@juniperfish

A cracker of a post! I had forgotten all the names that Harriet Arbinger had listed (also seems very unfair in a story involving gods that some people (like Harriet) have had their humanity (as well as their lives) stripped away. Also agree with a point made upstream that the site seems really energized in a way we haven’t seen for…[Read more]

@juniperfish I like it! “ That in an alternative universe the Doctor said yes.”

ooh, yes, I think you’re onto something here. The TARDIS groaning & the fact we have STRIAD/Sutehk appearing everywhere (& in places we haven’t specifically seen) Ruby & Doctor travelled in the universe.

That we have 2 TARDIS perhaps one is an Alt reality where t…[Read more]

@scaryb @juniperfish @mudlark et. al.

Yes, this is juicy! ScaryB, yes, something is very odd about Ruby -Maestro says “she has music hidden in her soul…. This creature is VERY wrong. And HE can’t have been there that night!”
@unitpicker “she could of course be the real Susan.” Oh yes! That’s most intriguing.

Juniper -yes, me too. How can the f…[Read more]

@juniperfish

The Mara… always wanted to see a full blown bad-assed Mara empire. So cool sounding, so poorly realised for 5, alas. Though Dukkha, Anatta and Annica were wonderfully creepy; Anatta and Annica were also intent on playing a game, so much so that they refused to acknowledge Tegan’s existence.

Surely, The Doctor is The Trickster? Or…[Read more]

@WhoHar (and @Juniperfish)

Great summing up of questions, and possible answers.

So how much is RTD teasing us, how ultra meta is this going to go, and how much is relevant?

I agree with @Mudlark that it all goes back to invoking the salt superstition in Wild Blue Yonder... or actually to the beginning of that episode with Susan Twist’s first…[Read more]

@whohar  @juniperfish et al. 

Thanks for the very helpful summary of all the questions to be answered (we hope) in the finale. I meant to comment yesterday but got side tracked. In consequence what I have to say may be irrelevant by the time it is read by those who get to watch The Legend of Ruby Sunday before those of us in the UK.

My s…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @janetteb @whohar @thane16 @juniperfish

The Boss; The Oldest One; The One Who Waits.

I think we would be wrong to assume they are all one and the same.

Or that any of them are the ‘extra’ Doctor. This is would seem to be REG. I doubt if his earlier non canon nuwho appearances are significant. My guess is The Great Int…[Read more]

@mudlark @janetteb @juniperfish @ps1l0v3y0u @blenkinsopthebrave @cathannabel @thane16

@scaryb @devilishrobby @dentarthurdent @krathoon @miapatrick @cookgroom @bunface @orionhunt @fozzyb @bobbyfatv2 @spacedmunkee @Craig

Thought I’d do a recap ahead of the two-part finale.

What needs clearing up:

1. Who is Ruby’s mother / mysterious woman wh…

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@mudlark @janetteb @juniperfish @ps1l0v3y0u @blenkinsopthebrave @cathannabel

And still think music may be important.

and

the Doctor crying

Cry me a River….

@whohar @mudlark @janetteB @juniperfish @ps1l0v3y0u @blenkinsopthebrave @cathannabel

yes! I also think it’s an altered reality. I was rewatching Church on RR  & saw STRIAD (Tardis) -I’ve been slow on that front. Also an early episode actually mentioned the doctor’s granddaughter which I don’t think has happened in decades?

But on the issue of…[Read more]

@mudlark @juniperfish @janetteb @blenkinsopthebrave
@ps1l0v3y0u

would the crazy machine from Carnival of Monsters fit the bill??

I like this. Maybe Unit finds it behind an old filing cabinet buried under a pile of the 3rd Doc’s frilly shirts and capes? And next to a bi-generated Delgado Master. And Omega 🙂

I am increasingly convinced that what…[Read more]

@mudlark @juniperfish @janetteb @whohar @blenkinsopthebrave

Re the mysterious 3 Doctor tribute and the gaming pantheon, the hints about AI, alternate flawed realities and the rest…

would the crazy machine from Carnival of Monsters fit the bill??

As for Gallifrey… 15 did say to Ruby that the Loon’s TL genocide was universal in scope, didn’…[Read more]

@janetteB  @juniperfish

On the subject of Gallifrey, it would certainly be possible for the Doctor to go back because the planet itself was not destroyed, but whether he would want to revisit a lifeless planet, let alone take anyone else there, is another matter. That is unless, as Juniperfish suggested, he chose to travel back in time to before…[Read more]

Oh, @juniperfish, that line hit me straight in the gut…

@snocita Actually plenty of middle aged romantics love science fiction and many people watch both Bridgerton and Sci Fi.

@juniperfish I will tell the “kids”, (well into their twenties but always kids to me) that you approved of their theory. I have not seen them this excited about Dr Who for a long time and that is very pleasing.

@ps1l0v3y0u and…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

@juniperfish

Could RTD2’s long-term plan be to bring the Timelords back? In fact, could he have decided to accept Chibnall’s eradication of the Timelords  in order to bring them back?

@juniperfish

The relationship of the showrunners with The Timelords is weird. Can’t live with or without them. Let’s face it both RTD and Zchib thought they could do without. Moff seemed to enjoy having them around, like aged parents pottering around forever in a big crumbly house.

But even he kept them at arms’ length. After the magis…[Read more]

@juniperfish. I wondered if 1813 was a J.A. reference. Well done.

I have finally caught up with the episode. Lots of fun, light but very enjoyable. I have been following the comments (Yes before watching, I cheat). A few things I noted. He promises to take Rogue to Gallifrey. Does that mean that Gallfirey still exists? Loved the “don’t call me…[Read more]

@juniperfish

Yes… I enjoyed the Willy Wonka stuff.

re 1813 and Jane Austen… big Clara connection there! As long as Jane doesn’t turn out to be a scotsman with a huge ginger beard (Blackadder 3; Dick and Dictionary… but don’t quote me)

I am forever a fan of Alan Cumming’s version of Cabaret.

@juniperfish

Have only ever seen the film, would love to see a stage version, and yes, Cumming and also Redmayne… and anyone really!