tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post1263167415143644085..comments2024-03-10T23:51:37.936+00:00Comments on The Glass Walking-Stick: Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor review... and some thoughts on departing Time LordsSimon B http://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-53040039706645621642013-06-03T17:53:11.380+01:002013-06-03T17:53:11.380+01:00@Kid
You're right that they probably couldn...@Kid<br />You're right that they probably couldn't afford John Hurt as a regular but, equally, I'm afraid he'd be too old for the demographic-chasing BBC. It's a sad fact but I doubt we'll ever see a Doctor much over 40 years old again. Too much running down corridors ;-)<br /><br />@Richard<br />Hurt's Doctor could indeed be a potential future incarnation. It was interesting to hear the Great Intelligence mentioning the Valeyard as one of the Doctor's alternate names. The Valeyard, as played by Michael Jayston back in 1986, was meant to be an amalgamation of the darker sides of the Doctor's character, "somewhere between" his final two incarnations. Could it be...?Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-67982907843118182062013-06-03T02:18:13.432+01:002013-06-03T02:18:13.432+01:00And seconding Kid's comments: that's defin...And seconding Kid's comments: that's definitely a change the show needs to make.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-23750095068557653052013-06-03T02:16:00.509+01:002013-06-03T02:16:00.509+01:00We'll probably never know, but based on everyt...We'll probably never know, but based on everything that's known about his approach to plotting, I'd be willing to bet that when he came up with that closing shot of the episode Moffat himself had no idea who the John Hurt Doctor was going to be. That is to say, I believe the image came to him and he used it on the assumption that he would figure something out when he had to write the next script. He does the "not knowing what the ending will be" trick often, and always ends up with extra pieces left over on the floor...<br /><br />The most elegant solution would be for the Hurt Doctor to be a possible future self. Then the anniversary special would unite a past Doctor, the present Doctor, and a future incarnation. A time traveller could very well learn of something his future self was going to do. It would be elegant, as I say, but Moffat doesn't tend to do elegant solutions.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-8179151781100297582013-06-03T02:07:54.396+01:002013-06-03T02:07:54.396+01:00I wouldn't mind at all if John Hurt was going ...I wouldn't mind at all if John Hurt was going to be the new Doctor. Unlikely I know, as they probably couldn't afford him for a series, but they really need to get back to a more mysterious, reserved, slightly ambiguous (morally, not sexually) character, as opposed to a babbling child who seems to be having heaps of jolly fun. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com