• jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    At least from The Rings of Akhaten, which was written by Neil Cross and not by Moffat, the Doctor’s knowledge of beginnings and endings may dwarf that of anyone who has ever lived in the universe:

    DOCTOR: I walked away from the last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and I watched as time ran…

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  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    The starship on which the TARDIS lands, Harmony and Redemption, is shown passing by the star Gamma Eridani which apparently by that time had gone supernova.  This star is also known as Zaurak.  Gamma Eridani is located in the Constellation Eridanus, which in many ancient cultures was associated with a river.

    In astrology some give the following i…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    @nerys: I think the Doctor through much of the episode was hoping River Song would recognize him but did not want to do something completely obvious that would announce his presence such as pulling out the sonic screwdriver.  Thus the use as you have noted of the glasses at one point.

    I love the idea of the glasses and hope for even more radical…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    I am sorry if I created an argument.  I just wanted to speculate if from what we have seen of the character River Song, would she be happy to be confined for an eternity in the virtual reality of the Library.

    At least people should be happy that the Doctor did not swipe himself with River’s sonic screwdriver before he handed it to her.  The e…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    @blenkinsopthebrave: I like the speculation that the Doctor did much more than that:  The Doctor went back in time and arranged for the construction of the Singing Towers of Darillium himself.

    @ichabod: I agree completely with your ideas on how to transition the Doctor to a more balanced emotional relationship with his companions.  U…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    @ichabod: Clara did return to Gallifrey in an instant of time and then had herself put back in her body for her death at Trap Street, so the Time Lords were none the wiser.   Except this “instant of time” was relative to her stopped pulse, her one moment of time left.   Clara even alludes to this:

    Clara: Mind you… seeing as I’m not actually ag…

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  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    @tardigrade: I think the pattern is that in the new series, Doctors have one companion with an extreme emotional relationship, and then a follow-up companion they can hold more at arms length.  Thus the Tennant Doctor had Rose, the Smith Doctor had Amy, and the Capaldi Doctor had Clara as their extremely close emotional companions, but then the…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Spoilers (2)

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  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    Now that I think about it, I simply am not sure whether the Library that River Song winds up in Forest of the Dead will be heaven or hell for her.  I think at the end the Doctor repaired the Library’s computer’s virtual reality so that it would be a much more pleasant place to live in.  I am trying to remember whether in theory the Library can b…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    The Doctor: Things. There are things that have to be checked before I get it to you. If we don’t check the thing, then…

    Reminded me of Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Sleeper pretending to be surgeons who were to clone the Leader.

  • jphamlore replied to the topic The Husbands Of River Song

    @theconsultingdoctor: The reason why this was such an emotional episode that could be the conclusion of the River Song saga is that this episode apparently could have been Steven Moffat’s last as showrunner.  Fortunately for us he is staying for at least next season, at the cost of his having to juggle his duties with Sherlock.

    Losing Moffat…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    @MikeofMcr:  I argue below that the Doctor has to recognize Clara, at least for a moment, from Rigsy’s artwork on the TARDIS, so that subconsciously he will no longer have a mystery gnawing at him, because the show itself asserts the Doctor cannot resist a mystery.

    I contend Hell Bent and in fact the entire season after the first two Davros /…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    The Doctor’s death as shown in The Wedding of River Song was also a fixed point in time, recorded in history apparently by many.  Yet the Doctor found a loophole.  Why couldn’t he find a loophole for Clara other than his desperate attempts at the very end of time that didn’t seem to be working very well until Clara and Ashildr’s intervention?

    I t…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Spoilers (2)

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  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    I think Rassilon will be the Minister of War mentioned by O’Donnell this past season. I speculate Moffat will use themes from Shakespeare’s play Richard III. I am thinking in particular that the vibe could be similar to the Ian McKellen 1995 film version of Richard III that brought that play into an alternate Britain of the 1930s with fascist…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    @ichabod: I do believe the Doctor obtained some sort of closure and at least for a moment he recognized that Clara was the waitress.  He had to obtain closure because for all he knew, if he did otherwise he could be blundering and cost Clara her existence.  Compare this to Amy in the Moffat-written The Big Bang having to stand up during her w…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    Once upon a time there was an astonishing, and too short-lived, British television spy drama The Sandbaggers, one that inverted all the spy drama tropes of the day by featuring far more conversation and office politics than gunplay or anything resembling action.  In this show the main character Burnside had grown somewhat fond of his second-level…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    @soundworld: I suggest things such as Tardis’ mysteriously being left unguarded are not simply from incompetence.  Just as for Davies Dalek Caan was shown to be manipulating the timestream for his own purposes, I think for Moffat the Time Lords have their own rogue to worry about who is not the Doctor.

    The Doctor: When Time Lords die, their minds…

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  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    I speculate the talk of the hybrid could have died with the events of Hell Bent, but tragically, now Rassilon, due to having lost his power due to an obsession with the hybrid prophecy, will actually feel compelled to create a murderous hybrid just to show he was right.

    There is I believe a standard trope for a villain arc where disgraced leader…[Read more]

  • jphamlore replied to the topic Hell Bent

    @tardigrade: I think it is possible that at certain times the Doctor knows more about the hybrid and at certain times he doesn’t, because

    The Doctor(O.C.): I don’t know.

    Ashildr: Sometimes you do. It’s always the way with things we’d rather forget. You remember now, though, don’t you? Tell me, Doctor, who is…the Hybrid? Who threatens all of…

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