Howling:5 things to look for: The countdown

Please see the original thread Forum:5 Things to look for in Series 5 and the summary thread Forum:5 things to look for: Overall.

This was originally proposed in another thread (actually, I think first on the talk page for an article), and added by me (anonymous) to the original thread.

This one is a bit more meta than the others. There's a countdown, starting from 11, going down 1/episode (not 1/story), which means it'll reach 0 in time for part 1 of the finale. The numbers might always be in characters' names, although this isn't yet clear. (Could the finale then involve the return of Prisoner 0?)

Also, each episode might have a countdown within it.

--Falcotron 02:05, April 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * The Eleventh Hour: The 11th Doctor. There are also other 11s, even in the name of the episode. There's 20 minutes to save the world.
 * The Beast Below: The main guest star is Liz 10. Any good countdowns within the episode?
 * Victory of the Daleks: Can't think of a 9 name. But an unsigned poster pointed out there were 9 barrage balloons in the first scene, and fewer in each one, although an anon-IP poster says there were only 7. That same anon-IP poster pointed out that there's a clock with both hands on the IX. There's also an obvious countdown in the episode, the colorwheel in Bracewell's chest (and on the Dalek saucer) counting down to him kerploding.
 * The Time of Angels: Father Octavian's name means "8th". No obvious countdowns that anyone's spotted yet, short of the "10 little Indians" way the Clerics are picked off 1 by 1.
 * Flesh and Stone: No 7 name yet, but the Digital Spy teasers have Amy counting down from 7, which is both a 7 and a countdown in one.