On the confirmation that @juniperfish‘s red/blue theory was ultimately borne out, is it possible that the ‘arse’ in this episode was a nod to that celebrated acronym of @ScaryB‘s?

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@juniperfish

Yeah, Howard Burden was the costume creative from Asylum of the Daleks till Death in Heaven (he did Red Dwarf earlier in his career as well). He says he inherited the blue-red convention from his predecessor, rather than coming up with it but says he enjoyed mashing up styles and influences for the Doctor and Clara during his time…[Read more]

@juniperfish ,
Perhaps, this is a case of the wrong Doctor in place of another.
Perhaps, the 12th Doctor, replaces The War Doctor.
I have some points to support this:
The War Doctor.dies at the and of the day of the Doctor,
In Heaven Sent, the Doctor reveals that time lords can take weeks to die.
So, the war doctor is dying from the veil.
And the…[Read more]

@Juniperfish Ooh. To be safe, as it’s the final episode, I think any discussion about the “Next Time” trailer should be in the BBC Approved Spoilers thread.

I don’t know if you noticed but they moved the “Next Time” to after the credits because they got so many complaints when it was after the episode. Now people have time to switch off before…[Read more]

@juniperfish

 I missed the costume designer for the Smithy era confirming that they were playing with red-shift and blue-shift in relation to the red and blue bow-ties

I’d be willing to be that’s a creative retcon. I reckon you gave them the idea with your obsessive diligent monitoring 😉

@PhaseShift

Yes, it is like Eccleston. Sad, because it’s the (possibly temporary) end of AG Doctor Who being ‘must watch’ TV for me, and that period has lasted from early in David Tennant’s tenure. Not to mention the effective end of a lot of bonkers theorising. Still, there’s always the next Doctor. 🙂

And really surprising, truthfully,…[Read more]

@lewis97

I commend you on the trouser research. It reminds me of @juniperfish and her dedication to bow tie colours. Her theory that they were linked to Time travel (red and blue shift) was actually confirmed by the costume designer after his departure.

Just on the Soul question, @juniperfish pointed out in the early days of the site (on the Faces of the Doctor thread) the rise in references to soul under Moffat. It doesn’t particularly concern me because it has been used in the old series and as a concept is mixed up with the animating principle and consciousness, not the particular everlasting…[Read more]

Hi all,

@puroandson – good to see you back! &son – great to hear from you (I wish I was as articulate as you when I was…. erm…. actually, I just wish I was as articulate!)

Whether I call you &son, Lion (was that Ichabod? lovely!) or Scion of Puro I’m sure whenever you get chance, we’ll enjoy your thoughts!

And Puro – yep, I’m pretty sure…[Read more]

@ichabod

That was me, rather than @juniperfish. I’d suggest that “dealing” comes with the  idea of intent inbuilt. Malice is sufficient, but not necessary, to establish responsibility. Of course, the one who deals can be the self.

Anything else is an accident.

@juniperfish

Although the text has been hitting us over the head with Clara becoming Doctor-ish as a bit of a problem, I don’t think the fault, if there is fault, for her death (if it is her death) lies with her.

She managed to persuade three incarnations of the Doctor not to press the big red button and commit genocide on a planetary scale. S…

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@juniperfish  The fault for anyone’s death always lies with the one (or those) who dealt it.

I’d modify that: anyone (or those) who *intentionally and with malice* dealt it.  Intention, to my mind, is key.  Accidents do happen; that’s a hazard of the physical plane.

@carrieanne  If my burbling here has given you more diverting ways of looki…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

Although the text has been hitting us over the head with Clara becoming Doctor-ish as a bit of a problem, I don’t think the fault, if there is fault, for her death (if it is her death) lies with her.

Oh, agreed. The fault for anyone’s death always lies with the one (or those) who dealt it.

@juniperfish  the connection between the soul and the body, and the nature of the soul under Moffat are not clearly explicated (nor will it be, I am sure – why be definitive when you can play with such a deep mystery) 

Good reminder that this is also *play* — without which undertone, I think it could congeal into a turgid mess.  As for “sou…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

However, it was never explained satisfactorily how the people saved to the library data core regained their bodies, given that we saw the Vashta Nerada consume bodies to the bone

The people who could regain their bodies were the ones who (like Donna) were trying to teleport out at the moment the Vashta Nerada attacked them. That…[Read more]

@juniperfish

Yes, I think Moffat is using the same caution as Whedon did in not being too specific about what a “soul” is and how it can be handled. @jphamlore‘s analysis, I think, is a massive over-reading of the evidence presented thus far.

On another matter, it has just occurred to me (JF – ta for the seed corn of thought) that Clara’s con…[Read more]

@frobisher  Now we’re talking! Trouser analysis!

Oh, that theory is rather pants.  (Did I use it correctly?)

@arbutus  The character of the Doctor was beautifully defined throughout the episode… The scene where he saw Rigsy’s daughter and seemingly fell in love: “Did you make this human?… She’s brilliant.” Rigsy’s instant understanding that…[Read more]

@kharis

I really see Capaldi as meant to be more unpredictable and to keep us in question if he is a good man.  He is not meant to be charismatic, but layered, tired and hard to reach.  

That’s the problem with the Doctor! After all these years in this world (I lost count how old is he) you can expect that he knows who he is. I definitely knew w…[Read more]