Howling:666

A lot of fan speculation (including on this forum) pointed out all of the occurrences of 666 throughout the last year, arguing that it was an arc word (like Bad Wolf or Vote Saxon), and therefore a major hint to the finale.

And yet, in the finale, there was no Beast. While the Doctor did have a line about how opening the time lock would bring "Hell on Earth, literally" or something like that, the enemies were Rassilon and his council, who have little or nothing to do with the Beast.

But now I'm curious, what were all those 666 references about? Was it just overzealous fans looking too hard? Or RT playing with the fans by giving them false hints? Or a bona fide clue to some secret meaning in the finale that we all missed? Or setup for Moffat, or for RTD's upcoming series of Torchwood? --99.8.229.156 11:19, January 12, 2010 (UTC)