DW 2011–Snippets of Speculation, II.

Oh, sweet Lord. Steven Moffat seems bent on freaking the fandom out, and, as for me: it’s working.

Speculation, quotes, and insanity after the jump.

‘Doctor Who’: Pre-Series 6/7 Poll

41 Teasers for ‘Doctor Who’ Series 6/7

 

Just what it says on the tin. Hit the jump (the list is awefully long) and start wondering! Is it genuine? Is there something to it? I don’t know.

Sherlock: Series 2 — Snippets of Speculation, I.

The finale to the grossly wonderful BBC series Sherlock, ‘The Great Game,’ has probably stirred a lot of speculation, rumours and interpretations of what is what and who is who—I’ve been chewing on my pen for the last few days, and, yesterday, I visited a friend who’s very much into the show, too, and we merrily speculated a bit more, with me taking a few more notes. (Yes, I actually, occasionally, take notes when I’m talking to her!) Anyway, here are our ideas… Warning: made of spoilers for the way things might be related to the original stories, so if you want to avoid those in order to be really and utterly surprised, don’t read this. If you don’t care: HIT THE JUMP :)

Doctor Who 2011 — Snippets of Speculation, I.

This weekend, I started catching up on Doctor Who audio dramas — and I found Dead Air, the last BBC audio production featuring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, released in March 2010. And while I was listening to it, I choked on my cocoa quite a few times.

Oi! Spoilers ahead! Don’t hit the jump unless you’re sure.

“Trust the Plastic!” — 2,000 Words on Doctor Who: The Big Bang. Geronimo!

Previous episode: The Pandorica Opens.

This was… there are no words. I.. you.. now.. finally… argh! See, there are no words! Well, almost no words, because I’m determined to write the “happy-happy-happy!” review this episode deserves.

If you haven’t seen the episode yet, don’t click the jump, ’cause there will be spoilers. Lots and lots of spoilers.

‘The Big Bang’ — Snippets of Speculation, I.

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Images: BBC and Cracktor Who

So. Spoilers. Little Amelia’s going to make an important appearance, the Doctor’s got to somehow manage to get himself back into the action, River somehow survives ‘TARDIS bang bang’.

All in all, these pics aren’t that spoiler-y, but what’s reeally interesting: Is that Dalek set in stone? The cover of the DW Magazine suggests that that’s the case. Hm. Seeing as we’re stuck in Greek mythology already, why not bring back Medusa? The Doctor already made a bit of fun of a statue of Perseus, who had the pleasure of beheading the woman with the snake-y hair, when he visited the Musée d’Orsay together with Amy and Vincent; that might be an idea. Or.. just.. not.

Anyway: my dearest fellow Whovian M. suggested that the voice whispering “Silence will fall” could be Dalek CAAN, or maybe Davros–didn’t these guys kick the bucket in Journey’s End, though? Or am I getting things confused again? In any case, I think it might be the right voice, but I can’t be sure. Anyone else here think that’s possible? Could the Daleks be pretending to be allies, but cheating everyone else on the way again? Could it all, for the fourth time in the new series, be a Dalek conspiracy?

What made me choke back a sob:

‘What Could You Possibly Be?’ — Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens

Previous episode: The Lodger.

Oh. My. God. Guess who?
This was magnificent. The twists, the turns, the tragedy. Everything. Steven Moffat, I bloody love you. At the same time: Curse you, Moffat! One, for nearly giving me a heart attack, two, for making me sob into my dinner, and three, for the most awesome cliffhanger I’ve seen in.. well, ever. Rory’s back! He’s back because he’s a part of Amy’s history, and because of that dress-uppy photo in Amy’s Roman Britain he’s linked to the cover story—and he’s an Auton, supplied by the Nestene Consciousness. And he shoots Amy. Great. And the director, Toby Haynes, has called this “the death of the Doctor as we know him.” Lovely.

The Doctor: “The Pandorica…”—River: “More than just a fairy tale.”

The Pandorica Will Open — Snippets of Speculation, III.

I stumbled upon a few old notes I’d taken and labelled “Crackwatch.” Actually, I wanted to use them in my first ruminations on Amy Pond and what the deal with her really is, but that one snippet escaped me at the time, though it made perfect sense then — because of the “remember what I told you when you were seven” thing — , but it makes even more sense now:

What’s the Deal with Amy Pond? — Yet Another Round of Speculation Gone Barmy.

When it comes to rumours and speculation about Doctor Who and its intricate plot lines, I’ve come to appreciate flickfilosopher.com the most. In this case, there are some very interesting theories about Amy Pond and her timey-whimey complications, continued after Flesh and Stone. Having wrecked my brain about it, I’d like to think some of those approaches through, trying to work out for myself what they would mean for the characters’ — mostly Amy’s — behaviour. Full credit to the commenters at the Den of Geek and FlickFilosopher for pointing out some of the clues I hadn’t already noticed in Flesh and Stone!, I’m only spinning the whole thing out a little further, using my own bouts of nit-picking when they come in handy.