Is Doctor Who Series 9 Revisiting The Impossible Astronaut?

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Shooting for Series 9 has returned to a familiar stomping ground for Doctor Who and the curious revisit has some wondering if perhaps there might be more significance in the shooting location than what meets the eye-?

The location in question is Eddie’s Diner, located in Cardiff Bay. A 50’s ‘American’ style complete with red leather seats and a jukebox atmosphere, Eddie’s Diner has become quite the hotspot for travelling Whovians since its last appearance in Series 6’s The Impossible Astronaut (lets hope they remembered their special straws).

Pictures of the diner show a film crew with what appears to be a Nevadan backdrop to the right –

Eddie's Diner. Backdrop being used to the right. #dwsr pic.twitter.com/JGfYt1KB5P

— Adam Orford (@AdamOrford1) August 17, 2015

The question is, however, is Eddie’s Diner filling in for the same dinner from The Impossible Astronaut or a new diner for the show? There’s been some speculation recently that the series finale might revisit old faces like the Eighth and Tenth Doctors and hints that the series may address some loose ends with regards to Capaldi’s appearance in The Fires of Pompeii and The Day of the Doctor, as well as the similarity between Missy’s Promised Lands and the gardens from Series 6’s The Girl Who Waited – with all of these past events being addressed, we’re left asking once again : just what is it about Series 9 that sees the show looking back on past episodes?

Also seen during the filming was Jenna Coleman sporting a blue Waitress’ dress.

Clara is a waitress! #DWSR pic.twitter.com/EGAe0gJyeZ

— Special Agent 006 (@MingMong006) August 17, 2015

It remains unclear, however, why Clara would be working as a waitress (besides shameless fan service that is).

Assuming she simply isn’t working a new job, I wonder what could compel her to pretend to be a waitress at a diner. The discreetness here makes me wonder if Clara and the Doctor may be playing a dangerous game with time once more, treading close to opening a paradox and ‘tearing a hole in the fabric of reality’ as a certain Gallifreyan might say – playing with time and altering important events is a common theme with Steven Moffat’s finales. In fact Eddie’s Diner was already the site of some loopy time events if the Doctor’s invitation to his own death in The Impossible Astronaut was any indication…

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