There was also an untold stories of the ER episode where a guy walked into the ER on Halloween with a knife in his chest, and the doctor thought it was a costumer / prank, but it wasn't…

What I'm having trouble with, is what difference does it make to the universe that the Doctor is dead?  He's a time-traveller, and has therefore appeared (in different form) both before and after his death-date.  In fact, how would "the universe" being presented with a particular instance of the Doctor have any clue…

The Silence is a religion, though, and any religion has fanatics, doesn't it?  I think we'll continue to see the Silence and Mm K over the next series or two… I think giving the Dr a reason to hide sometimes, and being able to put little bits of the reveal into episodes is what it's all about… Doctors 1 & 2 were a…

So there were two Amies and two Rories in the UK for a couple of years, one pair living quietly in Leadworth, and the other pair running a perfume empire in Colchester?

Unicorn & Wasp wasted something, though.  There are plenty of historical events where the cause is not 100% understood… Sure the history is written by the winners, but anywhere there is gray area, the writers could write the Doctor & crew into the gray area without aliens, couldn't they?

So are they setting up for River to be the sole companion for next year - she's not human, so the shortness of life isn't a factor; her life was messed up by someone else, so the life in the TARDIS is an improvment / fix?  I dunno, I feel like there's more reasons for River to be the next companion, but I can't quite…

That WAS the cloister bell that was ringing when the door opened… First thing I thought was that the TARDIS interior was in there somewhere…

I'm sure everything will get drawn together at the end, but I am more than a little flummoxed… There's been a few hints that he's more and more concerned about the safety of the people who travel with him, so dropping Amy and Rory off makes some kind of sense.  Can't wait for the last couple of episodes.  Is the…

just doesn't or doesn't just?

So is the @my4boys commentator on the original article actually Dan Whitney?  Dude only ever commented on one article in his existence, and knows a lot about DW, even claiming to be a friend.

My take is that the terms of her sentence are that she must help the doctor… She mentions a few times in the earlier episodes that "this might pay off the debt".  I also think that her prison is what causes her to move backwards in time.  She kills the doctor and is put in a prison that is going backwards in time…

I think the original comment was pointing out that this looks like the same movie as no strings attached, which is what I think every time I see the ad for fwb. DOn't want to distract from the back and forth about copyright and trademark, though. You go right ahead, Gentle and John.

I think there's a lot of parallels between this stuff and the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons. I think River's Prison is what makes her travel back in time, and part of her eventual sentence was to be sent back in time to a point where she would save the doctor's life (not quite the same, but similar to the Shrike in…

BTW, the original intent (no doubt from Verity Lambert's involvment) was to alternate between a science-fiction story and an historical story. They kept to it for a while, but then went all sci-fi at some point. I guess the original idea was to be children's entertainment and education rolled into one.

Going back to "everything on screen". Why oh why do they show Padme having twins, and then have people say where they will go and live? Surely without that closing you could still watch ep 4 without knowing that Luke and Leah were bro and sis, and that Darth was the daddy? I know it wasn't a big part of the…

I assumed Duff and McAvoy left for scheduling reasons, particularly as McAvoy's film career was taking off…If the US version keeps their characters around longer, I think it would be better.

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FWIW, I read recaps of shows I'm watching, just to be sure I didn't miss something in the episode while I was checking mail or making a drink. Also in case the reviewer picks up on something I didn't see (like a reference to a previous episode, or some fore-shadowing). And then I read the user-comments for the…

How did Violet dismiss the entire movie if she went to see it? Lowered expectations aside, she ante-d up the ten bucks.

Burlesque is the name of the film that she is appearing in soon, and looking pretty hot in the trailers for.