John Bradley responds to that Samwell Tarly rumour after season 6's finale 

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\' season six finale was jam-packed with so much stuff, but one of the things you may have missed was the gyroscope hanging from the ceiling in the library where Samwell Tarly is.

The relevance of it? It pops up in the opening credits at the start of each episode.

We don\'t know quite what this means, but actor John Bradley shared his thoughts to

"I only became aware of that after I saw the episode," he said. "On the day, it was all green screen. It\'s only after I saw the episode and people started telling me about the gyroscope. I think it could mean any number of things.

"One theory is that what we\'re seeing now and how we\'re experiencing

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Bradley reserved massive praise for showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, saying that the shot of the gyroscope proves they have so much "control" as writers.

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"The one thing I found moving about that object being the same in the citadel and in the opening titles is that it\'s a testament to [the showrunners\'] foresight, that they can plan something that only comes to fruition much later on," he said.

"It shows an incredible kind of long game, in terms of giving people drips of information and being brave enough to puzzle people for a while.

"I think once that becomes apparent - that this is something we\'ve seen every week - and now we\'re finally having it explained to us at the end of season six, it shows how much control they have as writers and how in charge of the form and structure they are.

"They\'ll only give out information when they feel you should get that information. I think it\'s a testament to the pace and the overall detail of the show."

will return to HBO and Sky Atlantic in 2017 for what\'s expected to be a shorter seventh season.

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