Doctor Who: What the FUCK, Tom Baker???

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Oh, how about this for season 7? We get the Victorian Clara as planned originally for the first half, she dies saving the Doctor, then he meets modern Clara for the second half of the season as was.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2018 15:12

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 20:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

You could still have more Clara with Capaldi, but I�d just have one season. Bill deserved more.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2018 15:27

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

You could still have Last Christmas? But yeah, Heaven Sent wouldn�t have the same weight, true.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2018 16:14

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I really like Last Christmas, and thought that was the thread consensus? :confused:

# ¿ Feb 11, 2018 17:23

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rhyno posted:

I decided to finish up CLASS and uh, this was a terrible idea.

Anyone is this thread could have told you that.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2018 01:53

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

My boyfriend skipped Capaldi, and I was thinking of giving him a list of highlights, and it would probably end up being about 10 episodes and lots of �ok this 10 minutes of Deep Breath� �five minutes near the end of Zygon inversion, but don�t look too deeply at the meaning of the words� bits.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2018 09:22

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

FreezingInferno posted:

The secret commentary track on The Five Doctors.

Seconded, it's worth the price of entry alone.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2018 20:31

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rhyno posted:

I'm sorry, the Robots of what?

of DEATH

<twaaaaang>

# ¿ Feb 13, 2018 10:03

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Ghost Light is a very good story, the downside is that it can take a couple of viewings to piece everything together. It�s very densely packed, and there�s not a wasted moment (indeed, it could honestly use a little more room to breathe).

# ¿ Feb 15, 2018 22:47

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

See, I don�t know if Remembrance is a good jumping on point, seeing how much it depends on continuity. It�s literally a 25th anniversary story (far more than Silver Nemesis was). I�d suggest maybe Curse of Fenric?

# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 18:20

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I like that a lot. Kind of Art Deco-y.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2018 00:31

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Maera Sior posted:

At media cons, sure. At the cons I go to, guests are willing to shoot the poo poo with people at the hotel bar, or sometimes wander through the halls and crash parties. This includes actors as well as big name writers.

Yeah, my limited experience of cons are largely the Discworld/British sci-fi ones which are more low key and the guests absolutely spend lots of time in the bar chatting with anyone.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2018 14:52

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Apparently Murray Gold confirmed at Gallifrey One he wasn�t coming back for Season 11. :smith:

# ¿ Feb 23, 2018 18:26

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

PriorMarcus posted:

We've known this for awhile haven't we?

It was floating about for quite some time, but there was no confirmation from anywhere.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2018 23:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Jerusalem posted:

The BBC armored security truck with the year's budget arrived in January but when Chibnal opened it there was just a note inside from Moffat reading,"Sorry! vv"

Pfft, they were just filming in Cape Town for a month. We�re going to end up with a 4 episode season at this rate.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2018 15:48

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rhyno posted:

Well many may recall that back in the day that Rose actually leaked a few days early with the Fourth Doctor theme over the credits. And it was a very low rez source so a lot of people were being lovely about the quality.

I remember that! I watched it that way because it was New Who and I couldn�t wait, and then not being overly impressed when I did watch it. :/

# ¿ Feb 28, 2018 14:31

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Oh we�ve moved from Rose reactions to first Who. For me, that was being about 6 years old and catching a man being chased by a robot on prime time BBC1. That never happened, so I was rapt. It turned out to be Paradise Towers (I�ve still not actually worked out what episode). I guess I was Whooked!

# ¿ Mar 1, 2018 17:32

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

It�s snowing over here (not my photo).

# ¿ Mar 1, 2018 22:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I went to the midnight release of the Movie on VHS here in London, and got it signed by Geoffrey Sax. It was a week before broadcast, and couldn�t wait.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2018 17:21

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I got a little creative before the snow here in the UK vanishes.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 00:27

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Chickenwalker posted:

I don't really watch Doctor Who anymore but I will always be disappointed that Capaldi didn't get to be super sweary talking about Daleks.

Because Doctor Who isn�t the Thick of It, that was a different role. It�s like being being mad Gandalf didn�t bust out his magnetic powers.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 05:37

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Weren�t they going to reboot that? Sam�s daughter or something?

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 17:42

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I�d hope any new QL series kept the future aesthetic of computers made of light up Lego.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 01:27

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Edward Mass posted:

Is there really a demand for a new Quantum Leap? Can't we just, you know, have something original?

