Going back to the discussion about Danny, I too lament his rather “one-note” character development, but as @ichabod notes, that can’t be solved by bringing him back for Season 9. So I hope the writers don’t go that route. I felt that for as little development as Danny got (which resulted in my not really caring about his and Clara’s relationship,…[Read more]

Hello, all! Been away a while. It’s a joy to return and find some mostly scintillating discussion about this episode. Some are addressing the hope that Capaldi’s Doc (took me a while to work out who CapDoc is) might revisit some past mistakes. This wasn’t a mistake, but rather a case of the Doctor doing the right thing (thanks to Donna), but does…[Read more]

@Juniperfish I too enjoyed the relationship between Amy and Eleven. For me it took on a Peter Pan quality … except that unlike Peter Pan’s Wendy (who as a grownup feels she is too old for such things), the adult Amy gets to fulfill the wishes of her child self, Amelia, and go on adventures with her Doctor. Their relationship had a wonderful…[Read more]

Here’s a goofball idea (and I don’t think this is an original thought; seems to me I read someone else making this observation, but I’ll just take it a step further): What if the Dave on Shona’s list is actually Professor Albert? The shock of seeing the professor killed by the dream crabs has stayed with her in her waking state and troubles her…[Read more]

@DrBen I like your bonkers theory! It’s along the lines of what I was thinking, except that I didn’t take the time to imagine the elaborate backstory that you did. Bravo!

@purofilion I’ve been lurking. But until we had a new episode to talk about, I haven’t had much to say, LOL! I guess I need that inspiration to get on a roll. I’ve also been busy with work leading up to Christmas, and also taking part in the seasonal overindulgence.

@Barbara Lefty Which does get us back to, that house ain’t real…

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I really can’t add much to what everyone else here has stated so eloquently, except that “Midnight” was the episode that made me a Doctor Who fan. The minimalist sets and powerful acting revealed a challenging story that was well beyond the fun diversion I’d thought Doctor Who was.

By the way, when I talk about something being “real” or believing in Doctor Who, it’s not that I think I’ll bump into the Doctor or one of those characters on the street one day. It’s not that kind of reality. But I do believe in some of the basic truths the stories convey.

One episode, in particular, stands out to me because I consider it the…[Read more]

OK, here’s the link to the “Last Christmas” extra (which, by the way, is lots of fun, so I thank @Nine9 for mentioning it). I watched it all the way through but didn’t hear anything about Jenna staying or going, so there must be another extra that I’ve missed? Dunno.

@Arbutus In my view, the tangerine on the window was meant to allow the audience…

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@Nine9 And I love that my comments are not appreciated for simply making a statement that Santa Claus is not real.

I don’t think that’s the problem. I think it’s more an issue of stating opinion as fact. You said that “Making Santa Claus real in the Who universe or in any universe would be terribly wrong. He cannot be real.” That may well be your…[Read more]

@Nine9 I’m not sure the point is really whether any of us wants Santa Claus to be real. I think many of us are happy to entertain the “what if” fantasy of Santa Claus being real, which is a nice bit of escapism from the drudgery (and worse) of our world. I can think of things far worse than wanting Santa Claus to be real. And I think part of the…[Read more]

@Nine9 Making Santa Claus real in the Who universe or in any universe would be terribly wrong. He cannot be real. By the end of the episode we are left to ask ourselves if they are still dreaming or if anything of what happened was real. It could also be Missy behind all that.

I disagree … but then that’s what opinions are all about. My…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip It’s just that, it being Christmas, and having seen her family visit her – I’m guessing that this time, she’s at her Dad’s. The Christmas tree has a family sized group of presents around it and the house is much too big for one person – but about right for Dad, Stepmum, Gran living-in and a guest-room for Clara to visit.[Read more]

@cubefox Does anybody like her?

I daresay if you bother to read through some of the posts on this forum – heck, just this thread, alone – you might find a few people who like her.

@Bluesqueakpip … yeah, really sulk. By the volcano. It matches his mood.

I like that. It fits.

@JimTheFish Well, that was really good. I’m glad that SM is continu…

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Ah, OK, I knew that Jenna was rumored to be leaving. Interesting that perhaps that was just a red herring, too? Or maybe Jenna changed her mind?

OK, I have missed out on what happened with the Daily Mirror. A synopsis, please?

@Twholt I thought the Doctor kept waking up at the volcano where Clara betrayed him. Which is a bit confounding, since that in itself was a dream state. And is that volcano Pompeii? Hmmmm . . . .

@geoffers Good point about the “three months” Post-It note. It makes sense that it would be the length of time she’d been traveling with the Doctor and…[Read more]

Well, well, well. That was not at all what I was expecting. I guess the “three months” Post-It note was a classic case of misdirection. Now I’m not sure what it meant. But we saw Clara neither pregnant nor dying … leastways not in the way that we were guessing. So still we are left wondering how we met one of Danny’s descendants. Maybe that…[Read more]