"New" Monsters? (spoilers)

[Si Hunt]

So you've probably by now seen the photos of The Whispermen from the Finale. Mr Moffat seems very excited over them, today commenting:

"Having brought back two of the classics, the Ice Warriors and the Cybermen, this year we wanted a brand new monster to create chills in the finale. And the thought of stylish whispering almost faceless creatures was an idea that firstly scared me and that I thought would work well in an episode that looks forward and back."

But - please stop me if I'm going mad - these monsters; white faces, no eyes, sharp teeth - are just the Trickster from SJA. Arn't they? It's not even similar. It IS the same thing.

Now IMO to bring in a race of Tricksters is a GREAT idea. But a new Monster is isn't.

Is it like that thing where you write a song then realise you've unwittingly copied it off something you heard on the radio? Will Mr Moffatt walk into a room one day soon and see Sarah Jane playing and go "Oh sh*t!"

Si.

[Dino]

Oh THEM! I'd forgotten about them from the trailer. On the one hand, they look very Silent Hill (When the series is over, I will be making a thread on how this series has been dipping into- if not smashing and grabbing- Silent Hill imagery) but on the other hand, as Si says, a race full of Tricksters!

[SiHart]

Are there no new ideas these days?

[Jeff]

"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."

[Dave Tudor]

Are there no new ideas these days?

I was thinking that myself just the other day.

[SiHart]

Oh Dave, are there no ideas these days?

[Si Hunt]

You can say that again!

Si.

[Dirk Gently]

That!

[shada pavlova]

Again!

[Si Hunt]

Nothing to do with the Trickster then. Let's hope they don't ever release a Doctor Who book which puts photos of the Trickster and the Whispermen side by side!

Si.