Due to the regeneration he asked if he was a good man. He took the whole series to work out he is what he has and always will be . Crazy idiot in a blue box going round time and space helping when he can. However he also wondered about his face. Was there a particular reason why he chose it. Think that and "second chances" could be a theme for S9. Will he confront more of his past metaphorical and actual demons ?.
Did the doctor answer all his questions in S8 ?
They'll probably follow up on it, like they generally do with allot of the dangling plot threads, but I think the implication of the episode was that the Doctor chose an older face of a wise Roman he knew, so he could be a paternal figure to Clara instead of a boyfriend.
Clara says in one of the other scenes, how she had a poster of Marcus Aurelius on her wall.
Clara says in one of the other scenes, how she had a poster of Marcus Aurelius on her wall.
Originally Posted by Xmas_Trenzalore:
“They'll probably follow up on it, like they generally do with allot of the dangling plot threads, but I think the implication of the episode was that the Doctor chose an older face of a wise Roman he knew, so he could be a paternal figure to Clara instead of a boyfriend.
Clara says in one of the other scenes, how she had a poster of Marcus Aurelius on her wall.”
“They'll probably follow up on it, like they generally do with allot of the dangling plot threads, but I think the implication of the episode was that the Doctor chose an older face of a wise Roman he knew, so he could be a paternal figure to Clara instead of a boyfriend.
Clara says in one of the other scenes, how she had a poster of Marcus Aurelius on her wall.”
Haha, but surely if she had a picture of Marcus Aurelius on her wall then she might actually fancy a "wise old Roman" . Teenage girls don't normally have posters of paternal figures on their walls
IIRC, the Moff said he would explain in 'verse why or how the Doctor sometimes looked like someone he'd met before.
I could be wrong, but I think twelve's self questioning of his own face in Deep Breath - wondering where it came from; how was it chosen; was it a message to himself - is as far as that will go.
I could be wrong, but I think twelve's self questioning of his own face in Deep Breath - wondering where it came from; how was it chosen; was it a message to himself - is as far as that will go.
I'm sure in a couple years time, Moffat will think "damn, I didn't answer that question" then quickly shove an answer into an episode.
I also recall him saying that he borrowed an idea from Russell T Davies, who already had a reason for why Frobisher looked like Lobus Caecilius. That reason was simply, that Frobisher was his descendent.
But what's also interesting is that he notes, ***SPOILERS FOR TORCHWOOD****Frobisher and his family dying was time's way of addressing balance for when the Doctor rescued the family from the fires of Pompei.
Perhaps his face is telling him that no matter what he does to change time, it will always balance itself out, and nothing he does can truly make a difference, which would be... dark.
There was also a big speech regarding Frobisher, that he was a good man who worked hard, even if he had to make bad decisions. I really hope we're not still hanging onto the whole "good man" theme anymore though >.> Its getting a tad tiresome.
But what's also interesting is that he notes, ***SPOILERS FOR TORCHWOOD****Frobisher and his family dying was time's way of addressing balance for when the Doctor rescued the family from the fires of Pompei.
Perhaps his face is telling him that no matter what he does to change time, it will always balance itself out, and nothing he does can truly make a difference, which would be... dark.
There was also a big speech regarding Frobisher, that he was a good man who worked hard, even if he had to make bad decisions. I really hope we're not still hanging onto the whole "good man" theme anymore though >.> Its getting a tad tiresome.
