Just a Gallifreyan ” Merry Christmas!”

@IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan

“Any people who knew they could change sex at will would not choose a name like Susan for their child?”

Clearly somebody who is not familiars with the oeuvre of Johnny Cash.

Not to mention anyone who remembers this episode: 

I agree that Danny was simply being responsible. Yes, Clara can save the world, but can she keep an eye on a group of kids in her care?

I also felt the medication thing was a message to take our time and listen first, rather than just throw meds at it, which we do much to often in this day and age.

I really enjoyed this ep, and i really…[Read more]

If you want the Robin Hood database shots, let me know! 🙂

@thommck
Here you go (click thru for full size):

@wolfweed

There is a hand clearly visible a few frames earlier, but I maintain that that shadow is the arches.

At least the Doctor was able to get himself and Robin out of the chains without Clara’s help. I’d still like to see him a little more self-sufficient. I would have really liked it if he was that good of an archer. I’d love to see the Doctor have some hidden talents.

As for the reflection in the spoon, I don’t see anything there. There are…[Read more]

Someone earlier mentioned the TARDIS console room was reminiscent of the Eighth Doctor’s, so I thought I’d dig up a couple of screenshots.

Just got finished with my first watch.

I’m warming up to Clara more.  I think her “reading” of other people is just her looking into their eyes and seeing what most don’t, it might have something to do with her being a teacher (or maybe the reason she is a teacher).

She’s been doing that since Day of the Doctor.

CLARA: You wouldn’t. Because…[Read more]

@PhaseShift

Thanks for the info.

@janetteB

As much as I would love for that to happen, it just won’t. The BBC won’t allow anything to take focus off their current doctor. And it wouldn’t really be fair to Capaldi. I think the best we can hope for is to get some webisodes.

Hmm . . . It appears our fearless leader may have been remiss in including an Eighth Doctor area.
Well technically it wasn’t an episode so . . . maybe that’s why?
You could pop in over at the Eighth Doctor Audio area, I suppose.
Or maybe PM the Good Emperor and ask him to create an area for the lovely Mr. Paul McGann and his poor, poor movie? 🙂

@Arbutus so, true. Never a sentence I could imagine uttering before Doctor Who.

The Doctor made the assumption that the WitS and whoever put the message in the newspaper were the same, but it ain’t necessarily so.

This is true. The Doctor has been wrong before.

I honestly hope Missy is a new character.

I’ll be really disappointed if it turns out to be River. Just because I want to see River one more time. I want to see her “Hello Sweetie” capdoc and have him tell her off. The thought of that just tickles me to no end. I have no idea why. I actually like River. But I don’t want her to keep coming…[Read more]

A few people have put forth the suggestion that Missy might be River. I don’t think she is. River and Tasha Lem had a similar feel to them as characters. You got the feeling that they truly cared about the Doctor.

Missy feels like a stalker to the Doctor, not like someone who as actually ever been a part of his life. She comes across as…[Read more]

@silverman – I thought the slap helped portray Clara as a real person, which quite frankly, has been lacking up until now for me. We’ve seen the perfect, impossible girl. Now, I’m starting to see a real person instead. That’s also what I mean about her saving him. (I’ve never really though about Eleven and his companions saving him.) Right…[Read more]

@Arbutus I’m also wondering if he’s not so old that he can’t really judge the ages of humans any more. I mean after a few hundred years, 20 or 30 might seem pretty much the same. Although both Rose and Amy were 19 when they went first ran off with him, and with no real careers to speak of. Maybe Clara’s job as a teacher makes him think of her…[Read more]

@purofilion

D: Are you alright back there? It’s a bit narrow isn’t it?
C: Any remarks about my hips will not be appreciated.
D: Ahh, your hips are fine, you’re built like a man.
C: Thanks.

LOL, I’m starting to warm up to Clara with this episode. She’s becoming a lot more human to me. If anything her slapping the Doctor helped with this.…[Read more]

@okcorral You’re welcome. I haven’t seen a lot of Classic Who myself. There are plenty of recommendations here on the forums where you can start if you only have time for a few classic episodes and there are enough members that have seen them that they’ll gladly answer any of your questions, so don’t be afraid to ask! This is a wonderful forum…[Read more]

@okcorral Being that you’ve only watched the nu-Who, I can see why you say that. And yes, from 2005 forward that is somewhat true. 9 thru 11 carried the weight of the TimeWar and of having not only wiped out the Daleks (or so he thought) but his own people as well. And with each return of the Daleks, it seemed to him that he wiped out his own…[Read more]