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::: As for the bird thing, I now think that the Doctor's ashes is what the Doctor's basically become, it's a significant part of him, which can't be reset by the castle, which is why he chooses it to leave a message. And well, also because there's nothing else he can possibly reach at that moment. So no matter if the Doctor leaves the room or not, the word stays and it's blown away by the wind later. | ::: As for the bird thing, I now think that the Doctor's ashes is what the Doctor's basically become, it's a significant part of him, which can't be reset by the castle, which is why he chooses it to leave a message. And well, also because there's nothing else he can possibly reach at that moment. So no matter if the Doctor leaves the room or not, the word stays and it's blown away by the wind later. | ||
::The word "Bird" does not disappear because the room reset *before* the doctor wrote the word. At 44:29, as he is crawling toward the teleporter, he says, "The room has reset." The room is already ready to go, in the same state it was in originally, *except* that the teleporter doesn't have enough energy to operate. The Doctor writes the word "Bird" in the sand, gives the teleporter some energy with his body, and the teleporter activates and does what it originally did, making a Doctor copy. The new Doctor copy emerges seconds later, so there hasn't been enough time for another reset, and the word "Bird" is still there. | ::The word "Bird" does not disappear because the room reset *before* the doctor wrote the word. At 44:29, as he is crawling toward the teleporter, he says, "The room has reset." The room is already ready to go, in the same state it was in originally, *except* that the teleporter doesn't have enough energy to operate. The Doctor writes the word "Bird" in the sand, gives the teleporter some energy with his body, and the teleporter activates and does what it originally did, making a Doctor copy. The new Doctor copy emerges seconds later, so there hasn't been enough time for another reset, and the word "Bird" is still there. | ||
::The way I look at it, everything that arrived on the Doctor's person survives the reset, such as the skull and the clothes. In fact, you could say the rooms don't reset, but rather the objects inside return to their original position and status. They also repair themselves from damage the Doctor caused, such as the broken window. As disturbing as it sounds, that 'sand' isn't actually sand, but rather the Doctor's ashes from burning himself many many many many many many many times. | :::The way I look at it, everything that arrived on the Doctor's person survives the reset, such as the skull and the clothes. In fact, you could say the rooms don't reset, but rather the objects inside return to their original position and status. They also repair themselves from damage the Doctor caused, such as the broken window. As disturbing as it sounds, that 'sand' isn't actually sand, but rather the Doctor's ashes from burning himself many many many many many many many times. | ||
* The castle in the state presented in the episode is made up out of a mixture of bread crumbs left behind by the Doctor (and for some reason not reset to the default), bread crumbs that are a default part of the castle (?), and just random stuff, and it's not always obvious which is which. What is clear, though, is that the first time (and possibly a few more after the first one) the Doctor is transported there differed from the sequence occurring ad nauseum in the episode. At what point did the Doctor set up the scenario as we saw it unfold? How much of it was actually set up by him and what parts were already part of the default castle? Also, how was the transporter activated the first time? | * The castle in the state presented in the episode is made up out of a mixture of bread crumbs left behind by the Doctor (and for some reason not reset to the default), bread crumbs that are a default part of the castle (?), and just random stuff, and it's not always obvious which is which. What is clear, though, is that the first time (and possibly a few more after the first one) the Doctor is transported there differed from the sequence occurring ad nauseum in the episode. At what point did the Doctor set up the scenario as we saw it unfold? How much of it was actually set up by him and what parts were already part of the default castle? Also, how was the transporter activated the first time? | ||
