The Doctor Who Forum | macphisto96 | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/macphisto96/activity/ Activity feed for macphisto96. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:22:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 c8acfb7189a4168d17f7d8f1b4131df1 macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/page/3/#post-36549 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:02:18 +0000 @Bluesqueakpip Good pick up on each of the characters.  We don’t really know much about Michael Troughton’s character, so I even will question whether he was a “real” character.  Maybe he was, but he’s the trouble with the connection.

Shona is interesting.  I like your idea that she may have kicked Dave out.  Look at that list for Chr…[Read more]

]]> 7e4bc5e94169733ed65c1cc1ebbf2fc1 macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/page/3/#post-36488 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:39:48 +0000 @Barbara Lefty But were the Dream Crabs dreamed too?  The central conceit of the episode is not trusting anything and that stretches into when everyone appears to wake up.  Of course, we’re probably overthinking everything.

@Milliemaerose Moffatt has spoken about Orson Pink and basically said that Danny has other family and Orson likely d…[Read more]

]]> feca76fae4f1af02d230d5277af840de macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/page/2/#post-36473 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 04:17:10 +0000 @janetteB There are many who aren’t aware that others did it before Inception.  I think the innovation from Inception was the time differences as you progress through the dream layers.  You don’t really fully get that in Last Christmas, just the idea that dream time passes far more quickly than real time.   Though it is implied when the Doctor jum…[Read more]

]]> d3a30781729f088c1fe6e95d1f2a3d39 macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/page/2/#post-36466 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:32:29 +0000 @purofilion I agree there.  I loved his “idiot in a box” line.  It was one of those moments where I actually clapped with joy.  I did that too at the end of Mummy on the Orient Express where he transfers Maisie’s grief and torment to himself so he can see the mummy.  Those are reasons why I’ve never understood those who claim that Moffatt does not…[Read more]

]]> dbc8f9241252751499ed613a85533536 macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/page/2/#post-36458 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:00:12 +0000 @purofilion I tend to look at the Doctor in Series 8 as a long reboot.  He was always the Doctor and was at his most tenuous in Deep Breath before meeting Clara at the “restaurant”, yet many of the warm personality traits disappeared.  To me, he most resembled Hartnell and early Tom Baker.  Deep Breath was a fine example of 12 in this series – he…[Read more]

]]> 979902c14dda1b1ba50189bbdfbaad34 macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/page/2/#post-36446 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:35:26 +0000 @ScaryB Santa may at least have some means of using Time Lord tech.  If 11 is to be believed, he knows Santa and hung with him.  Why is 12 so leery when he sees him?  There may be a backstory there – and I would not be averse to exploring it because I would LOVE to see Nick Frost in that role once more.  He was superb.  Of course he could just…[Read more]

]]> b0e106f6ff800971978b15b78b13f7b1 macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/page/2/#post-36445 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:28:07 +0000 My mind has often come back to this episode and series 8 today.  I just think of the Doctor’s cynicism towards the existence of Robin Hood and how that cynicism permeated Clara as she became like the Doctor – having seen so many fantastical things, she actually stopped believing in fantastical things.  Has Moffatt been examining the loss of i…[Read more]

]]> ff80f8831577d4f86f8249236065b76c macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/#post-36428 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 13:55:42 +0000 @nerys I’m pretty sure the Daily Mirror were the ones reporting Jenna Coleman was leaving.  I’m not sure if that was ever the case.  Maybe the ending was changed, or maybe it was leaked out to create a tension going into the special.  Someone at the Mirror wanted a scoop and got taken in the process.

]]> 6fb8f6f5caccf32eebd119f0e2e9ba92 macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/#post-36395 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:47:16 +0000 @Bluesqueakpip The other thing was the Doctor’s comment about how quickly he deletes someone’s face from his memory.  It sounds cold to a degree, but there’s more to it than that.  There are layers for the Doctor’s own protection but also a focus on the things he finds important.

