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I was talking about the 10th Doctor's adventures in between ''Waters of Mars'' and ''The End of Time''. At that point, the Doctor didn't actually know whether he would die or just regenerate, and he clearly views regeneration as being comparable to death anyway. Besides, the Doctor at the beginning could just as easily been the 908 year old Doctor before he recieved the blue envelope from his future self.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] 22:29, August 13, 2011 (UTC) | I was talking about the 10th Doctor's adventures in between ''Waters of Mars'' and ''The End of Time''. At that point, the Doctor didn't actually know whether he would die or just regenerate, and he clearly views regeneration as being comparable to death anyway. Besides, the Doctor at the beginning could just as easily been the 908 year old Doctor before he recieved the blue envelope from his future self.[[User:Icecreamdif|Icecreamdif]] 22:29, August 13, 2011 (UTC) | ||
There are all kinds of reasons he might be trying to attract their attention, and then later change his mind and summon them to his death. (Remember, we're talking about a 200-year span for the Doctor here.) And there's a good chance that we haven't seen the reason yet because it's part of Moffat's big surprise ending to the season's story arc. | |||
Here's one speculation: The Doctor is originally trying to get their attention because he's on the run and needs their help. But then he discovers that he's on an alternate timeline that shouldn't exist, one where Melody Pond was taken away without Amy and Rory ever finding out about it. He realizes that the timeline will have to be restored to the right one, which means his current self and his last 200 years of experiences will cease to exist. At that point, there's no more harm in he dies (or maybe he actually has to die, to prevent his time traveller memory from holding the alternate timeline together), so he uses his death as part of his plan to fix things. He gets Melody to shoot him in front of her younger self and Amy and Rory, to galvanize them and his own younger self into fixing the future without having to create a paradox by directly telling himself what to do. | |||
Again, I'm not saying that's the answer; it's just one of many possibilities. But you can see how, if it's anything like that, it would pretty much have to be mysterious at this point in the season, or it would be pointless. --[[Special:Contributions/173.228.85.35|173.228.85.35]] 05:25, August 14, 2011 (UTC) | |||
