@delta can you give me an example of a none-biological clone?

@Delta: how was the planet of the timelords existing billions whats of the what now?

@Delta– but the day of the doctor was broadcast years after the re-boot. Up until that point, he believed he had done it. Had clara not been there, he might have done it. Not just the war doctor, but ten and eleven as well.

@KingBoru– though the fact that he left because he was scared touches on what he was saying in- was in the drums of war- about looking into the thingy (its not an episode I chose to rewatch) and running. The master looked into it and went mad.

@delta– that the doctor was willing to commit genocide- that was the premise right at the beginning of the reboot.

OK, so, before it starts:

Me: ‘Apparently there’s some weird continuity thing with his trousers’. (I couldn’t really explain that to the family, and it didn’t come up in this episode anyway.)

During:

He’s in the confession dial! He’s in the confession dial!’ (Family didn’t remember what the confession dial was, but took my word for…[Read more]

regarding souls- it is a word with a sometimes flexible meaning. In Russia the serfs/slaves/robots who came with the land were sometimes referred to as ‘souls’ in transfer documents and I don’t think they meant that the owners owned their immortal spirit.

@puroandson (son)- when I was a child I learned to read at an adult level by the time I was eight (I can’t remember exactly when.) My parents didn’t censor anything I read, they didn’t have anything very explicit. But I did wonder, as I grow older, about what adult content really means. My parents had a lot of sci-fi and fantasy books. As a result…[Read more]

So nice to see you, @puroandson, what a good idea, and a great opportunity to draw llion into the dark world of bonkers theorising…

and kudos to @tardisblue, the doctor has indeed played a part in the creation of a hybrid.

(boy)llion can have a drink if he orders something to eat, surely? just keep away from the finger foods…

Dear purofilion (Melissa).

i’m so sorry to hear your news, and I’m sorry about what’s happened here because I really know that isn’t you. Thank you for your kindness, your theories and your wonderful posts about your family.

Katharine.

I also meant to say (I am currently recovering from a motorbike ride and my brain, like my fingers, is still defrosting) that Clara’s death reminded me a little of Rita’s from The God Complex. ‘Let me be robbed of my faith in’ I can’t quite remember the quote- private? Alone?

@bendubz11– I wasn’t even thinking about the significance of the teleport bracelet, but I am now.

I meant to say, one reason why I’m unsure about the Clara death is that Moffart is given a bit of a name for resurrections, and this might be the point where he went too far.

I agree with @purofilion that Rigsby was a character easy to care about. He was clever, nice and interesting in his first episode, and now with added baby, clearly a good…[Read more]

I really, really, really love the concept of an infinite lifespan and very finite memory. She can be a different person, guided by different memories and experiences. She would also be fairly easy to manipulate, like a slow moving silence effect.

Is Clara really dead? I’m a little torn. I loved the performance in this, and it’s a pretty good…[Read more]

@kharis– if you mean the origin story of the Angels, I only wish it had been my idea 🙂 + @Bluesqueakpip– yes, this was above all a brave episode, and I think it will be a grower. I also think that at the moment, with the information we have right now, it’s hard to tell its precise significance. As a one off it’s interesting, if a little baffling,…[Read more]

@geoffers, @jimmyp and others: someone on the Guardian thread said they got quite excited at one point, thinking that we might be seeing the origin of the Angels- whatever holds the image of an Angel becomes an Angel etc- Amy had something in her eye…

What was that about the gods every time they spoke on the communicators- and in the advert as well. Is that some consequence of the catastrophe, and is there a connection between ‘gods’ and corporations, other than the names?

(Incidentally, one small niggle, Clara seemed a little more pleased with herself than she needed to be for knowing who…[Read more]

@Mudlark– no problem. This remains one of the most civil corners of the internet. I do need to re-watch, I’ve slightly lost track of my own argument… sorry to hear about your back.

@Mudlark, but the Osgoods knew that there was nothing in the boxes, and they were at the negotiations- ironically, the only participants who knew which was which. I think it’s up for debate, but quite likely that in such a negotiations decisions might be made that the parties might be less keen on once they know who is who- the Osgoods e…[Read more]

<span style=”color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;”>@jphamlore– but I think the point about the peace is that it isn’t dictated by the doctor. It was negotiated between Kate and the Zygon leader and for all we know included the clause: ‘the boxes will be a bluff to draw attention and Kate will have her memories wiped if she goes off mes…[Read more]