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rabid1stWell, everyone is doing it...so why not?
Obviously, there will be spoilers for S7 under this cut, and a few casting spoilers for the anniversary, too. But I know nothing concrete beyond those, so I'm not going to seriously spoil anyone who reads the papers.
I think Moff understands time travel far better than 97% of his fanbase. Therefore, I think Moff knows that from Clara and Eleven's current perspective, John Hurt does not need to be a Doctor from the past to be regarded in a past tense. We were looking at what remained of the Doctor's entire life in that TARDIS tomb. So, all of his regenerations are there, in a past tense. Clara, on the other hand, has worked backward through time, counting up to her own involvement in this...but she didn't go ahead of her real meeting with Eleven. So...John Hurt is most likely Twelve.
Now, Twelve is an interesting number, and I can't believe Moff is ignorant of that fact. Twelve is technically the last Doctor. Because we know that the Valeyard came into being between Twelve and Thirteen. So, you could argue that ELEVEN is the last Doctor, which I think is what Moff is planning to do. Because we do have the Valeyard in this timeline. He's mentioned by name as one of the names of the Doctor. And we know that the Doctor is going on to become The Beast as well...that would be Twelve or Thirteen. I've heard it postulated that the Doctor started the Time War as well as finished it. And I think that's a good guess. But I would imagine it was Twelve and not 8.5 that did that. After all, a Time War can start in the future as well as in the past. And the Doctor has been decending into darkness since he let Rose go.
Will Moff address THAT? I imagine he would not look at it romantically, because he isn't likely to elevate Rose's importance. Mostly, though, I feel this way because, while I can't stand what's become of the Doctor, I see no evidence to support Moff being anything but thrilled with his creation. So...no hope he's going to suddenly see the error of his writing ways. There is only hope that he thinks he can get the Doctor out of any consequences for juvenile behavior.
With this in mind, I think Moff is planning to clean up the Time War. He is going to have Eleven and Clara outsmart his timeline, flexing and bending it around, so he is no longer buried at Trenzalore. Maybe there will be some hint of immortality in this. He is going to do this by convincing Twelve not to stop being the Doctor and go completely evil and, thereby, create the Valeyard. Once the Valeyard is removed from history...I think that Gallifrey will be restored, sans Rassilon and company, and the show can go forward with a happy-go-lucky Doctor and Clara into a new era. That's my prediction, anyway. The one scrap of good news in this type of reset is we might get a new backstory where Rose isn't in some backwater universe, but instead spent her life with Ten...and Donna lived happily with all her memories. On the other hand, without the Time War we might never have Bad Wolf Rose. And we certainly wouldn't have the mastery of Eccleston as Nine. I'd be happy enough with the constant meddling of Moff...if he could give us a consistent time line. But, then, even if he rewrites time and space, I would imagine somewhere...out there...is the universe of pain that RTD gave us, too.
Obviously, there will be spoilers for S7 under this cut, and a few casting spoilers for the anniversary, too. But I know nothing concrete beyond those, so I'm not going to seriously spoil anyone who reads the papers.
I think Moff understands time travel far better than 97% of his fanbase. Therefore, I think Moff knows that from Clara and Eleven's current perspective, John Hurt does not need to be a Doctor from the past to be regarded in a past tense. We were looking at what remained of the Doctor's entire life in that TARDIS tomb. So, all of his regenerations are there, in a past tense. Clara, on the other hand, has worked backward through time, counting up to her own involvement in this...but she didn't go ahead of her real meeting with Eleven. So...John Hurt is most likely Twelve.
Now, Twelve is an interesting number, and I can't believe Moff is ignorant of that fact. Twelve is technically the last Doctor. Because we know that the Valeyard came into being between Twelve and Thirteen. So, you could argue that ELEVEN is the last Doctor, which I think is what Moff is planning to do. Because we do have the Valeyard in this timeline. He's mentioned by name as one of the names of the Doctor. And we know that the Doctor is going on to become The Beast as well...that would be Twelve or Thirteen. I've heard it postulated that the Doctor started the Time War as well as finished it. And I think that's a good guess. But I would imagine it was Twelve and not 8.5 that did that. After all, a Time War can start in the future as well as in the past. And the Doctor has been decending into darkness since he let Rose go.
Will Moff address THAT? I imagine he would not look at it romantically, because he isn't likely to elevate Rose's importance. Mostly, though, I feel this way because, while I can't stand what's become of the Doctor, I see no evidence to support Moff being anything but thrilled with his creation. So...no hope he's going to suddenly see the error of his writing ways. There is only hope that he thinks he can get the Doctor out of any consequences for juvenile behavior.
With this in mind, I think Moff is planning to clean up the Time War. He is going to have Eleven and Clara outsmart his timeline, flexing and bending it around, so he is no longer buried at Trenzalore. Maybe there will be some hint of immortality in this. He is going to do this by convincing Twelve not to stop being the Doctor and go completely evil and, thereby, create the Valeyard. Once the Valeyard is removed from history...I think that Gallifrey will be restored, sans Rassilon and company, and the show can go forward with a happy-go-lucky Doctor and Clara into a new era. That's my prediction, anyway. The one scrap of good news in this type of reset is we might get a new backstory where Rose isn't in some backwater universe, but instead spent her life with Ten...and Donna lived happily with all her memories. On the other hand, without the Time War we might never have Bad Wolf Rose. And we certainly wouldn't have the mastery of Eccleston as Nine. I'd be happy enough with the constant meddling of Moff...if he could give us a consistent time line. But, then, even if he rewrites time and space, I would imagine somewhere...out there...is the universe of pain that RTD gave us, too.