(I realize I'm saying this in a thread for a show that got revived 16 years after cancellation)

Honestly, I could use more optimistic sci-fi on my screen, and QL was nothing if not hopeful in tone.

And we totally saw what the back end of Project Quantum Leap looked like! And honestly, by going off the wall with its coloured block scheme, it didn�t really date.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 13:06

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

They�ll have to call it something other than The Avengers, I�d imagine.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 16:28

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Wheat Loaf posted:

"Steed and Peel" or something like that (everyone forgets that Honor Blackman was the co-star for a couple of years before Diana Rigg showed up).

Everyone forgets that Steed was the sidekick for the first season to another guy, Dr Keel. Honor Blackman didn�t show up till season 2.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 18:11

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rhyno posted:

Let's be real, there's at least one DW episode sitting in a private collection somewhere that won't ever see the light of day because the owner never talks about it and is also a dick.

Isn�t it that episode of the Web Of Fear?

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 18:57

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Rhyno posted:

And clearly there's only one song they can use as the theme.

Bien sur!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLAsBzOOhLQ

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 22:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Pesky Splinter posted:

Still the big problem of the Celestial Toymaker though.

I feel like that one you can still handwave to mean 'of the stars' or 'ethereal', a la Celestial Intervention Agency.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 10:30

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I�m assuming they�re not going to be dicks and still have the OCD-compliant style on the inside of the cover so you can swap out.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 23:48

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Vinylshadow posted:

It�s interesting that the room the Doctor chose for himself there is very evocative of the original console room.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2018 11:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

FreezingInferno posted:

So there's gonna be a Blu-Ray of Season 12 (Tom Baker's first season).

Sounds pretty good on paper: you're getting no less than two all-time classics of the Baker era. Wonder how the upscale will look.

...Now do ones for the McCoy era so you can get to Season 26 so I can own these things without having to spend $150 on a Battlefield DVD

Get a region free DVD player? https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001FJ5D5M/

# ¿ Mar 7, 2018 14:46

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I love Japanese Doctor Who :allears:

# ¿ Mar 7, 2018 16:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Forktoss posted:

Here's something cool I saw on Twitter! Andrew Skilleter, the guy who's done a bunch of covers for Doctor Who books, such as Virgin novels and Target novelisations, also made a second version of his artwork for the cover of The Five Doctors with Doctors Six through Ten:

(sorry for the low-res images though)

Fine, I'll say it. That McGann is terrible.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2018 17:44

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

TinTower posted:

https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/971757474964557831

I see they�re stretching the �Public Call� bit of the Police Box text again. That�ll ruffle echoplex.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2018 19:12

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Gaz-L posted:

Round up Alex Kingston and Lisa Bowerman and do River & Benny's Wild Ride as a series of TV movies.

Big Finish have got to have something in mind like this, surely?

# ¿ Mar 9, 2018 08:19

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I think the only thing I liked about this episode was the monk�s shield effect when a soldier fires on it.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2018 14:30

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I liked that he was painted as the voice of Classic Who, talking to the spirit of New Who, with its pair of naughty schoolboy Doctors.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 21:14

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

happyhippy posted:

I love Hurt's version.
Am not a hardcore fan, is there any canon on how long did this regeneration lived? As he was young when he first appeared in the mini ep.

None, really, and it would be impossible to tell due to the temporal mindfuck nature of the Time War. In all honesty, we don't really know how long any of the Doctor's regenerations lasted.

EDIT: ok, we know Eleven was on Trenzalore for 900 years, and by the end of that he looked a fair bit older than the War Doctor, but he also travelled for another 200 years without apparently aging any between seasons 5 and 6, so you could probably say Eleven's incarnation lasted roughly 1200 years, probably a little more.

The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Mar 11, 2018

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 21:41

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 20:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Burkion posted:

Also the Doctor likely doesn't even remember how old he is.

He jumped a few centuries or so during the Fourth Doctor's era from the Third and was somewhere north of 2000 by Seven, and then dropped back down to just 2000 for Nine

Chances are the Doctor is way, WAY older than he even thinks just because of time poo poo

Time of the Rani gives us an age of 953 years old for both him and the Rani, and then 900 when Nine rolled around,

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 22:57

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