You have to keep in mind that this year is the tenth anniversary of the new series returning, which is the most likely reason for the overt call-backs and references to the Russell T Davies era throughout series 9, including the Captain Jack shout out here. Steven Moffat said it would be a bit silly to go all-out…

Romana was left behind in E-Space the last time we saw her in Warriors' Gate, along with K-9, a fate that hasn't been referenced in either the classic or new series since, so I'm not sure what Russell T Davies has to do with it. She's since appeared in a bunch of Big Finish audio productions mostly played by Lalla…

To be fair, Time Lords aren't immortal. Even if they technically could just keep regenerating forever, the Doctor clearly doesn't consider that immortality, at least not in the same vein as Jack or Me.

If you haven't already, you might want to check out Enlisted, because that's a great show about three brothers that might be up your alley.

It's also written by Catherine Tregenna who wrote two of the best non-Children of Earth episodes of Torchwood—and two of the most emotional—Out of Time and Captain Jack Harkness, so I'm prepared to be gut-punched.

The eleventh Doctor's fez was originally a direct callback to the seventh Doctor in Silver Nemesis, who we at one point saw wearing a fez and holding a mop, just like the eleventh Doctor is when he first zaps back in time in The Big Bang. It, naturally, took on a life of its own after that.

Even if an alternate reason hadn't been established for why the Mire took Clara and Ashildr—as lots of people seem to have already pointed out, haha—all human beings naturally produce testosterone. The levels may be different in females than in males, but I'm sure alien technology could extract it just as easily.

To be fair, The Time Meddler already established that Vikings in the Doctor Who universe wear horned helmets, so you can just read it as a callback. "What do you think it is, a space helmet for a cow?"

I think it's pretty clear she straight-up just doesn't want to lie to her family, especially after how badly things blew up with Major and Peyton once they found out the truth, not that she can't come up with a believable excuse. Her mum works at a hospital, her first thought probably went straight to bloodborne…

Weeks later, but I've only just watched this and towards the end of the episode we see Asher tell Sarah Burns' character (Emily? The prosecutor on Nate's case) that he's been so worried about letting slip the fact he's been spying on Annalise and co. for her that he's been avoiding spending time with his girlfriend.…

Just rewatched the scene, can't hear anything like that, but this is it transcribed:

You're right, they were name-dropped amongst the list of alien species in the Earth's orbit in The Pandorica Opens! An early draft of what would later become The Planet of the Dead featured the Chelonians engaged in some big space war that the Doctor stumbles into, but obviously that idea was ultimately scrapped.

The first movie, at least, is meant to be set mostly in 1920s New York.

I was just talking about the lethifold yesterday, oddly enough! It really is a great creepy little creation. The book is filled with so many fun creatures, if nothing else I'm interested in these movies just to see how some of them are used in an actual narrative.

I saw this a few months back and I enjoyed it. The one take worked for me because it captured the immediacy and spontaneity of the night, slowly building from a meandering and mostly unremarkable (if sweet) romance into something else entirely. I went in knowing next to nothing about the film, though, which I imagine…

I took that comment as the Doctor saying that he deleted sign language from his own brain to make room for semaphore, in much the same way he "deleted" the names of the people he met in Last Christmas after leaving them, before having to go back. We've previously seen him speak Delphon (with his eyebrows) and Venusian…

I get the impression the TARDIS translates language directly, i.e. spoken language is translated into spoken language, written language is translated into written language, sign language is translated into sign language… If she was using British sign language and the companion was American it would presumably register…

The Doctor's character arc last year was slowly learning to be more compassionate, while Clara went in the reverse. He was never a dick all the time, just unwilling to put on pretences like previous incarnations. This is totally consistent with how we've seen him grow and change over the last fifteen episodes, as is…

Makes sense—it's finally getting that oft reported then cancelled DVD release later this year/early next year. The BBC are probably sending out take-down notices now it's actually having an official release. You can pre-order it from the BBC Shop/Amazon/probably lots of other places.

My favourite portmanteau 'ship name is probably Barbarian, often used by people who pair up Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, the first two Doctor Who companions back in 1963. It tickles me for some reason. It also has the added bonus of sounding like a flubbed line-reading by William Hartnell, which just seems right.