I really loved the scenes with Danny.  When he spoke and clearly un…[Read more]

]]> 3c24b9c1c36f354a27930428003d525f macphisto96 replied to the topic Last Christmas in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/last-christmas/#post-36375 Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:17:37 +0000 Really unexpected, from start to finish – and all in a good way.  I think that Danny truly found a way to reach out to her so she could begin healing – and we saw the Doctor finally grow back into himself.

A Christmas Carol still remains my favorite, but this is a great one.  Overall, I think Moffatt has done an exemplary job with Christmas s…[Read more]

]]> 73c2a1bc8dc153713d5db9c2c5c0bf70 macphisto96 commented on the post, Trailers: Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014 http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/trailers/trailers-doctor-who-christmas-special-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3120 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:40:25 +0000 I have to wonder, since Clara is not pregnant, whither Orson Pink?  When Santa knocks on the TARDIS and says that things need to get sorted quickly and that Clara and the Doctor are not alright, I wonder if he is […]

]]> 1c000a6d1c080758529661f5bbf48560 macphisto96 commented on the post, Trailers: Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014 http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/trailers/trailers-doctor-who-christmas-special-2014/comment-page-1/#comment-3097 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:41:12 +0000 Wow.  Nick Frost has got Santa down.  How things have turned around since Robot of Sherwood where it was Clara asking the Doctor when it was he stopped believing in fairy tales.  Will we get an explanation about […]

]]> 15e3a91444b1e77fa8ba284fcbd00cb2 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/8/#post-35450 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:21:17 +0000 @Fonsini As an American I can assure you that I took no offense.  I also happen to be an active church going American, yet still took no offense and saw it as a funny line and not a bigoted one.  I think the tongue was firmly implanted in the cheek by Moffat.  He and the BBC know that the show is growing in popularity in the US, so they aren’t go…[Read more]

]]> 967884c05c7ac11ac89f2e76c77b46f1 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/7/#post-35368 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:36:45 +0000 @zackyclear I’m not sure either why the robots were searching for the Promised Land.  Same goes for the clockwork droids.  We did see Missy plucking out characters from the Doctor’s timeline, but that could just have been for research purposes as she constructed her plans.  I don’t think we have every answer yet.  Moffat gave us “Silence will fall…[Read more]

]]> b419c6f528c86442f36ce96fd83afaf3 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/7/#post-35352 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:38:15 +0000 @IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan Any summary for those of us not fortunate enough to live in the UK?  It would take some work to get iPlayer to work in Florida, methinks.  Though I probably can find it somewhere eventually.

Now that Series 8 is over, I at least get to re-watch it and then go back to brushing up on Classic Who.  It’s a good thing that Hu…[Read more]

]]> a1081e031e52ab1a3a7492d9e0d9fd92 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/5/#post-35249 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:19:22 +0000 @Mudlark I don’t think Missy was lying about Gallifrey.  The interesting thing is that she states quite plainly that it is in another dimension but gives the Doctor coordinates in normal space.  Was the Doctor not really listening when she spoke?  I knew she was lying at the end because that statement contradicted her original statement.  I thi…[Read more]

]]> 303f70e739b30d1c6b7e068c4c8c838a macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/5/#post-35248 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:05:24 +0000 @Barnable I’m pretty sure it was Missy that tipped UNIT off.  We heard her go through a series of accents in the episode, including a Scottish one when she was telling Osgood that she was going to kill her.  I think Missy was cluing Osgood in at that point that she had called UNIT and they had fallen into a trap.

]]> 01172fc5f29fa5956a8c7b599ba61039 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/4/#post-35216 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:49:29 +0000 @IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan Absolutely.  Great point on Missy/Master.  I tire of so many stories in different genres painting the villains as misunderstood.  It was an issue I had with Raimi’s Spiderman films.  Almost always, the villain was just misunderstood or a victim.  There is a bit of room for that on occasion, but it become a theme.  It’s…[Read more]

]]> 0e1edf6a56b38613cc4e29cb5b9f5cf9 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/4/#post-35211 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 23:43:14 +0000 @Bluesqueakpip Good catch on St. Nicholas.  I should have thought of that, especially since he is venerated by the Orthodox (I’m Orthodox) as a Wonderworker.  Moffat definitely has shown a tendency to highlight things such as St. Nicholas’ reputed accomplishments with great subtlety, yet he builds those things in so often.

