@SuzanneMS

So is Donna Noble. Far more than Clara. Donna really IS the DoctorDonna.

As a rejoinder to Juniperfish’s theory, saying that Donna is more like the Doctor is a bit like saying ‘well, his sister’s more like him than his daughter is.’ 😉

The point isn’t that Clara is trying to behave like the Doctor in Flatline – the point is that she…[Read more]

@SuzanneMS

Of course you are allowed to hate the Daleks. So does the Doctor. You can hate the Cybermen, Borg Collective and Hammy the Hamster if you like.

I think using six occasions of “hate/hated” in one small paragraph (including an out of show reference) is to probably invite a response to take a drink or consume a “chill pill” though,…[Read more]

@SuzanneMS Certainly can make for some interesting storytelling!

I totally agree! It’s very topical for what’s been happening in the world in recent years and in the evolution of general attitudes. I suppose it’s easier to explore some tough/sensitive questions through stories.

Weddings are apparently a ‘thing’ for TLs, so if it means the same…[Read more]

THIS MIGHT BE SPOILER-ISH — ?  SO, WARNING FOR THOSE WHO WANT NO POSSIBLE SPOILING.  I’d go over to the spoiler thread, but my comments below won’t make any sense without previous comments, above — by @SuzanneMS @Missy et al on this thread.

@jphamlore

. . . Missy is trying to manipulate things so that the Doctor will realize that he m…[Read more]

@SuzanneMS But I think part of the point that Missy is trying to make with her very appearance, the time period she chose, is that the Doctor might not have love for her, but that he has duties as a member of the aristocracy and must remember that in the end he must be of a higher level than the servants, ie, humans.

Thus the manipulations of…[Read more]

@Purofilion @Bluesqueakpip @arbutus @SuzanneMS

I am still wondering whether this was a regeneration or a download after the
fashion of the downloaded people into the Matrix and into the Cybermen? Whether it
is a download why chose a female body? So what sort of a statement is Missy or
the writers trying to make about the sex switch?
Was…[Read more]

@SuzanneMS

If the writers, et al., are not trying to suggest that the Master has been a female before, what is the meaning of her calling the Doctor “My boyfriend?”

I quite simply thought that he (the Doctor) had been his (the Master’s) boyfriend. Men can have boyfriends. Besides, ever since the Simm Master, I’ve thought (and said) that the Mas…[Read more]

@SuzanneMS  @purofilion  @Bluesqueakpip

I don’t hold a strong view either way, but I do recall Nine being pretty flirty with Jack Harkness in the “Are you my Mummy” two-parter. 

And if gender can change with regeneration (and it has now been made specific) I can’t imagine sexual orientation being unchangeable (if TL’s aren’t as you say more mall…[Read more]

@Purofilion

It makes a lot of sense if you see ‘sexual attraction’ as something that also changes with regeneration. I’d argue that the Doctor isn’t presented as an invariably straight male – Capaldi’s Doctor certainly seemed to want Psy to give him a call. 😉 Other Doctors have played up the ‘asexual’ angle, to the extent that some fans still…[Read more]

@Purofilion and @SuzanneMS

It’s unlikely that the Master was ever a Missy before, because the Doctor is completely stunned by it – errr… later. I don’t know how far you’ve got in the box set watching.

There was quite a lot of discussion when Capaldi was cast on how they were going to deal with the Caecelius/Frobisher thing. They dealt…[Read more]