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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

Ugh, politics in Doctor Who production. Has this happened before?

There were certainly issues during John Nathan Turner's tenure in the 80s - I know script editor Eric Saward quit and Colin Baker naturally had issues with the direction his Doctor/seasons went in (but most of this came out in interviews later). I don't think it ever got as "high-profile" as this though.

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Originally Posted by TheFightingSpirit

Working off Matt Smith being the 13th Doctor, and the fact we know Peter Capaldi is in the Christmas Special means the breaking of the 12 regeneration limit has to be squashed up into a single episode which also deals with cybermen, weeping angels, the silence, trenzalore (possibly in multiple time frames if my reading of the short trailer turns out correct)...

I really hope this isn't going to be a huge mishmash of nonsense. There is A LOT going on there. You've got to admit.

After the 50th I have renewed faith that Moffat can deliver, but from everything I've heard rumoured so far, it's not looking good. If the teasing and rumours are right then all this might even include the return of River Song if only in memory.

Oh but I mean that in a I-love-everything-the-Doctor-Who-series-does-regardless-on-its-own-merits kind of way. I'm not knocking it, I'll still enjoy watching it, but I can always speculate how it could go wrong :P

I doubt the enemies are going to play that bigger role in the episode to be honest, just like the Daleks and Zygons were in the 50th. They'll probably be a framing device and that's it. It's still a lot to get in admittedly, but the 12 limit thing doesn't necessarily need a whole amount of time dedicated to it depending on how its played. Its something that hasn't been mentioned at all in the new series, and its already been established that the Doctor is going to Trenzalore/dying. So the seeds are kinda already there.