WTF - Why the face?
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The Doctor's lines about why he got the face and trying to tell himself something seem extra cryptic. Could there be an actual reason why he would make himself look like Caecilius from The Fires of Pompeii? Could it have something to do with Donna? I hope so.
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Also, as a reference to the fact the Doctor went through some terrible acts of war for many hundreds of years just before regenerating. His body is trying to tell him that he's older, wiser, angrier and less romantic than he used to be.
My opinion anyway.
Clara stated during her-dressing-down-by-the-lizard scene that her childhood pin-up was Marcus Arealus.
Given the entire relationship in this episode was about whether the previous incarnation regretted not being her "boyfriend" (or not), aren't we supposed to think he subconsciously chose the image of Caecillius as a front to appeal to Clara? Which is supposed to tie into us being meant to think that Missy is a future Clara/Clara-shard (hence the "boyfriend" comments, and the fact she looks exactly like and older Clara)? And an answer that, yes, he damn well did regretting not being her boyfriend.
And that ties into the entire plot thread of the automatons, where the Doctor states that "some of those parts even look Roman", as an analogy for the Doctor (like the broom), not knowing who or what he is any more....subconsciously scouring his experience to choose a face at regeneration to address the regrets of the last incarnation?
(I don't think it is an older Clara/Clara-shard, but I think that's what they want us to think, at this stage)
It could be very well be that Matt's Doctor had an image of a grey hair man in his mind before regenerating, after all he is told what he looks like after regeneration. He asks this question, why this face? because he forgets he has the conversation with Clara but later on remembers.
She was in The Fires of Pompeii. She pleaded with the Doctor to save someone and he saved Caecilius.
And you know, she's the most important woman in the universe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Doctor#mediaviewer/File:First_Doctor_colour.jpg
Not least because I always got the impression Moffat didn't like that character.
Or it could mean exactly the opposite, given Clara stated that older and Roman was exactly her type...
Well how about that. :cool: *past self high five*
Agreed :cool:
When even Steven Moffat (and this is Moffat) is saying it wouldn't be a big deal... wouldn't be a major issue... would be a low-key thing... it probably won't / wouldn't be
I think it's the opposite, he remembers breaking the laws of time and memory of that face has stayed with him. When he regenerated he chose "that" face to remind himself that he can pretty much do what he wants and when pushed can and will break the laws of time.
I thought it was pretty good way to explain the similarity.
Imagine if you'd got the answers to your questions that was on everybody's lips, bang on. Now that would have been impressive.
Which is what Moffat was supposedly going to use.
Well my suspicions were correct in that it ended up being literally about what Donna said that made the Doctor save Caecilius, so it doesn't take a genius. To be honest I was hoping for something more substantial, perhaps a multi-Doctor episode revisiting the events in The Fires of Pompeii that would lure back Catherine Tate, and possibly Karen Gillan who also guest starred in it, but I suppose that remains a dream for now. (although I will totally bump this thread again if that happens )
Thanks for using yesterdays episode for correcting something I said in August 2014.