Monthly Archives: December 2015

“Pioneer time traveller. Rode the first of the great time shots. They were supposed to fire him into the middle of next week.”

During their search for monsters under the bed in ‘Listen’ the Doctor and Clara encounter Orson Pink. A 100 years into Clara’s future he is a descendant of Danny Pink. The reason that they found him at the end of … Continue reading

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“Is this what you’re like when I not….?”

‘The Husbands of River Song’, written by Steven Moffat, opens on Christmas day in the year 5343 on the planet Mendorax Dellora. Due to a case of mistaken identity the Doctor is summoned to save the life of King Hydroflax … Continue reading

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“TARDIS telepathic interface. You’re in mental contact with the TARDIS. So don’t think anything rude.”

‘Listen’ introduces a new way to pilot the TARDIS. The Doctor exposes a section of the console, revealing a jellylike substance. This is the telepathic interface, allowing Clara to put her fingers into it and form a link with the … Continue reading

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“All the clocks have stopped. This is the silence at the end of time.”

The Doctor’s pursuit of the mysterious monsters under the bed in ‘Listen’ take him to the end of the universe and of time. Normally a TARDIS isn’t supposed to go that far but the Doctor had earlier removed the safeguards … Continue reading

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“Question–why is there no such thing as perfect hiding? Answer! How would you know?”

In ‘Listen’ the Doctor hypothesises that evolution could perfect a create  whose primary skill was to remain out of view. It could be with you every second of every day and you would never know. The conclusion of the story … Continue reading

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“Every story ever told really happened. Stories…are where memories go when they’re forgotten.”

In ‘Hell Bent’, written by Steven Moffat, the Doctor is in Nevada telling a story to a waitress (who looks a lot like Clara) in a diner about what he did once he escaped his confession dial and how it … Continue reading

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“Is it so hard to credit? That a man born into wealth and privilege should find the plight of the oppressed and weak too much to bear…”

‘The Robot of Sherwood’ gives another hint at why the Doctor first fled from Gallifrey. This comes from Robin Hood, phrased in such a way that it would at first see to be part of his own legend. It is … Continue reading

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