I generally like story arcs, serialized story telling, etc. But, I really can't stand Moffat's arcs. I hope he opts for standalone stories.
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Yea, this Series could probably benefit a lot from being standalone. Honestly, after two and a half seasons of the story arcs basically being "Clara is totally awesome and is responsible for 90% of the things that have happened to The Doctor", I wouldn't mind a few series with little to no ongoing story arc. But, with Chibnail taking over hopefully we'll get better arcs. I do like serialization in Doctor Who, but Moffat's arcs have been pretty bad since Series 6 ended, so I kind of hope he doesn't even bother for his last Series.
Well, Bill is a Foster Child who doesn't know who her parents are, which by the Laws Of Fiction means there'll be some big story there involving them.
Maybe they'll go full Heinlein and have John Simm be her Father and Michelle Gomez her Mother.
I have seen the serious suggestion that Bill is actually a regenerated Susan.
Interesting thing I just learned. Bill's partner is named Heather, and Heather was the name of William Hartnell's wife.
...ugh, I hope not. Can't Bill just be Bill?
Oh, that's cool! Nice tribute.
Huh, I didn't know that particular bit of Austen trivia. It's probably a stretch to say that's a clue...but who knows, maybe that's Moffat trying to be clever.
I would love it if they showed a simultaneous Simm / Gomez (Master / Missy) regeneration.
Simm regenerates into Gomez, Gomez regenerates into [???]
Simm regenerates into Gomez, Gomez regenerates into [???]
I hope Gomez sticks around, or at the very least only regenerates because chibnall has something he wants to do with a different master. At minimum, I don't really want Moffat casting the next Master, if there has to be a replacement for Gomez in the near future I hope its Chibnall who decides it and not Moffat taking Missy out of play for no real reason.
I was hoping Susan would appear but please, please not like this! The plot gymnastics they'd have to go through to make it work where neither realized the identity of the other would be horrendous!
Not to mention how she didn't know what a TARDIS or a Dalek was... And she doesn't seem to be carrying any fobwatches... More likely the Heather and Northanger things are just little easter eggs, I'd think.
It'd be fascinating if Gomez quoted Matt Smith's line from Day of the Doctor "Of course, this is where I come in!" just before she kills Simm!
The final season of Enterprise is the comparison I've been making, what with it appearing to be balls to the walls fanwank. Which could be good, certainly gave Enterprise a breath of fresh air.
I suspect another factor is that this season was more or less forced on Moffat, and so he's resorting to fanwank on account of not having any other ideas. And ironically, it might end up being his best season.
But will it - nay, can it be better than 5? Or at least, the first half of 6?
The Master killing a previous self in order to come into being? That would make my brain melt. And would love to see.
I for one will look forward to seeing Simm return; it'll be interesting to see Moffat's take on him, and what state he will be in. Simm's aged since he last appeared on the show, plus I can't exactly see him wanting to bleach his hair so we've got to assume he's either with his natural grey hair of dyed dark. Plus we'll see how he regenerated into Missy, I'm assuming the Time Lords restored him to form at some point, maybe that will be the focus. My main question is which episode/s will address this.
The Master has been involved, directly or indirectly, in four of the Doctor's regeneration stories (though he only literally got the Doctor killed once). Maybe it's time for the Doctor to be involved the other way round, since he only really contributed to one of the Master's changes. 
Given how intertwined Missy is with the Twelfth Doctor, it would be suitable that she would be in the upcoming one; as such, I think she won't be kicking it in whatever story will transpire in the season proper. I'd furthermore like her to continue on, as Gomez is a fantastic actress and I'm sure she could find some way to riff off the new guy, much as Anthony Ainley managed to do in his time. Granted, all of Ainley's appearances were during the same writing era of Doctor Who, so the upcoming chnages behind the scenes may not be good news for her character's continuation. But Simm IS back, so...
Mark
Given how intertwined Missy is with the Twelfth Doctor, it would be suitable that she would be in the upcoming one; as such, I think she won't be kicking it in whatever story will transpire in the season proper. I'd furthermore like her to continue on, as Gomez is a fantastic actress and I'm sure she could find some way to riff off the new guy, much as Anthony Ainley managed to do in his time. Granted, all of Ainley's appearances were during the same writing era of Doctor Who, so the upcoming chnages behind the scenes may not be good news for her character's continuation. But Simm IS back, so...
Mark
I've always thought that it would be great to end a season with the Doctor and the Master both regenerating at the same time, off camera, away from the eyes of any witnesses, and then each person claiming to be the Doctor after the fact, and even the fans are not sure which one is which.
Weird twist, if Bill was a Time Lady, and regenerated late in the season, into Susan (Bill is adopted by River Song, making her the Doctor's granddaughter). The Doctor dumps her off on Gallifrey with his First Doctor self for reasons of keeping time together, and then regenerates himself into the 13th Doctor.
Could even use the Cybermen in that, since Susan wasn't around anymore when the First Doctor ran into them.
Could even use the Cybermen in that, since Susan wasn't around anymore when the First Doctor ran into them.
