^^ All of that stands to reason, as far as reason goes with Doctor Who. A personal perception filter of that kind would explain a lot, eg why he can get away with using a sobriquet in place of a name.
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Not to mention why he can get away with wearing some of the clothes he does.
^ Exactly.
And possibly how he gets away without getting shot.
And possibly how he gets away without getting shot.
I've never much liked the psychic paper. The classic Doctors never needed it to bluff their way into anywhere.
I figure it's like the Doctor has a "Somebody Else's Problem Field" from Life, the Universe, & Everything. http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Somebody_Else's_Problem_field It was a concept that I never really understood until I entered the wonderful world of employment and realized that life is a lot easier if you just ignore things that suggest the possibility of more work.
There's also other people applying Occam's Razor on a regular basis. If you've got a bunch of people out in the middle of nowhere and they meet the Doctor, the simplest explanation is that he's either (a) part of the rescue team or (b) the one behind all the mysterious deaths in the first place. And, indeed, this is what everyone else assumes.
Similarly, I think Madame Vastra takes it too personally when people refer to her "deformity." She simply lives in a society where there aren't any known sapient lifeforms other than humans. Madame Vastra is clearly sapient. Therefore, they naturally assume that she is simply an unusual looking human. Similarly, they assume that Strax is Turkish.
Here's a thought: Romana is the General. Okay, I'm only half serious with this. Ignoring the stuff from novels, audios, and RTD's Time War essay that say she eventually becomes Lord President (or should it be Lady President?) since it's non canon and the show doesn't have to acknowledge it if it doesn't want to, is there any reason why she can't be the General. We know that the bald guy we saw in Day of the Doctor and the first half of Hell Bent is the only male incarnation out of eleven, and it would explain why the General is the only authority figure on Gallifrey the Doctor trusts. Plus, it would mean all the "main" Time Lords in Doctor Who mythos other than the Doctor have swapped genders.
Obviously the theory doesn't stand up to scrutiny very well, we saw no indication Romana was any sort of military person, and it does seem unlikely she would have such a change of heart. Also, while it's already unbelievably out of character for the Doctor to kill someone like that, even if they are a Time Lord and can regenerate, but it's unthinkable that he would do it to a former companion who was once as close to him as Clara currently is.
It was just a random thought that crossed my mind, and while I know it doesn't work out, it got me thinking, should maybe an attempt have been made to make this happen? Even if it was just something subtle like just before the Doctor shot the General he says something like "I'm sorry, Fred."
Obviously the theory doesn't stand up to scrutiny very well, we saw no indication Romana was any sort of military person, and it does seem unlikely she would have such a change of heart. Also, while it's already unbelievably out of character for the Doctor to kill someone like that, even if they are a Time Lord and can regenerate, but it's unthinkable that he would do it to a former companion who was once as close to him as Clara currently is.
It was just a random thought that crossed my mind, and while I know it doesn't work out, it got me thinking, should maybe an attempt have been made to make this happen? Even if it was just something subtle like just before the Doctor shot the General he says something like "I'm sorry, Fred."
"I should kill you. But instead I'm going to explain to you my plan for taking over the Earth and then I shall leave you in this easily escapable unguarded cell that contains a power main that, if short circuited, will make our stealth spacecraft visible to Earth radars."
Since Romana refers to herself as a Time Lord on at least one occasion on TV, can we give the revolting "Time Lady" a decent burial? We don't say "Lady policeman" or "chairwoman" anymore.
But then we have Missy who has been referred to as a Time Lord twice and both times corrected the other person saying "it's Time Lady."
Besides, back in the day I referred to a Time Lady as "female Time Lord" and you don't want to know the reactions that caused, both among men and women. I've made sure to say Time Lady ever since.
And "chairwoman" is still used, as is "spokeswoman."
The PC term would be chairperson, spokesperson or Time Person (but not Time (magazine) Person of the Year).
My local newspaper definitely uses spokeswoman, so I guess they must not be PC.
I'm fine with "Time Lady." After all, Elizabeth II is still the Queen, not the King. There's nothing wrong with gender specific titles in this kind of instance.
