@Curvedspace That is a good article.

However, I don’t think it is entirely correct in its reading of the Moffat era.

Moffat likes to think about the nature of time for a Time Lord.  And, in some ways, death has no dominion, or rather, a Time Lord can pretend it has no dominion.

In “The Wedding of River Song” the Doctor has this exchange with…[Read more]

@Phaseshift I didn’t realise there was so much modding going on behind the scenes!

Thanks again to The Doctor Who Forum team @Craig @Shazzbot @JimtheFish and @Phaseshift for your time and energy, donated for free, out of fan-love, to the running of the site.

I’ve been involved in collective not-for-profit organising myself and I know that the…[Read more]

@Phaseshift I missed your entire Time Lords blog over the summer I’m afraid! What a labour of love – is it fair to sum up as “the Time Lords are dodgy as f… udge” ? 🙂

Agreed, although I have looked forward to their return for a while now. I’ve always enjoyed the Doctor’s struggles with TL society – his love/ hate relationship with his own c…[Read more]

Thanks for the thought @Phaseshift , like others, I would prefer the sofa to be a space for shorter posts as it is the “welcome” space for new members and arriving to be greeted with a series of gigantic posts (however interesting) can be a bit off-putting on a landing page!

Enjoyed the discussions on the nature of the Time War.

I agree with @Thomick that it would have been great to see more of the strategizing in the Time Lord War Room, the chilling decisions to shift time here or there in order to resurrect and replay a certain battle amongst the “lesser” races. “The End of Time” and “The Night of the Doctor” mad…[Read more]

@pedant

He is condemned to centuries of guilt for something he didn’t do.

Ah but he did do it. The Ecclestone Doctor we first meet is wracked with guilt because he remembers that he made the decision to burn Gallifrey and time-lock the Time War with it burning inside. He made that decision and lo we see Gallifrey burning.

For what other reason…[Read more]

@Shazzbot Thanks for finding the correct attribution for the phoenix necklace spot to @Lula !

@Timeloop Yes I saw that interview with Moffat and I also saw your earlier post re “The End of Time” when you’d re-checked that Gallifrey is indeed burning on-screen.

The thing is, Moffat’s perspective doesn’t settle the question for me. Once you have…[Read more]

@ardaraith I like the idea too (that they are still in the Doctor’s time stream).

I also noticed on a re-watch that Clara is positioned as Barbara (working in a school with a young fellow male teacher coming to tell her about the Doctor). I don’t think Clara is River but she may still turn out to be the nanny – all those Mary Poppins parallels we…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip

I’d agree that we saw Gallifrey burning, plus a mad seer saying only two people (the Master and the Doctor) live. That’s now been changed: but it did happen. Because if it hadn’t happened, it couldn’t have been changed – Clara only exists because the Doctor is the man created by the Time War.

Agreed! And I think we are supposed to r…[Read more]

@Tennantmarsters2013

Ages ago the Hive Mind worked out that, derived from Old Saxon/ Old Norse

Os win = God’s power

Os wald = God’s friend

and from what I can gather Os good = God’s goodness

So it could be that Osgood is a Clara-fragment, part of a trinity of Doctor-protectors, and one which (as discussed up thread) in particular represents…[Read more]

I don’t know @pedant  I think @DenValdron ‘s criticisms are valid tbh.

I enjoyed the episode in so many ways, not least (which I haven’t mentioned yet) the cinematography. The shot which took us from planetary explosion to a coffee cup was particularly beautiful. I enjoyed most of all, the collective experience of sharing fifty years of the pro…[Read more]

Well I hope everyone is recovering from their 50th anniversary celebrations, whether that be on your sofa or cinemas from Mexico City to Mars.

@Phaseshift did you manage to quaff cocktails from Doctor 5 to Doctor 11 and stay standing? I’m not surprised the “Great Green Vampire” for Doctor 4 proved strong medicine – it is based on Hemingway’s…[Read more]

Hi @Thommck

It’s suitable for kids using the traditional “no sex or violence” criteria but it’s not made for kids. It’s very much Gatis’ love letter to early Who/ behind the scenes at the BBC, and thematically it is quite sad as it focuses on William Hartnell’s declining health.

Looking forward to Asylum of the Whovians 🙂

Thanks for organising @Shazzbot

Certainly looking forward to shouting our Emperor @Craig a drink for all his hard work setting up this site.

And pleased to see a decent number of the Fish Clan in attendance!

Comrades who can’t be there, especially those overseas, such as @JanetteB and @Blenkinsopthe…[Read more]