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::And the reason I'm trying to puzzle it out is, as I said, I suspect Moffat has tried to puzzle it out, and has probably succeeded better than me, and that might even influence his writing.... | ::And the reason I'm trying to puzzle it out is, as I said, I suspect Moffat has tried to puzzle it out, and has probably succeeded better than me, and that might even influence his writing.... | ||
:Anyway, that's a great point about other SF series. Some of them have had the big reveal be "X and Y are the same person" or "X is an alternate version of Y from another timeline" or whatever. Thanks. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 06:29, May 6, 2010 (UTC) | |||
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:As a partial answer, I'd suggest that psycologically we have a need to show that we know more than other people within our 'in-group' do about the common subject? And perhaps, it's a wish fulfilment thing for a return of favourite characters? Or, perhaps the forums are trying to set up a self-fulfilling prophecy? [[Special:Contributions/86.26.137.154|86.26.137.154]] 09:13, May 6, 2010 (UTC) | |||
:Examples where X is really Y? OK... | |||
:Valeyard is the doctor | |||
:Face of Boe is Jack Harkness | |||
:Prof. YANA is the Master | |||
:+ numerous examples from classic series that I'm too lazy to mention[[User:RUMyMommy|RUMyMommy]] 17:59, May 6, 2010 (UTC) | |||
::To quote my original post: "Sure, often a newly-introduced character turns out to be the Master or Rassilon or whatever in that same story, but have they ever followed someone as a recurring character over multiple stories and then revealed him to be someone else?" Giving examples like Professor Yana doesn't answer that. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 01:51, May 7, 2010 (UTC) | |||
::The Valeyard would seem the obvious answer, given that he appeared throughout the Trial of a Timelord arc. Although, to be fair, I think the majority of the X is Y speculation is merely wishful thinking by those who wish to crowbar characters from the classic into the new. [[User:RUMyMommy|RUMyMommy]] 15:23, May 7, 2010 (UTC) | |||
:::But that just leaves the same question. If it's wishful thinking, why that wish? | |||
:::Sure, I can understand people wishing for the Rani to come back. But it would be much simpler to just bring the Rani back as herself than to write out River Song by turning her into the Rani, and that would leave us with both characters instead of just one. | |||
:::As for the Valeyard, [[Trial of a Time Lord]] is one story. To quote from the article on [[The Mysterious Planet]], "While listed [on this website, and by many fans] as a single story this story and the three others that make up 'The Trial of a Time Lord' are in fact one long story making this the longest Doctor Who story." | |||
:::On top of that, the Valeyard reveal didn't actually bring back a familiar old character--we already had the Doctor, and we never got any significant Doctory-ness out of the Valeyard after he was revealed. That would be like bringing back the Master as himself through series 3, and then right before the finale saying, "Oh, by the way, Martha's brother is also the Master, but now he's gone and we've got just the main Master." Nobody would be clamoring for that. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 18:32, May 7, 2010 (UTC) | |||
:I think a large part of the reason that people want X to be Y is that a reveal is much more dramatic when it's been set up for a while but you haven't seen it. Considering, for example, the Rani above; it's much less dramatic if the character you've just met turns out to be the Rani than if one you've known all this time is the Rani and has been manipulating events all season. It's an extension of the Yana reveal. It's more dramatic for Yana to be revealed to be the Master than for the Master just to show up at the start of the episode. | |||
:Similarly, River Song is the Rani is a much bigger twist, with much greater implications, than just "Oh by the way, that woman trying to turn the human race into monkeys....yeah, she's the Rani". It's a much bigger shock when you think you know someone and they turn out to be someone different than when you've just met someone and they turn out to not be who you thought they were/you meet someone and know immediately who they are. | |||
:There's also something of an unfinished business feel people have about the original series. Some people wanted to see Romana end up with the Doctor. So for them, having it revealed that River was actually Romana would have given a great sense of satisfaction. | |||
:Then there's also the fact that people want to be able to accurately speculate about a character's identity. If the Silence turn out to be working for Bill Locksley, and the viewer has no idea who Bill Locksley is, then there's no way to speculate who the Silence are working for and what they want. If the Silence turn out to be working for the Master, then the viewer can guess the twist. | |||
:So overall there are a lot of reasons.[[Special:Contributions/210.49.167.47|210.49.167.47]] 05:42, September 21, 2011 (UTC) | |||