exposition – GIGA WHO

13 thoughts about Series 12

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The Lone Barrowman

No, he’s not in the finale. No, the fact he’s teasing the finale doesn’t mean he’s involved in it. No, the narrative of the episode/season wouldn’t meaningfully change if he was removed…no, he doesn’t do anything especially distinctive other than kiss Graham (non-consensually, yeah?) and mistake him for the Doctor (like multiple other characters have).

Look, yes, it is a trailer. It is a trailer for a future episode, to air at some point. Could even be this year. It is a trailer for the presence of this character in a future episode.

Yes…yes…you can barely see him, because the room is so dark and everything is so blurry that he looks like an amorphous vision out of a waking nightmare. Nobody’s perfect. Do you realise how hard it is to get someone to look like they did ten years ago? His hair is white, for god’s sake.

People worked on this scene, you know. They probably had to rush it as well – get in and out very quickly, with very few personnel, so as to keep the whole thing as hush-hush as possible. The audience had to be surprised on seeing this trailer, this advertisement. Furthermore, integrating the scene into an actual narrative with tangible impact on other scenes would’ve risked a leak getting out. Hence all the teleporting characters back and forth. Would you really want to be spoiled on the fact Jack returned?

Jack returned, guys! Jack is back! Didn’t you miss him?