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smashthedean posted:It also just seems like they've already packed a 1/4 of the Doctor's life so far into Matt Smith's regeneration (if he's in his 1200s and Tennant regenerated in his 900s) and it would be really weird if they added another 900 years to his time as the Doctor making Capaldi ~2100 years old. In Day of the Doctor, 11 says "1200 years old, I think. Unless I'm lying. I can't remember if I'm lying about my age, that's how old I am." I remember one of the Eighth Doctor Adventures audios has 8 stuck on a planet for the better part of a millennium, so its safe to say that the Doctor has no clue exactly how old he is, and only recently started keeping relative track (His stated age as the 10th and 11th Doctor seem to be fairly internally consistent.)
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Bicyclops posted:Moffat is quoted in about a billion articles as calling Matt Smith "the Thirteenth Doctor" (alt Ten and Hurt both count), so it looks like at least part of it is true. He's been questioning his mortality since at least Tennant's year of specials. First it was "Regeneration is a lot like dying for the previous incarnation. I die and some new man goes sauntering away." And then in 11's run he's been running from Lake Silencio and Trenzalore.
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Nov 26, 2013 21:12
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Bicyclops posted:Sure, but I mean, what's the purpose of even addressing the 13 limit otherwise, narratively? Because people are big on their weird canon? I know everyone seems to think this is an important part of Who Lore but the Master basically got an entirely new cycle with barely any explanation besides "Time War" and I'd frankly be fine with the same for the Doctor. There are a whole legion of continuity-buffs out there (a minority, I know, but a VERY vocal one) that would be very upset if the regeneration limit wasn't addressed in some way. Hell, look at us! We're sitting here in this thread discussing the merits of addressing it. That means we're aware of it. Some of us want to to be quietly ignored, some people want it quietly addressed, some people want it to be a season-long story arc. For me, its an Interesting Thing (tm). Its been established in various sources that Time Lords generally only get 13 lives. There are ways around it, and exploring whatever way around it that the Doctor goes with has good storytelling potential. Its pretty much assured that he won't be stealing the lives of other time lords like the Master and the Valeyard tried to do, and it doesn't seem like the Doctor's MO to do the Time Lords' dirty work in exchange for a new regenerative cycle, so seeing just how the Doctor gets out of this particular jam is a fun thing to consider.
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Nov 26, 2013 21:31
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Classtoise posted:Only 1 n in that type of canon. Also, this is how multi-Doctor stories ALWAYS go. "Only the latest one remembers". Except Time Crash, where the information to save the day came from nowhere.
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Nov 26, 2013 23:12
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Rita Repulsa posted:Moffat seemed to indicate he's keeping the old numbering that doesn't count hurt, and remember that smith's first episode was The Eleventh Hour My view on it is that Matt Smith is playing the 13th "body" (1-8, War, 9, 10, spare 10, 11), but from the point of view of those episodes in particular he's the 11th Doctor. 1-11, no War and the burnt off regeneration that 10 used didn't result in a new face. Its not the most elegant solution, but it would let them address the regen-limit now rather than later.
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Nov 27, 2013 21:17
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It looks like Capaldi will keeping the same console room for a little bit. I like that, I feel like we barely got to know the current one.
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Nov 28, 2013 18:33
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twoot posted:I can't see Moffat not getting River out of the Library computer before his showrunner tenure is up. She's already appeared once as a transmitted digital avatar or some such. I'm really not sure what here appearance in Name of the Doctor is supposed to represent.
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Dec 15, 2013 18:49
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The 10,000 film cans contain the other 4/5ths of Trial of a Time Lord.
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Dec 24, 2013 03:05
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I'm fine with them "explaining away" why he looks like That Guy From Pompeii, but I just hope it isn't a Moffat-Plot that takes the whole season.
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Jan 12, 2014 03:16
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vegetables posted:While I know it's a terrible idea, a part of me is really taken with the concept that the name the Doctor took during the Time War was "John Hurt" and the actor of the same name exists as a result of the conflict. It seems a strangely appropriate name for him to have chosen in-universe, like it's an attempt to be a bit badass that has gone completely wrong. I posted a couple times in the lead up to the 50th that I was really sad that "The Hurt Doctor" wasn't going to be his in-universe name. Its so perfect!
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Jan 14, 2014 00:37
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Prenton posted:I think one of the New Adventures books did this. the last issue of IDW's Doctor Who line did this too. Complete with the 11th Doctor suggesting to Matt Smith that Peter Capaldi should play the next Doctor.
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Jan 14, 2014 00:57
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Irish Joe posted:Where did Vastra come from, anyway? Isn't she an old RTD character? The Silurians weren't even in Modern-Who until Series 5. Vastra herself first appeared in Good Man Goes to War, I believe.
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Jan 15, 2014 03:45
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Yeah, with Paul McGann returning to our screens in 2013 and regenerating into John Hurt of all people, I'm not willing to completely dismiss anything out of hand. I don't think 8 returning again (to team up with 12 or otherwise) is likely, but its certainly possible.
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Mar 11, 2014 22:24
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Gaz-L posted:Dark Eyes is basically Big Finish doing just that while Nick Briggs puts on his best innocent face and shrugs. I've been rather enjoying just how much Time War stuff they've managed to slip in there. I wonder if this is some kind of lead up to an expansion of BF's license. I'd kill for a couple War Doctor audios. Or at least an explicit mention of the Time War going on and 8 doing his best to stay out of the way.
