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When it got curious about what he was writing on the chalkboard, the Doctor got a better look at the stowaway. Realizing it was only a child, he didn't tally-mark himself (which would suggest danger), but started to write "Listen for the child Silent" on the board instead. Seeing what the Doctor was doing, the Silent got scared that its presence would be documented - something its caregivers had warned it must ''never'' happen - so it ran away, leaving the Doctor with the chalk out of place and a single inexplicable word on the chalkboard. The Silent, feeling sad and lonely after its narrow "escape", started following Clara around for a while instead; when she and Rupert ducked under the bed, it took the risk of appearing to them while covered in a blanket, desperate for ''some'' sort of interaction with somebody who'd remember its presence.

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When it got curious about what he was writing on the chalkboard, the Doctor got a better look at the stowaway. Realizing it was only a child, he didn't tally-mark himself (which would suggest danger), but started to write "Listen for the child Silent" on the board instead. Seeing what the Doctor was doing, the Silent got scared that its presence would be documented - something its caregivers had warned it must ''never'' happen - so it ran away, leaving the Doctor with the chalk out of place and a single inexplicable word on the chalkboard. The Silent, feeling sad and lonely after its narrow "escape", started following Clara around for a while instead; when she and Rupert ducked under the bed, it took the risk of appearing to them while covered in a blanket, desperate for ''some'' sort of interaction with somebody who'd remember its presence.
who wouldn't immediately attack or forget it.
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[[WMG: Rusty was the same Dalek that spared Adelaide Brooks's life as a child.]]
* In "Waters of Mars", she remembers how a Dalek looked right at her during the events of "The Stolen Earth", but it didn't kill her. The Doctor presumes it had sensed that she constituted a fixed point in time, but if it was ''Rusty'' that she's encountered, and the defect that caused Rusty to become capable of remembering its own non-hateful feelings had already occurred, then the Dalek's nascent HeelFaceTurn could kicked in, just in time to save the girl's life.

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[[WMG: Rusty was the same Dalek that spared Adelaide Brooks's Brooke's life as a child.]]
* In "Waters of Mars", she remembers how a Dalek looked right at her during the events of "The Stolen Earth", but it didn't kill her. The Doctor presumes it had sensed that she constituted a fixed point in time, but if it was ''Rusty'' that she's encountered, and the defect that caused Rusty to become capable of remembering its own non-hateful feelings had already occurred, then the Dalek's nascent HeelFaceTurn could have kicked in, just in time to save the girl's life.
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* For a while I thought it could be the Star Whale from ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E02TheBeastBelow The Beast Below]]''. The Doctor notes however that it is a new lifeform, while the Star Whale are apparently a known species.

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* For a while I thought it could be the Star Whale from ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E02TheBeastBelow The [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below]]''.Below"]]. The Doctor notes however that it is a new lifeform, while the Star Whale are apparently a known species.
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[[WMG:Perkins is a a former companion from the Doctor's future]]

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[[WMG:Perkins is a a former companion from the Doctor's future]]
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** My thought is, he'll be in the middle of something important and the TARDIS console will go "ding." (Or possibly [[Film/MontyPythonsMeaningOfLife "bing!"]]) The Doctor will say "half a mo...", pop off for three seconds to say "No sir. All thirteen!", then come back for the rest of the plot of the episode. Either that, or just before he regenerates into Thirteen.

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** My thought is, he'll be in the middle of something important and the TARDIS console will go "ding." (Or possibly [[Film/MontyPythonsMeaningOfLife [[Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife "bing!"]]) The Doctor will say "half a mo...", pop off for three seconds to say "No sir. All thirteen!", then come back for the rest of the plot of the episode. Either that, or just before he regenerates into Thirteen.
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* Or maybe Clara just doesn't instantly recognise the face of someone she met once in a shop after what must have been three or four years in-universe.
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[[WMG: Missy has had the Nethersphere for a lot longer than we think.]]
Missy aka the Master has been using the Matrix for transferring spirits for God knows how long, so it would be an easy way to explain her next appearance after the Brigadier shot her-she downloaded her consciousness into the Matrix. But given [[MagnificentBastard the Master]], who’s to say that he/she hasn’t used this as a method of preserving himself since the Classic series? It would explain the JokerImmunity. So why did the Master use other means of resurrecting himself? While the Matrix keeps the Master’s mind from passing on, getting back a body(especially one [[FateWorseThanDeath that isn’t a Cyberman]]) isn’t something the Matrix can do for him/her. The Master obtained the Nethersphere sometime during his decayed Beavers/Pratt form
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[[WMG: There was a female incarnation between John Simms and Michelle Gomez]]
Missy is someone you can say "Standing out" is an understatement. Even if she changed her hairstyle and clothing when she gave Clara the phone number in the shop. Instead of Clara recognizing her when she was putting on her robot performance, we had to wait for Missy to admit it herself that she gave Clara the number. Maybe that's because "Missy" was a different regeneration at the time? Or to compliment her insanity, Missy hadn't done it yet, but is planning on it, so when she said "I gave her your number" she meant she will do it when she feels like it later on. (After she regenerates)
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* To bring it even further, he was a companion after The Doctor had regenerated into a woman. Making that line all the more meaningful. And perhaps they even had a little romance, which is why Perkins turned down becoming Twelve's companion. It would be way too awkward. Not to mention... if this WMG is the case regardless of gender. They'd just be retreading the whole "River Song Timeline" thing all over again.

