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Someone asked me yesterday what i believe, i said it was an difficult thing to define because its constantly changing. However one thing doesn't change, i do believe in this ideal.

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The doctor may have no more lives left. The implication of what he said when Jenny died, was that she was too like him, which was why she couldn't regenerate.

Also Ood Sigma did make the doctor shudder by saying that his song was almost over.

The original season made 12 regenerations a rarely violated limit, except for the Master violating his end regeneration limit several times.

However we know little about what happened in the war, and also its entirely possible that the Doctor would be able to use one of the methods available to extend his life, however if i'm right and this was a deliberate clue, then i doubt whether an easy fix will be offered.

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I've started watching the fourth season of Doctor Who and i'm enjoying it intensely. Knowing the nature of Russell T Davis, we have a series long plot in the mix.

At this point, there are several "known" things about this season.

• The return of Rose


• The return of Martha


• The return of Jack


• Richard Dawkins apparently will make an appearance

So far Rose has already appeared, possibly via some form of projection, and the soothsayers did mention her return (Its unlikely Martha's return would be that much of a shock to the Doctor).

However several other things can be guessed. I was watching the Last of the Timelords again, and the "V" symbol was even more visible that i realized. So my theory that there may be a remnant of the Master's influence still around is still something i suspect may show up this season or the next one.

The most interesting thing was the reference to the Doctor's name again, and the hint of his "true" identity. For those doctor who fans who know about the "Cartmel Masterplan" which was hinted throughout the entire 7th Doctor's TV travels. Now the current talk about Galifrey suggests a different world to the one that Cartmel suggested, instead featuring families and children. I suspect that the revelation if it shows up is the final story-line that RTD is seeding as and when they want to finish the series.

So at the moment i haven't got anything concrete to predict, but i'll keep my thinking cap on.

UPDATE:
I've just thought of something else that might be interesting, the Master's watch may also still be out there.

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I had this thought a month ago when i first watched the Sound of the Drums, and that was this symbol everywhere throughout the finale. Admittedly made sense given it was mostly shown on the Valiant, but places like this on the gas mask are not on the Valiant.

The way i see it there are 2 main options, firstly simply since he took the technology from the Valiant, it had the same label, and this was a red herring, which RTD is good at setting up.

However there is a second possibility. brought up by mentioning that as Harold Saxon, he was an industrialist, and so presumably in order to build the Archangel technology, he had to have some kind of industrial base. Therefore its entirely possible he took over "V" systems/incorporated/plc, and used his knowledge to create the satellite network. As a result its likely as H C Clements had access to Torchwood technology, Vcorp has access to limited quantities of Timelord technology.

My feelings are that this is a red herring, since it would re-hash a previous plotline, but still i thought i should make the observation...

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One of my favourite characters this season of Doctor Who has been Professor Yana, this brilliant, compassionate, idealistic scientist doing whatever he could to help his fellow humans...

Here was an inventor who took the idea of a stamping boot, and turned into a method of hope, built out of bits of string, food, and stationary supplies...

I know he was a now buried aspect of the Master, but i hope if they bring back the Master, then somehow that aspect of him is remembered or relavant.

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...okay this isn't my thoughts on the finale, because i can't exactly put it into words yet,

I can just say i was blown away.

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Side note, from utopia, given the doctor regenerated after the war, and after holding the power from rose, he had to regenerate again. Maybe he was speaking from experience about being a vengeful god, (The master referred to him as a godlike during the war) however Rose had enough control to kill the daleks and resurect Jack, so if thats the case why could he not destroy the daleks and save Galifrey?

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There has been this sense all this season that Galifrey is very important, all the way from the Racnoss, to now, i wonder if this is all significant to the end of the season, after all badwolf, and torchwood were somewhat subtle, saxon was about as subtle as a brick shaped, city sized meteor hitting london at near-luminal speeds. I doubt the capitol is about to be rebuilt, but i think next season, we may see the begnings of a new galifrey.

Under burnt orange sky, phoenix like, the new capitol will rise from the ashes of the old.

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Looking at the Master, i can't help but think he's in 2 minds, there is the genuine Master, and the evil Mastermind, there is an underlying sense of he is being forced down the route he is taking, and can't turn back, that said he doesn't object being evil and all.

It seems a shame, the Master, despite the name always seems to be working to someone elses masterplan, unless of course he's exploiting the Toclafane for his goal of domination.

Whatever the drums are, i don't think they are to do with the Toclafane, unless they really are the gallifreyian bogeymen.

