Howling:Doctor's regenerations and Moffat's latest statements

So, I read this the other day. I've already brought it up here, but I want to see what you guys think. What does Moffat mean by "I think you should go back to your DVDs and count correctly this time. There’s something you’ve all missed"? Imamadmad (Contact me) 11:20, October 15, 2013 (UTC)

What could he possibly mean? "There's something we've all missed." Yeah, several regenerations that either got taped over or weren't shown at all (mainly the latter). I can't help thinking that this may be a strained subjective interpretation on Steven's part that he hopes to get us to go along with. All the same he definitely gave Clara, in The Name Of The Doctor, the dialogue "you're the eleventh Doctor." so it can't be that far removed. It's hard to see what he's doing really most of Matt Smith's tenure has been written plying to that precept.DCT ☎  16:03, October 15, 2013 (UTC)

Moffat plays by his own rules. He will find a way out of the 12-regen rule. October 14th comments are even more ridiculous "Would it be weird in the run of the series to have the 45th Doctor turn up and be played by Johnny Depp or someone?" This was in response to the creation of the Hurt Doctor. Link Here 45th Doctor? I realize he is joking but it just shows that there is no limits when it comes to The Doctor. --The Messenger John Tyler ☎  21:45, October 15, 2013 (UTC)

That still doesn't answer the question. The problem here is that he actually sounds like he's being serious but that statement "something [we've] missed" is too vague and the field he refers to "[our] DVDs" too broad. The more I consider this the more I consider that line I quoted above to be at least part of it, because it's a rather unambiguous line from a Doctor Who story written by him. He can't really go against it too much and, yes, the Johnny Depp, 45th Doctor was a joke. The sort of thing he might expect to get away with in a short on Comic Relief or Children In Need, but not in a standard episode - not without a backlash or an explanation.DCT ☎  12:28, October 16, 2013 (UTC)