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Another nice element of "it just happens" is that it would present an opportunity for a very emotional end to 14, since he would know (albeit wrongly) that his long life was ending, as would his companion at the time. Whatever the circumstances (heroic sacrifice, random accident, &c.), the final goodbye could be quite affecting. [[User:AthertonX|AthertonX]] [[User talk:AthertonX|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:58, October 13, 2012 (UTC) | Another nice element of "it just happens" is that it would present an opportunity for a very emotional end to 14, since he would know (albeit wrongly) that his long life was ending, as would his companion at the time. Whatever the circumstances (heroic sacrifice, random accident, &c.), the final goodbye could be quite affecting. [[User:AthertonX|AthertonX]] [[User talk:AthertonX|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 22:58, October 13, 2012 (UTC) | ||
:89, The difference between the Macra and Rose is exactly the point I was making, and I'm not sure why you're arguing about it. Even if you're right that series 2 to series 4 wasn't so long that it required reintroducing details about Rose, RTD has explicitly said he thought it was, and his opinion is what matters. And you seem to agree with the conclusion anyway: A future writer who wanted to use Bad Wolf as an explanation would almost certainly have to weave the Bad Wolf storyline into the season that uses the explanation, which would be a major extra constraint, but not an insurmountable one. | |||
:Also, I think everyone agrees that the after-the-fact mystery is a great idea, but that doesn't mean it's the '''only''' good idea. Moffat could probably write the regeneration as a shocking twist, an unexpected but appropriately foreshadowed result of what happened earlier that year. RTD could probably give us a blatantly obvious and horribly contrived foregone conclusion and still make it appropriately dramatic—as he did with the 10th Doctor's sacrifice. It's a leap too far to go from "this idea has a lot to recommend it" to "this idea is the only one conceivable". That being said, I do want to reiterate that your idea does have a lot to recommend it, and I'm almost looking forward to seeing the "final farewell" that AthertonX describes. --[[Special:Contributions/70.36.140.233|70.36.140.233]]<sup>[[User talk:70.36.140.233#top|talk to me]]</sup> 23:52, October 13, 2012 (UTC) | |||