@thommck – Spoilers!!

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@Wolfweed – maybe ‘twould make an interesting Caption Comp…?

Have finally found time to read through this thread, (many more to go..) I agree with @Shazzbot that the Doctor and Clara have now safely left the time line. The special may involve a return to it, or events that flow from it. I don’t think the events of tdotd (shift key not working) took place within the time line. I liked @thommck‘s theory that…[Read more]

@thommck @Elouise Just to add to the “Doctors with face fuzz” list, let’s not forget the Fourth when he was prematurely aged after mucking about with a tachyon generator in The Lesuire Hive.

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How could I forget? 🙂

It’s actually not as bad as feared! Gonna take something being used to, though, after my long tradition of hating beards of all kinds 🙂 Good that we have reached December now 😛

Maybe the 11th Doctor being bearded in Day of the Moon was our warning that this was to come…

Many thanks for the endorsements. Just to pick up on a couple of points @JimTheFish raised though, and provide an explanation of something.

this site could sometimes be seen as a bit cliquey and unwelcoming to new members

Kind of intimidated is what I’m guessing.

I think we agree here. I think “we” who entered the site in its first days are o…[Read more]

@Curvedspace @thommck

Apologies for the late reply, this week’s been a bit hectic with only stolen moments on the forum possible.

I’ve reinstated the email tick box for topic threads. It was one of those things I didn’t think people used, but now I now better 😉

Thanks for the feedback.

@Thommck – there’s a line in The End of Time from the woman Time Lord on the High Council.

This is only the furthest edge of the Time War. But at its heart millions die every second. Lost in bloodlust and insanity. With Time itself resurrecting them to find new ways of dying, over and over again. A travesty of life. Isn’t it better to end it at…

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@Thommck

I agree with you that the earlier stages of the Time War could have been like that – with the consequence on the rest of the universe of time constantly in flux – if you were caught in it, as collateral damage, you wouldn’t be able to live your life with any sort of stability or consistency. Maybe as in the Wedding of RS you would get…[Read more]

@Pedant @shazzbot

Christmas dinner – with stroppy teenagers (hello again to the Maitlands?) – maybe not hell on earth but I could see why Cybermen, the Silence and Weeping Angels might seem an enticing alternative.

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@Devilishrobby Welcome, but just make sure that ANYTHING even remotely spoilerish only gets discussed on the Spoilers…[Read more]

@Thommck

I always interpreted it as a “non-violent” war, i.e. a timelord would alter time, then a Dalek would go back and alter time to counteract it, then a timelord would go back and change that time ad infinitum. Like they were all sitting above time (outside the pipes 😉 ) playing a game of chess with the universe.

See, here’s the thing. It…[Read more]

@thommck – sorry! I must have missed your bow tie spot when catching up last night; I was a bit tired.

I think Clara is being positioned as representing (in this 50th Anniversary year) The Ideal Companion. That’s why, in the multi-Doctor trailer, she appears in Sarah Jane Smith’s place and has Susan as her reflection. He’s The Doctor, she’s The…[Read more]

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Nah. It’s a classic trusted PA trope. Important people have “people”. She is Kate’s  Clara to the Doctor’s..er.. Clara.

Doesn’t rule out a mother/daughter relationship tho. Bring your kids to work and all that. Osgood comes over more as intern than “trusted PA”. She’s hanging about, not quite sure where she fits in yet, she seems new to…[Read more]

Popping in briefly to say hi and thank you all for this great forum.

I raised a glass to @HTPBDET at 11 a.m. PST, 9 p.m. GMT on Friday. And toasted the Asylum of Whovians at the Dean Swift, the dedicated live-blog hosts, our Emperor, the Time Lord moderators, insightful posters, loyal lurkers, and all the other fantastic forum folk. Not to…[Read more]

Don’t forget David Tennant on Jo Whiley @ 8pm (GMT) on Radio 2 tonight…

@thommck – I  fit into quite a few of those types of fan categories…