Well, I figured if I had just said "well, obviously he had a family on gallifrey before he ran off with the tardis with his granddaughter", which is the simplest answer and needs no googling, you'd want more info/a source, so I figured I'd just show you that so you could look for whatever extra...
Duck pond explained: http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/who-mysteries-the-ducks-31769.htm
On another page I looked at the duck pond was one of the clues to e doctor working out hag time can be rewritten and that things were changing around him and he didn't even notice (such as people not...
Prisoner zero was the monster from the first matt smith episode. He was just a monster who used the crack to escape his prison. It was nothing more than that.
Don't know about the duck pond off the top of my head (may be something to do with time being re-written), can't remember the...
Probably.
There was some sort of gift from the people of Gallifrey through the crack allowing the Doctor to regenerate. When Clara saw him in the Tardis as he regenerated he mentioned something about starting a new cycle, which some have apparently taken as meaning he has 12 more...
-Galifrey moving was new to this ep following on from the fiftieth anniversary where they moved it to another universe to protect it from the daleks so the doctors didn't have to destroy it.
-All you needed to know about the time rip was that it was a rip between dimensions, that was explained...
I disagree with the second part. Ion ably wouldn't win a doctor who quiz, but have watched the new series (since eccleston, I mean) a few times. It wasn't particularly heavy on backstory, and while I wouldn't want to assume I'm representative of the entire fan base, I think a lot of them will be...
Really, if you don't like Doctor Who, why are you even reading this thread? I'm sure I'm wasting my time writing this but I live in hope. Yes people watch doctor who, adults, too. This thread is clearly labelled, if you have no interest in doctor who you will add nothing anyone wants to hear...