Category Archives: Time Of The Doctor

“As the days passed, and the years, the Doctor stayed true to his word.”

While most episodes only depict events that take place over a few hours, days or weeks in ‘The Time Of The Doctor’ hundreds of years pass. This gives you plenty of material for adventures and a whole campaign focused on … Continue reading

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“Confessional priests. Very popular. Genetically engineered so you forget everything you’ve told them.”

First introduced in ‘The Impossible Astronaut’ we finally get an origin for the Silence in ‘The Time of The Doctor’. Rather than being an alien race we learn that they are created for the Papal Church to act as confessional … Continue reading

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“The destiny trap. You can’t change history if you’re part of it.”

A standard time travel trope is that by attempting to change an event you cause it to happen. This is also known as a pre-destination paradox, since the event wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t time travel how could it … Continue reading

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“Well I did come to Trenzalore and nothing can change that now. Didn’t stop you trying though, did it?”

In ‘The Time Of The Doctor’ we learn that Lady Kovarian led a breakaway chapter of the Papal Mainframe back along the Doctor’s timeline to prevent the siege of Trenzalore. Their plan was to kill the Doctor, ensuring that he … Continue reading

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“After all these years I’ve finally found somewhere that needs me to stick around.”

‘The Time Of The Doctor’, by Steven Moffat, is the final adventure for the 11th Doctor and resolves many dangling plot threads from across his entire run. It is an adventure that spans a lifetime, exploring what happens when the … Continue reading

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