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Doctor Who is a BBC science-fiction television programme which has been running for over half a century.
[b]If you've never watched Doctor Who before, start from the first series of the revived show, from 2005. It's designed as a jumping-on point for new viewers.[/b]
[quote][b][u]What's it about?[/u][/b]
Doctor Who chronicles the adventures of The Doctor, a thousand-year-old alien with two hearts who 'goes zooming around space and time, saving planets, fighting monsters and being pretty sort-of marvellous' (in his own words), in a machine called a Type-40 TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) that he stole from his own people, the Time Lords.
[b][u]Who is The Doctor?[/u][/b]
As a Time Lord, The Doctor has the ability to completely renew his body when he is fatally wounded or sick (a process called regeneration). Every cell in his body changes, so each time he regenerates, his appearance and personality are greatly altered. So far he has regenerated ten times, meaning there are eleven 'incarnations' of The Doctor:
[B]The First Doctor[/B]: Played by William Hartnell (1963-1966, 1972), Richard Hurndall (1983)
Grumpy old man who kidnaps some school teachers by mistake. He's quick to run from trouble and try to avoid getting involved. Died from exhaustion after battling the Cybermen.
[B]The Second Doctor[/B]: Played by Patrick Troughton (1966-1969, 1972, 1983, 1985)
Much sillier and a bit younger than The First Doctor. He was eventually put on trial by his own people and then exiled to 70's earth with no way off. He was also forced to regenerate.
[B]The Third Doctor[/B]: Played by Jon Pertwee (1970-1974, 1983)
Third Doctor wore a cape and did Karate. He spent most of his time trapped on earth but eventually got off only to be killed by giant alien spiders.
[B]The Fourth Doctor[/B]: Played by Tom Baker (1974-1981)
Possibly the most loved Doctor. Completely crazy. Tried to escape danger by using confectionery and wore a long scarf. Genuinely hilarious. Fell from a satellite dish during battle with The Master, died slowly (but cheerfully) on the ground.
[B]The Fifth Doctor[/B]: Played by Peter Davison (1981-1984, 2007)
Much more youthful than his predecessors and had an affinity for cricket and celery. The Fifth Doctor was a much more energetic and emotional man. Died from poisoning after saving a friend.
[B]The Sixth Doctor[/B]: Played by Colin Baker (1984-1986)
Loud, rude and arrogant, but with a great deal of compassion. Not a very popular Doctor at the time and the BBC blamed him for the shows falling reception so sacked the actor. This Doctor died after banging his head.
[B]The Seventh Doctor[/B]: Played by Sylvester McCoy (1987-1989, 1996)
Initially clownish and silly, but this doctor developed into a cold, logical manipulator who would do whatever necessary to ensure the safety of the people he was protecting. He was shot to death by Chinese gang members in San Francisco and then killed by American surgeon who didn't understand his biology.
[B]The Eighth Doctor[/B]: Played by Paul McGann (1996, 2013)
Born with amnesia due to regenerating while under anaesthetic, it took this Doctor a while to grow into his romantic, compassionate and much more human persona. This Doctor was killed in a spaceship crash. He was revived briefly by the Sisterhood of Karn, who persuaded him to regenerate into a warrior so that he might end the Time War between Time Lords and Daleks that threatened to destroy all of creation.
[b]The War Doctor[/b]: Played by John Hurt (2013)
The mysterious, brooding warrior that ended the Time War for good. He aged considerably between the beginning and the end of his life, suggesting that he may have fought in the war for many centuries. Following the conclusion of the Time War, his old age caught up with him, triggering the regenerative process in much the same way as his first incarnation.
[B]The Ninth Doctor[/B]: Played by Christopher Eccleston (2005)
On the surface he's mysterious and quite cheerful. Unable to remember the events immediately prior to his regeneration, he believes himself to have destroyed Gallifrey and wiped out the Time Lords, leaving him bitter and vengeful. His friend absorbed the whole of time into her head and he had to sacrifice himself to save her.
[B]The Tenth Doctor[/B]: Played by David Tennant (2005-2010, 2013)
The show really kicked off while he was Doctor. He was like an eccentric scientist. A bit weird and silly and hyperactive but also acted quite human and emotional. While The Ninth Doctor was bitter about the Time War, this Doctor was just incredibly depressed and full of regret. He died absorbing radiation to save a friend while battling The Master.
