![]() Because:ġ- No head rounds or horrible pain from the cerebral invasions of the brain crabs at end of Christmas Special, ON ANYONE,Ģ- falling in love (for Danny and Clara) is 'a long story' that was never properly told in series 8 (all the critics are reinforcing what Moffat has planned for later),ģ- the Nethersphere was introduced in the first episode of the series, who's plot string was allegedly tied-up by the last episode in the series, and the subsequent appearance of Santa stating, "You know she's not alright",Ĥ- Jenna was to leave the show after series 8, then changed her mind, so the Christmas episode needed a last-minute rewrite,ĥ- Jenna's departure will be coming in series 9,Ħ- The Master(/Mistress) is never ever properly obliterated, anymore than the Daleks or the Cybermen.Missy is more likely behind the brain crabs than giving the Doctor a chance to make peace with the gift of an undead army,ħ- and finally, if I were Moffat, with a track record of brilliant writing, I'd love to attack the whole "wake-up from a dream and WTF!" script device and obliterate (and my critics) it with a brilliant twist that had never been done before. The Doctor and Clara have been asleep since very shortly after their return to the Paternoster Gang in the first episode of the series. But I'd guess the writers were imagining it was probably just left there by some member of Clara's household. I suspect the last shot was meant to suggest a winking note of ambiguity, not about whether they're in a dream, but about whether Santa actually exists in the world of Doctor Who (various non-TV adventures have suggested he might, and in the 11th Doctor episode 'A Christmas Carol' the Doctor had a photo that he claimed showed himself with Santa Claus and Albert Einstein at Frank Sinatra's hunting lodge). In the same way, leaving oranges or tangerines for people to find (usually in stockings) is an old tradition (perhaps more common in the UK since I'd never heard of it before myself), so there's no reason to assume the one we saw at the end must have been left by Santa. Why do you think the tangerine was "presumably left by Santa"? If there were presents under Clara's tree you probably wouldn't take this as evidence it was a dream, since it's a Christmas tradition for people to leave presents under the tree. Given that they seem unable to tell via any other means that they've awoken, are we supposed to assume that they are still sleeping? Or did the Doctor have some as yet undisclosed means for determining that, at last, they were both awake? Also, there was no wound on either the Doctor or Clara (or any of the others). In the final shot of the episode, we see a tangerine (presumably left by Santa), indicating that they were not awake. Clara was expecting to see a wound on her temple as evidence of waking up (seeing as, according to the doctor, there should be a half-inch gap in her head/skull causing agony if not for the analgesic of their dream). This was important, because it was how Clara first realized that she and the Doctor were part of the dream from the beginning ("Santa was on my roof"). ![]() ![]() Santa was a product of the dreamers' subconscious. (Despite the apparent ability of the dreamers' to sense a slight headache in their temple, this does not seem to have helped the doctor determine he was in a dream when he met old-Clara, so it may have just been part of the dream or it may be easily overlooked if the dreamer does not already suspect they are dreaming.) Foldingĭue to the dream crabs' ability to fold one dream within another, the dreamers were also unable to tell if they were actually waking up or not. Neither the Doctor nor any of the other dreamers could tell whether they were awake or asleep. There were, as far as I could see, four main plot points in "Last Christmas" (titles obfuscated to prevent spoilage): Unknown To anyone who hasn't seen this Christmas' Doctor Who special ("Last Christmas"), this entire post may be a spoiler.
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