Howling:Doctor losing his touch?

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The Doctor brushed off the coincidental references to Amy's past because he was busy. He ignored the fact that Rory can't be there and sent him up to Amy without giving it a second thought. With how serious a situation this was and how much things have already been related to Amy, shouldn't the Doctor have been paying more attention to references to Amy?

He took Amy with him because he thought the house was too large for just her and her aunt. In Flesh and Stone, he realized that 26 06 2010 was important and was Amy's time. Too much focus on Amy for him to practically ignore everything related to her in The Pandorica Opens. V00D00M0NKY 07:23, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

In Vincent and the Doctor, the Doctor calls himself stupid and says that he is getting old. And as you said, it does seem like the Doctor is missing out on more things that most viewers have picked up on.

It could just be something by the Moff to remind us that even though he looks younger, he is getting older, and nothing really to do with the plot. Halftimelord 08:46, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

Or his perceptions are faulty. Something is deliberatly blinding his to the 'bleedin obvious'. It might be something he has done (will do?) to himself. He might be just being portrayed as a bit scatty so that the final cunning plan is all the more amazing. Jack Chilli 08:51, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, the more airheaded he acts, the better chance he has of catching someone off guard. After all, all his best enemies already know: 'Never let me talk!' Agonaga 15:25, June 20, 2010 (UTC)

It just seems to me that, if a future doctor is at work, he allowed himself to be put in the box. In fact he made pretty sure of it. Why would this future doc allow (or even risk) the complete destruction of the universe unless it was absolutly neccesary? He _needed_ to go into the box so he had to ensure that he would not suspect the trap to make it convincing. A plan so cunning he couldn't even tell himself so he had to mess with his own perceptions. Jack Chilli 12:00, June 21, 2010 (UTC)

Eventhough i find that a future doctor is a very good theory, i doubt he has anything to do with this doctor's perceptions. I"m afraid it's just a plot weakness. He didnt go directly to 26/6 just bcoz he had 12 episodes to fill before doing it! It's just like in "The Lodger", he knew someone was upstairs killing people, but instead of directly going up he spent the whole episode acting like a human.. I know he told Amy he cant go up and risk being killed bcoz she'll get lost, but at the end he DID go up there without knowing what's waiting for him, so he did risk her.. Also, seeing the date 26/6/2010 in FaS and knowing that the cracks have something to do with Amy, and instead of trying to figure it out he took her and Rory to Venice and supposedly Rio! I hope you guys are right about someone messing with his perception, but i doubt it will be the case.

One more thing, as i said i totally believe that another doctor is involved, and this is because of the recurring appearences of the previous incarnations throughout the series. I dont think it's just a nod to the show. Also, in "The Lodger", the hologram of the guy upstairs has the same hair of the same doctor.. they wanted us to pay attention to this, otherwise they could've showed us his face since he's just a projection and not the real builder of the Tardis. Probably the series will end up by restoring the 13 generations that the doctor has just so the show can go longer :) 91.73.110.6 15:19, June 21, 2010 (UTC)