@kharis You’re idea about the nightmare child could work and when I read it I thought that it was simply genius

@kharis

I recently went through a depression,

Always remember, you are not alone.

@kharis Excellent spot on the clothes! Will be very interested to see how things pan out on that.  So very sorry to hear of your recent troubles. I have never suffered myself, but been close due to a family member that has been through depression. It is hard and awful and I wish you the very best. Sending you hugs – in a Clara way that even if…[Read more]

@JimTheFish, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit, but I agree that it wasn’t a patch on the preceding episode, and it was mostly the arc-related aspects that were memorable.

@winston   It’s a good point about the notion of “pets”. We automatically take that as a belittlement, and of course it is in a sense. But having just lost a cat that lived wit…[Read more]

@pedant and @kharis

Brilliant spot kharis. Right now I’m thinking Ashildr’s ‘message’ is either –

I know who Clara’s Mum really was or –

I know who Clara really is.

Just one question. If the astute observation by @kharis pays off, then are there enough brownie points in the pot?

(although, caution – we have seen Clara Mère played by someone else.. beware the chain-yank)

@ramzeppelin

Congratulations on providing us with a highly informative textbook example of ARSE.

@kharis

That’s an excellent spot. I think you could well be on to something there….

@craig got to it before I could do any investigating.  Bloody hell!  @kharis kudos for being the first to spot that.

<span class=”useratname”>@ramzeppelin</span>  Oh, thank heavens!  Finally I can stop pretending that I love this show.  You have set me free. Right, now I’ll bobby off and join a forum devoted to discussing a show that I despise, so that I can pass on the enlightenment to other benighted fools.

Or, as @ichabod so splendidly put it, ‘do kindly bu…[Read more]

@kharis Ooh! You may be on to something. I thought, denim jacket, quite common, but the band in the hair too? Not sure what it means though.

Only just caught up on the reading, my computer kind of went crazy for a few days. Apologies to @purofilion and @janetteb for the delay. I’m amazed you think of me as a good source for Tarot though. I only started looking into it when it was first mentioned in relation to this series and all research I’ve done on it has come from the internet.…[Read more]

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@Phaseshift <waves>

Ah well, I’m sure @kharis can say more, but Jesse Weston in her book From Ritual to Romance apparently made a link between the myth of the Fisher King and the Tarot.

This book influenced T.S. Eliot, who used the Fisher King theme and Tarot images in The Wasteland (his own notes to the poem explicated somewhat) in the passage…[Read more]

Mega realisation!!!! (and this time there definitely can’t be any geographical faux pas’)

Clara’s mother’s maiden name = Ravenwood
Ravens = SONG birds
Wood –> “the only water in the forest is RIVER”

River is in some way Clara’s mother, whether it be as a biological mother, or as I have been convinced off for well over a year now, her adoptive…[Read more]

The Tarot discussions on this week’s thread and last week’s are fascinating. @Kharis, in this week’s episode, when the Doctor snubs Clara’s attempt at a high five, she says “Don’t leave me hanging.” That particular choice of wording is hard to ignore now that I’ve read your comments identifying Clara as the Hanged (Wo)man. I wonder whether there w…[Read more]

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@Kharis

Ravens are also associated with the Norse god Odin, who had two ravens, Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory), which he sent out over the worlds as his messengers, to observe and bring back news.

I am happier in the world of Scandinavian and Germanic mythology,  but the universe of Doctor Who is, after all, a melting pot of cr…[Read more]

@Kharis

Ohila?

Who is, of course, the High Priestess of the Sisterhood of Karn.

@Kharis

Kate makes a very specific reference to the Tower Ravens (twice). Once she describes them as ‘ravens of death’ (Power of Three), and the second time in The Day of the Doctor, she remarks that the ravens need their batteries checking.

In terms of your tarot theory, the location of the Tower is pretty obvious. But the Tower of London also…[Read more]

JUST dropping back in to say that if the Doc is Merlin then of course Gallifrey is the Isle of Avalon and it’s his job to bring it back – one day…

@kharis yes your tarot references theme definitely has legs – I don’t want the full spoilery grand theory tho! But will be looking out for major and minor arcana…

It will be very Moffat, grande…[Read more]