@shazzbot – maybe the reason Clara often doesn’t interact with the Doctor is because she doesn’t have to? She’s focused on stopping the GI in the background so that the Doctor can do what he does in the foreground […]

@shazzbot – fair point, we were taking Clara’s opinion as fact. The reason I brought it up though is more I’m happy (in my mind) to explain away that particular thread as due to the TARDIS avoiding potential […]

@BESD1, @Juniperfish – perhaps the TARDIS’ waryness with Clara in RoA for example is because it was aware there were duplicates around, and couldn’t tell which one was Clara-prime?

@KurtCobanana – maybe because he can separate the John Hurt incarnation from the name The Doctor (because he acted not in the name of the doctor), but he can’t separate it from his birth name, other than by burying that name.

bullets went awol in the above, sorry for the unreadability!

Initial reaction involved a lot of whooping and a big WHAT!? in our house.  Loved it.  Although panicked when I saw Six’s coat.  Didn’t need him coming spoiling my fun again 😉

Some thoughts (still need to […]

ok, my predictions:

Clara – thanks to @pedant  ‘s spot on It’s A Wonderful Life having a guardian angel named Clarence, I’m going with Clara is there to convince the Doctor of his importance to the universe.  […]

@pedant –

Of course, every time a bell (of St John?) rings and angel wins its wings….

And getting your wings being slang for learning to fly, perhaps a reason why Clara has been getting lessons in TARDIS […]

@JimTheFish –

@OsakaHatter (I think) — I’m sure Matt would get his farewell moment, even if he turned evil. I think it would probably go something like season 2 of Buffy (or as someone said (ScaryB? It’s getting […]

@JimTheFish – hadn’t thought about it in terms of the multi doctor hints as I’ve always leaned towards them shadowing an increasingly split personality, rather than 2 physical entities.  However, could see that […]

@Pedant – ooh, no I didn’t pick up on that and haven’t seen it mentioned.   And I am now kicking myself, it’s been far too long since I watched it.  @TimeLoop – Clarence is the angel in Its A Wonderful Life.  He […]

SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

@PhaseShift – I think you’re pretty much on the money with the arc being more about the Drs darkness, although I doubt we’ll see a fully dark Doctor (at least, for any length of time) – the nature of being a […]

@Bobbingbird, @JimTheFish, @PhaseShift – personally, I also found the S5/S6 approach better with a more solid arc to get our teeth into, but then have also thoroughly enjoyed each episode of 7b (I do however think […]

@janetteB – I was more getting at that its not as simple as writing a long story and cutting it in half (and I’m not suggesting that that is what you’re saying) – both episodes need an internal structure.  The […]

@PhileasF – was about to say the same thing about two parters.  They’re a hard thing to accomplish, 2 stories that work as standalones, but the first sets up the second well, the second resolves the first […]

SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

Well I went to the Grun, but dear god, can’t imagine there bring more negativity on a CiF if Maggie had dragged herself from the grave to write an episode about flambe-ing miners in whale oil before serving them […]