of looking for the simplest explanation – and by that I don’t mean anything other than what seems clearest to me.

The two things I […]

Okay – so you think the Doctor’s confinement might not be causative – but that the loss of the second progenuitor of River is?

The Universe in that timeline ends because the River Paradox, […]

Can I just ask if I have your theory about the TARDIS exploding correct?

Is it this?:

The TARDIS reacts to events occuring in the timeline in which the TARDIS is present. River […]

Depp should be fine as the Wolf although he just won’t sing Hello Little Girl with the rapacious glee and dexterity it needs.

Far more troubling, however, is Corden as the Baker. I […]

Ghostlight leads into Curse of Fenric and, really, is at the heart of both what is good and bad about that era. So – an ideal choice methinks.

Remembrance is great fun and an Anniversary story.

Yes – that is all I meant. It was a small attempt to be humorous (at my own expense) but I did not mean to suggest anything about the Forum rules.

@TardisBlue

Your enthusiasm and sheer glee is […]

I think you can be either intrigued by Twin Dilemma or dead – actually, they may be the same state…

Twin Dilemma is, to use a term with which I unintentionally offended @Phaseshift, a dog’s turd. […]

Completely?

But lets not get ahead of ourselves…

In other news, I have been released to Home care and the delight of my nephews, […]

That was genius!

Thanks!

🙂

My sincerest humblest apologies.

I forgot that people may not have known that – sorry!

If Shazzbot were here, she would have swooped and moved my unthinking spoiler to Spoilers…

I will do […]

More “outsider insider” info I think ! 🙂

Hurt said he played part of a trinty or kind of trinity…and there have been a lot of religous images in the last few years…so seems a possibility…one […]

It was an old rumour running around the BBC and theatre circles (particularly Donmar crowd) that Chiwitel Ejiofor was offered the part when Tennant left but turned it down. I have no idea if that […]

Thanks for your words.

I was going to ask you whether you meant Merrily or Woods, so thanks for clearing that up.

I do think you are right to think about Sondheim’s influences on Moffat – I […]

I have lost count of how many times you have made me laugh when I had a mouthful of tea and then ended up covered it said tea.  This:

Maybe this is what he did that wasn’t in the Name of the Dr (ie […]

The Topic Dalek must revive not regenerate!

Perhaps I should offer to add an S (for Shazzbot)…but I quite see that might not […]

No, I don’t think your theory is as bonkers as you seem too.

Depressingly, it has been worrying me for some time that this is how it might pan out.

There are no explanations given for […]

Best of all he, simply by his age and gravitas, can take it to new territory.

Yes, that section with the cockroach is lovely.

You are right – it is a witty script!

ACE:                 Professor. Josiah’s lucifugous.
DOCTOR:       Yes. He doesn’t like light, either.
ACE:                What about the spaceship in the cellar? It’s knackered, isn’t it?
DOCTOR:       Yes. […]

I wondered whether Davos would appear. 🙂

Excellent stuff. It feels creepy and fresh and familiar – a rare achievement. But perfect for Doctor Who.

Looking forward to the next instalment!

Cheers!

Thanks for the wedding good wishes.

ScaryB – afternoon wedding followed by afternoon tea and speeches and crying and then a service for my grandmother and more speeches and crying and […]

Yes, quite.

Who knows?

Moffat lies – we know that.

He wanted a surprise regeneration – we know that. Is there a way for him to have his cake and eat it too? Because if there is, I feel sure he […]

If you are a person who watched the Hartnell Doctor insist that his grand-daughter stay behind on a Dalek […]

Or it might be John Hurt….

I dont have any issue with the figures; as I said above I did not think they were bad.

The BBC is not an easy organisation to understand – but there is a hard core of creatives who think new stuff […]

Of course, your friend might be on the money about revisiting the Doctor’s youth on Gallifrey – but in the Anniversary Special…

Oh and you left out the host….John Barrowman surely??

Hilarious!

I wonder if Zoe Ball being the host means anything?

If it were someone famous, would they unleash her?

I am no expert on them but don’t think they are terribly bad – just down on the Tennant averages. So I am told.

But there are all sorts of factors – like scheduling and weather – which can affect […]

I am, alas, too dim to understand the reason for your raised eyebrow

@Craignixon

That snake…another piece of religious symbolism but otherwise, utterly incomprehensible.

@arkleseizure <a href='http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/jamesunderscore/&#039; […]

Interesting stuff.

While a live event does tend to suggest the new Doctor might be someone everyone knows, equally it could suggest someone no one knows and they feel the […]

The Scratchman Tom Baker one I meant…

Sorry

Rule One: the BBC is full of shit!

They were specific about the Patrick Troughton descendant but not which one.

So there are at least three – David, Sam and Harry Melling….

Quite right.

All responses to acting are entirely subjective – that is one of the great joys and mysteries of the craft.

Equally, it means that everyone’s opinions are as valid as everyone else’s. […]

A relative of one Patrick Troughton…

Probably bollocks…