@wolfweed — ooh, is that a Titan job? I didn’t know they were doing Pertwee ones.

I really wish someone would hurry up and do a trade paperback collection of the old Countdown strips from the 70s. I’d snap it up in an instant….

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@tardigrade—

I’m not sure why you’re so down on the TLs. I think it was an important piece of exposition for the Doctor’s roots to be shown over the course of many seasons of BG Who

Not sure I’d agree. The only really essential TL appearance, I think is The War Games. That one, I think, serves a point, and serves the purpose of deepening and m…[Read more]

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@nick—

I think that Moff would need to have a very clever idea indeed to avoid spoiling the end of the S10.

I agree, but much as I hate to say it, SM’s series finales have been a bit lacklustre of late, since The Name of the Doctor and possibly even The Wedding of River Song. For my money, both Hell Bent and Death in Heaven were a bit…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave—

Such as the Simm Master’s need for a disguise. Bill is unaware of him, so is it just to surprise the audience?

Well, some of the Master’s previous disguises seemed to have been donned for no earthly reason too, so he does have form in this respect. I suspect he just likes them. But in this case I’m pretty sure Simm had a l…[Read more]

@pedant—

interesting idea, but would need to be executed with next-level aplomb for it not to feel like a cop out

tend to agree and not really convinced it will go in that direction. But thought it was interesting and was curious as to what others thought. And it does seem like the simulation aspect was given curious emphasis in Extremis and SM…[Read more]

On another note, what do people think of the theory someone mentioned on the Graun (and which I find intriguing) that the whole thing could be a simulation (a la Extremis) to test Missy without putting anyone in danger — and therefore Bill has been fine this whole time. Which would also explain the re-appearance of Mondasian Cybermen and the…[Read more]

@missrori— I agree with you and @pedant that the Hybrid is a concept that’s done and dusted. I’m always slightly bemused when this keeps coming up as I think it was pretty clearly dealt with in Hell Bent. I suspect it’s because it’s such a grand phrase that evokes such a lot in the Whovian imagination that it’s hard to let of and accept the…[Read more]

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@missrori and @brewski — the Missy as Doc regenerating theory is not mine I hasten to add but think I saw it over on the Graun. I just thought it was interesting and chimes with how SM teasers have worked in the past — what we think we are seeing is not what we are seeing at all.

Personally, I don’t think it’s going to go that way. It’s too…[Read more]

Tend to agree with @Nick that the way Clara’s death was presented in Face the Raven made it clear (at least to me) that she wasn’t dead, or at least not in the sense of an absolute end, taking no further part in the series. Bill’s ‘demise’ seems different to me in that regard, The mise en scene presents it with significance, finality, that…[Read more]

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