The Time Lords in the Christmas Special
The Time Lords are writ large over the Christmas Special. They are the MacGuffins, the thing driving all other parties. They are the active resolution. And they don't make a lick of sense.
They can't be Ten's hated High Council. They'd be happy to enter the universe, check out whether it's the right one, and blast it to timeless cinders either way, ascending to beings of pure thought while the rest of reality burns away. Having both a pack of Daleks and the Doctor right there would only be a bonus.
They can't be Eleven's beleaguered military command room, or the maypole-dancing innocents. They're all frozen in time, as well as locked away in a pocket dimension. They have hope, but nothing else.
We've never seen any version of Gallifrey that is capable and inclined to send out a message -- an extremely powerful message untranslatable by the TARDIS telepathic circuits -- asking the Doctor's permission or guidance in getting back to the right reality.
Whoever's on the other side of that crack is able to open and close the openings between realities at will. Able to send out a missile of regenerative energy. But not able to cross over without permission. (And if they're sending out a dozen regenerations, they damn well know it's the Doctor on the other side, whether he's spoken his name or not.)
Ooooh. I wonder if there's a crack that opened over in Ten & Rose world. I wonder if a whole bunch of Time Lords just showed up there.
They can't be Ten's hated High Council. They'd be happy to enter the universe, check out whether it's the right one, and blast it to timeless cinders either way, ascending to beings of pure thought while the rest of reality burns away. Having both a pack of Daleks and the Doctor right there would only be a bonus.
They can't be Eleven's beleaguered military command room, or the maypole-dancing innocents. They're all frozen in time, as well as locked away in a pocket dimension. They have hope, but nothing else.
We've never seen any version of Gallifrey that is capable and inclined to send out a message -- an extremely powerful message untranslatable by the TARDIS telepathic circuits -- asking the Doctor's permission or guidance in getting back to the right reality.
Whoever's on the other side of that crack is able to open and close the openings between realities at will. Able to send out a missile of regenerative energy. But not able to cross over without permission. (And if they're sending out a dozen regenerations, they damn well know it's the Doctor on the other side, whether he's spoken his name or not.)
Ooooh. I wonder if there's a crack that opened over in Ten & Rose world. I wonder if a whole bunch of Time Lords just showed up there.