@soundworld  he would be able to link directly into the ‘hall of records’ and access the full horror of what he went through.

Hmm, a tulku who can visit the akashic “library” — but then wouldn’t he also remember everything about Clara that he’s forgotten, neural blocker or no neural blocker?  kind of undercuts the end of HB for me.  And yes, I…[Read more]

@nick  Re the Doctor in HB being “cowardly” — He had the chance to say a final goodbye and find the beginnings of an emotional closure (an overused word) to companion Clara. But he fails that test and runs from the best answer, which would be to stop and return Clara to her grave.

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@missy   All of which must have had an affect on him, and the fact that he looked so tired when they returned to the Tardis, is to my way of thinking something to be taken into consideration.

True; lots of stress and conflicting demands, plus some big losses and challenges with very uncertain outcomes.  That stuff could wear out even a TL; ma…[Read more]

@nerys  Who will heal the Doctor?

Probably nobody, fully, until he heals himself — by regenerating; turning the page on 12.

Damn it!

@thane15   Our hybrid is humming right along tonight (well, night for me, anyway).  I didn’t care for Seinfeld, but I do like “the bar man is the therapist”.   And you’re so right about that shabby coat — at lea…[Read more]

@lisa  Wow! I’m inspired! I shall market it on Etsy and at Comic Cons 🙂

You’ll make a fortune, at least until “Deadpool Face and Bleaching Cream” comes out, not to mention “Batman’s Bat musk”.

@nick  Anyway Ichabod, the questions that most relate to S10’s strange behaviour, is why and how does it relate to the last 2 or 3 episodes of D12.< …[Read more]

@pedant  Thanks, that’s exactly the point I was trying to make, that difference between situational and clinical depression; you lay it out much more clearly than I did.  I’ve seen examples of both types of depression close up, so I’ve been a bit sensitized, I guess, to maintaining that distinction.  I think many people don’t really see it at all.

@lisa  “New, exciting perfume scent is discovered: A Whiff of Rassilon!  It’s inter-galactic!”

@nick  Being The Doctor means accepting fate, accepting companion’s decisions sacrifices (River sacrificed herself to save Him after all) no matter the personal cost.

Agreed; but it *also* means sometimes giving up, stepping back, “Why can’t I just …[Read more]

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@pedant  Or he was thoroughly few up with losing people and had been tortured for 4.5 billion years.  

Yes; that’s my version of the story, and I’m sticking to it.  DW deals in depression quite a bit, and that’s <i>our human </i> story too, for the most part, just scrawled all over the universe over massive amounts of time instead of over a smal…[Read more]

@rorysmith  The Tardis is connected to all of time and space so she knows the Master has an important role to play.

Oh no — a Deus in Machina!  I like it.

@missrori  But this deeply personal relationship with Missy is still holding him back. Perhaps that will be key to the finale — his coming to an understanding that he needs to free hims…[Read more]

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@missrori  The Eleventh Doctor had his Day, and so will the Twelfth Doctor in the end.

I’ll drink to that!  I don’t think Steven Moffat or Peter Capaldi would want to end on a note of doom and despair, so the Xmas special gives them a place to soften and brighten the final landing for this series.  And I do think they’ll use it well.  After all…[Read more]

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@nerys  I think the Doctor’s basic problem is that he is lonely for his own kind. Missy is the only one left

Well, Gallifrey is back so there are TLs for company if he wants to make some kind of a deal for visiting; but if we take “his own kind” to mean other *rebel* TLs who’ve broken away from Gallifreyan rules and attitudes, then I’d agree th…[Read more]

@missrori  I think what Moffat and co. meant about Bill not being “special” was that she does not enter the story as having some great mystery surrounding her, as Amy Pond did with the crack in her bedroom, or Clara Oswald did with her multiple lives.

Yes, you’re right — and thanks for that post, it’s really right on the mark (especially that…[Read more]

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@glasgowboy  Why wasn’t Bill imprisoned from the start? 

As the one who made the link, she’s supposed to have a more or less normal life and have kids, one of whom will carry on the link, as explained by — Missy?  That’s less likely in a prison than living a relatively protected life at large.

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@cathanabel   [memories of mum]  they aren’t part of ‘history’, part of Bill’s official story even. They’re therefore safe from Monkish interference

Yes, that makes sense — the “love” that’s there, that’s really operating behind the scenes, is the simple kindness of the Doctor in traveling back to take those pictures and then planting the…[Read more]