The Doctor Who Forum | DWISPCCRAP | Mentions https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/dwispccrap/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning DWISPCCRAP. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:36:14 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 04fcd2643b76e39c610a1ce18b52cc6f ichabod replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/11/#post-61700 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 02:40:11 +0000 @thane15  Yes, the PC thing “but that doesn’t mean I’m a reactionary jerk” is one flag.  Another is “virtue signaling”, a tern that’s been showing up from alt.right and the like, meaning “Oh, you *say* you’re for pay parity but you’re just saying/doing that so people will notice you and applaud you for it!”  It makes me think of somebody who fe…[Read more]

]]> 16ea4662ac317a764959d1634360d690 Bluesqueakpip replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/11/#post-61696 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:08:44 +0000 @dwispccrap

I have not heard of this word retcon before please explain?

‘Retcon’ is short for ‘retroactive continuity’. It’s a piece of new information that allows you to re-interpret previously described events. For example, an SF author might decide that they don’t want a particular character to ever be a ship’s captain, but do want them to…[Read more]

]]> 6960670eed0dd8298660b77e3d43c927 Bluesqueakpip replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/11/#post-61689 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:12:05 +0000 @dwispccrap

The thing is I like narrative consistency

Are you sure you’re watching the right programme?

Just asking, given that the Doctor’s ability to regenerate was rather hurriedly shoehorned in to the Tenth Planet three years after the programme started. The Doctor’s race arrived another three years after that. Which wasn’t narratively…[Read more]

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