As we continue our look at Peter Davison this weekend with the second short two-parter The Awakening, and dwelling on the short space of time before Series 8 starts in earnest, I’m afraid it’s time.

Time for THE man, THE Myth, THE Legend, THE coat….THE Colin Baker. Yes, the fervent wish of posters such as @TardisBlue, @MonochromeDimension, @marinu…[Read more]

@MonochromeDimension

How’s about camo-Daleks using light folding technology to blend into their surroundings, another great use for the sonic screwdriver…. The Doctor enters a seemingly deserted spaceship, his senses prickling with nervous tension. He whips out the sonic and as he waves it the sonic field illuminates sections of Dalek….

@MonochromeDimension – hmm, still sounds like a lot of colour.

and I mean a LOT of colour.

@ScaryB – yep, hope we’re right. I’m guessing budgets will have been scrutinised, so hopefully fewer “squillions” (great word!) and just select quality moments that are enhanced by vfx (rather than just eye candy).

One plot device I’d like is for the…[Read more]

@Phaseshift @Bluesqueakpip
Now there’s a thought – what if BBC Worldwide share of funding for Doctor Who becomes the biggest part of the programme budget?! (chuckles at thought of complete apoplectic meltdown of UK fandom)
Simulcast is a great concept, and means we can all discuss latest episodes at the same time.
PS Lol’d at Phaseshift’s
SD…[Read more]

ah @MonochromeDimension – I think I was thinking of this pic I found a while back…

If he did it now, it’d be a tad more menacing, bringing back thoughts of Teddy Boys, razor gangs and the like, but I’m sure he’s tempted!

🙂

I grant you, he shouldn’t try and do that hair though.

@MonochromeDimension

re trying not to get too hyped up… I’m still trying to recover from all the excitement of last year! 😛

Good to see you back @MonochromeDimension

Nice new pic of PC – he looks much more colourful than the other 2! Also looks like he’s getting nicely embedded in the role 🙂

And welcome  home @ABXY

Nice vids @fatmaninabox (yikes!) and @Wolfweed

I realised the restoration process was laborious but that video really brings home how fragile the…[Read more]

@monochromedimension

Welcome back to you as well. I can never tire of that GIF. A thing of simple beauty. You missed the end of the monochrome season in our rewatch, but I think Mind Robber was a great choice for Troughton.

I don’t have access to the Horror Channel, but I read something about the showings doing quite well for them (in viewer…[Read more]

Nice one, @Monochromedimension . Now all you need is a digital fob watch ( & your lower half!)

By Batced

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@wolfweed

Wow – Carnival of Monsters! That’s a left-field suggestion, and I think was the first Pertwee story I can remember seeing in full because of the repeat in my early teenage years.

I think I discounted Trial in conversation with @monochromedimension (hope she’s keeping well) as it really doesn’t make sense unless you watch it all, an…[Read more]

@monochromedimension  – Perhaps he took to smoking an electronic pipe. Or maybe he progressed onto harder substances such as Vraxoin or Bliss Patches? Or jelly babies?

@monochromedimension  – Yes, you’re right. In An Unearthly Child.

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Smoking_pipe

@MonochromeDimension
As the 7th Doctor was the one who changed the TARDIS design for the TVM, it’s very reasonable to expect that the 8th would likely have changed it to something else shortly after the movie 😉 New regeneration, new console room. He might even have taken a fancy to a very retro look – much like the 1st Doctor’s. (There’s a…[Read more]

@monochromedimension

I think you win the ‘Craziest Theory Award’.

Ah, yes – you are very new here, aren’t you? Believe me, that one is a cliché, hence the laughs. Whenever a new female character turns up someone has to suggest Susan. It’s traditional. Now TimeLords can gender change it seems only fair to extend the courtesy to male characte…[Read more]

I keep thinking how much I enjoyed Day of The Doctor. AG Series One makes so much more sense now. 🙂

But it does make more sense – it explains visually what RTD clearly had in his head; Gallifrey is gone, burnt. And so the Ninth Doctor is pissed off at humans (‘stupid apes’) even though he loves them. He drags Rose off to see her planet burn,…[Read more]

Thanks, @MonochromeDimension and @ConfusedPolarity . I am feeling a lot better now, just a few sniffles. The issues is I went out into the deep snow and cold of Minnesota on Friday, to meet my hair appointment. By the time I came back home, my boots were completely soaked and I was frozen, thus getting hit with a nasty cold. However, the good news…[Read more]

@MonochromeDimension – Oh, I see! I’ve heard so much about the comics and books of Doctor Who, but haven’t had the pleasure of them. I do want to someday, as I heard it has more story about the Doctor and The Medusa Cascade. And yes, this is my day to settle down and watch more of the Seventh Doctor! Hooray! 🙂
I’m just getting a slow start, b…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave @JanetteB @MonochromeDimension
An Ian cameo would certainly get my vote also.
But I’m also wondering where they’re going with the Coal Hill school refs. Is it a callback to Unearthly Child days? Could we perhaps see a return to adult male and female companions plus a grandchild/grandchild substitute?? And the Doctor’s been back…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave and @MonochromeDimension (I hope I got that right) I’ll third that. When it transpired that Clara was teaching at Coal Hill I hoped then that we would finally get to meet Ian. I am certain that Moffat has plans to develop the Coal Hill School connection further especially now we know that a second teacher will be a recurring…[Read more]

@MonochromeDimension

Yes, it would be brilliant to see Ian Chesterton once more. In fact, I have decided that the following is my first bonkers theory for 2014:

That it was not just a nostalgic sop that meant that Ian’s name was on the sign outside Coal Hill high school in the 50th. Nor a bit of nostalgia that Clara is teaching there. Rather, it…[Read more]