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The 50th Anniversary Trailer: Part 4

The 10th Doctor Away from the conflict surrounding his previous incarnations is the 10th Doctor. In front of him is what could be a younger War Doctor. Has the 10th Doctor stumbled across this moment, is he coming to the … Continue reading

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The 50th Anniversary Trailer: Part 3

5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Doctor The next scene in the trailer is harder to analyse as we are presented with a chaotic battlefield, upon which the various Doctor’s are surrounded by their enemies. There are two ways we … Continue reading

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The 50th Anniversary Trailer: Part 2

We continue our look at the 50th Anniversary trailer and already the many options available to us present a way to tie everything together. The 3rd Doctor Here we have the 3rd Doctor in a sword fight with the Master … Continue reading

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The 50th Anniversary Trailer: Part 1

The excitement for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who episode ‘Day Of The Doctor’ began with the release of a fantastic trailer. All 11 Doctors were shown, frozen in time at a moment of crisis. When the episode itself aired … Continue reading

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“Three of us in one cell? That’s going to cause some nasty anomalies if we don’t get out soon.”

‘The Day Of The Doctor’ allows us to examine what happens when the same Time Lord meets other incarnations of himself. This is dealt with a little more indepth that ‘The Five Doctors’ which never really addressed the issue. Firstly … Continue reading

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“Yes. You’ve met them before. Don’t you remember?”

In ‘Day Of The Doctor’ Clara meets the War Doctor and 10th Doctor and asks the 11th Doctor if they are both him. The 11th Doctor is puzzled by this as Clara had encountered both in ‘The Name Of The … Continue reading

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“God speed gentle husband.”

What happened to Queen Elizabeth after the events of ‘The Day Of The Doctor’? In the same year of 1562 Queen Elizabeth became infected with smallpox. This nearly killed her and left her with pock marks that she covered with … Continue reading

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“I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman but at the time so did the Zygon.”

After much foreshadowing ‘The Day Of The Doctor’ reveals the circumstances in which the Doctor marries Queen Elizabeth. She is not merely shop dressing for the historical period but an important character who is key to the Doctor’s success. Queen … Continue reading

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“Time Lord art. Bigger on the inside. A slice of real time, frozen.”

Much of the plot of ‘The Day Of The Doctor’ revolves around the use of stasis cubes. They appear as oil paintings, but with a 3D perspective. Like a TARDIS they are bigger on the inside. Primarily they are regarded … Continue reading

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“It’s taken me so many years, so many lifetimes but at last I know where I’m going. Where I’ve always been going. Home.”

Since the release of ‘Doctor Who: Adventures in Space and Time’ those playing have always had to set their campaign pre or post Time War. The default assumption is that you’d play within the current era, with Gallifrey gone and … Continue reading

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