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…to continue my rant, a thought occurred to me. Perhaps a TARDIS is the ultimate evolution of a Time Lord? It’s been established that the TARDIS is a living entity…so could it be that the ‘Doctor’ as a title or chosen name is knowledge passed down through the use of a specific time travel device? Specifically, the old blue police box? Just a thought!

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@shazzbot The endless possibilities with the character of the Doctor is what has kept me a fan for so many years. And, like you, I’ve taken a bite of the apple and re-watched endless episodes for clarity. Honestly, I’ve been forced to create my own personal canon…just to be able to connect the dots. It’s something that is constantly re-evaluated with each new episode.

That is what keeps this series fun, and why I’ve been a fan since BG to AG….or whatever you want to call it. The speculation of what is going to happen next has kept me intrigued since 1980-something to now.

@MadScientist72 Thanks for replying to my post a couple days ago…being a newbie here, wasn’t sure if anything I posted carried any merit. The entire ‘Susan becomes the Doctor’ discussion is rather important to me, as it’s part of my “personal canon” I mentioned before. I would prefer to see the death of the Doctor (1963 – 2013/2014) as we know him, and it’s taken up by his descendants…namely Susan, and the name ‘Doctor’ is a name that is chosen rather than given. Something to be feared as the “Last Time Lord”.

Indulge me for a moment…as this is not a new idea, but one that I firmly adhere to. In a Tom Baker episode, he is ‘brain scanned'(?…I think it’s in the serial ‘Brain of Morbius’…I could be wrong, it’s been years since I saw it) and images of past incarnations of the Doctor are shown. The images show the Doctor well beyond the 12 regenerations we are familiar with as the life-span of a Galifreyan Time Lord (which is a title…not a race!)…all prior or post to Hartnell as Doctor 1. Which only leads me to the conclusion that when Doctor # 2 is forced to regenerate as punishment, there is a split in space/time…multiple realities that exist and multiple Doctors come into being. One being ‘The Master’ (if you believe that they are ‘brothers’, half-human…blah, blah, blah 1996 TV movie of shame, the Doctor lies and so do the producers of the show)…others being multiples of the good intentions Character.

What I’m saying is, there is so much convolution of the canon of the BG series to AG series…that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

What I want to see come Nov 23 is the death of the Doctor (1963-2013), and the birth of a ‘New Doctor’…whether that be he/she takes on stealing regenerations as the Master did, or being ‘reborn’ as a descendant of the Hartnell era. I just want the series to tie the two disparate ‘gaps’ together.

Sorry for posting a rant…I just love the series. My view point is only influenced by way of the TV show…I’m not adding the radio dramas or fan fictions or books. If it wasn’t in the TV show, it didn’t happen.

I’m not opposed to being totally ripped apart by more knowledgeable fans…if you disagree with my thoughts, feel free to fire away. Either by PM or responding directly…I prefer discussion, but I’m always up for a good argument. Being American, confrontation is my thing.

I’m sorry if all my points are not fleshed out fully…I tend to type faster than my brain allows me to expand on. I hope this rant / tirade makes sense. Thanks for reading it!

Cheers,

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I’m not sure how many members here are familiar with the website SF Debris…it’s essentially an ‘all things sci-fi’ review and criticism VLOG. Over the years, the owner Charles Sonnenburg has dug deeply into BG Dr. Who…consisting mostly of (but not limited to) the Hartnell and Troughton stories. He’s also looked at AG episodes as well, but not in as much detail.

I would highly suggest people here take a look at his work…sometimes funny, sometimes sad (from the perspective of a fan trying to understand the phenomenon of the 100+ missing episodes in his ‘Lost in Time: Wiped, Junked, but not Forgotten’ videos), but always informative and fun.

In February of this year, he created a 2 part examination of the 10th anniversary episode ‘The Three Doctors’. You should take a look at it!

http://sfdebris.com/videos/doctorwho/s10e01.asp

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Some interesting thoughts in this thread about who will replace Matt Smith…I haven’t read all the comments, 7 pages makes me lazy! Honestly, I’d rather see the name ‘Doctor’ be an honorary or hereditary title, and Susan takes it on. A plot where she somehow escaped the Time Lock / Time War (remember, she was left on Earth with David in the 1960’s) and the TARDIS finds her and the story carries on.

Carole Ann Ford takes the part of Susan for a few episodes being called ‘Grandmother’ by her family before regenerating…now you have a female Doctor. It’d be a nice call back to the classic series…and since we can all assume ‘Susan’ is her first regeneration, it opens up the series for 11 more. Who is the regenerated Susan? Jenna-Louise Coleman…Clara Oswald.

I know most of the previous posts deal with ‘facts’ found on the i-net, or news stories…but as a fan, this is what I would prefer to see than some deus ex machina pulled out of the arse of Stephen Moffat. It just seems the modern series strays further and further away from the classic…it’s time to pull Nu-Who back to the original.

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A bit sad that Matt Smith is leaving the show…reminded me a lot of Patrick Troughton. Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing Paul McGann given a proper shot at playing the Doctor…maybe a series about the Time War told through flashbacks?

That’d be my ‘wishful thinking’ choice.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Martin Freeman or Richard Madden playing the part of the Doctor…although I think they’re a bit too ‘big name’ to accept the role. Really though, Martin Freeman would be my choice. He’s got just enough quirk in his performance to pull it off. He was fantastic as Arthur Dent…

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Favorite companion? Have to say Leela played by Louise Jameson or Romana played by Mary Tamm are top of the list, although Sarah Jane is amazing as well. Three way tie? Jaime was fantastic also. Ultimately, I have to go with Turlough…sneaky little bugger, never knew if he was evil or not. Just loved the dynamic his character added to the TARDIS.

Least favorite? Rose, Mel, & Adric…Rose being the worst of them. I’d rather see Adric again then have to endure another dose of Billie Piper as Rose. Unfortunately, she’s going to be part of the 50th anniversary episode. Yuck.

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New poster to the site, have to say I’ve enjoyed reading the threads and posts here. I’m looking forward to contributing to discussions in the future.

Sometime back in the mid-eighties, my local Public Broadcasting station picked up DW and started re-airing the series (Pertwee era forward) on Sunday nights at 11:30 PM. It was quite by accident that I discovered the show…I had fallen asleep watching ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ and woke up to hear the opening chords of the DW theme. I can remember (as a 9 or 10 year old) being riveted by the story of a time traveler arriving at a space station that held the last survivors of the human race…of course, it was ‘The Ark in Space”. I thought it was a movie, TBH…it was the entire serial shown in one broadcast. Imagine my excitement to discover in the local TV Guide that there was another episode the following Sunday night. From that Sunday on, and for many years after, I would sneak downstairs to the TV room to watch Doctor Who. To this day, old ‘Teeth and Curls’ is my favorite Doctor.

What was really fantastic is that once PBS ran out of episodes to air, they went back to the beginning of episodes they had acquired…so, I was able to see the entire run of Doctor Who from Pertwee to McCoy. Truly epic.

Cheers,

N~dles

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