Thread:Turtle365/@comment-15395126-20151129163929

Gallifrey is back. The Time Lords are back. While Heaven Sent and Hell Bent make it seem like I can no longer use the "hunt for Gallifrey" arc in Series 11, consider the following: We still have no idea where Gallifrey is.

At the end of Heaven Sent, the Doctor breaks out of his confession dial and is already on Gallifrey. However, we have no idea if the planet is still in the pocket dimension or not. Hell Bent will likely answer this question, but if it does not and it turns out Gallifrey is still trapped, then Series 11 can show the Doctor searching for home, his determination to find it greater than ever because he has actually walked on Gallifrey's post-The Day of the Doctor soil.

If Gallifrey's whereabouts are left unknown after Hell Bent, we can still say that the planet is inside the Doctor. Much like how the Doctor was able to exist inside his confession dial, we can reveal that the Doctor was somehow able to exist "inside himself" and visit Gallifrey in Hell Bent.

Obviously, everything I've said thus far depends on the content of Hell Bent. My plan, should things not go well in terms of our current ideas for Series 11, is to make the "return of the Valeyard" arc Series 11's instead of Series 12's. 