Wasn't that just perfect? I didn't give it 10/10 because River jarred a little, to be honest she was wonderful in the conference and wonderful saying goodbye but the whole bit in the middle she was just used to make things easy for the Doctor and I'm not sure why SHE should be the person telling Clara about her, wouldn't it have made more sense for the Doctor to tell her? I know she cared about the Doctor anyway but most of the stories haven't strengthened their relationship at all, having him tell her about the women that he loved and that she sacrifised her life for his would probably have made the episode even more emotional.

But John Hurt! Wow!

I got my boxset early as most of you know. Didn't want to spoil anything so didn't really comment on it.

Have to say I really enjoyed the episode, could have been better as a two parter. Anna will kill me for that but my reason is because the solution needed a little more. I know it probably wasn't in the budget and the Snowmen was meant to be the point we saw where Clara went back and thwarted the GI but I still think it could have been done a bit better with the solution.

As for Hurt, what an ending? I know it was Anna that told me of the spoiler that she thought that Hurt was going to be the Doctor between 8-9 so what are our theories?

Personally Time War, best way to go really. Though I'd like to think Moff talked to RTD about it as wasn't the Time War a RTD thing?

I'm giving it 9/10.

Really enjoyed it and have watched it countless times since it was shown. Really good episode and a wonderful look back on the history of the show.

Really believe that Hurt will be a disowned incarnation, makes more sense then a future one as you have already pointed out, but I also think it is a bit sad that we ever have to see the Time War. It gets mentioned too frequently as a cheap way of bringing emotion to the Doctor, bringing in a disowned incarnation that probably pressed the button will just ruin that!

I'm gutted to hear that Matt is leaving, the way his series have been it feels like there is so much more to see of his version of the Doctor. I guess this will have something to do with Hurts character then?

Its a shame that we only ever got to see Matt's Doctor really interact with the Ponds, half a season and a few specials with another companion just doesn't feel long enough. I guess this will make the big difference in the future, even though we are only what a series behind Tennant? He had so many more companions to interact with it feels a lot longer than Matt's.

Have there been any rumors as to why he's leaving?

No official word on why he's left and no real rumors. There are a couple people saying it was the hectic scheduling and filming, the fact he's been here since 2010 and only got three seasons under his belt one of which had to be straddled over two years. Then again that is how annoyed fans are so I don't take it too seriously.

I guess it could, there was a rumor that...




Of course something could happen in the Anniversary special that starts off Eleven's regeneration but I'm hoping that he doesn't regenerate at the beginning of the X-Mas special and we get the 12th Doctor for X-Mas purely because it would be a slap in Matt Smith fans face if his last proper episode wasn't centered around him.

I'm just heartbroken that we won't get to see Matt anymore! Two more stories no more Christmas Carols, no more eccentric and wonderful Matt.

Anyway I have a poll up asking whether you want a female Doctor or not. Personally I'm undecided hence the option mainly because I'm more worried about how she'd be written over there being a female Doctor. I don't want her sex to be important, maybe a line or two of surprise by her or Clara but other than that I'd much rather it was glossed over and she went on to become her own version of the Doctor not "the female one" that everyone thinks was just put there to please feminists. 

Why don't we need one?

No I agree though apparently it is fair game to call you every name under the sun just for pointing out that you'd like the Doctor to basically be the same as what he has been for the last 50 years. I mean it ain't broken is it so why "fix" it by ticking a box.

I know he can regenerate into whatever he wants but I don't feel the need to want the Doctor to regenerate into a list of certain characteristics to show that not only are the people making Doctor Who, the BBC but also us the UK population aren't racist/sexist/backwards/whatever. I mean yes there is no guidelines about what the Doctor should look like and now we have an in universe character mentioned on screen (but never seen) who can change sex but some of these arguments hinge on the fact that we don't know Time Lord DNA. Well color me surprised then that people can go from not understand the Time Lord DNA structure to figuring out that the Doctor would find it easy to be female. Maybe the Corsair was a one off? Heck why not just bring back the Corsair?!

But be careful what you say and where because apparently if you don't agree with some people you are the worlds worst human being .