I'm also confused entirely who Mrs Saxon is, she clearly knows at least most of the Master's plans and seems willing to go along, its possible she's under some kind of mind control. On the one hand she seems very ruthless, and the other hand very childlike.

One final thing that i'm thinking is Professor Yana was a good, idealistic man, and the Doctor claimed that everything John Smith was capable of, so was he. Maybe burried under the layers of repression and evil that same good man might still exist in part.

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The Doctor didn't let him go,

The Doctor wasn't responsible for the Master's humanisation,

The Doctor didn't implement appropriate security measures on the Tardis,

The Master, while being generally geniuslike has not shown any greater level of knowledge than the Doctor so far.

I have to say i thought the scene of the Capitol did look beautiful, first scene of galifrey in a generation.

Speaking of the toclafane, the Master said that it would break the Doctor's heart to know who they were, which gives me a few ideas, but nothing very solid.

I think they are related to utopia, either this is the way that the utopia project intended to survive, or this is the previous universe's utopia project, where they came from was definatly somewhere in turmoil, like perhaps the end of the universe...

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Its been shown in the original series (directly stated in a trial of a timelord) that the Doctor was the Master's intellectual superior, however as Professor Yana, he learned new technologies and abilities. One thing that wasn't made clear is "yana tech" more capable than timelord science, or is it merely different. As evidenced by the doctor understanding the footprint engine, its probable that his abilities still trump the Master's on a level playing field, but the Master may have the ability to hide technologies in ways the Doctor is not able to recognise.

The most important thing that i got the impression of was that firstly that the Doctor knew which timelord survived, and much more importantly that he let the Master go. He seemed apologetic towards the Master as if he had betrayed him, this suggests that possibly either before the war, or during, the Master was somehow used by the Doctor as part of one of his schemes. The fear that Yana was the Master, suggests that maybe he had some reason to suspect the Master might be alive. Alternatively its possible that the Doctor unable to kill the Master, used the chamelon arch on the Master by force to give him a chance at a non-evil existance, and did not know where in history he ended up.

My conclusion about him letting the Master go is based on the fact that i strongly suspect that nobody can take off in the Doctor's Tardis when the doctor has the remote control in his hand. The Master may be a genius, but the Doctor is (A ) a greater genius (B ) guardian of the most capable powerful ship in the universe, therefore likely to have taken extremely good care to prevent anyone from using said Tardis.

It is possible that the Master did outwit the Doctor, but i did get the distinct impression it was the Doctor letting the Master go rather than the other way round.

As an aside, the hidden starting element this season, i actually missed, but then again it hadn't happened yet, however i was right that the Doctor triggered it. If the Doctor had never used the chamelon arch, its possible the Master would have never been released, because Martha would never have removed the perception filter, and so Professor Yana would never have noticed it as important. Its possible he would have eventually opened it but its likely that the tardis would have been the trigger, and that would have been in the Doctor's presence. The long and short of the argument is that the Doctor is responsible for creating the saxon event line albiet in an indirect manner.

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Okay i'm taking a small issue with doctor who at the moment, but i have to say i'm getting interested in Mr Saxon,

I already got the "Harold" reference to the last saxon king, but thats a little too obvious i think.

However since in the previous 2 seasons the doctor has had a hand in the creation of the Bad Wolf, and Torchwood, it follows that Mr Saxon may have been brought into existance, or is reacting to the Doctor in the past.

My personal feeling is that he might be in some way related to the children of galifrey but then its all a tenuous link.

We'll see what happens.

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I had the strangest thought watching "The evolution of the daleks", that while they were not true timelords, or even true gallifreyians, but in some way they were the "Children of Gallifrey".

The Face of Boe talked about not being alone, and if anyone could bring the timelords back it would be the Doctor. Maybe the Face of Boe has seen what the Doctor will do...

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I was watching Gridlock again, and the Doctor talked about that burnt orange sky, before the shot panned up to the sky of New Earth and it was orange sunset, while its unlikely the Doctor actually lost the location of Gallifrey (Although its never been implicitly specified when gallifrey current timeline is) I'm wondering whether this was a reference to either the "you are not alone" or perhaps something for the new season.

Having spent 2 seasons watching this recreated show, hints are generally placed, and sometimes they are fairly subtle, other times they are rather blunt, "Mr Saxon" seems to be this seasons watchword, but you never know, maybe we'll get to see the silver leaves on trees, under twin suns.

I'm clutching at straws here, but Gallifrey was a very special world, and even if the timelords are gone, there maybe still significance to it.

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