Wild guess on what the Great Intelligence is
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Okay so back to the Dream lord episode at we have the Psychic Pollen getting in to the Tardis and bringing the doctors dark side out, The Psychic snow seems to be quite similar and with the Doctor even thinking it is just a projection of the guys subconsciousness which it initially was until something stronger took over. I think I remember some of the Pollen being left on the Tardis.. So there are a lot of holes here but could the Great Intelligence but the dream lord trying to gain corporeality? First with the pollen in the Tardis then with the snow. My guess since it seems like the doctor stuck around that time for quite awhile is he arrived about the same time as the snow gain a voice.
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The living snow reflected Simeon's thoughts. The Intelligence used this to latch onto Simeon's mind. If it had not done so, the Intelligence would have nothing to do with the snow.
There's a lot of fans linking stuff in to random villains etc returning these days. Is the Dream Lord the new series equivalent of the Rani in this way?
I love the Dream Lord, but think one memorable appearance is enough. Look at the Zygons, still remembered after 1 appearance
The Great Intelligence is ... "Prisoner 0" :eek:
The whole of Doctor Who had been an invention, a story told by Prisoner 0 in the mode of the story teller in Don Quixote, originally titled "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha".
(Ingenious Gentleman = Clever Boy?)
Don Quixote, the story of a gallant Knight travelling around defending people, righting wrongs etc?
"Silence will fall when the oldest question in the Universe is asked"
A complete guess
When someone listening to Prisoner 0's story asks "..but who is Doctor Who?" the story teller explains that the doctor is just a fictional character in his stories. And that is when silence falls ... no more Doctor Who stories because the magic is broken.
Prisoner 0 could even turn out to be a POW entertaining his comrades in German Prisoner of war camp as the original story was transmitted less than 20 years after WWII.
On the Plains of Trenzalorre
(n th ln) a Tale of PrisOner zero
:eek: :eek:
Perhaps the Doctor IS Prisoner Zero and he is the story teller.
My suspicion (only my suggestion/speculation so I won't spoiler tag it) is the Great Intelligence is the Master in non-corporeal form. Their modus operandi seem very similar to me.
I hope not
nothing at the end of the lane, which brings us full circle.
I see in this appearance of the Great Intelligence only a nice nostalgic link to Season 5, explicitly telegraphed by Jenny and Vastra's sarky comments about how stupid it is to think it can take over the world with snowmen or that the London Underground is a tactical weakness. There's no real evidence of a link to any other entity in the revived series (although in early drafts of The Doctor's Wife script there were hints that House was the Great Intelligence).
Assuming the Intelligence is not a time traveller, this is probably the first time it meets the Doctor, whereas the Doctor last met the Intelligence so long ago in his timeline that he can hardly remember it.
because for him it was about 750 years ago?
I did wonder if it was as simple as that.
But Moffat doesn't ever seem to put in anything for simple reasons so I did wonder if it was part of something greater . . the Doctor losing his marbles/memory and Oswin having something to do with the cure.
The Great Intelligence is in fact the Rani.
After all, it is an anagram for
Rani, tingle, glee, etc
For me, that is what The Great Intelligence is, this formless entity who roams around in space looking to invade using whatever methods it can. I don't see it being linked to any other villain especially from the New Series. It is what it is, don't see why it needs to be connected to anything else.
So your saying the Great intelligence is Winston Churchill, Brilliant!
Haven't seen any Classic Who since I was little so I might be wrong, but doesn't that make him Omega?
Exactly.
Last time the Doctor met the great Intelligence, it controlled Yeti and any presence of the Yeti ion the London Underground in 1967 would be a clear indication that the Great Intelligence is back and why UNIT was formed in the first place.