@Juniperfish You’re completely right about the rebirth portion of ‘The Hanged Man’ and even though I think she will die a martyr death now, thanks to Moffat’s little hint, but I think she will be reborn in a sense.  Not necessarily as family, but if you look on my SitL theory you will see what I mean.  Don’t know if dropping my SitL theory here w…[Read more]

@Kharis   If we were judging solely by the way that Missy prodded and goaded Clara early on in the episode into reaching an understanding of why the Doctor always survived, then yes, it might just about be interpreted as an example of the kind of ‘tough love’ you describe, though I think that even that can be very damaging if practiced wi…[Read more]

@kharis @juniperfish

Hi – the Tarot came up in a response to a site blog by @tommck during series 8 and we were discussing the identity of Missy. I thought series 8 was loaded with the major arcana archetypes and placed Missy as Death. There was a great response by @drben on the fools journey after it.

Nothing to stop you developing and…[Read more]

Yes!  Exactly @juniperfish I think this is exactly what Moffat is doing.

@Karis and everyone The Tarot concept intrigued me and I just found this

http://doctorwho.livejournal.com/8351535.html

which I will be reading up on ! looks very interesting to me

@Juniperfish Thanks for your time loop summation. Love the loops!

@juniperfish

Loved reading your write up about redemption!  Very insightful.

In the tarot there is a metaphoric journey of the Fool, which the Doctor refers to himself as.  The first card in the numbered deck is the Magician, the second card is the High Priestess.  The stories behind each card and where they are in the Fool’s journey co…[Read more]

Another great episode, so much to think about. I’ve only done 1 viewing so don’t want to comment yet. The things that I noted on my 1st watch have already been brought up.

@Juniperfish I agree, it was really creepy to see Clara inside the Dalek. Took a while for the penny to drop with the Doctor that Clara was inside the Dalek.

@Phaseshift I li…[Read more]

A few further thoughts prompted by reading posts made earlier by others, then I will go away to sit quietly in my corner.

@Juniperfish  you wondered whether Missy’s line about Clara representing an enemy inside a friend or a friend inside an enemy might be an oblique kind of joke, providing further evidence that Clara is in some degree de…[Read more]

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@Phaseshift and @Juniperfish

Well, if we’re going to have ‘Doctor Who: The Musical’, then we must, absolutely must, have a cover of this song by the Simm Master’s favourite band.

Come to think of it, that song may have been in his thoughts when he regenerated as Missy… 😉

@juniperfish

If Who ever does a musical episode (oh go on, please) Davros and the Doc just have to rock out to “Let’s do the Time Warp Again”.

I think the predictable wails of “ripping of Joss” would prevent this, but I do think it could be remarkable fun….especially if they could get Bleach to do some unhinged songs for it.

For those who d…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

The line that gave me chills was ‘That was why I gave her to you’. That sounded so very like Mum explaining to Dad why she gave him custody …

@scaryb

Snap with you and @juniperfish on the creepiness of the Asylum take.

Haha.
Assuming Missy’s telling the truth of course.

Maisie Williams Pond, Missy’s daughter! Let’s kick off a speculation trend!

@juniperfish

The Maldovarium is a Star Wars tribute, from beginning to end, as has been pointed out before, so perhaps this is the Who version of “Did Solo or Greedo shoot first?”

Good call. It’s funny that SMs touchstone 50th century time period does really have that vibe of Star Wars (the Demons Run set in A Good Man Goes to War being ano…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

Sometimes life on earth is more surreal than the darkest corners of the universe

Indeed! You couldn’t make it up… Oh. Charlie Brooker!! Twitter has outdone itself today. Been crackling 😀

Oink! And cheers!

@PhaseShift   I noticed that revisiting of old eras but hadn’t thought of it in relation to the 10th anniversary. It’s nice to think we might see a bit more of that, I like little things that help us hang the whole of Who together into one world.
Especially the human infatuation with sex, which may as well be some sort of slap in the face to a c…[Read more]

@petrichor (and @juniperfish) I have now posted the two trailers for the series on the new ‘BBC Approved Spoilers’ topic, which is now easily found from the Home page. But here’s the link anyway:

BBC Approved Spoilers

That topic is where you should discuss upcoming events and information released by the BBC.…[Read more]

@Juniperfish: Weren’t the Thals shown in the very first Dr. Who classic series as fighting the Daleks?

@Bluesqueakpip: You stated exactly what I have thought needed to be done with the Daleks.

I congratulate Steven Moffat for finally apparently trying to lance the boil that has been destroying any chance of moral legitimacy for the Doctor.…[Read more]

@juniperfish

Quite right. In Cold War, with Matt Smith, he said that he’d reset the Tardis to re-locate if danger threatened.
So, she probably did. She’d out think the Daleks every time. Then went and got the Doctor.
Well, it’s a theory.

Missy