@DevilishRobby – your spelling is fine. 😉

Regarding Sarah Jane Smith and the Fourth Doctor, from what Liz Sladen said, it was a mutual attraction. She joked that she and Tom felt the Doctor and Sarah Jane were probably dragging each other behind the TARDIS pillars at every off-screen opportunity. 🙂

It is a change that any romance on the part…[Read more]

@Monochromedimension – Oh, I see. I will continue to watch the episodes in linear then. However, it will be a while before I reach Ghost Light. And I’ve heard of Ace before, but don’t know that companion yet. I’m looking forward to it. 🙂

As for the topic of manipulation, I agree with you and @devilishrobby, I think all the Doctors have a dark…[Read more]

@devilishrobby – The method the Seventh Doctor used to make Ace lose her faith in him in ‘Curse of Fenric’, is much more brutal than the Eleventh Doctor… but yes there is a similarity there in other Doctors, that some of them will be manipulative. Even the Second Doctor to an extent and he I always considered one of the nicest Doctors. But…[Read more]

Hi @Devilishrobby

For more discussion on the sixth, see The Faces of the Doctor thread, from the end of page 4.  (You’re right he had the odds stacked against him, but his portrayal didn’t do the character any favours. IMHO 😉 )

Can I respectfully (grovellingly even!) request that all future discussions about no 6 stay over there please.

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@Devilishrobby @Bluesqueakpip

I think the seal is the Doctor’s evidence. He uses it out of sight of anyone. Tasha Lem and co only know that he’s succeeded in decoding (because it’s now broadcasting loud and clear), not how he did it.

That the seal breaks the code also clearly suggests to me that it is Time Lords behind the crack rather than the…[Read more]

@Devilishrobby – good point. I did know, but left it out because I wasn’t sure the Papal Mainframe knew that.

Anyone have any idea if they did? Or was that just part of the Doctor’s evidence chain?

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@thekrynoidman – I have that feeling about Capaldi as well.  He’s a superb actor, a massive fan, and he’s got some pretty good writing talent behind the scripts.  I may criticise Steven Moffat for being a bit over-ambitious at times (The Time of the Doctor suffered a tad from that in my opinion) but I general I like what he does with the show.  I’…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip

Good point about how much the actors age/grow doing DW.   Not necessarily all bad, but it certainly shows in their faces.

Re the schedule – I believe the series 8 filming goes on till August

@FiveRoundsRapid The first few years of BG* Doctor Who had 48 (25mins) episodes/year, filmed every week. 4 weeks off in the summer (was v…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

@bluesqueakpip has made a really good point there. I’ve just started re-watching Matt’s run again, and after sitting through The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below it is pretty amazing to see just how young he looks in those early episodes. The rigorous schedule is always something that comes up in interviews and it wouldn’t…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

We’ve had the ‘longer seasons’ argument before. It’s not really possible; Doctor Who has a combination of a leading actor who’s in almost every scene and a genre that needs a lot of post-production. As it is, they film for eight months and they’re still in post-production for months after the principle filming; it wouldn’t…[Read more]

Greetings to all the new members, hope you’re all settling in OK. And it doesn’t matter how you watch Dr Who – whether it’s only the new series, only the old (BG) series, only ever/never watch Colin Baker episodes – so long as you enjoy it that’s what counts. Tho a tendency to bonkers theorising always helps around here 🙂

Speaking of which @Blue…[Read more]

@devilishrobby – it wasn’t clearly explained. However, given that the Master was resurrected to be a soldier in the Time War, it’s generally presumed that the Rassilon played by Timothy Dalton was the Rassilon.

@ScaryB – oooh, good point! 300 years is well enough time for the doctor to supervise the building of the tunnel, himself, knowing it had to be there at a future point in time…

@PurpleCup -the doctor and clara appear in front of the console room, meeting the g.i. and others…

you’ve brought up a point about that episode that is confusing (and…[Read more]

@devilishrobby – yeah, I agree. The Doctor’s a bit of an optimist in saying ‘they’ll come in peace’. However, it’s perfectly possible that he’s saying that in the sure and certain knowledge that he’s not the only Gallifreyan who wants peace. In Night of The Doctor he says ‘I’m one of the nice ones,’ not ‘I’m the nice one.’

Moffat’s developed a…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip and @devilishrobby

i have a sneaky feeling they will be back but they won’t be good guys…I can’t explain why at the moment but it’s just a gut feeling I guess if they could send the energy through the crack why couldn’t they have just gone through the crack themselves? After trensalote obviously because it looked like they…[Read more]

@GothamCelt

but what is a forum for if not idle speculation about what might occur in the future?

Absolutely. And I’m proud to say we’ve been living up to our strapline.

@Devilishrobby The Tasha Lem actress has also said she’s extremely good at keeping secrets!

There’s obviously a lot we don’t know about her…  her ability to fly the TARDIS is…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave     They may well be in a cup-o-soup waiting to be discovered, but they may also be able to communicate through the crack.     Yes, that is certainly possible, especially when considering that the mystery woman in The End of Time was able to appear to Wilf.

I agree with everyone who has pointed out that there are lots of poss…[Read more]

@devilishrobby @blenkinsopthebrave @bluesqueakpip @arbutus @wheels @ScaryB

I think my post about the regenerations was more to do with the fact there are lots of things in the past that could have topped up his regenerations in one way or another that he’d not be fully aware of the consequences. He’s been exposed to numismatron (the source of the…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

I’m thinking re the McGann/Hurt regeneration, with intervention by the Sisterhood, not so much that it doesn’t count, but that it sets a precedent. (And aided regenerations aren’t unknown – Pertwee as you mentioned, but also Troughton (tho that was kick-started rather than aided)).

the beeb don’t have to mess with who canon

I would…[Read more]