Doctor Who: 10 Reasons Matt Smith's Departure Is A Major Mistake

2. There Are Still Many Unanswered Questions

doctorWhoSeries7b02 This was always the danger about having multi-series arcs. A change of actors always results in a spanner in the works. Now perhaps Moffat will be able to resolve the ongoing mysteries surrounding the Eleventh Doctor in the 50th and Christmas specials. Perhaps some of these mysteries will follow into the Twelfth Doctor€™s reign. And that€™s the joy of Doctor Who; you can replace the lead actor and continue. That being said, here€™s a list of ongoing mysteries that require explanation. (And feel free to comment if you think I€™ve missed the answers) Who blew up the Tardis? Was it the Silence from series 6? Perhaps, but it€™s not been made explicitly clear. The Silence wanted the Doctor to die. Why? Is it all about Trenzalore, and if so, will those events take place in the Christmas Special? Did the Silence build the Tardis on top of Craig€™s flat in The Lodger? If not, who was responsible for the events that took place? Why did the Doctor invite Canton Dellaware III to his €˜death€™ in The Impossible Astronaut? We haven€™t seen him since the concluding two-parter Day Of The Moon and yet his presence implied that he was as important to the Doctor as Amy, Rory and River. Why can€™t that question be asked? What is Trenzalore? We know it involves the Doctor€™s Death, but The Name Of The Doctor implied it would be the final Doctor€™s death. (13th?) Come to think about it, would this imply that the universe now knows the Doctor didn€™t die at Lake Silencio? Or are the Silence still ignorant to this? I€™m sure there are more, and maybe the first one is answered. I think for me, the important thing is for Moffat to answer all these questions before he moves on.
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A writer for Whatculture since May 2013, I also write for TheRichest.com and am the TV editor and writer for Thedigitalfix.com . I wrote two plays for the Greater Manchester Horror Fringe in 2013, the first an adaption of Simon Clark's 'Swallowing A Dirty Seed' and my own original sci-fi horror play 'Centurion', which had an 8/10* review from Starburst magazine! (http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/eventsupcoming-genre-events/6960-event-review-centurion) I also wrote an episode for online comedy series Supermarket Matters in 2012. I aim to achieve my goal for writing for television (and get my novels published) but in the meantime I'll continue to write about those TV shows I love! Follow me on Twitter @BazGreenland and like my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BazGreenlandWriter