@tardis123 @bluesqueakpip  It’s either one or the other, which the Testimony specifically gives as a “present” to the Doctor.  🙂

Okay, thinking back on what people (here and elsewhere) were hoping/expecting to see in this one — I was glad this story didn’t turn out to be the First and Twelfth Doctor’s sides of “The Day of the Doctor”, but why wasn’t Susan Foreman brought back for a cameo?  Apparently Peter Capaldi hoped his Doctor would meet her, and they did find a way…[Read more]

@tardigrade The Doctor may have bought into it with the Library, but at this point he’s had experience with the Nethersphere too, so he has some reason to have doubts over whether such a concept works/is a good thing or not, I suppose.

Regarding the cue cards, I was okay with them, though I can see where some thought this overplayed Twelve’s…[Read more]

@jimthefish The Moff has said that “The Doctor Falls” was supposed to be the regeneration but Chibnall didn’t want to introduce Thirteen for Christmas and the show wouldn’t get any more Christmas specials if they skipped a year, so Moff decided to go with the coda approach you mentioned to squeeze out one more story for Twelve.  And yes, I did…[Read more]

I notice that one question people have with this one is “Why bring back Rusty the Dalek, of all 12th Doctor-specific characters?”  Here’s my theory:

It fits in with the episode’s larger war-and-peace, soldiers and Doctors motif.  Rusty is sort of the bad counterpart to the good Captain, stuck in a situation he didn’t create.  Thanks to the po…[Read more]

@nerys The article was written and posted before the Christmas special aired, and isn’t discussing it with regards to the endings of Clara and Bill.  The author is just referring to their respective fates in “Hell Bent” and “The Doctor Falls” — both women die, at least in a metaphorical sense, and the Doctor isn’t able to do anything for them as…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip I wouldn’t say the Doctors were being villainous for not wanting to regenerate — One doesn’t know what the future holds and is just scared (and gets even more scared when he finds out that sorrows await him), while Twelve was just tired and probably feeling like a failure who might as well stop trying to help others, based on the…[Read more]

Check out this retrospective piece and let me know what you all think:

Farewell to Peter Capaldi’s Underrated Time on Doctor Who

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I do hope that the Twelfth Doctor is given a reason to keep on living that’s more than just “the universe needs the Doctor”.  To quote Homer Simpson, “Can’t somebody else do it?”  😉  The universe hasn’t given this Doctor enough back; I can’t blame him — given what he’s just gone through — for wanting to embrace eternal rest if that’s the co…[Read more]

@craig Yikes!  No one is safe from the trolls anymore…

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Another thing bugging me about the boxset — why did they decide to bring it out now instead of after Christmas along with “Twice Upon a Time”?

Could it be that “Twice Upon a Time” is a surprise feature-length or two-part episode?  🙂

@bluesqueakpip Heh, I visited Good News Network before I read your message.  I’m not as moved by animal-based stories as others, but even so.  😉  Didn’t know the BBC was committed to good news.  Good for them.

I know about bias — if it bleeds it leads — but when even entertainment news is mostly about who’s pressing charges it’s especially grim…[Read more]

It’s been yet another rough week for the news in my country; even entertainment reporting has gone gruesome.  It’s really hard to find positive stories worth taking heart in.  Having no one to talk to offline about all this, I’m not sure how to cope; it’s hard to just count blessings when you know others don’t have ‘em.  Any help out there?  🙁