Some speculation about the Doctor Who Series Finale

[eve11]

The only things I've seen are the trailer at the end of Nightmare in Silver, and the "He said, she said" prequel*. I also read about 3/4 of this spoiler-free review. (LOL I also love how "official" reviewers announce subjective opinion as fact). Anyhow, a thought...


What if the Doctor isn't a Time Lord? I mean, don't get me wrong, he's obviously got the physiology--two hearts, regeneration, etc--but what if that was also a way of hiding something else? If you believe what he says in movie canon, he's "half human on his mother's side" which could just mean he's not cardstock Time Lord.

Either that, or what if he's somehow ALL of the Time Lords?

I think Clara may be some kind of failsafe for the fields of Trenzalore? Like, somehow she gives him a way to tell the truth that doesn't also reveal his secret? But I don't know. Before the reset in episode 10 She said she saw him in the book about the Time War... how did she know the book was talking about him?

Anyway, one way or another we're going to find something out next week. I hope it doesn't further and/or hopelessly Joss my WIP-o-Doom. Which I've been thinking about trying to pick up again, but last time I looked at it I ended up erasing four sentences and then throwing it aside again before I did any more damage. I should write the bits that come after this hard part. But still, there's no way I'm going to be able to finish and post the whole thing before whatever big reveal on Saturday is going to have us rewinding all of our tapes and looking for clues.

*PS: I agree with livii that the prequel was rather uninspiring. The whole thing was just, flat. Like it was trying to be some kind of stylized Greek Chorus or something but didn't have the writing chops for it. Also, I'm going to start adding "On the fields of Trenzalore" to the end of all my fortune cookie statements from now on.

Comments

[lostrack621.livejournal.com]

I didn't understand the point of the prequel. It was a little riddle-y and I'm sure once the episode airs, it will make sense. But dammit, we should be able to get something from a 3 minute video that is so obviously attempting to throw us a bone. Oh wait....I'm thinking about the ingenuity of Bad Wolf and that bit of cleverness hasn't yet repeated itself.

I did, however, notice that in each "view" (the he said, the she said parts), the items/artifacts in the background were character specific, but I couldn't quite tell what some of it was and I wasn't about to freeze frame every second. I did catch that portrait of Clara, and obviously one of her dresses, and some other things of the Doctor's that I've now forgotten. I did like the museum-y feel to it, because I've liked the episodes set in museums or with a museum-y theme.

[eve11]

It looked like it was supposed to be some kind of stylized mindscape or something. I like the idea of a museum.