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Mar 13, 2014 18:32
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The_Doctor posted:As someone who has yet to listen to any of the Dark Eyes stuff, what sort of nods have they been doing? Dark Eyes 2 in particular has an offhand mention of greater trouble than usual brewing between the Daleks and the Time Lords and then the Master specifically says he was brought back to life by the Time Lords for "something". In the revival show he has that whole thing of "I was brought back to fight in the time war but I got the heck out of there"
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Mar 13, 2014 19:01
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Chairman Capone posted:So apparently the second episode is going to involve the Daleks? I was kind of hoping to not see them again for a while. Isn't there some agreement in place that mandates the BBC to put Daleks in at least one episode per season?
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Apr 22, 2014 02:04
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Kikka posted:Is Moffat still showrunner? Can I start watching Who again? Yes to both questions.
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Jun 17, 2014 21:57
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Noxville posted:Why not just solve it in one loving episode. Oh, I forgot, Steven Moffat needs to show off just how super clever he is. I dunno, we managed to resolve the regeneration limit in a single episode. I fully expected that to be a season-long gambit.
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Jun 28, 2014 02:25
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marktheando posted:To be fair, there was a line or two in the 50th that suggested she didn't really remember any of that. If nothing else she still remembers hanging out with 10 and "Captain Grumpy".
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Jul 14, 2014 19:49
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PriorMarcus posted:I loving hate this so much. I dunno, its nice to see that the Doctor does stuff that we don't see on screen. I hate the feeling that every moment of a given Doctor's incarnation is documented on-screen. Big Finish fleshes out Doctors 4 through 8, but it can really feel like the 13 episodes of Season 1 is the entirety of 9's adventures (Don't get me started the little gap before "Oh and did I mention it also travels in time?" bit).
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Jul 15, 2014 20:43
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Republican Vampire posted:The black and white screener of Robots of Sherwood's apparently up now. Marcelo Camargo must be making GBS threads himself. How does this keep happening?! Haha.
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Aug 17, 2014 07:55
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Yeah, the only issue with the War Doctor is now that he's not "The rear end in a top hat Who Burned Gallifrey So We Don't Call Him The Doctor", the numbering becomes a bit wibbly. If they never used the numbering in-show, I'd be okay with it...but we had that bit in Lodger where he straight up says "I'm the Eleventh!"
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Aug 27, 2014 19:50
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Spatula City posted:I will accurately predict what Missy is by throwing literally every theory I can think of against the wall. I am earnestly impressed. I've never seen a single person endeavor to be all of the infinite monkeys at once.
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Sep 18, 2014 06:06
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Laivaren posted:Is it just me or does the series 8 episodes all feel rushed, like too fast paced? All part of Moffat's assertion that there isn't a story that cannot be told in 45 minutes.
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Sep 22, 2014 06:14
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I'll believe it tomorrow. Trust nothing on April 1st. Edit: and upon reading the full text of the article, it is an obvious prank.
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Apr 1, 2015 14:39
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I'm honestly kind of okay with each actor only doing 3 or so seasons before regeneration. Part of the fun of the show is seeing a brand new actor (with new personality traits, etc) take over the role, and especially with the possibility of later coming back for Big Finish stuff, there's no reason to keep any one actor in the role forever.
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Aug 20, 2015 12:19
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I see the Christmas special will keep up the tradition of being terrible then. Do we know anything about it beyond this one picture?
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Nov 25, 2015 00:27
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The_Doctor posted:I LOVE THE ROUND THINGS What even are the round things?
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Nov 26, 2015 04:09
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The entire comments section of that video is saying it's fake...and there's nothing on the official BBC or Doctor Who channels either...I think we have been fooled
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May 25, 2016 17:20
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I sincerely hope this is handled maturely by scripts.
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Mar 31, 2017 18:23
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Let the Paternoster gang jump over to Big Finish where they rightfully belong. We got Jago & Litefoot & Strax....give me Vastra & Jenny & Quick next.
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Mar 31, 2017 21:33
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Watching homophobes on social media melt the gently caress down over Bill is really giving me life. Like...do these people really spend their daily lives in a state of constant fear that the gays are taking over television?
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Apr 3, 2017 11:47
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The_Doctor posted:The gays, blacks, asians, etc. Anyone not straight and white, basically. I noticed they tested the waters a bit last season with Clara hinting at same sex dalliances. Yeah, people are latching into that too. "Clara was bi! Bill doesn't need to be gay, you people just got representation!!"
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Apr 3, 2017 12:03
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The_Doctor posted:Christ. I never counted Jack as he was more of a recurring guest than a full time companion. Plus they wrote him as coming from a time when pan/Omni sexuality was the norm.
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Apr 3, 2017 12:06
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Yes, don't be greedy, gays! You got Clara! And Captain Jack only 8 years ago!
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DoctorWhat posted:did missy dab?! She most certainly did
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Apr 3, 2017 15:48
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It was a random one-off joke line about how they visited Jane Austen and Clara snogged her a bit
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Apr 3, 2017 19:27
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Maybe the season will end on a regeneration cliffhanger, like the 10th Doctor one before the next episode had him shunt the energy to his spare hand?
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Apr 3, 2017 20:01
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I'm hoping that the Big Finish modern doctor Chronicles releases will revisit Canton. The 9th Doctor set has Jackie and Adam, the Lives of Captain Jack box has Alonso. I could see them shelling out for Mark Sheppard for a single episode of the 11th Doctor box.
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Apr 3, 2017 20:55
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There may be something to that old chestnut about casual fans not liking a non-young/sexy doctor.
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The_Doctor posted:It's me, I'm the new Doctor. Username post combo?
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