[B]The Eleventh Doctor[/B]: Played by Matt Smith (2010-2013)
Possibly the most alien Doctor of the bunch? He's very childish and barmy one minute but serious and broody the next. He's essentially a crazy old man in a young man's body. After fighting in the siege of Trenzalore for hundreds of years and ageing greatly, The Doctor was granted a new regeneration cycle by the Timelords who were trying to return through the cracks in reality. He succumbed to his old age and entered the first regeneration of a brand new cycle.
[b]The Twelfth Doctor[/b]: Played by Peter Capaldi (2013-????)
Much grumpier and more 'brutal' than his predecessor, the Twelfth Doctor was not beyond sacrificing one to save the majority. He also believed strongly in letting the human race sort itself out, rather than intervening himself.
Given the nature of time travel, every now and again different incarnations of the doctor run into each other. Some incarnations quite liked their predecessors (for example The Sixth quite liked The Second), but more often than not they fail to get on. It's been confirmed that at least The Tenth and Eleventh Doctors will feature in the 50th anniversary special in November.[/quote]
[quote][b][u]What's the risk?[/u][/b]
The Doctor can still die if he doesn't have enough time to regenerate. But the main sense of threat in the show isn't to The Doctor but the human companion he travels with. Every Doctor has had several human companions so I won't list them all. The other sense of threat is to the people that inhabit that place or time. The Doctor also has a series of arch-enemies:
[b]The Daleks[/b]
The Daleks were the invention of a great scientist named Davros, who created them in an attempt to end the ongoing war between his people, the Kaleds, and their enemy, the Thals. They were the mutated descendents of the Kaled people inside fearsome battle machines, whose sole directive was to destroy anything that was not a Dalek. The Daleks eventually turned on their creator as he was not a Dalek himself.
[b]The Master[/b]
An old childhood friend of The Doctors from his home planet. The Master is evil. He wants to completely dominate the universe and rebuild it in his image. He's also totally mad and loved disguises or hiding in plain sight.
[b]The Cybermen[/b]
They were once humanoid too but destroyed their own bodies through cybernetic implants and now travel the universe turning anything that isn't a Cyberman into a Cyberman.
[b]The Weeping Angels[/b]
If you don't know what these are I won't spoil it. I imagine most people reading this info are looking to watch the series for the first time and will start from 2005. So I'll let you discover what these guys like everybody else. When you're over a certain age Doctor Who stops being scary. Unless it's these guys.[/quote]
[quote][b][u]Where can I watch?[/u][/b]
New episodes of Doctor Who are broadcast on Saturdays on BBC1 in the UK, BBC America in the US and ABC in Australia. They're also available online on the BBC iPlayer shortly after airing and repeated on BBC3 the following Friday. If you can't make it to a TV to watch an episode, our very own Dain streams the episode when it airs. You can watch it here: [url]http://www.livestream.com/dain_who[/url]
Also, the 50th anniversary special is expected to be shown at cinemas when it is released. Stay tuned for cinema listings for that.
As for older episodes, there's a number of places to watch them. In the UK, freeview channel Watch often shows post-2005 episodes. Many of the post-2005 episodes (and a growing number of classic episodes) are appearing on Netflix and iTunes. Aside from that, the classic episodes have been slowly released on DVD since 2000, and box-sets of each post-2005 series have been released.
I'm also going to stream classic episodes every now and again here: [url]http://www.livestream.com/coolcorky?t=524104[/url]
[b][u]What should I watch?[/u][/b]
If you're completely new to the series, it's best to start from the first episode of the revived series from 2005 (with Christopher Eccleston). If you're in a hurry, you can also start from series 5, Matt Smith's first series. This was also designed as a gentle reboot of the show, so much so that some promotional material even advertises it as 'Series One'. But starting from the 2005 series is still the best:
[B]2005[/B] - Series 1
Between Series 1 & 2 is a 'linking' episode found [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjOhaX1VF3g]here[/url]
[B]2006[/B] - Series 2
[B]2007[/B] - Series 3
Between Series 3 & 4 is a 'linking' episode found [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I76p1cZbq4]here[/url]
[B]2008[/B] - Series 4
[B]2009[/B] - Series 4 Specials (loads of people miss these)
[B]2010[/B] - Another Series 4 special (vital, don't miss), Series 5
Between Series 5 and Series 6 are two special episodes found [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JtuEa_OPc]here[/url] & [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmiefoRcfU]here[/url]
[B]2011[/B] - Series 6
[B]2012[/B] - Series 7 Part 1
[B]2013[/B] - Series 7 part 2, [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3jrS-uhuo]50th Anniversary Prequel[/url] (vital, don't miss), 50th Anniversary Special, Christmas special (also vital).
