Hello! I’ve been lurking on this site for ages, thoroughly enjoying the theories, and thought it was time I said hi and joined in.
I think at this point in the thread I’m mostly reiterating what everyone else has said but I’m going to say it anyway. I loved The Pilot, really nice opener for the season. I particularly like the slow, calm start. Bill is excellent, I’m really looking forward to seeing her travel with the doctor. The vault is a nice season mystery to get started with. Incidentally, I wondered what the Doctor and Nardle were doing at the vault when we first see it – I had a vague idea they were trying to break in but I’m not sure what made me think that. The “coming soon” section was promising too. Very happy to be seeing Missy again and I’m intrigued by the bit of archaeology the Doctor was briefly seen peering into. I had a bit of a fail in my pausing skills so I didn’t manage to get a closer look but my first thought was that it was a Neolithic chambered tomb.
Somebody upthread pointed out the bird on the doctors desk and suggested it might be a raven. Driving home from work a thought struck me about this and I was so pleased with myself i decided today was the day to join the forum. I’m somewhat disappointed that on closer inspection it does seem to be a strange raven/pigeon hybrid but I don’t feel facts should get in the way of a good bonkers observation so I’m going to plough on regardless. In Norse mythology Odin had two companion ravens; Huginn (“thought”) and Muninn (“memory” or “mind”). Every day they go out and fly round the world. Odin apparently fears that Huginn won’t return, but worries more about Muninn. There’s only one bird on the desk and we know the Doctor is missing some memory…maybe Muninn will return for him before the end of the season?
