OK, before the flurry of next-episode posts, could you have a watch of this vlog  (I think that’s what they are called) about my diagnosis and, even better, pop over onto YouTube and give it a thumbs up? I’ll probably make a short series, so a ‘subscribe’ would be ace too (even though I’m not really doing it for the audience so much as to…[Read more]

Random thought: @SirClockFace reported Who film in Kettering ages ago, in a scene apparently set in WWII and reports of Jenna Coleman being seen (but not witnessed by him). A scene which has yet to see the light of day.

Now that really would send the ARSE brigade over the edge….

There was also some filming reported by @SirClockFace (here, POSSIBLE (BUT MAYBE NOT) SPOILER) that is still to be accounted for.

I wonder that as well (I actually forgot about the name Harmony of Shoals and your observation about synonyms struck me too).

I think two closely related factors are in play:

1. Moffat will have discussed with Chibnall where he wants to launch from;

2. Moffat is all about the arc and I would not put it past him to send us right…[Read more]

True story.

In late 1962 or early 1963 (so Winter) my mum was clearing out the larder in our not-centrally heated council house. It was cold, so Dad made her a Whisky Mac (whisky and ginger wine) in a small tumbler. She took a sip, no doubt thought “oh that’s nice” and went back to the larder.

A few minutes later she…[Read more]

Yeah – Evans is one of the best radio people around (although too shouty for breakfast radio for me), but he has never quite made the full transition to TV.

But, to be clear, he is a true petrolhead.

Have you seen Episodes? That might give you a different take on LeBlanc (who has been a bit of a revelation on Top Gear)

@JimTheFish

If…[Read more]

And I live and work in an area that is by some measures one of the top five deprived areas in the country. I don’t commute into it for work, I live here

Where I lived for many years (as well as its south London counterpart).

Please tell me whether you would?

I did all sorts of lowly work when I was that age (engineering comp…[Read more]

From November via @SirClockFace, who was implausibly excited.

There is still story going on and evidently some of it is not some much a case of “not letting go” but of planning ahead.

@toinfinityandbepond       I watched the first episode and it seems pretty good. Love the long coat and time machine.

I like it becuase there are no unecessary assumptions: you just have to suppose that Clara would be a decent person and talk to his family. That Clara is decent is something there is boundless evidence for. Moffat rarely spells out the obvious (I suspect on the principle that the…[Read more]

It’s worth noting that, prior to the reboot, the BBC – insofar as it expressed an opinion – considered the audio adventures canon.

OMGosh!!!   What a great idea!   All in the family??    Very nice Mr. Clock!

This is quite  interesting to me and I definitely have to wrap my head  around this

possibility.  Especially since I’ve been troubled over the ‘non’ explanation on this

River and Clara link thing.   This could be a potential stunner at least for me.…[Read more]

I’m looking forward to it personally.  Based on the reviews I’ve read, of the three versions of the “Shada” story (the novelization, the finally released Tom Baker serial, and the Big Finish audio drama…[Read more]

Comma-tastic!

I suspect there is a wider bootstrap loop in operation, or the order-of-episodes theory is co…[Read more]

As a LH person I have to learn guitar which means getting the strings swapped around I think? I don’t know really.

Possibly, but there are cases of RH people who play LH (if I played guitar I would have to play LH, but am mainly RH – however, I hold a pen like a LH and, apparently open jars like a left hander). Some pretty famous g…[Read more]

Very nice observation !   Might fit nicely too

The teleport bracelet worn by the Doctor in Missy’s story in The Witch’s Familiar is totally different from the one he is trapped by in Face the Raven. And while he teleports in Face the Raven, the portable transporter is left behind.

Sorry to put the kibosh on a bonkers theory…

That’s technically (BBC Approved) spoiler.

Oh, the scene was a blinder, but from the sniffiness in some quarters (esp the Guardian thread) you would think he’d come on naked.

Also, I think you may have exaggerated *just* a tad.

It would not especially surprise me (if filming schedules can be sorted) to see Ashildr along for a longer ride, desperate to do penance.

I hope not. I am not overly keen on the character or the actress. 🙁

River Song, perhaps? It would be interesting to see the dynamic of CapDoc travelling for an extended period with an…[Read more]

@SirClockFace

It would not especially surprise me (if filming schedules can be sorted) to see Ashildr along for a longer ride, desperate to do penance.

at the risk of pointing out the obvious, the change of clothes is probably just because they had nearly been eaten. the tattered and battered outfits from the last adventure simply wouldn’t do for the upcoming adventure…

in other words, when you’re travelling in a time machine, there’s always time to look your best!

: )

Also when the raven entered Clara’s body, there was an intense light. There was no such light when the street person died.

Thanks to your pointing this out, I made a point of looking for this on tonight’s rewatch and saw it, as well. I’m hoping it’s significant … much like the blue light was significant before Missy was s…[Read more]

I don’t normally come on to this thread, but I think this warrants an exception. Like @sirclockface, I’ve only been here since the start of this series. But you’ve made me feel right at home here. Encouraging me whenever I started bonkerising, providing theories of your own, just generally being so kind and welcoming. I hope you come…[Read more]

Yes, I’d forgotten about Clara’s association with roses in the first series in which she appeared. I think that motif was definitely designed to spark speculation about her potential connection to Rose, now that Moff and co realise that what fuels engagement (for many) is spec. It paid off in that the Moment (in the form of Rose as Bad…[Read more]

I think Robots of Sherwood is a much misunderstood ep (admittedly not helped the That Edit), and like Sleep No More ably illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of Gatiss. A very strong and distinctive flavour, delivering a nice sense of distorted point-of-view, but in the end the last morsels sometimes just don’t quite satisfy.…[Read more]

The car is later than 1910s and the uniform of the dude with the peaked hat is RAF-ish, so more like 1940s I reckon. Actually, I hadn’t noticed the bunting among the trees so maybe VE Day set?

Nah, Moffat’s had this story brewing since before the 50th and if there was a Clara switcheroo it would need to be properly foreshadowed. And Clara wasn’t in the room when the Zygons and Humans came together, but in the Tardis and on Gallifrey (or rather in the painting). She came in with the Doctors.

@PhaseShift   Yes, you called it didn’t you, in the pub?  🙂  And good point about the Big Finish Zygon stories, I had forgotten that!

@Bluesqueakpip    Well, I can’t say that I spotted the switch, but I did think that conversation about middle age and th…[Read more]

I hope we remember that two Clara’s walked out of the 50th

How do you work that out? (There is a small possibility I just had a re-watch)

the Doctor is Davros

Ber-limey. Well, this is The Home of Bonkers Theorising(tm)

There are also of course, the “stalky thing sticking out the the forehead” Daleks, who do not know they are Daleks until activated.

Valiant try, but a stretch too far for me I’m afraid.  Still, who knows?

I’m honestly surprised with season 9, it has been consistently excellent and entertaining.

Well, Moffat kept pro…[Read more]

@Pufferfish  Yes, 80’s are back, but I agree with you, it’s out of place.

@jphamlore & @Ichabod

You both gave me a lot to chew o…[Read more]

@sirclockface  We never see Clara leave the dalek in S9E2 but we see Capaldi say “I’m sorry” exactly like how Tennant would say it before someone would die. We see her at th…[Read more]