[B]2014[/B] - Series 8
Once you're past that (and if you're still interested), you can start to delve into the classic Doctor Who episodes from 1963-1996. Not all of them are that great, but there are some standout serials:
[b]First Doctor[/b]: The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Chase, The War Machines, [i]The Tenth Planet[/i]
[b]Second Doctor[/b]:[i]The Power of the Daleks (missing from BBC archive currently)[/i], The Enemy of the World, The Mind Robber, The Invasion, Tomb of the Cybermen, [i]The War Games[/i]
[b]Third Doctor[/b]: [i]Spearhead From Space[/i], Frontier In Space, Planet of the Daleks, The Three Doctors, [i]Planet of the Spiders[/i]
[b]Fourth Doctor[/b]: [i]Robot[/i], Genesis of the Daleks, The Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death, [i]Logopolis[/i]
[b]Fifth Doctor[/b]: [i]Castrovalva[/i], The Visitation, The Five Doctors, [i]The Caves of Androzani[/i]
[b]Sixth Doctor[/b]: [i]The Twin Dilemma[/i], Attack of the Cybermen, The Two Doctors, Revelation of the Daleks
[b]Seventh Doctor[/b]: [i]Time and The Rani[/i], Silver Nemesis, Remembrance of the Daleks
[b]Eighth Doctor[/b]: [i]Doctor Who (TV Movie)[/i], [I]The Night of The Doctor[/I]
Stories in italics are pre/post regeneration stories. They may not be the best story-wise (except for Caves of Androzani because that one's great), but they establish continuity between incarnations of The Doctor.
Beyond Doctor Who itself, a number of spin-offs have emerged since the 2005 revival, which expand the Doctor Who universe in different ways:
[B]Torchwood[/B] - Darker and Sexier, with all-bi main characters and death every episode (Except Series 4, but that's the whole point of the series)
[B]Sarah Jane Adventures[/B] - Fluffier and Lighter, featuring old companion Sarah Jane Smith with her alien-clone son Luke, and his school friends as they fight budget-quality aliens
[B]K-9[/B] - Australian based show set in London, featuring a new K-9 who's teamed up with a teenage cyber-terrorist, a nutty anti-social professor with a makeshift TARDIS, a typical teenage girl, and a teenage mechanic in a Dystopian future, what could possibly go wrong?[/quote]
[b][u]Spoilers:[/u][/b]
Some people enjoy just watching the show when it's on, whereas others like to follow production from script-writing to airing. Both types of people read this thread, so please spoiler-tag anything that hasn't been officially announced by the BBC or that hasn't aired yet. So for example, the news that Peter Capaldi is the Twelfth Doctor is fine as is saying that Tom Baker appeared in the 50th anniversary episode, as both bits of news have been either officially announced on the BBC website or are related to an episode that has already aired. Likewise, don't image tag things like filming photos or screenshots from unaired episodes.
[b]Next Episode: Last Christmas, Thursday 25th December 2014[/b]
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[QUOTE=CoolCorky;40416452]Also some bits of this post are from the previous OP, some bits have been modified/re-written. Props to whoever wrote it originally.[/QUOTE]
Every thread apart from the first four or five has essentially been written by me. The OP gets copied and slightly rewritten a million times until it becomes something totally new and then I totally re-write it from scratch, and it happens all over again. I think round the time I stopped visiting somebody else totally reworked it, not sure as I obviously wasn't here.
I'm like the Doctor Who thread showrunner ;)
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Anybody else going mad at the total lack of offical news for the 50th!? "More casting announcements coming very soon" is infuriating! And the interviews from the Cardiff Press Day still aren't out.
Which means the press day has some massive news that hasn't been reviled officially yet. WHICH MEANS A GROUP OF JOURNALISTS ARE KEEPING SOMETHING AMAZING A SECRET!
