@Kharis That also might help explain the telepathic link that River had with Clara
to some extent? I think we also saw a version of Clara as 1 of the Claricles behind
TenDoc in the Library? I definitely think she is a hybrid. This morning I thought
she could be linked to Missy. Now you’ve messed me up 😉 lol

@Kharis I agree with you that Tasha is River ! I figured that out too.
Lem is Mel backwards too and Mel was the younger version that came just
before River. Also, not sure about the CAL-Clara?
Need to think about that more but its interesting! That would certainly work with
impossible girl though.
Cant locate this Tarot theory you…[Read more]

@Kharis the only reason I know which episode is which is because SitL’s cliffhanger gave me the creeps, I couldn’t sleep for weeks! They are probably the best two episodes I’ve seen, even if I was scared shitless

@Kharis @juniperfish I thought that theory of yours lived on FotD thread? if it is the theory I’m thinking of (which is in no way certain)

@Barnable: If the Doctor preserved the time line which I believe he did, then old Davros is shown before the Doctor even arrives with the sonic screwdriver stays the same.

@Kharis: I speculate this episode is not parenting, it’s office politics.

Think of Clara as a new temp hire who has no shot at ever becoming permanent staff. The Doctor and…[Read more]

Interesting that the sonic screwdriver is with Darvos as many of us thought River
would be the 1 to end up with it.

@Bluewqueakpip The fact that Missy refers to it as a dark star reminds me
of Clara’s mother Ellie saying “Oh my stars” in the Rings of Akhaten although
I know its a major stretch to try to make that link of DNA. But there…[Read more]

@Kharis  I apologise if I gave the impression that I thought you were expressing approval of the ‘tough love’ approach. What I meant was that, whereas un-empathic teachers or parents may bully and coerce the children in their care, and think that criticising their achievements is giving them an incentive to do better (which is appalling in it…[Read more]

@Kharis – if it’s a theory, it’s not a spoiler (unless it relies on key spoiler information to work) so post away!

@Phaseshift and @Kharis

Ooh here we go – I love a good tarot card theory.

Yes, I remember your illustrated post about Missy as Death back when now @Phaseshift , when she was teleporting people to her own “afterlife” last season, as part of her cyber-army plot.

You’re right @Kharis – Clara as the Hanged (Wo)Man card was super obvious! Hung in…[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

I agree with your point about the Doctor and the sunglasses (hiding his face), it is more the type of person who turns up at a party (indoors, at night) and keeps their sunglass on that I was referring to. They may as well wear a big sign round their neck that says: PRAT.

@lisa

I too was a bit concerned about the amount of regeneration…[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]

@Kharis Oh I love the idea that Moff is taking us on a Major Arcana journey this season – if so then we’ve had the Magician (also the Doctor) the High Priestess (“the witch” aka Missy) and the Emperor (Davros) which means we should be heading for the Hierophant, the Lovers and the Chariot next.

Alas I doubt Moff is being that systematic about it…[Read more]

@Kharis What tarot correlation? (and yay for hippy upbringings!)

@Kharis definitely agree with you on the CAL=Clara theory! Been thinking it since pre-regen. Looks more likely now that there is the announcement about ———- in the Xmas special. Had a thought whilst reading this thread that helps that theory as well: In TMA CapDoc is looking for a bookstore at the start. Thinking rationally, you’d link that…[Read more]

@kharis — the screening was actually in Scotland as part of the Edinburgh International Television Festival. There was quite a good Q&A with Steven Moffat too and other forum members lucky enough to be there were @scaryb, @wolfweed and @xad4.

Yes, it’s tough getting a BBC gig for residents in the UK, so it must be doubly daunting for those overseas.

@kharis In my youth, I was a big harry potter fan and listened to wrock, hp fan music (of diverse quality), so I searched the web to se if there was anything similar within the whoniverse. Found these to if you are…[Read more]

@Kharis — I’ve taken the liberty of slightly amending your post as it teetered dangerously close to spoiler territory. Although these are very old stories, we take the approach on these rewatches that there might be some seeing them for the first time so we avoid discussing anything that didn’t actually feature in the episode in question.

Hope…[Read more]

@Kharis and @Purofilion

Since when did pilots only have to have one flying instructor? 😉

I’d agree there’s a bit of misdirection going on; if River says ‘The TARDIS taught me’, that’s a big fat dangerous ‘huh?’ because it’s extraordinary for the TARDIS to either pilot herself or tell someone else how to fly her.

Not to mention the real-life…[Read more]

@Kharis — If you haven’t seen the original Alien then that’s something you should probably remedy in all haste. (Assuming you’re old enough to view an 18 certificate and even if you’re not, you should probably do it anyway.)