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“So, you and that bloke in a box. You do this sort of stuff a lot?”

Due to the exterior of the TARDIS shrinking in ‘Flatline’ the Doctor spends much of the adventure trapped in his time machine. It is Clara who takes his role, out in the field, waving the sonic screwdriver around and taking … Continue reading

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“You are monsters. That is the role you seem determined to play.”

Once in the tunnels in ‘Flatline’ the Boneless become three dimensional. They still wear the form of their victims. Their bodies have gaps and the move with a lumbering gait. Their name comes from the observation that they appear to … Continue reading

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“Are we really hiding from killer graffiti?”

The big question ‘Flatline’ is how aware the Boneless of their actions. We’ve already seen that there have been attempts at communication, emulation and camouflage. What might be the reason that the Boneless from the mural might pursue Clara and … Continue reading

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“And I name you The Boneless.”

In ‘Flatline’ the Doctor encounter an alien race from a two dimensional plane. Until now the very existence of such a dimension was only a theory and this would appear to be the visit contact that anyone has made with … Continue reading

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“You were an exceptional Doctor, Clara. Goodness had nothing to do with it.”

‘Flatline’, written by Jamie Mathieson, finds the Doctor trapped in the TARDIS leaving Clara to play his role investigating a spate of missing people in Bristol. Soon she is trying to keep a small group of people alive in train … Continue reading

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