Doctor Who

Hated the first episode, was on the fence about the second but really enjoyed the third. Hopefully RTD will have some sort of story arc in the next series so there's more to follow than just what's happening in each episode.

Tonytank said:
Can you expand this a bit further. In particular the "indoctrinators" bit. I'm struggling with how sinister you've made it sound.
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You'll get a few more people like him in here over the next few days now the alt-right rat YouTubers have released videos declaring it DEAD :D
 
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Pigeon_Killer said:
You'll get a few more people like him in here over the next few days now the alt-right rat YouTubers have released videos declaring it DEAD :D
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Like nerdrotic on YouTube who has been claiming Who has been dead for years as well as the 'MsheU' as he childishly calls it. Same goes for anything that dares have a female main star or so called 'message' pushers.
 
Apex said:
That's because the Doctor's are now kids entertainers/indoctrinators, not serious believable time-lords. That's also because this isn't a serious or even semi-serious Sci-Fi show any more, it's something entirely different.
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The doctor himself is not a normal Time Lord.

Canonically at the absolute bare minimum he's a rebel (like The Master) who IIRC either failed to take his place properly or was thrown out, he has been exiled and he "stole" the Tardis, not necessarily in that order, but then this is time travel so what is order ;)


That's before any of the other things that have been hinted/said about his origins
It's been hinted, if not explicitly stated that he isn't a normal "Time Lord" but potentially the reincarnation of one of the original founders of the Time Lord society from back before they had time travel and regenerations as known now, basically one of the two or three legendary founders who created much of their technology but had an argument and disappeared. IIRC it's in the story about his "House" which also explains a lot about how Timelords are created (and explains how/why timelords can be given extra regenerations and not everyone on Gallifrey is one) and that was a book then I think a TV episode based on it, there is a book/series which explains how he ended up on earth with Susan that goes into even more detail (IIRC on the run when the council realised that the great disappeared founder may have returned) and several others.
Even the "Theft" of the Tardis has been hinted/said to have been much more a case of the Tardis recognising him/choosing him.
And this is stuff I know from a relatively light and intermittant reading of the books and so on over the last 30 years, which means i've probably got some of the details wrong. Back in when i was a nipper I basically had most/all of the TV novelisations, as I'd pick them up whenever I saw them, and I've read a fair chunk of the later stuff some of which meant I recognised TV episodes based of it.
Which goes a very long way to explaining a lot about him.
 
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Werewolf said:
The doctor himself is not a normal Time Lord.

Canonically at the absolute bare minimum he's a rebel (like The Master) who IIRC either failed to take his place properly or was thrown out, he has been exiled and he "stole" the Tardis, not necessarily in that order, but then this is time travel so what is order ;)


That's before any of the other things that have been hinted/said about his origins
It's been hinted, if not explicitly stated that he isn't a normal "Time Lord" but potentially the reincarnation of one of the original founders of the Time Lord society from back before they had time travel and regenerations as known now, basically one of the two or three legendary founders who created much of their technology but had an argument and disappeared. IIRC it's in the story about his "House" which also explains a lot about how Timelords are created (and explains how/why timelords can be given extra regenerations and not everyone on Gallifrey is one) and that was a book then I think a TV episode based on it, there is a book/series which explains how he ended up on earth with Susan that goes into even more detail (IIRC on the run when the council realised that the great disappeared founder may have returned) and several others.
Even the "Theft" of the Tardis has been hinted/said to have been much more a case of the Tardis recognising him/choosing him.
And this is stuff I know from a relatively light and intermittant reading of the books and so on over the last 30 years, which means i've probably got some of the details wrong. Back in when i was a nipper I basically had most/all of the TV novelisations, as I'd pick them up whenever I saw them, and I've read a fair chunk of the later stuff some of which meant I recognised TV episodes based of it.
Which goes a very long way to explaining a lot about him.
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Precisely.

*Chefs Kiss*

:D
 
Werewolf said:
The doctor himself is not a normal Time Lord.

