Well, I don't know about any of you, but I thought last week's Heaven Sent was one of the strangest, and at the same time, most fascinating things I have seen in Doctor Who in quite some time indeed. A masterclass from Capaldi...and what a payoff... How on Earth are they going to top that? Well, let's find out this week in the hotly anticipated
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Regarding the Doctor's Presidency, didn't they sort of quash it at some point after Invasion of Time due to him not being on Gallifrey often enough to actually do the job? That was when Borusa took over as depicted in The Five Doctors and (I think without looking it up) Arc of Infinity. And then the Chancellor (Flavia?) tried to get Five to take up the Presidency again at the end of Five Doctors, but he did a runner. So I don't think he necessarily was actually President when Seven was claiming to be in his showdown with Davros in Remembrance, but Seven could bluff with the best of them.
I suspect it may be a bit like being POTUS: people still call you "Mr President" as a sign of respect even when you've long packed it in and your successor's successor is actually doing the job.
Yeah, I think about Gallifrey and its political shenanigans a bit too much, I think...
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I like your POTUS explanation, though.
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