Calling Time Lord Mods?

Sorry – I just noticed that in post 58646 the 2nd video may contain a spoiler. I just assumed that Michelle Gomez was being surreal…..?!

I hope so…

I’m more awake now! (That wouldn’t be difficult)

I haven’t read the last two pages of posts yet, so apologies if I’m going over old ground…

@Nick    I’m not sure that any citizens were actually killed during those 3 months (it seemed in ‘Pyramid’ that the Monks could be ‘merciful’ and perhaps only killed to gain consent). Although what…[Read more]

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@Nick

Sometimes it’s easier to put trauma behind you. That’s often how we survive.

Also, humans can’t even agree if climate change is real or not. Or if the the Earth is flat.

Why have certainty in the existence of the Loch Ness Monster? (Plus nobody phone-cam filmed it…!)

@pedant

I’m not sure that I’m expressing myself properly. What I mean to say is that some sort of a reset is usually in place after a grand Earth invasion, because it helps to stop people being unimpressed when there’s one next week…

What seems to be suggested by this episode is that yes – there is a bit of a mind wipe, but that people choose…[Read more]

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SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

(For the stump scene, see also this, from ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’:)

Ace: But this is Earth, 1963. Well someone would’ve noticed, I’d have heard about it!

The Doctor: Do you remember the Zygon gambit with the Loch Ness monster? Or the Yetis in the underground?

Ace: The what?

The Doctor: Your species has the most amazing capacity for…[Read more]

@Nick

I like your ‘Not 100%’ theory. It would mean that some people remember what happened.  The rest would probably just have nightmares about it & know deep down that they’re true…..

@Nick   Sorry – I didn’t really catch the ending properly before…

The Doctor said that ‘the Monks have erased themselves’, but they’ve left statue stumps behind… Surely some intelligent people will be able to posit some reasonable theories as to what happened ‘by the holes they left behind’? So was it really a memory wipe, or are people ju…[Read more]

@Nick  Why depict thought police, interment or labour concentration camps if there isnt a dramatic reason for doing so.

I don’t want to gang up on you here… But…..

The depiction was it. The problem of being a 42 minute show. It may have seemed like a setup but it was just shorthand. If it was an hour long show or a movie, we may have seen…[Read more]

Fresh…

…A ‘willing prisoner’ – Like Missy?!?

This is just my understanding of things. I could probably do with a rewatch – Too knackered just now though…

@GlasgowBoy

To elaborate on post 58494,  I suspect that the Monks presumed that the only way for the Doctor to defeat them would be for him to remove the lynchpin – to ‘Kill Bill’ – and they knew he wouldn’t.

I don’t think it was the power of love that defeated the monks – As has already been explained, I think it’s something to do with the a…[Read more]

People (dafties) on twitter are blaming Steven Moffat for this script. He didn’t write it! (He outlined the gist)…

Also, if there are any serious plot holes in any of the stories, the script/story editors should get the blame. Although Moffat does rewrites, scripts are passed on to these editors to eliminate such problems and to tie stories…[Read more]

@toinfinityandbepond  Great post! Les Dawson is a bloody legend!

The other plot hole that came up was this:

Why did the monks imprison the Doctor & not Bill?

I’m not sure I have an acceptable answer for this in my current wabbit state…

Presumably they thought that without the Doctor, Bill would never discover the truth of her being the source. Their simulations & prophetic shower curtains didn’t count on…[Read more]

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Patrick Ness has confirmed that he won’t be returning to Class, even if there is a series 2…

Plenty of potential plot holes this week too. Let’s try & address some…(even though I’ve not really slept!)

@Serahni On the not using the TARDIS (where was it all episode?), @tardigrade‘s explanations would cover this. Using it as a taxi = breaks the Monks’ trust. Using it to take Bill into Space to break the link, as also explained = Not…[Read more]