Canonically at the absolute bare minimum he's a rebel (like The Master) who IIRC either failed to take his place properly or was thrown out, he has been exiled and he "stole" the Tardis, not necessarily in that order, but then this is time travel so what is order ;)


That's before any of the other things that have been hinted/said about his origins
It's been hinted, if not explicitly stated that he isn't a normal "Time Lord" but potentially the reincarnation of one of the original founders of the Time Lord society from back before they had time travel and regenerations as known now, basically one of the two or three legendary founders who created much of their technology but had an argument and disappeared. IIRC it's in the story about his "House" which also explains a lot about how Timelords are created (and explains how/why timelords can be given extra regenerations and not everyone on Gallifrey is one) and that was a book then I think a TV episode based on it, there is a book/series which explains how he ended up on earth with Susan that goes into even more detail (IIRC on the run when the council realised that the great disappeared founder may have returned) and several others.
Even the "Theft" of the Tardis has been hinted/said to have been much more a case of the Tardis recognising him/choosing him.
And this is stuff I know from a relatively light and intermittant reading of the books and so on over the last 30 years, which means i've probably got some of the details wrong. Back in when i was a nipper I basically had most/all of the TV novelisations, as I'd pick them up whenever I saw them, and I've read a fair chunk of the later stuff some of which meant I recognised TV episodes based of it.
Which goes a very long way to explaining a lot about him.
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Bit the Timeless child story throws all of that out of the window.
 
Werewolf said:
It's been hinted, if not explicitly stated that he isn't a normal "Time Lord" but potentially the reincarnation of one of the original founders of the Time Lord society from back before they had time travel and regenerations as known now, basically one of the two or three legendary founders who created much of their technology but had an argument and disappeared. IIRC it's in the story about his "House" which also explains a lot about how Timelords are created (and explains how/why timelords can be given extra regenerations and not everyone on Gallifrey is one) and that was a book then I think a TV episode based on it, there is a book/series which explains how he ended up on earth with Susan that goes into even more detail (IIRC on the run when the council realised that the great disappeared founder may have returned) and several others.
Even the "Theft" of the Tardis has been hinted/said to have been much more a case of the Tardis recognising him/choosing him.
And this is stuff I know from a relatively light and intermittant reading of the books and so on over the last 30 years, which means i've probably got some of the details wrong. Back in when i was a nipper I basically had most/all of the TV novelisations, as I'd pick them up whenever I saw them, and I've read a fair chunk of the later stuff some of which meant I recognised TV episodes based of it.
Which goes a very long way to explaining a lot about him.
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Was a sorting hat involved at all? :D

I also had pretty much every Target Dr Who book released back in the 70's. If I remember I will upload a scan the cover of one of the books I was reading when my sister threw a fork at me and I instinctively held the book up to my face for protection, and the fork marks go in about 12 pages. Dr Who literally saved my life that day.
 
Bit the Timeless child story throws all of that out of the window.


Nope, as it's nonsense Chubby era non-canon and therefore it never happened.


;)
 
steve5424 said:
Confirmed in Wild Blue Yonder.

It's Canon. In the same way Bi-generation is now a thing in Doctor Who.
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Nope.

Wild blue yonder is also non-canon.

Bi-Generation is not a thing in Dr. Who, as everything from Chubby onwards isn't Dr. Who and therefore isn't canon.

Can't be canon if it isn't Dr. Who now can it?

;)
 
Tombstone said:
They often are....those officers and Health and Safety Officers, in my experiences are both often absolute ******** nightmares. A breeding ground of careers for Karens (and whatever the male equivalent of a Karen is)
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David apparently. More David's leave negative reviews and complain than any other name. According to reddit, its Kevin
 
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Somebody said we all know what "woke" means.

Clearly the Daily Mail do not:

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Since anything is woke now, I guess that yes, Doctor Who is woke.
 
I watched the Alan Yentob meets RTD last night and the photos we saw of The Doctor and Ruby dressed in 60s get up, will see them travelling to Abbey Road and will feature the Beatles. They've made a full set of the Studios at Abbey Road.
 
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