Rate & Discuss: The Name of the Doctor
Clara is summoned to an impossible conference call, alerting her that the deadly Whisper Men are closing in on Vastra, Jenny and Strax. Someone is kidnapping the Doctor’s friends, leading him toward the one place in all of time and space that he should never go.
So there we have it. Series 7 reached its huge climax tonight as secrets were revealed.
It was the one we have all been waiting for with the hours of anticipation and speculation all leading up to this moment. The question on everybody’s lips has been “Clara who?” and we’ve all been concocting our own theories as to who this “impossible” girl might be after we met in Asylum of the Daleks. Unlike the Doctor, we were expecting her to pop up again in The Snowmen, and he has been on a mission of discovery ever since…
As well as that, the Doctor had to deal with the consequences of his “greatest secret”, which laid hanging in the balance as the Great Intelligence returned to lead him towards the one place in time and space he should never visit. Ready and waiting for our Time Lord at the fields of Trenzalore was a trap ready to unravel his past, present and future.
On paper The Name of the Doctor was an epic adventure which spanned the history of the series itself, as everything was set in place for the next time we see the Doctor later this year in November’s 50th anniversary extravaganza (no biggie!). So what did you make of tonight’s events? It is said they’ll “change the course of Who” forever, but is it a change for the better? Were the answers we got a worthy pay off? And what about that ending – the “moment of all moments”? There is lots to be said about the finale – and then some – and one place to do it so discuss all the drama below. Spoilers!
Stick with us as we bring you all the post-Series 7 news and prepare for something big…
John Hurt did not, as far as I can see, “go straight to the papers and tell them everything.” He was interviewed, and eventually said that he plays “a part of the Doctor in sort of a trinity with David Tennant”. He’s not part of the regular cast and is not accustomed to the level of secrecy normally kept; a single slip-up is probably to be expected, considering the level of secrets he’s probably still hiding. I mean seriously, if he told everything, we wouldn’t be sitting here arguing about whether he’s a past or future incarnation.