Amph Doctor Who Discussion (Russell T. Davies returns)

Not to mention that in Rose Nine comments "could have been worse" when apparently seeing himself in the mirror for the first time. Though I had trouble accepting that this was the very first time he ever saw himself since his personality seemed finalised from his very first line as was his outfit.

 

I could buy it from the standpoint of just regenerating after what he feels is the destruction of Gallifrey by his own hand and not wanting to look at the face that did it (or the face after that)

 

Or he could've been having his usual post-regen bit of wackiness and this was the first time he'd seen it since calming down.

 

True. Eight did suffer from memory loss after all.

 

Pirate Planet novelization announced.

 

Unless I'm mistaken, I think the only episodes from the classic series that haven't been officially novelized are Eric Saward's two Dalek stories.

 

Well, I think Nigel Farage has now alienated Doctor Who fans..

 

Wow. What a stupid thing to say.

 

He may be a stupid, bigoted piece of **** leading a whole party of stupid, bigoted pieces of ****, but this is the last straw!

 

They should have gotten Peter Capaldi to reprise his Malcolm Tucker character and add him to that interview.

 

Lest we forget...

 

I still cannot get the resemblance in Robot of Sherwood:




Speaking of The Master, i've been doing a lot of thinking over Missy. There's one thing we stopped to consider. What if Missy was just The Master's alter-ego, much like The War Doctor was to the Eighth Doctor? Remember, the purpose of the sisters intervening was to enable the Doctor to become somebody that the Doctor himself could not be. This included the ability to change gender.

Maybe Missy is not an incarnation of The Master but in fact a side-step of sorts.

 

Indeed, that makes a lot of sense! Maybe something other than the Sisterhood of Karn, though, because IIRC they only helped the Doctor because he'd helped them in the past.

 

Hmmmm....maybe.

Think about this though. Is it possible that perhaps the Timelords enabled the Master to take on a disguise in exchange for either at least capturing the Doctor or confirming that he is still alive in his twelfth incarnation (the Valeyard)? Assuming that the Valeyard theory is at some point going to be explored, the Timelords have a vested interest in this particular incarnation of the Doctor since, at least in one reality, he is the trier of the Doctor himself.

 

But if they were so worried about the Valeyard, why then give the Doctor extra regenerations in The Time of the Doctor?

More likely that the Master regenerated into MIssy to either escape the Time lords themselves, or given Simm!Master was the previous incarnation before Missy, he decided to regenerated into a woman for kicks,and to see what kind of reaction the Doctor would have.

 

I'm less worried by this and more about his attempt to get the bbc investigated by the police because Have I Got News For You, a satirical news show about the week's events gave the poor widdle man an emotional booboo by making people laugh at him.

 

It is implied that they made the ship crash in the first place.

 

Perhaps they need him for a purpose we're yet to discover. Keeping in mind I don't think that the Timelords foresaw the Time War when the Sixth Doctor was on trial.

Yes, also possible too and likely the reason that Moffat may go with.

 

Regarding Nine's mirror check... I felt that was always fairly easily handwaved as the guy beginning to come around to his new face, as opposed to seeing it for the first time outright.

So instead of being, "So that's what I look like! Could have been worse, I guess" it becomes, "Ah, it's not that bad I suppose. Still don't like the ears much, though."

 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurasilver...es-of-dr-who?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgw#.hyXdQ9eZM

 

Just saw a trailer for Paddington, and the, shall we say, cranky man in the window in it looked familar, so I looked up a casting list.

And yep, Capaldi's in the movie, listed as Mr. Curry.

 

If there was any doubt about Kate Stewart's fate after S8...

Spoiler

She's back for S9!