Season Four Arc

[Marauder77]

But is being of Time lord stock enough to trigger it? Or do you actually have to have time traveled? Both Rose and Micky did the trick because they were time travelers.

[I-No-All]

Originally Posted by Rane Longfox

I'm assuming the mysterious red-nailed woman will turn up in an important role too.

I think Harriet Jones is out for revnge.

Angry for ruining her, Harriet is out to get the Doctor

She wondered why he didn't ruin Harry Saxon when he destroyed the Racnoss ship.

She stoyed away on the Vallient for the year that never was and saw the power of a time lord

She wants this power herself, and steals the Masters ring.

She hears the drumming and opens the Medusa cascade to summon the Children of Time.

That is what I think.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Adasunshine

The Sontaran eps... I'm not too sure about, there was something in there but I can't bring it to mind right now...

It may not be important, but the head honcho Sontaran mentioned that they were very peeved at having missed out on the greatest Time War ever fought. After all, they are the Time Warriors! The Daleks stole their Time technology!

Maybe they somehow rewind Time so that they can take part in it.

A different outcome? None of the last four years happened? Not very likely!

[chopper]

there are two more trailers forthe next episode going up on the bbc site today. the first is already there - a brief glimpse of some Bad Guys heavily kitted out.....

the next is being shown on bbc2 (i think) at 6.58pm.....

obligatory linkage: here

[anthorn]

Listen there is no story arc as such this season. But something from each episode will be taken in to the final

[PTeppic]

Conversely, in last night's Confidential RTD explicitly said there were a number of themes in the series: not least "a lot of missing planets". Timeline-wise, it started with Partners in Crime (the Adiposian first family's original breeding planet was missing), also mentions in Fires of Pompeii (the "haven of Pyrovillia is gone... it was taken" and then in Midnight the references to "the lost moon of Poosh"... it concludes with this week's Turn Left, with alternate timeline previews of the Darkness consuming the stars. RTD also explicitly mentions the missing bees, the Medusa Cascade and the reappearance of both Rose and Martha.

PS. The Judoon are definitely in the trailer for ep 12, though there is also another gloved hand, which flicks a large lever... did it seem Sontaran?

[Kostmayer]

Gah, Daleks again!

[PTeppic]

Originally Posted by Kostmayer

Gah, Daleks again!

Ah yes, but more than that...

[Though I'm hoping they stay true to themselves and simply try to eliminate, destroy, annihilate, (er, what's the word I'm looking for...?) everything.]

[Vladd67]

begins with x doesn't it?

[PTeppic]

I thought it started with eggs?

[Never thought of the Daleks ending that debate before...]

[dekket]

PS. The Judoon are definitely in the trailer for ep 12, though there is also another gloved hand, which flicks a large lever... did it seem Sontaran?

The large lever looked like part of the control panel on Davros's mobile transport wheelchair thingy (the bottom half of a Dalek). I was assuming the gloved hand was Davros.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by dekket

...Davros's mobile transport wheelchair thingy (the bottom half of a Dalek)...

It's called a "Mark III travel machine". I guess I'm outed as a Doctor Who geek now!

[PTeppic]

Is it worth noting that the Wikipedia page for Davros has both an actor's name and image of the mobile genius...

And, following one of the references for the facts, admittedly to a Sun page, the photo confirms the gloved hand is indeed that of Davros.

[Sekka]

The red Dalek!

This is a mad season finale from the sounds of it.

Sadly what I find most interesting at the moment is all the mentions of Donna being special. Rose saying they get funny readings from her and they have been there since the day she was born, and then the Doctor finally noticing/mentioning it at the end of episode 11.

The core part he mentions is alternate realities being created around her. I read somewhere else that people reckon she is a Time Lord/Mistress in hiding, considering the whole fob watch thing creates a reality around the human time lord?

I dunno. Can't wait to see what part she plays in the grand design.

I just love the fact this season finale has been planned since either day 1 or at least since the end of season 1. Should be an awesome story and I so hope it has something to do with the Time War as they have actually mentioned it a LOT this season.

Another theory I heard someone make was that the Doctor hadn't played his part in the time war yet, in his time line. That he will do that in his personal future.

The speculation!

[PTeppic]

Originally Posted by Sekka

Another theory I heard someone make was that the Doctor hadn't played his part in the time war yet, in his time line. That he will do that in his personal future.

Confidential last week specifically mentioned the Doctor's contribution to the Time War and that he was implicitly unhappy with what he had to do in it.