You couldn’t do a straightforward Human Nature plot set in the 12th Doctor era bc if 12 got fobwatched Clara would immediately steal his identity. Missy would also steal his identity. Absolutely insane Doctorfication possibilities.
Also, 12’s forgotten memories canonically manifest as songs AND he’s faceblind, so he wouldn’t even have a dramatic dream journal full of half-remembered portraits, he’d just be hanging out in his university office shredding guitar solos while Bill (who he just met) is like “Wow, sick riff Professor Smith!” and he’s like “Thanks, it’s called I Dreamt I Rode a Dinosaur.”
[#bill looking at clara missy & river: is anyone here NOT the doctor #12: i’m not #bill: i know professor #god it would be so funny #clara: the tardis says it’s my turn to steal the doctor’s identity #river: no she fucking does not #doctor who]
I’m watching Splash (1984) which is a romcom about a guy who falls in love with a mermaid, and when she chooses a human name she chooses Madison and guy says “that’s not a real name, but alright” which seems to imply that Madison was not a name until at least the 80’s and all girls named Madison are actually named after the mermaid. thought you should know
Mrs Flood is a new Time Lord named The Neighbour. She bends space and time so that she’s everybody’s neighbour. And she intends to bring about the appcalypse because of current renting costs.