The Dr Who thread

[anon76235]

i thought he has mad keen to get to galifrey?

[Harlequin]

i thought he has mad keen to get to galifrey?

He was hoping to return of his own will under better circumstances.

[Harlequin]

It's only his memories of Clara that have been blocked.
Note 'blocked', by the way. Not erased.

So... does this mean the Doctor may bump into a couple of people next series on his travels, and a whole new ball game begins as he remembers? …

Spoiler: show

He seemed to have accepted her absence by the end and decided to follow her last order: to run out there and be a Doctor. It could also be,though, that he has worked it out already with the help of the sonic sunglasses he activated and placed on the counter just before their conversation. In that case he has acceded to her wishes (mirroring more kindly the dual deception of her original exit in Death in Heaven).

Someone in another place has pointed out that, as soon as he found himself left outside, the Doctor saw Rigsy's painting.

Spoiler: show

He would surely not have needed any more clues. Someone else mentioned the stated fact that the blocker was specifically keyed to humans anyway, so the Doctor might not really have had any memories blocked in the first place.

Anyway, to tell another story...

Once Upon a Time two people went on the run from Gallifrey in a stolen Tardis which turned out to have a broken chameleon circuit, fixing it in the disguise it assumed on a visit to Earth...

[Harlequin]

Damned editing timeouts!

I have no idea what was going on. Seriously.

The Time Lords have got a big computer in a crypt...
Ah. Wrong explanation...

Spoiler: show

The Time Lords fear a prophesy, created by their predictive algorithmic dead-Time-Lord-memory-storing computer in a crypt (which appeared in many classic stories), about a 'hybrid': "Two great warrior races forced together to create a warrior greater than either" that would "stand in the ruins of Gallifrey and destroy a billion hearts to heal its own." … The destruction of the billion hearts could refer to the fracturing of time over half the life of the universe if the Doctor were to erase the Fixed Point of Clara's death-by-raven.…

Another person has pointed out what the destruction of the billion hearts turned out to be in the transpired events: the Doctor's own hearts (two at a time) which he burned up repeatedly during his billennia in the Dial.

[Little stoned kiwi]

Hell Bent...meh.

[Istar]

Just in case anyone read the Private Eye story back in August, which I note is still being given air in some quarters, about a reduced 2016 season or even a complete break:

Steven Moffat has strongly denied tabloid reports that Doctor Who will run next year with a reduced number of episodes.

The denial comes in response to a newspaper story which alleges that next year's series of the BBC1 sci-fi show will be halved so that lead actor Peter Capaldi can turn director on other projects – including a film based on his time in Glasgow punk band The Dreamboys and two episodes of US sitcom Veep. However, speaking to RadioTimes.com, Moffat said that the story was "bunk," and that he could "confirm absolutely" that he is not making fewer episodes.

"We’re making a full series. I can confirm that," said Moffat. "I’m making a full series of 12 episodes, plus a Christmas special. I don’t know when it goes out. That’s up to someone else. And even if I did know – which I genuinely don’t – I wouldn’t be allowed to say so as I have absolutely no say in it whatsoever.

"[But] it’s not being reduced in size. We’re not making fewer episodes. That’s all complete bunk. I can confirm that absolutely."

[Harlequin]

…
"We’re making a full series. I can confirm that," said Moffat. "I’m making a full series of 12 episodes, plus a Christmas special. I don’t know when it goes out. That’s up to someone else. And even if I did know – which I genuinely don’t – I wouldn’t be allowed to say so as I have absolutely no say in it whatsoever.

"[But] it’s not being reduced in size. We’re not making fewer episodes. That’s all complete bunk. I can confirm that absolutely."

ISTR him saying something similar about Series Seven, which was a full season of more than twelve episodes but split over 2012 and 2013. That had two Christmas Specials, though (plus The Day Of The Doctor). I suppose someone else could be taking over as head writer starting from the 2017 Christmas show.

[Cloudane]

Ooh, a possible new scapegoat for everything people don't like about the show? :p

"Silly RTD with his farting aliens and gay agenda... he needs to go! Moffat will be great, he did Blink!"

"Stupid incompetent Moffat who can't tell a coherent story.. he needs to go! Fred will be great!"

2017: "This new Fred guy is useless, he needs to go!"
etc

[Mayhem]

Someone in another place has pointed out that, as soon as he found himself left outside, the Doctor saw Rigsy's painting.

Spoiler: show

He would surely not have needed any more clues. Someone else mentioned the stated fact that the blocker was specifically keyed to humans anyway, so the Doctor might not really have had any memories blocked in the first place.

Unless... dah duh dah... the Doctor IS really half human!

Another person has pointed out what the destruction of the billion hearts turned out to be in the transpired events: the Doctor's own hearts (two at a time) which he burned up repeatedly during his billennia in the Dial.

That's quite a plausible explanation for the prophesy, I will grant.

[Baggypants]

I liked the old tardis, the lightsaber grab, the low Gallifreyans, the "first thing you notice about the War Doctor is that he is unarmed, and it's often the last thing you notice" Hopefully Me n' Clara will get an abundance of web shorts.

[Governmentyard]

Prophecies - it strikes me that since the timelords who are alive seem to be such a shower of dicks then the ghost ones in the matrix are probably equally full of it. Nice intimate finale, makes a good change.

[merman]

Oh one more thing. "It's for the boys"
So he has a brother? I think I can guess who that is...

Spoiler: show

I thought it was long established the Doctor and the Master knew each other when young?

Very cleverly done.
Although... It would have been nice to hear the prophesy a bit earlier in the series, to make what Rassilon did make more sense.

[F-ZeroOne]

Oh one more thing. "It's for the boys"
So he has a brother? I think I can guess who that is...

I took that to mean it was like an orphanage or something.

[Cloudane]

Them being brothers would just be taking the "knowing each other when they were young" thing a bit further.
Could be one of those things they just leave to the fans to decide though!

[Baggypants]

"...for the boys" doesn't instantly convey siblinghood.e.g. "Boys from the Dwarf" <waves hands>