Of course we know t…[Read more]

]]> 90927e5ad9425261844fd6222aac2408 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/4/#post-35209 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 23:32:50 +0000 @Arbutus I thoroughly enjoyed Series 8, though didn’t have any of those moments myself, at least not like in the past.  I did get many laughs throughout the series.

As for Clara not recognizing the women in the shop, she could have just been calling a computer shop and given a phone number to call.  Thinking about it, there may not have been a…[Read more]

]]> a9d7059fab560a56373ff38e00793af2 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/4/#post-35202 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:45:26 +0000 @ChrisSK I’m never really surprised when the Master does something that seems completely counter intuitive.  The twist fit the character, especially as depicted.  In our first encounter with her, she calls the Doctor her boyfriend.  It’s lonely being the Master and she wants someone like her.

All series, the Doctor has gotten to avoid con…[Read more]

]]> 9ee7abb249ee65ab50058710958d64e0 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/4/#post-35200 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:33:42 +0000 @VoidStuff They could conceivably use the Zygons as an out to bring back Osgood.  We don’t know how the Zygon issue solved itself or what deals were made in their treaty when both sides didn’t know who they were.  So it’s possible that Kate and Osgood were Zygons.  Good catch.

]]> b8956e6074a86c710ce1bc1374b402ec macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/3/#post-35145 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:28:41 +0000 @beancounter Danny was sustained by his promise as a soldier.  A true soldier was not going to just be subjugated by the Cyber collective.  The obey orders, but orders that pertain to the vows they’ve made as a soldier.  That’s why Danny was horrified by killing the child.  It was not purposeful, but it betrayed his promise.  That’s where the Doct…[Read more]

]]> 96c64ae34f812100538102fff9c41566 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/3/#post-35138 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 13:10:49 +0000 @Timeloop It’s certainly not only British, so agree there.  It’s also very German as well, amongst others.  Yet it is a British show and we’ve seen an emphasis on that aspect of British nature in the past.

I’ve seen several people here and elsewhere speak of the missing joy.  I understand that, but that is purposeful.  So often in past adv…[Read more]

]]> 0a0e0dfead0cb5f174cafaebc1a08214 macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/2/#post-35098 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 02:28:44 +0000 @herisson I think the Doctor emphasized the right point.  We all have different dreams for our futures as we grow – and they can shift from week to week.  The Doctor may have helped this one stick a bit.  I’m not saying he was overly manipulative or that Danny would have turned out radically different, but it is conceivable that without the em…[Read more]

]]> 07011e1b09f27ae0e87c1aa6068abbfd macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/2/#post-35094 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:46:10 +0000 @herisson I don’t really look at Amy’s departure as a sad note.  It was sad for the Doctor, yet Amy and Rory lived a wonderful life together.  They adopted a child, grew old together, and remembered their adventures.  Clara’s departure is not known yet.  Clearly Santa is not going to leave it at that.

@Timeloop 12 doesn’t seem to have the emp…[Read more]

]]> 82d8db0e4d29d83d58d3cc27442ae0dd macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/2/#post-35093 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 01:37:23 +0000 @Bluesqueakpip I think the “known as Danny Pink” is a note since we know he real name is Rupert.

How much did Listen contribute to setting this up?  Clara by planting the idea of Dan the Soldier Man and the Doctor giving him a big dream about that when he scrambled young Rupert’s memory.  Clara and the Doctor unwittingly encouraged the vision t…[Read more]

]]> 799faa333f029c113030db4175fa20ba macphisto96 replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/2/#post-35088 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 00:56:54 +0000 Well that was a bit rough.  Not in the story department, but a lot of heartbreak and heartache.  Been reading through the comments and really love seeing what everyone else is thinking.

