The Newly Regenerated Doctor Who Thread

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

Right, but when the Doctor strikes him down, he becomes more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

Right, but when the Doctor strikes him down, he becomes more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

But the doctor has seen starwars, so can imagine how powerful he is.
Plus, he's like a space Gandalf.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

Right, but when the Doctor strikes him down, he becomes more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

OK. Tell me - what does Obi Wan Kenobi actually physically do after he's killed?

NOTHING! Apart from appearing as a ghost and relaying a bit of info to Luke (and telling him to go to Dagabah) he does absolutely nothing!

What does the Doctor do when he's killed? He regenerates! And god only knows how many times he can do this.

I rest my case. Ketsuron.

[FitzoliverJ]

Originally Posted by Friar

Tah-dah!
Still, a little odd that it took 40 years or so for them to explain it!

That would have been odd, if it were true. Actually, it only took them eleven or twelve years or so - the Doctor explains why Sarah can understand Italian in "The Masque of the Mandragora" (and that's a clue to her being taken over by Evil, because normally she'd never think to ask such an obvious question)

[Friar]

Originally Posted by FitzoliverJ

That would have been odd, if it were true. Actually, it only took them eleven or twelve years or so - the Doctor explains why Sarah can understand Italian in "The Masque of the Mandragora" (and that's a clue to her being taken over by Evil, because normally she'd never think to ask such an obvious question)

Ah yes, it's coming back to me now!

[Ribs]

I'm still pretty ton about the Big Finish Day thing.If possible, please go to the forum and complain about it in the thread 'June 2011 Sales', as I'm sure if they realized they'd be losing such a profit that they'd carry the downloads thing. In case that happens, I'm not going to be off spending my miniature fortune (roughly a hundred dollars is more money then I'm used to being able to wave however I want) until after the event passes.

The Cradle of the Snake Part One (ie, the third Mara story) (still not listening to these anymore :P)

...and The people at Qwertee have confirmed the Doctor Pooh shirt will be up within the next few slots, after they decide on coloring for the female design. So, there's some other use for your monies.

[dumpling321]

Originally Posted by FitzoliverJ

That would have been odd, if it were true. Actually, it only took them eleven or twelve years or so - the Doctor explains why Sarah can understand Italian in "The Masque of the Mandragora" (and that's a clue to her being taken over by Evil, because normally she'd never think to ask such an obvious question)

but seriously how hard would it have been to have this happen in the 2nd episode when they meet the cavepeople

Barbera: Oh My! Doctor how can we understand what they're saying
Doctor: It's all too much for you inferior mind to understand
Susan: It's the TARDIS that does it

you'd think that two schoolteachers would think to ask that question...

it also is kind of unnerving when the two female characters scream bloody murder at every single thing that happens... I swear Susan would scream her head of if they encountered a planet of fuzzy kittens playing with yarn...

[Ribs]

Originally Posted by dumpling321

it also is kind of unnerving when the two female characters scream bloody murder at every single thing that happens... I swear Susan would scream her head of if they encountered a planet of fuzzy kittens playing with yarn...

You are going to LOVE Mel.

[dumpling321]

Originally Posted by Ribs

You are going to LOVE Mel.

ooooooOOOOOOoooooooo can't wait... now the question is, is mel a woman who screams bloody murder at cute kittens with yarn, or is it a planet with cute kittens with yarn... =P

[Darth Marsden]

Mel just screams. At everything. Bring earplugs.

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by Darth Marsden

Mel just screams. At everything. Bring earplugs.

Drowning her doesn't even stop her!

[Ribs]

I know those interested probably have probably seen it already, but BF are adding downloads to the sale! Hooray!

[FitzoliverJ]

Originally Posted by dumpling321

but seriously how hard would it have been to have this happen in the 2nd episode when they meet the cavepeople

I believe that after the first story went out, people wrote in to complain that the cavemen spoke English, and had experienced the dawning and passing of the Ice Age within their lifetimes. The production team had to explain that a certain dramatic licence should be allowed, as pitting the Doctor against a cast of characters who just say "ug" doesn't really go anywhere....

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Ribs

I know those interested probably have probably seen it already, but BF are adding downloads to the sale! Hooray!