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* To bring it even further, he was a companion after The Doctor had regenerated into a woman. Making that line all the more meaningful. And perhaps they even had a little romance, which is why Perkins turned down becoming Twelve's companion. It would be way too awkward. Not to mention... if this WMG is the case case... regardless of gender. They'd gender, they'd just be retreading the whole "River Song Timeline" thing all over again.
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* To bring it even further, he was a companion after The Doctor had regenerated into a woman. Making that line all the more meaningful. And perhaps they even had a little romance, which is why Perkins turned down becoming Twelve's companion. It would be way too awkward. Not to mention... if this WMG is the case regardless of gender. They'd just be retreading the whole "River Song Timeline" thing all over again.
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* Why would the Master want the Valeyard to exist? He was massively obsessed with killing the Valeyard.
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** [[spoiler: Alternatively, his body eventually falls apart leaving just a head... as Handles. We don't know at what point in time the Doctor found Handles after all, it could be far into the future.]]
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Perkins knew what he is talking when says that travelling in the TARDIS can change a man. He has already experienced it first-hand.

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Perkins knew what he is talking when he says that travelling in the TARDIS can change a man. He has already experienced it first-hand.
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[[WMG: Missy used nanites to hack Clara's optic nerves, and Clara unwittingly passed the same nanites on to the Doctor.]]
That's why Missy's been able to observe the pair's activities through her tablet, and tag along collecting minds of people who get killed during their recent adventures. She slipped Clara a dose of nanites when she gave her the TARDIS's phone number, and has been viewing events through their eyes just like the Doctor saw through Clara's in "Flatline".
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Missy seemed to be using that device to teleport herself, digitize herself back and forth from the Nethersphere, and make her escape- when she isn't using its incineration function on people. She gives the remote to the Doctor and thus the option of killing her. Right before the Brigadier's laser connects with her body, the Doctor can be heard pushing a button on her remote with an audible beep. It seems to send her away. Since Missy (A.K.A. the Master), by [[WordOfGod Steven's own admission]], has a history of [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat weaseling out of death inexplicably]], this seems like the reason why she'd survive. The Doctor was merciful to his old lost friend, befitting his "never cruel" part of his promise as the Doctor.

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Missy seemed to be using that device to teleport herself, digitize herself back and forth from the Nethersphere, and make her escape- when she isn't using its incineration function on people. She gives the remote to the Doctor and thus the option of killing her. Right before the Brigadier's laser connects with her body, the Doctor can be heard pushing a button on her remote with an audible beep. It seems to send her away. Since Missy (A.K.A. the Master), by [[WordOfGod Steven's own admission]], has a history of [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat weaseling out of death inexplicably]], this seems like the reason why she'd survive. The Doctor was merciful to his old lost friend, befitting his "never cruel" part of his promise as the Doctor. Doctor.

[[WMG:Perkins is a a former companion from the Doctor's future]]
Perkins knew what he is talking when says that travelling in the TARDIS can change a man. He has already experienced it first-hand.
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** Actually [[spoiler: Jossed. Jenna Coleman has been confirmed to return for Series 9]]
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** [[spoiler: Maybe even perhaps, a later episode can transplant his brain into a different robotic body that looks exactly human. So in a sense, The Brigadier regenerates. Bonus points if the new body looks almost exactly like he did in his UNIT days. But then again... people will likely scream blasphemy prefering to just let the character die in peace.]]

