Title of the Neil Gaiman episode revealed...

[manatees]

SFX can exclusively reveal the title of the Series 6 episode penned by Neil Gaiman. Click here to find out!

Waiting for fandom implosion in 3, 2, 1....

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[bardingtide]

As I said to the Willows on Twitter I don't believe it for several reasons.

1: I wouldn't put it past Moff to leak a fake title just to watch us all weep. I know I would.

And

2: It's been almost proved that River is....that. So unless the Doctor is being a very naughty boy. I don't believe it.

[knightless]

Re: 2

Well, he did marry Marilyn that one time...

[bardingtide]

It might not have been a real chapel though. As the Doctor himself pointed out.

Not sure if that counts.

Elizabeth I on the other hand.

[ragdoll]

It's been rumoured to be just that via spoilers for a while from some reliable sources so yeah, either it's an elaborate foiler courtesy Unca Neil and the Moff (which I wouldn't put past either of them) OR it's the real deal.

Remember one of the lines in the Big Brilliant Book was that the Doctor would do this twice. One happened in A Christmas Carol. There's a second to go. And who's to say it *isn't* River?

[bardingtide]

Gaiman would do it if Moff asked him,

It's been almos conclusivily proved it's River though

[ragdoll]

Well, as far as we know River is one. We don't know how many others there are. Or if she's somehow connected to this story via the one before it or something that comes afer it.

[bardingtide]

What I'm more interested in is Neil saying we will see someone in his ep we haven't seen since the War Games.

Which to my mind can only be

A: Zoe

B: The War Chief

[ragdoll]

I doubt it's Zoe, although it's possible given that Wendy Padbury is a personal friend of Matt's, having been his agent at one time (she had only the nicest things to say about him at Gallifrey One last year). So maybe it is the War Chief. I haven't ever seen that story so know little about it.

[bardingtide]

War Chief was another renegade Time Lord who was forced to regenerate at the end of the seriel. He worked with some aliens to kidnap soliders from throughout history with basic TARDIS (SIDRATS) and forced them to fight.

It would be interesting to see him again

[ragdoll]

Okay, right, him. I sort of know my pre-Three Classic Who history, but I haven't gotten to see many stories with One and Two (mainly because when they were airing in New York, many years ago, I was working at a job with a crazy schedule and almost never managed to see them.)

[bardingtide]

He was certainly an interesting character.

I wouldn't mind seeing him again

[azarsuerte]

Also, Zoe *has* been seen since "The War Games." She was briefly in "The Five Doctors."

[manatees]

But this is Neil who has revealed the episode title! Also, it reeeally hasn't been proved that River is his wife, and Alex is not in that episode.

[bardingtide]

This is Neil Gaiman we're talking about.

I'm reasonably certain that if Moff asked him to leak a fake ep title he'd go along with it.

Oh come on. It's been all but proven River is his Wife.

Look at the end of the Big Bang.

"Are you married River?"

"No."

"Hang on. Are you saying No cause you aren't or cause you think I'm asking."

"Yes."

"Is that Yes you aren't or yes you think I'm asking."

"Yes."

[weavercat]

Maybe it's a younger River (being played by a different actress) we'll see?