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As there are many people wanting to avoid spoilers for this one (even the title was kept secret!), I'll make a new thread now to discuss the quite fantastic trailers.
This just got posted, yesterday's new TV trailer as aired on the BBC:
Holy crap! Davros sounds good. I also like the way he seems to slump in his chair, and that piercing blue Dalek-light.
I have no idea who the Children of Time are, but we heard in "Turn Left" that Donna was allegedly "the most important in the whole of creation". Donna is a Child of Time? No idea what that means, but it sounds interesting!
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I would think the Children Of Time would be the Time Lords...or the figurative children of the time lords?
Perhaps they had some fail safe to pass on their legacy if Galifrey were ever destroyed, something the Doctor wasn't aware of. It's possible, given he was always a bit of an outsider even on his own world and he's far from omnipotent.
I am a bit confused by Donna suddenly being so important to the Universe. Not so much that her absence made such a difference (the same would be true for many companions) but that Rose said reality is warping around her and it has nothing to do with the beetle.
On question though, given as I'm not very well versed in Who Lore, what's the significance of the red Dalek?
The Children of Time might be the companions of the Doctor!?! They always go on about those who have travelled through time and space and how they've been changed.
"The Children of Time are moving against us?"
Donna, Rose, Martha, Jack, Sarah-Jane? Are they the Children of Time? (Makes me wish we could see some other companions too! )
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I just hope the appearance of the Torchwood people is still going to make sense for those of us who stopped watching it.
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Well, Torchwood was well established in DW before the show itself actually aired... and the only characters that will be seen are the ones mentioned in "Turn Left".
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THey'll likely have a throwaway line about being light a couple staff at Torchwood 3. Nothing to get worked up about, except that some may have trouble believing that three people are all that have been standing between aliens and the annihilation of Cardiff when the Doctor's not around. Ditto for Sarah Jane and Luke (the other kids look like they're not showing up).
And a Red Dalek has not been seen in the TV canon of Doctor Who, so it's tough to say what THAT's all about. Pre-2005, we only had the standard grey or silver Daleks with minor paint scheme changes, the Black Dalek special commanders, and on one occasion a gold Dalek. Then there's the various incarnations of the Emperor Dalek (one of which WAS Davros), the Imperial Dalek group, and their Special Weapons Dalek.
A red Dalek was seen as a commander in the Dr. Who movies, but that's hardly an indication in this case.
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Upon review, and based on many people saying this over on Doctor Who forums, the consensus seems to be that "children of time" most likely refers to the Doctor's companions, ie all the faces we saw in that trailer.
"Well, you might be puzzled by the lack of two team members, but it probably will make sense."
Why, did two of them get killed off, or something? Let me guess : They were having sex on the roof of a tall building and fell off.
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One of them died, was resurrected, couldn't die, got irradiated/incinerated. The other got shot. And, to be completely contrary, they never had sex with each other.
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