Doctor Who

arknor · 6 Jun 2011 at 16:18

or maybe its because everyone will acceept someone as beeing "a doctor" no questions asked..

for example

old woman> who is it dear?
old man> its the doctor
end of.

old woman > who is it dear
old man > its barry
old woman > barry who?
old man> shut up you old bag its just barry stop asking so many bloody questions and put me tea on.

why over complicate things with stupid meaningful crap like moffat

fornowagain · 6 Jun 2011 at 16:22

ps3ud0 said:
Bought from the fat blue trader...

ps3ud0

"Fresh off the wrist of a handsome Time Agent" (The Pandorica Opens)

mundstick · 6 Jun 2011 at 16:49

z0mbi3 said:
This whole time traveling in opposite directions for River and The Doctor is confusing me no end.

Assuming this is the big arc for the rest of the season, the climax will be River meeting The Doctor for the first time. It's implied that the first time she meets him is the day she kills him, so it really fits that whoever is in the space suit is a younger version of herself.

Crikey this is confusing, but I think I can see how it's going to play out.

Thats the kind of conclusion I had come too as well

Tefal · 6 Jun 2011 at 17:01

On the topic of the gay married marines, it's clearly going to be because the monks "follow their heart" he's going to have a confrontation and then a turn around when he meats the thin one again.

Tefal · 6 Jun 2011 at 17:13

one question though when the doctor was pretending to be the monks and getting them to attack each other why didn't all the real monks just lower their hoods?

z0mbi3 · 6 Jun 2011 at 17:24

mundstick said:
Thats the kind of conclusion I had come too as well

So I suppose the only really important thing we need to know is what The Doctor said to the Astronaught before he was shot.

edit: Hangon, The Silence were present when The Doctor was shot, iirc. The Silence had the suit built decades earlier. So this has all got to be connected in some big loop. The catalyst being whatever it is that The Doctor did to tick off eye patch lady and co.

Tefal said:
one question though when the doctor was pretending to be the monks and getting them to attack each other why didn't all the real monks just lower their hoods?

Maybe it was an extremley rare thing and it was only those 3 nominated to do it. I think we have to make assumptions about some of these things.

Glaucus · 6 Jun 2011 at 17:31

Lowering the hoods was never done, to lower a monks hood was punishable by death. Except in that extrodenary circumstance.

Tombstone · 6 Jun 2011 at 17:52

AcidHell2 said:
Lowering the hoods was never done, to lower a monks hood was punishable by death. Except in that extrodenary circumstance.

Though you would assume that the reason why the hoods were never lowered was so that it was never revealed that they had no head. At this point everyone in the room knew they had no head so there was no longer anything to gain by keeping the hoods up, especially in comparison with the gain of knowing which one was the dr

Westyfield2 · 6 Jun 2011 at 18:03

I did kinda find it funny when they lowered the hood of a headless monk... and everyone was amazed that it was headless. Derp, the clue is in the name!

Ceryndrion · 6 Jun 2011 at 21:00

Danger Phoenix said:
If you want to lock someone up in prison, surely you would take this device away from them? It is like pulling a criminal in prison but then giving them the keys to the cell and to a car parked outside

I always got the impression that she is in prison because she believes that is where she should be, because she 'killed the best man she ever knew', but that there isn't really any reason for her to remain, other than her own guilt.

sk82jack · 6 Jun 2011 at 21:21

Their heads were cut off right from the base of their neck and twizzled so I wanna know how they made war chants if they had no vocal cords..... :confused:

Shamikebab · 6 Jun 2011 at 21:56

sk82jack said:
Their heads were cut off right from the base of their neck and twizzled so I wanna know how they made war chants if they had no vocal cords.....

wibbly wobbly, timey wimey.

In the end Doctor who crosses a line. There is a big difference between making something realistic and making something believable.

DJ_Martin · 6 Jun 2011 at 22:03

Shamikebab said:
wibbly wobbly, timey wimey.

In the end Doctor who crosses a line. There is a big difference between making something realistic and making something believable.

And there is an even bigger difference between making something believable and Doctor Who

Tefal · 7 Jun 2011 at 04:21

AcidHell2 said:
Lowering the hoods was never done, to lower a monks hood was punishable by death. Except in that extrodenary circumstance.

yes but the monks themselves could have lowered their hoods.

if they had done they'd have caught him rather than kill each other and let him get away.

Shamikebab · 7 Jun 2011 at 08:28

In fairness they don't really have the brainpower for that kind of advanced thinking.

Tombstone · 7 Jun 2011 at 08:30

Yes, they did kind of panic when the dr appeared, all kind of lost their heads.

edscdk · 7 Jun 2011 at 08:38

z0mbi3 said:
So I suppose the only really important thing we need to know is what The Doctor said to the Astronaught before he was shot.

probably

"shoot me its ok, I have stored part of myself in a watch like the master did so I'll jsut be reborn at a later date"

Greebo · 7 Jun 2011 at 08:48

edscdk said:
probably

"shoot me its ok, I have stored part of myself in a watch like the master did so I'll jsut be reborn at a later date"

Or "shoot me its ok, I am the flesh Doctor"

edscdk · 7 Jun 2011 at 08:51

Greebo said:
Or "shoot me its ok, I am the flesh Doctor"

thought of that but I think he stared to regenerate before being shot again? (which the flesh would not do)

Destination · 7 Jun 2011 at 08:52

Spoiler * Doctor stores himself away for later in his cot....
Honest, master has a watch, doctor has a cot
True fact, if I write it here now, then in 16 years when I am the lead writer for the show, it'll be a plotline.