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Yes it was explained, Clara spoke to the crack and begged the Timelords to help The Doctor, so they granted him a full cycle of Regenerations.

Not sure why they would do that though.

I thought it was really good. Best Christmas Episode in a long time. Wish we'd got a few more mins of Capaldi.

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That's the bit that annoys me - it was a bit of a leap and IMO needed at least some indication of an explanation. It seemed to cater for DH purist/nerds only. They didn't need a 10 minute dumbed-down discussion or anything, just something that made it a bit clearer for the rest of us.

Other than that yes, a really good episode.

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Well, he did save Gallifrey in the 50th anniversary episode.

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That makes sense although they could have made some sort of reference at the time.

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Not only that but it's a pretty safe bet he's the only one who can get them out - and knowing he's about to peg it it's definitely in their interests to help him out.

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And let's face it, they give out new regeneration cycles to any old bugger.

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Don't tell Bruce Forsythe :D

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Yeah, they gave another cycle to the Master, why not the Doctor?

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I would like that hour of my life back :(

Xmas TV? Bah Humbug!!!!!

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New full trailer for Series 8 released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TivqZTq5u6Y

Looks absolutely amazing!

Capaldi is going to be the best Doctor in a long time I think.

Also start date is the 23rd August on BBC1 and BBC1 HD

http://static.bbc.co.uk/programmeima...s/p021r6zc.jpg

New promo image.

Everything including the trailer is giving me a very Third Doctor feel. Especially the outfit and look of that promo image. I am also really happy that he has kept his strong Scottish accent.

Also in recent weeks there has been a leak from BBC Miami which was recently created. The leaks included the scripts for the first 5 stories and also a rough in progress copy of the first episode. Apparently its black & White with little music and no or little CGI.

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Capaldi certainly has a darker feel to him. They were filming down this way yesterday. Not so sure about the accent though, I think I'd have preferred it if he'd done a "David Tennant".

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What do you mean about doing a 'Tennant'? I prefer the stronger Glasgow accent that Capaldi has. ? McCoy had a great strong accent too.

Better than sounding too English IMO.

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I suppose I understand why it's leaked, but I personally won't be downloading them. I've waited this long to see the series. Another month and a half isn't going to make an awful lot of difference.

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http://s27.postimg.org/l0eit2dmb/drwho.jpg

It does have music throughout so I think it's more sound effects, some cgi and some touchups.

Apparently one of the BBC America sites had the script and the video on a publicly accessible server by mistake. The video was supposed to be for a company to translate subtitles in to Portuguese I believe.

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It may just be temporary music though as I understand the opening titles still refer to Matt.

How anyone could watch that is beyond me. Would ruin any enjoyment.