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sexy david tennant 'blonde drools' plays a police officer who investigate a childs body found on the beach :(

The workmate is decidedly shifty and who is the father of Danny's Mum's baby as she hasn't mentioned it to her DH.....

I am wondering if I'm the only person who thought the "psychiatrist" talking to David Tennant's character was imaginary. We saw Alec alone and brooding at the start and also at the end then the psych appearing in the middle. I just felt it was filmed in an odd way and wondered if it was his conscience.

Or am I way off track into Lightfields territory!

That thought hadn't occurred to me Galaxymum hmmm .

Ooh.... I like that theory Galaxy!

This was written by the same writers that did Life on Mars so I'm hoping it'll deliver.

A bit of a random aside but it is a nice wee story.

I have received a postcard from Chris Chibnall. I wrote to him on a random punt after he named a character "Dr MySurname" in a hospital scene in Torchwood. As a doctor with a very, very rare surname, it gave me a bit of a start!

He replied with a very nice postcard explaining that he'd named the character after an actress friend of his wife's. That friend happens to be a distant cousin of mine!

Why do people think that the baby might not be Danny's dads?

Galaxy - I wonder if you're on to something. I thought it was odd that the psychiatrist was also Scottish (well had a Scottish accent). When he said that DT's character had called him I thought it would have taken him ages to get there from Scotland. Obviously it could be local a psychiatrist but a bit odd to have the character also Scottish.

Diddl it is because when dannys mum was talking to the priest and he asked if she had told her husband she replied 'its complicated'.

Or thats my reason anyway

iwishit, they do allow Scottish doctors to practise in England! If they don't, I had better check my GMC registration again!

diddl, I agree with benjamin. There was just a feeling that the baby wasn't his in that conversation. Could the baby belong to the vicar???

Yes the "it's complicated" comment got me thinking too unless she had an inkling that he was having an affair and so wasn't sure how she felt about being pregnant.

I think the baby is the husband's, but she's said that is is complicated because she has suspected for a while that he has been having an affair. We've got no proof at the moment that a) his daughter texted the hotel manager, there could be other women, and b) that it actually was his first time cheating.

I don't see how it could be the vicar's, the conversation they had in the car park just reads as weird if they'd been sleeping together.

I quite like the idea that the psychiatrist is a hallucination! That would fit with the line they are taking with the 'psychic' - you know, that what he said to the mum was pretty much bollocks ("a d... or an s...?") but what he said to DT seemed to hit a spot.

yes... as it by the life on mars writer - the hallucination thing could be spot on...

Complicated could be that it wasn't planned though.

Or about to tell him & Danny died.

I mean he's seeing someone else-bit cliched to have them both having affairs!

I didn't think she meant complicated to mean it was anybody else's. Maybe she suspected he was having an affair, or things have just been rocky, or she just doesn't want another baby!
I think we do know the daughter texted the hotel manager: when she arrived at the police station didn't she says Chloe told her to come in?

We know Chloe texted someone, but she could have texted quite a few people. Little bit far-fetched and she probably did just text the manager, but we don't know for sure.

Going back right to the start, pre victim Danny being found, diesel was being pinched, (now questions self about whether it was actually being stolen, fuzzy head from too long cooped up indoors) could that be what Mark's mate the plumber is up to, so nothing as bad as drugs?

Failing that is he having a fling with Mark's wife? Just feel that he is up to something and by offering a (duff) alibi for Mark he was somehow getting himself off the hook for something illicit?

Hope the police officer's husband is in the clear, I think their son knew something about Danny; was the murdered boy aware of sister Chloe's dodgy boyfriend and trying to either pin drugs dealing on him or trying to get in on it?

I've been known to when I've been away and forgotten the time difference!

Well spotted. I thought last week's episode was so slow. I'm hoping this week's will be an improvement. If not I reckon they could have done it in 3 episodes rather than 8.

MNetBlackpoolLE - wow you are good! Are you a detective in real life?

although i'm enjoying this I am annoyed that its going to take 8 episodes to tell the damn story and find out who killed him!

Bartlet - I know that we do allow to scotish here . Just wondered with the casting, ie 2 scottish actors when everyone else is trying to sound like they're from the same place.

Marking place. Loving all these insights/theories, although I have none of my own to add, I'm afraid.

I have no theories either LadyClarice, just enjoying watching DT and I love OC too. Fine actors.

While we're working our way through all the red-herring episodes, the real issue for me is what the menu will be when David tennant's character goes round to Ellie's for dinner, and will he actually deign to eat any of it?

There's a high probability that their dinner will be dramatically interrupted by the latest development on the case, so I hope she doesn't go to too much trouble.