A Little Time Lord Theory – ‘The Doctor’s Wife’

My theories in this post are not confirmed but may turn out to be true, so don’t read on if you’re spoiler-phobic!

A few months ago, when asked about his (then untitled) episode of Doctor Who for Series 6, ‘The Doctor’s Wife’, Neil Gaiman gave the intriguing tease that it will feature “something or someone not seen since ‘The War Games’”. What if this returning “something” or “someone” is the Time Lord Communication Box, which coincidentally has not made an appearance in the show since 1969’s ‘The War Games’?

A clip issued by the BBC, featuring The Doctor apparently receiving mail via a tap on the TARDIS doors features a little cube-shaped object certainly not dissimilar to the Time Lord Communication Box.
Look at this comparison of what each Doctor is holding…

 

The Doctor also says rather excitedly in the trailer for The Doctor’s Wife, “There’s a living Time Lord still out there!” He says this while holding the glowing cube in question, so I think it’s a fair assumption to make that he has come to this conclusion after seeing the box or maybe listening to its message?

I’m guessing this also means that Idris (played by Suranne Jones) in ‘the Doctor’s Wife’ is also a Time Lord – we have already been told that when we meet her she is insane (biting!!), which could have been caused by something in the Time War that she fled from or was possibly even sent crazy by the sight of the Untempered Schism, like The Master?

We just don’t know….
But, my god, I can’t wait to find out!

Doctor Who ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ airs this Saturday 14th May on BBC One/HD at 6:30PM and BBC America at 9PM.

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John Barrowman – "When I heard about Bin Laden…"

John Barrowman, otherwise known by most as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and his spin-off series Torchwood, has spoken out about the moment he heard of Osama Bin Laden’s death…

"I was in Palm Springs, in the swimming pool with the dogs, and my mom (inside the house) shouted, 'Bin Laden's dead!' I heard it, but I didn't believe it, because I never believed they'd catch him, as hard as I knew different factions of the military were working on it.


So I called Scott (Barrowman's partner), who was in L.A. picking up a friend of ours who was coming in from the U.K. There was almost a sense of calm, because we didn't know whether it was real or not, but as soon as Obama came on and talked about it, it solidified.


Thank goodness they got him. That man was the catalyst, the mastermind, behind something that killed, that murdered more than 3,000 people. Maybe I'll upset some people by saying this, but I'm just really glad they got him the way they did. Evil like that we don't need around in our world."

* With thanks to Torchwood3Hub for the news

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'The Hand Of Fear' Parts 1 & 2 - TONIGHT

Just a quick notification post here to remind you that on UK television tonight, as a fitting tribute to the late Elisabeth Sladen, BBC Four are broadcasting her final four-part Doctor Who story as a regular TARDIS-travelling companion, titled ‘The Hand Of Fear’ first shown on BBC1. Tonight, BBC Four are airing Parts One and Two of the 1976 story.

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‘The Hand Of Fear’ – Part One
The Doctor and Sarah Jane find themselves in a gravel pit. Sarah Jane finds a fossilised hand and removes a ring from it, placing it on her finger. She is knocked unconscious by a rock-breaking explosion and is taken to hospital. Possessed by an alien from Kastria, she takes the hand to Nunton nuclear power station, where the hand regrows a finger and begins to move.

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‘The Hand Of Fear’ – Part Two
The fossilised hand is now in the possession of a technician called Driscoll at Nunton power station. He places the fossilised hand in the reactor core, which it begins to draw power from, causing an overload situation. As the complex is evacuated, computers and equipment begin to blow up and Nunton's director, Professor Watson, is thrown to the floor.

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CAST: The Doctor     –     Tom Baker Sarah Jane     –     Elisabeth Sladen Eldrad     –     Judith Paris	_____________	CREW: Written by     –     Bob Baker & Dave Martin Producer     –     Philip Hinchcliffe Director     –     Lennie Mayne

Doctor Who ‘The Hand Of Fear’ Parts 1 & 2 double-bill will be broadcast tonight on BBC Four starting at 7:40PM.

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‘Curse Of The Black Spot’ Unreleased Music

TheSkaroRevenger (as is his name on Chatango) has uploaded his series of tracks of unreleased music from last night’s episode, ‘The Curse Of The Black Spot’. From a swashbuckling “Pirate Pond” to the hauntingly magical sound of the “Call Of The Siren” echoing across the pirate galleon, you can hear them all on his YouTube channel DrWhoUnreleasedMusic, and you can listen to the tracks taken from ‘The Curse Of The Black Spot’ in the playlist below…

> Dr Who Unreleased Music – YouTube Channel

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‘The Doctor’s Wife’ Ten Teasers…

The Pirates have just left our screens in and already Cult Box have revealed their ten teasers for next Saturday’s episode, ‘The Doctor’s Wife’, to whet your appetites for it…

» "There'll be a Time Lord coming..."
» "How can we be outside the universe?"
» "Come here you scrumptious little beauty!"
» "I've just had a new idea about kissing."
» "Somewhere close-by, there are lots and lots of **** *****."
» "You've got the eyes of a twenty-year old."
» "I had an umbrella like you once."
» "You're a bitey mad lady."
» "What makes you think I would ever give you back?"
» "**** **** are cool!"


> Cult Box


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‘The Doctor’s Wife’ Preview Clips

The BBC have issued two exciting preview clips of the highly anticipated next episode of Doctor Who Series 6, ‘The Doctor’s Wife’…

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‘The Doctor’s Wife’ Introduction

The BBC Doctor Who site has unveiled the weekly “Introduction” video to introduce us to the next episode in the form of a few clips and interviews with actors or crew members. This week, however, we’ve got Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan talking a bit about the episode and what’s in store for us in it, as well as a short snippet of Neil Gaiman, himself, reading his script…

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