Teaser footage we haven't seen yet. Speculation and *spoilers*

[Doctorwhovian]

Back in July or August there was that promotional teaser, which shows the Doctor picking up the phone inside the TARDIS but getting what appears to be an 'exterminating' x-ray shock, focusing on his two hearts. The dialogue of the Dalek is of course from "Into The Dalek" but we've haven't seen the footage yet.

Plus there's that clip of the TARDIS console room with the focus on the Doctor's eyes. The dialogue of course is from Into The Dalek again "Am I a good man" as well as Clara's "I don't know who the Doctor is" from Deep Breath.

It's notable in both scenes the TARDIS appears to be sparking/on fire.


Now neither scene seems to have appeared, yet. As the new Doctor would say, Question: were they filmed simply for the ads (like some of the Matt Smith ones, like the 3-D one), or are they actual scenes?

If they are scenes I speculate they're from the season end, with the Doctor perhaps zapped through the phone by the Daleks somehow. Judging by the Cybermen also appearing, I'm guessing this might be, like Pandorica Opens and Time of the Doctor, another 'alliance' of the Doctor's villains, perhaps brought together by "Missy" I'm thinking the Heaven/Nethersphere/Promised Land might be Gallifrey trying to get into the regular Universe again, hence the gathering of villains.

Another thought is the TARDIS damage. Could they be building a brand new set for Capaldi? His current one is still the Smith one that debuted in "The Snowmen", just with darker lighting and the chalkboards.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Now neither scene seems to have appeared, yet. As the new Doctor would say, Question: were they filmed simply for the ads (like some of the Matt Smith ones, like the 3-D one), or are they actual scenes?

I lean toward specially-filmed ad footage.

Another thought is the TARDIS damage. Could they be building a brand new set for Capaldi? His current one is still the Smith one that debuted in "The Snowmen", just with darker lighting and the chalkboards.

I really doubt they're going to build another console room set. It's a big expense. (Remember that the console room set we have now was an unplanned expense; they couldn't move the shiny set to the new studio facility, so they had to build a new set.) Unless Moffat feels like they absolutely have to have a new console room set, I think he'd prefer to redress and modify the set they already had and spend the budget instead on guest stars, location filming, and FX shots.

 

[Green Lantern]

I don't want another fucking alliance, it's gotten old. It was fine for Pandorica Opens, repetitive and unimaginative for Time of the Doctor but now if they do it again, it's just utterly annoying and shows a massive lack of imagination.

 

[Nightowl1701]

Another thought is the TARDIS damage. Could they be building a brand new set for Capaldi? His current one is still the Smith one that debuted in "The Snowmen", just with darker lighting and the chalkboards.

I really doubt they're going to build another console room set. It's a big expense. (Remember that the console room set we have now was an unplanned expense; they couldn't move the shiny set to the new studio facility, so they had to build a new set.) Unless Moffat feels like they absolutely have to have a new console room set, I think he'd prefer to redress and modify the set they already had and spend the budget instead on guest stars, location filming, and FX shots.

Translation: Here come the round things.

 

[Mitty]

Well we already know that the current console room lasts until at least the Xmas Special, as we've just seen shots of Capaldi and Katie Manning on set when she visited. I doubt it'll change for a while, at least not in any major way.