Howling:The Eleventh Doctor is The Thirteenth Doctor?

As if our friend Mr John Hurt hasn't confused matters enough, IGN released this article and blew his matter-confusing out of the water: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/11/26/matt-smith-is-the-13th-doctor.

I'll give you guys a moment to get your head round this.

Now, I'm as aware as the next man that Moffat doesn't always tell the complete truth, but this just doesn't seem like the kind of thing Moffat would need to lie about. It sounds as though this is a way of cutting straight to the thirteenth incarnation so Moffat can address the regeneration limit and how they are going to get around it (because I think we can be pretty sure they will).

A possible problem with this announcement, however, is the "All thirteen!" line from the 50th, complete with a Capaldi cameo. That would suggest his Doctor is one of the thirteen, which this announcement would contradict (in fact, if Moffat is telling the truth there should have been two Tennant Doctors in that scene).

If Moffat turns out to be telling the truth, by the way, this means that the Tenth Doctor's very violent regeneration which tore apart the TARDIS was the 12th of the 12 regenerations he can have, which may mean The Valeyard comes into play here too. Could The Valeyard be a possible reason why the regeneration was so dramatic? Most likely RTD didn't have this possibility in mind when he gave Ten that impressive regeneration, but it's an idea that Moffat could play around with.

Of course, there's a chance I'm already looking too much into it. As I said before, Moffat doesn't always tell the truth, but if this time he isn't lying, then this announcement could mean interesting things for the show. 87.102.91.126talk to me 20:09, November 27, 2013 (UTC)

WOO-HOO!! 108.246.49.33talk to me 23:07, November 27, 2013 (UTC)

You seem excited. 87.102.91.126talk to me 23:29, November 27, 2013 (UTC)

As I said when this was touched on elsewhere this has implications for the meaning of the term "fall of the eleventh", discuss.DCT ☎  13:32, November 28, 2013 (UTC)

Wow looks like Moffat was telling the truth! I'm glad the regeneration limit has been addressed. 87.102.91.126talk to me 23:18, December 25, 2013 (UTC)