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@pufferfish

 “But I’m glad of the space to entertain all manner of Who-hah”

Just to let you know I am very entertained (but sort your spelling out) 🙂

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Re: my last post. By way of illustration, one of the reasons that The Snowmen was a hit was down to the fact that we knew what the Doc was about – in mourning for the loss of the Ponds. So his motivation, and thus the dynamic of the ep., was well understood.
That’s not always been the case in some eps which have meandered emotionally.

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Wondering if the inconsistencies in the Doc’s character that has been remarked upon by several posters (on the Other blog) has been Moffat’s plan all along (Brilliance) or whether it has been just shoddy writing and he’s realised and so is using the 50th as a way to rationalise the Doc’s variable nature.

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The more I think about it the less I think.Mr.M. will return the Doc to London 1963. It’s already been done.in Remembrance of the Daleks. I think some sort of reboot is likely – it fits Moffat’ s M. O. (I imagine). The wi-fi angle is intriguing. I wonder if the BBC are going to try something really ambitious such as an intrractive episode (press the red button NOW) or maybe some kind of vote for S8 or the 50th. This obv fits in with @blenkinsopthebrave and his 4th wall theory so is to be immediately discounted. 🙂

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They are showing TIA and DOTM on the big screen here in Aus. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to rewatch. Sounds like fine acting from Ms Kingston which also means fine writing from Mr Moffat.

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Apologied if this has been posted.elsewhere

http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/50th-anniversary-book-collection-now-availabl

Remimisxent of the old Target books. I remember running down to John Menzies……

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Of course how this all happens is something I’m going to have to give some not inconsidersbke thought to.

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First of all thanks to @jimthefish (nice new av. btw) @whisht for the welcome. Hopefully I’ll be able to post a bit more. My last post on the 50th forum explains what’s been happening.

Only managed to skim many of the threads but some intriguing ideas on here. I am very taken with @bluesqueakpip‘s amnesiac doc idea but if it is something too similar has already been done then maybe Moffat won’t touch it.

In my ideal world, Clara is resolved at the end of S7 (or a cliffhanger which is settled in ep 1 of S8). S8.then takes this resolution and uses it to tie up all the loose ends of the Moffat era culminating in a Fields of Trenzalor feature length ep. Perfect.

I’m going for a cold shower now.

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I’m wondering whether Moffat will run the second half of the series / season into the 50rh anniversary (as is generally being assumed) or whether he will have a resolution at the end of the season and have a more standalone story.for the 50th.

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@craig etc.

That poster looks is reminiscent of the cover of a Jasper Fforde / Thursday Next novel.

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Hello – very late to the party again but I’ve been a bit busy moving. Formerly of the region, as @bluesqueakpip said, “north of the Trent”, I’m now in the future, and quite a way South, somewhere in @blenkinsopthebrave territory.

I’m still exploring these parts and I see this thread is pretty quiet of late. However….

My hope for the 50th is an 11 Doctors but with a twist – wondering if the BBC will retcon some old eps / parts of old eps and weave them into a Genesis of the Doctor type narrative. The old footage could be cleaned up / colourised to make the transition a bit less jarring.

My original idea on this (Guardian post) was that the Doc would have an enemy that he had encountered through all previous regenerations (only he didn’t know it) but this comes to light in the 50th. Maybe it’s some kind of test for the Doc, orchestrated by as-yet-unknown super villain. Tons of issues with this, not least being that the fans may not like a retcon of beloved stories.

I can’t see them using original (or replacement) actors to fill the roles of previous Docs, so this would be an homage to past incarnations without disrupting their characters.

 All that said, Moffat probably has something completely off the wall on the page and he may only do a nod to the past, similar to the end of The Eleventh Hour. Either way, I can’t wait.

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