What? The community has prevailed! Yay!

Originally Posted by FitzoliverJ

I believe that after the first story went out, people wrote in to complain that the cavemen spoke English, and had experienced the dawning and passing of the Ice Age within their lifetimes. The production team had to explain that a certain dramatic licence should be allowed, as pitting the Doctor against a cast of characters who just say "ug" doesn't really go anywhere....

Pfft, if I was in charge of the complaints department, I would just have asked for definitive proof that the cavemen didn't speak 1960's english.

[Ribs]

I'm so happy, and at the same time saddened. Because I'll be done with six/evelyn and Charley/Eight 1-50 due to this sale, and therefore will be onto the expensive audios. Le sigh.

Hard choice of the month: Lost Stories Season 3 (6x2 disc, 2x3 disc) for $70 but not all out and no bonuses other then it being cheaper to buy it now or Doctor Who subscription (6 2 disc releases) for $75, but comes with extras such as scripts.

Also: I just realized that because of my impending subscription to the monthly range thanks to my bug-squashing, I get 5 dollars off any non-Main Range subscription starting in October. yesh

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Ribs

I'm so happy, and at the same time saddened. Because I'll be done with six/evelyn and Charley/Eight 1-50 due to this sale, and therefore will be onto the expensive audios. Le sigh.

Hard choice of the month: Lost Stories Season 3 (6x2 disc, 2x3 disc) for $70 but not all out and no bonuses other then it being cheaper to buy it now or Doctor Who subscription (6 2 disc releases) for $75, but comes with extras such as scripts.

Also: I just realized that because of my impending subscription to the monthly range thanks to my bug-squashing, I get 5 dollars off any non-Main Range subscription starting in October. yesh

I thought the scripts and stuff only was available with the 12 serial releases? I don't think I got it with my 6 title one. Although that was download only, and still in the first 50.

[Darth Marsden]

Originally Posted by FitzoliverJ

I believe that after the first story went out, people wrote in to complain that the cavemen spoke English, and had experienced the dawning and passing of the Ice Age within their lifetimes. The production team had to explain that a certain dramatic licence should be allowed, as pitting the Doctor against a cast of characters who just say "ug" doesn't really go anywhere....

I quote from 'The Television Companion - The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who':

The first letter ever to be received by the Doctor Who production office from members of the public was written by two correspondents, Miss Johnson and Mr Priddy of Wimbledon Park, London, SW19, immediately after transmission of Cave of Skulls [The second episode of what would later be called An Unearthly Child] on 30 November 1964. They criticized the episode on the grounds that it:
- Depicted a tribe without fire in an era when fire had already been discovered
- Assumed that the tribe would have a patriarchal society, although archeological evidence for this was slender
- Showed an articulated skeleton when this was anatomically impossible as there would have been nothing to hold the bones together.
Story editor David Whitaker replied on 10 December 1963 [presumably a typo that should read 1964], refuting some of these points and justifying others on the grounds of dramatic license.

So clearly people were just as nerdy about Doctor Who when it first started as they are now!

[Ribs]

Originally Posted by Friar

I thought the scripts and stuff only was available with the 12 serial releases? I don't think I got it with my 6 title one. Although that was download only, and still in the first 50.

Script comes with any subscription, but is only available after release 120 (ie, just around when the trilogies started)

[dumpling321]

LOL I just heard the best Doctor Who reference ever... It was on the radio drama "adventures in Odyssey" Volume 51 an episode titled "For the Birds" one of the characters named Wooton, a scatterbrained mailman, is telling the parker family about a bird he once found and raised

mattiew: You raised a baby bird Wooton?
Wooton: Oh sure! when I lived in Alaska, he was a great horned owl named Doctor What!
Mr. Parker: Doctor What!?
Wooton: Yeah exactly! Doctor Who would have been a better name but I think it's trademarked

he then does his tradmark laugh/snort and everyone else laughs to, and the adventure continues

[Ribs]

The surprisingly detailed Forbidden Planet shirts are getting another two doctors soon!


Now where is the Eight and Nine ones! They had better be in the next batch.

And Doctor Pooh over at Qwertee goes on sale Monday Evening (finally!). Hooray!