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** [[spoiler: Maybe even perhaps, a later episode can transplant his brain into a different robotic body that looks exactly human. So in a sense, The Brigadier regenerates. Bonus points if the new body looks almost exactly like he did in his UNIT days. But then again... people will likely scream blasphemy prefering preferring to just let the character die in peace.]]
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** [[spoiler: Maybe even perhaps, a later episode can transplant his brain into a different robotic body that looks exactly human. So in a sense, The Brigadier regenerates. Bonus points if the new body looks almost exactly like he did in his UNIT days. But then again... people will likely scream blasphemy prefering to just let the character die in peace.]]
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* Clara's link to Danny wouldn't have guided the TARDIS to Danny's brother, since it's so early in their relationship she probably hasn't met his family yet. Danny having a twin ("family stuff") is still a good idea though, as it'd account for Orson Pink's existence: he's descended from Danny's ''nephew'', not Danny. The other Pink twin inherited the "Dan the Solider Man" figurine after Danny's death, along with a journal of Danny's in which his frustration with Clara's time-travel hobby is described. Not knowing Danny meant it literally, the twin assumed Clara (who teaches English and literature) had been ''writing'' science-fiction stories about it; in his grief, he blamed her for neglecting Danny due to her sci-fi preoccupation and, many decades later, groused about time travel being a bad thing where young Orson could hear it.
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*** Just thought of another guess below.

[[WMG: Missy kissed The Doctor to obtain a DNA sample that would create The Valeyard.]]
Whether or not the plan was a success has yet to be seen.
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[[WMG: The Doctor teleported Missy away with her remote before Cyber-Brigadier killed her.]]
Missy seemed to be using that device to teleport herself, digitize herself back and forth from the Nethersphere, and make her escape- when she isn't using its incineration function on people. She gives the remote to the Doctor and thus the option of killing her. Right before the Brigadier's laser connects with her body, the Doctor can be heard pushing a button on her remote with an audible beep. It seems to send her away. Since Missy (A.K.A. the Master), by [[WordOfGod Steven's own admission]], has a history of [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat weaseling out of death inexplicably]], this seems like the reason why she'd survive. The Doctor was merciful to his old lost friend, befitting his "never cruel" part of his promise as the Doctor.
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* Or — The Doctor simply forgot [[spoilers:to turn the safeties off]]

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* Or — The Doctor simply forgot [[spoilers:to [[spoiler:to turn the safeties off]]
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* Or — The Doctor simply forgot [[spoilers:to turn the safeties off]]
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[[WMG: There's an orphaned child Silent hiding in the TARDIS.]]
It's been hiding away from the massacre of its kind since the TARDIS last visited the year of the Moon landing, and the Doctor briefly saw it in "Listen", kicking off the whole chain of events. Having lost its caregivers to the "You should kill us on sight" command, it's been isolated and unhappy, unable to find anyone - not even the Doctor - who wouldn't forget about it the instant they looked away. The Doctor has seen it many times, and eventually managed to retain just enough traces of awareness that ''something'' was there to get him obsessing over "perfect hiders".

When it got curious about what he was writing on the chalkboard, the Doctor got a better look at the stowaway. Realizing it was only a child, he didn't tally-mark himself (which would suggest danger), but started to write "Listen for the child Silent" on the board instead. Seeing what the Doctor was doing, the Silent got scared that its presence would be documented - something its caregivers had warned it must ''never'' happen - so it ran away, leaving the Doctor with the chalk out of place and a single inexplicable word on the chalkboard. The Silent, feeling sad and lonely after its narrow "escape", started following Clara around for a while instead; when she and Rupert ducked under the bed, it took the risk of appearing to them while covered in a blanket, desperate for ''some'' sort of interaction with somebody who'd remember its presence.
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** On the other hand, she might have used the kiss to get a sample of the Doctor's DNA for some nefarious purpose.
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[[WMG: Rusty was the same Dalek that spared Adelaide Brooks's life as a child.]]
* In "Waters of Mars", she remembers how a Dalek looked right at her during the events of "The Stolen Earth", but it didn't kill her. The Doctor presumes it had sensed that she constituted a fixed point in time, but if it was ''Rusty'' that she's encountered, and the defect that caused Rusty to become capable of remembering its own non-hateful feelings had already occurred, then the Dalek's nascent HeelFaceTurn could kicked in, just in time to save the girl's life.
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** Seemingly jossed, as Jack the Ripper doesn't appear in the episode, nor does the Master appear to (but see one WMG further down.) The clockwork droids are the villains, though.

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** Seemingly jossed, as Jack the Ripper doesn't appear in the episode, nor does the Master appear to (but see one WMG further down.) The clockwork droids are [[spoiler:until the villains, though.
finale's reveal.]]
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** Jossed, Jossed and Jossed. The Big Bad is [[spoiler: The Master]] who isn't played by Matt Smith, and the valeyard does not appear.

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** Jossed, Jossed and Jossed. The Big Bad is [[spoiler: The Master]] Mistress]] who isn't played by Matt Smith, and the valeyard does not appear.
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* Jossed: Two weeks are shown to have passed since. If it was poison, it's really really really slow. Besides, she wanted to use The Doctor to [[spoiler: lead the Cybermen army]] kind of counter-productive if he's dead.

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