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]

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]

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]

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

Thus the manipulations of…[Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]