My second time watching "The Day of the Doctor," I kept thinking that Moffat missed an obvious trick having Lalla Ward play the General & Louise Jameson play one of the other officers during the Gallifrey scenes. (I also wanted Colin Baker to appear as Commander Maxil & William Russell to be the one to give Clara her message from the Doctor at the beginning of the episode.)
My second time watching "The Day of the Doctor," I kept thinking that Moffat missed an obvious trick having Lalla Ward play the General & Louise Jameson play one of the other officers during the Gallifrey scenes. (I also wanted Colin Baker to appear as Commander Maxil & William Russell to be the one to give Clara her message from the Doctor at the beginning of the episode.)
Mind if I butt in? Uh, sorry. I meant, mind if I cut in? 
I have 2 more theories of my own I want to share.
First: where my favorite Doctor, Matt Smith, got the I...AM...TALKING he used in "The Pandorica Opens". Chris E.'s Doctor said the same thing but in a quieter, less drawn out tone to the Nestene conscience in "Rose". He says "I..am..talking." I bet you that's where Matt's Doctor got it from.
Second: why the T.A.R.D.I.S. is always a blue police call box. To the T.A.R.D.I.S., the box is an outfit. Not just any outfit, its favorite outfit. The same goes for the 2nd T.A.R.D.I.S. at the end of "Hell Bent". Unlike the Doctor's T.A.R.D.I.S., the 2nd one at the end of "Hell Bent" preferred being an American café. That's why the chameleon circuit is broke in both of them. The T.A.R.D.I.S.es did it in such a way that only they (the T.A.R.D.I.S.es) can fix them.
Those are my 2 theories and I'm sticking to them.
I have 2 more theories of my own I want to share.
First: where my favorite Doctor, Matt Smith, got the I...AM...TALKING he used in "The Pandorica Opens". Chris E.'s Doctor said the same thing but in a quieter, less drawn out tone to the Nestene conscience in "Rose". He says "I..am..talking." I bet you that's where Matt's Doctor got it from.
Second: why the T.A.R.D.I.S. is always a blue police call box. To the T.A.R.D.I.S., the box is an outfit. Not just any outfit, its favorite outfit. The same goes for the 2nd T.A.R.D.I.S. at the end of "Hell Bent". Unlike the Doctor's T.A.R.D.I.S., the 2nd one at the end of "Hell Bent" preferred being an American café. That's why the chameleon circuit is broke in both of them. The T.A.R.D.I.S.es did it in such a way that only they (the T.A.R.D.I.S.es) can fix them.
Those are my 2 theories and I'm sticking to them.
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So, when the Doctor sorta fixed the chameleon circuit in "Attack of the Cybermen," only for the TARDIS to turn into an organ where the Doctor couldn't find the door, was that like when your mom asks you to get dressed up for church and you put on something ridiculous just to annoy her?
My new theory: While the Time Lords are back, they're still trying to keep a low profile, hiding at the end of the universe. As a result, Clara & Me should have some pretty wide latitude to go wherever they want. Even if the Time Lords want her back to make sure she fulfills her part of the timeline, most of them are probably too chicken to try to follow her. (Perhaps there are only a few Time Lord bounty hunters willing to try. Could be an interesting story down the road.)
I can't remember if I said this one before, but if you were a humanoid that looked like an old man, traveling with one that looks like a teenage girl, you could do worse than to hide out in London in 1963.
The technology is to the point where it wouldn't be completely intolerable and humans are somewhat less barbaric, but it is still close enough to WWII and the London Blitz that it is perfectly credible that any records about your birth and who you are and everything could have been destroyed by German bombs.
The technology is to the point where it wouldn't be completely intolerable and humans are somewhat less barbaric, but it is still close enough to WWII and the London Blitz that it is perfectly credible that any records about your birth and who you are and everything could have been destroyed by German bombs.
But doesn't Clara set a precedent as far as main characters go? I mean she didn't die but instead she gets her own TARDIS and a companion.. To me that seems very cool and all but definitely sets some kind of precedent.. I'm not sure why I feel this way but I do.