Osgood dying not too long after the Doctor basically told her she could take a trip with him – ouch.  I have to watch again, but I think Missy heard that.  I als…[Read more]

]]> 074d3354fd908ebb8e3db88096dda3db macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/8/#post-34924 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:24:43 +0000 @Demafromua I do think Moffat thinks ahead, at least concerning major plot points and arcs.  I think he knew where the Silence Will Fall arc was going, he just didn’t know how long it would take to get there (Matt Smith probably had a lot to do with this if Moffat always intended it to close the 11th Doctor’s story).  I think the same with River S…[Read more]

]]> d29f6580aac90d638e6775229b18722c macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/8/#post-34904 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:49:27 +0000 @ScaryB I think she was a Resident at a hospital.  But she willingly let the beast take her and was scared of losing her faith.  Was a good character in The God Complex.  I think she was the last to die before the Doctor cracked it – and he pleaded with her because he wanted to save her.

]]> dd246023b8e068fe54f0d90438364f95 macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/8/#post-34902 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 02:57:40 +0000 @ScaryB I agree completely on Doctor Who being quite respectful of religions.  I recall the respect the Doctor showed to the Muslim doctor in the God Complex and also the respect shown in The Rings of Akhaten towards that people’s belief system.  When Clara asks him about whether life did originate there, he said it was what they believe and a n…[Read more]

]]> b89a3f02954a33a31e9314e9ba5f3a16 macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/8/#post-34894 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 00:54:18 +0000 One thing that recently struck me in going back and looking at our other encounters with Missy is how those that “went to heaven” in prior episodes would not serve well as Cybermen.  The first was a clockwork droid.  He was a kind of cyborg since he had used organic replacement parts over time, but he is an ill fit for having his consciousness p…[Read more]

]]> a05850fe3106d85d6951046c9136a736 macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/8/#post-34869 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:47:38 +0000 @geoffers I’m interested in discovering just how the Doctor abandoned the Master and left him/her (I’m assuming she was a he at that point) for dead.  He willingly attacked Rassillon and drove the Time Lords back into the Time War in The End of Time.  Did something happen in between that we haven’t seen.  As far as we know, 11 never encountered th…[Read more]

]]> 008371cf4a9f7f6d6b26861698234776 macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/7/#post-34860 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:03:07 +0000 @geoffers If she’s leaning in from the side, it would work.  It’s just an awkward shot that has struck me as strange since I first saw it.  Part of the problem is we can’t see exactly what Clara is doing because of how high the shot is.  Always struck me as odd that it was focused on the frame like that instead of at a bit of a wider angle.  Sti…[Read more]

]]> 2c314c3893437f5fb12942c578d89208 macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/7/#post-34847 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 04:40:25 +0000 @geoffers The hand coming out of the portrait is indeed a right hand, but we are on Clara’s LEFT side and she’s fairly distant.  How could she wrap her right hand around her and reach the left edge of the portrait?  I can’t even get my hand a foot away from my left shoulder if I tried that and it’s uncomfortable.  It’s an impossibility.  It cou…[Read more]

]]> 9d03e6e022b78406b2e8204c265d37f5 macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/3/#post-34595 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:50:11 +0000 Has anyone brought up the hand coming out of the Gallifrey Falls painting in Day of the Doctor?  That scene also struck me as odd because Clara was out of focus, we were on her left hand side, and the hand was clearly a right hand.  Wonder if Missy had trapped herself in the Gallifrey Falls painting during the fall of Arcadia and escaped when t…[Read more]

]]> 9e2a5dace99372d3e2e7fd0a89ca2cb7 macphisto96 replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/2/#post-34484 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 00:26:30 +0000 I also see how Gus’ monocle resembles the Cyberman eye when turned, so what does that have to do with everything?  Why did Missy seem disappointed when Earth was not destroyed by the coronal ejection last week?  Why was she so upset looking at the end of The Caretaker?  Did she set up the whole Skovox Blitzer problem?  Has she been trying to des…[Read more]

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