That's so common in real life that I don't think the script was even written with an "I".

That's a very subjective statement.

From what I've heard, Troughton played the character that way too….in his first two seasons, which have been almost entirely wiped. So now everybody thinks of him as an impish trickster because his last season is all we have to go on.

True, but the Time Lords wouldn't know at that point that he had been granted a whole 'nother regeneration cycle.

"The Doctor lives his life in darker hues, day upon day, and he will have other names before the end. The Storm, the Beast, the Valeyard."
-"The Name of the Doctor"

And David Oyelowo was absolutely sublime, yet now he's playing generic Imperial SOB-769 on Star Wars Rebels.

Tony Curran was never on Spooks - you're thinking of 24.

Also, that thing with the chess board in "Nightmare in Silver" might've been impressively clever if it hadn't been swiped wholesale from "Fenric".

Obviously it's about the power of Christianity converting a Muslim into betraying his race. I mean, that's just Narrative 101.

Even the Master liked the Clangers, and he's a certifiable evil nutball.

That's why he keeps getting psued in court.

Even if we're only going by nuWho, thusly discounting gems like "Time-Flight" and "Timelash", "Fear Her" seems like a beautiful diamond ring coming as it does immediately after "Love & Monsters".

Oh….my….GLOB.

Ah, the Jon Pertwee era. When the show was run by the noted atheist Barry Letts, of course. There was certainly no Buddhist subtext present in the show at all back then. Not a single bit.

I liked it too, but apparently enough people criticized it that Moffat switched over to singles only.

Well, first you write a check for ten thousand American dollars, and then you mail to to PO Box #2048, New York City.

Apparently, in the beginning the TARDIS was conceived of as always being able to alter size, so they could shrink down to the size of bacteria and stuff, but I guess with all of time and space at their disposal the writers decided size didn't matter.

Next you'll be telling us the Beast of Revelation was actually Emperor Nero.

Wow, man. That's hardcore. I mean, I'm not a follower of "Orb" either, but I can still enjoy it.

Absolute ridiculousness of a kind the show's seen before, to boot. The Racnoss spaceship being perfectly preserved at the core of the planet, anyone?