Okay, I am going to make a prediction...
I was baffled by the ending of the Christmas Special, with the Tardis seemingly rejecting Jodie's Doctor.
Then it occurred to me what Chibnall is up to....
It seems obvious to me now that the Tardis did, in fact, reject the new Doctor. Because the Doctor was now a woman.
I am now willing to put money on it that there will be a scene where Jodie enters the Tardis console room, which is dimly, moodily lit, perhaps still smoking with anger, and the Tardis is sulking because her beloved Doctor is no longer male. (The Tardis seems to only find males appealing. It liked Rory after all.)
The dialogue will go something like this....
DOCTOR: I know you are sulking, but, listen, I am still the Doctor. Give me a chance! It's not fair to judge me, just because I am no longer what you wanted me to be. Blah blah blah....
Thus reassuring both boys - and also the adult people whom the production team consider overgrown schoolboys - in the audience that this Doctor, this female Doctor, is still a hero worth following.
In the same way that they had Matt Smith ringing up Clara to reassure her that this new old bloke was the Doctor. Thus reassuring the audience.
The scene, I predict, will end with the Tardis stopping sulking - the lights will come up and the smoke will disappear - and to show it accepts the new Doctor, a brand new sonic screwdriver will fly out of the console, across the room, for Jodie to catch and she will break into a smile, accompanied by triumphant orchestral music.
Then off she goes back to resume her first adventure after this strange interlude/interruption.
Such an obvious ploy and it now seems clear to me that a scene, something like the above, is likely to happen.
In an attempt to address and deal with any and all naysayers by talking about the issue in the show itself.
