Just to tidy up, I found a tweet from Tosin Cole conforming that the red thing was the bike light (very matter of fact – no archness).

i was perusing the reddit doctor who group, and someone there suggested that the red crystal thing was the rear reflector from ryan’s bike, which he had picked up (presumably in a cut scene)? (someone even linked a picture of one from a catalog, but i can’t find the post, again, to link it here.) anyway, as ryan moves towards the pod,…[Read more]

Yep, it’s called the Opening Title or Title sequence or Intro as opposed to “outro.”

@madtimetravellingscot A narrative in this instance was a called plot. ‘A’  happened then ‘B’ then ‘C’ with lots of discussion about what was happening in between. Felt like a very real situation: whether travelling on late night “ghost train” or “siege…[Read more]

@thane16 @whisht

I thought the closing music more industrial (steel town) than military. The drums had a metalness to them, and fit in with the new mechanically-minded Doctor.

Also, I think the burst we got when JW stood up for the first time is from the opening theme…[Read more]

I thought it was the same gadget that was the homing beacon, so logically (yes wrong sci-fi show) it was to call the blue vase thingy to earth

@pedant

Interesting counter points and I’ll accept it wasn’t fridging.

There were however several payments paid to victory, possibly accidentally the train driver, the loving brother, the…[Read more]

Well spotted. No idea. Doesn’t seem to be his phone.