User blog comment:Pinguinus/Kidneys!/@comment-3148529-20131227161332


 * 1) I was under the impression that the crack allowed real time to "bleed through" to the Time Lords. It makes sense that if stuff can be sent through the crack one way, it can also be sent through the other way. This explains very nicely why they didn't come through to our universe even though they seemed fairly sure it was the correct one: they heard the Dalek ship's voice booming through, said "aw nuts", lobbed a new regenerative cycle through so the Doctor could sort it all out, and then buggered out of there as fast as possible.
 * 2) Seems like it could be a simple case of post-regenerative amnesia (see: Peter Davison and Paul McGann), but a Time Lord scheme is definitely equally plausible at this point.

Also, I wrote up a complete chronology and analysis of the Silence arc in context because I was bored. http://pastebin.com/zB8bUtyi