Howling:Theories on John Hurt: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 309: | Line 309: | ||
: There are several ways already established in DW that the Hurt Doctor could be outside the linear sequence 1, 2, 3, ... 9, 10, 11... & I'd not bet against Moffat having thought up a new one. On the other hand, unless the Hurt Doctor genuinely is the Doctor (somehow) & genuinely did do something both real & wrong, Moffat won't have much of a story to tell in the 50th Anniversary Special, because the stakes won't be high enough. (I was 2 earlier.) --[[Special:Contributions/89.240.242.1|89.240.242.1]]<sup>[[User talk:89.240.242.1#top|talk to me]]</sup> 21:29, June 16, 2013 (UTC) | : There are several ways already established in DW that the Hurt Doctor could be outside the linear sequence 1, 2, 3, ... 9, 10, 11... & I'd not bet against Moffat having thought up a new one. On the other hand, unless the Hurt Doctor genuinely is the Doctor (somehow) & genuinely did do something both real & wrong, Moffat won't have much of a story to tell in the 50th Anniversary Special, because the stakes won't be high enough. (I was 2 earlier.) --[[Special:Contributions/89.240.242.1|89.240.242.1]]<sup>[[User talk:89.240.242.1#top|talk to me]]</sup> 21:29, June 16, 2013 (UTC) | ||
Sure, the final scene implies that hurt who was broken the promise to be 'the doctor' - and clearly we're meant to think that - but nothing at all in that scene definitively confirms it. But more importantly we've learned something new about timelord society: the names they choose are not simply pomp, they mean something more. And that leads to questions: what is the significance of breaking the promise? is it simple taboo or to do with their relationship to the time stream? how did this ritual originate and for what reason? - and many more.- Chris [[Special:Contributions/2.216.136.206|2.216.136.206]]<sup>[[User talk:2.216.136.206#top|talk to me]]</sup> 00:00, June 17, 2013 (UTC) | |||