Probably an official Smith-Tennant picture.
That will kill me.
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Dream Doctor: Patrick Stewart
Dream Master: Benedict Cumberbatch
That's my dream. You guys?
Dream Doctor: Not sure, Kenneth Branagh maybe? Not sure if he's the right type
Not sure on dream Master but I would have really liked to see more of Derek Jacobi. A younger Christopher Lee maybe
Dream Doctor: Me
Dream Master: Me
if only :(
New thread... I don't know...
It feels... different this time...
[QUOTE=Derp Y. Mail;40416997]New thread... I don't know...
It feels... different this time...[/QUOTE]
10 was my favourite thread... 11 is just the worst thread ever, it can't even pull of the "I am the thread" right.
Honestly, the OPs are just getting worse and worse, 10 was just perfect in every way.
CoolCorky doesn't know what he's doing. He clearly doesn't have the time to devote himself to both starting and posting in threads.
[QUOTE=Rowtree;40417025]10 was my favourite thread... 11 is just the worst thread ever, it can't even pull of the "I am the thread" right.
Honestly, the OPs are just getting worse and worse, 10 was just perfect in every way.[/QUOTE]
Personally I wish they'd just ended it after the fourth thread, nothing was going to top that
[QUOTE=CoolCorky;40417039]Personally I wish they'd just ended it after the fourth thread, nothing was going to top that[/QUOTE]
i wasn't even alive to read the 4th thread
[QUOTE=CoolCorky;40417039]Personally I wish they'd just ended it after the fourth thread, nothing was going to top that[/QUOTE]
CoolCorky clearly doesn't care about Doctor Who, his OP has too many plotholes
I dreamt I was working at a kind of TV/film memorabilia store and we had loads of Doctor Who stuff, and then Matt Smith and JLC came in, and then I woke up. First dream I've ever had that's even slightly related to Doctor Who.
Also, with regards to the clip from this week's episode:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFxSy68_n5E[/media]
If it's dangerous, shouldn't the light be mauve? :v:
[QUOTE=Grizz;40417255][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZioMFIDwEDc[/media][/QUOTE]
Damn this episode is going to be good
[QUOTE=Grizz;40417255][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZioMFIDwEDc[/media][/QUOTE]I smell a two parter.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;40417361]I smell a two parter.[/QUOTE]
Your nose is way off on that one then, since, y'know, there are no two parters in this series
I did laugh when I was watching Hide with my housemate. She was saying how she was unsure of the new TARDIS console room and it looks a bit cramped compared to others, then she wondered if they'd ever show more of the TARDIS like what they kind of did in The Doctor's Wife.
I just said "Hmm, I think you might like the next episode"
I don't know but this is the worst one yet, I mean 1-10 were great, the 9th thread fantastic. But I think CoolCorky is just trying too hard.
I don't know man, it's starting to grow on me now.
"I have a thread title now. Thread titles are cool."
[QUOTE=Rowtree;40417025]10 was my favourite thread... 11 is just the worst thread ever, it can't even pull of the "I am the thread" right.
Honestly, the OPs are just getting worse and worse, 10 was just perfect in every way.[/QUOTE]
I actually jumped for you before I realized you were joking :(
Does anyone have a link to the guy on Gallifreybase who thinks the Doctor is a Tesseract whenever he wears a bow tie?
I read a theory that Clara Oswin Oswald is Charlotte Abigail Lux, aka. the girl in the library, and that she's simply projecting herself across time into flesh avatars.
I sort of really doubt it, but it was a funny theory.
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[QUOTE]This beautifully-packaged limited edition coffee table book-styled collectors’ album is every Doctor Who fan’s dream possession. Individually numbered and boasting six DVDs with over 1000 minutes of Doctor Who footage, it brings together every Doctor’s regeneration episode: from the first Doctor, exhausted from battling the Cyberman, to Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor suffering from radiation unleashed by the Great One (a giant spider); and from the spectacular transformation of the Ninth Doctor to David Tennant’s emotional farewell as the Tenth. The album is adorned with superb photography from across the era and features detailed and informative accounts of every regeneration. And if that wasn’t enough, new to DVD is The Tenth Planet featuring the Doctor’s first regeneration – beautifully restored with the missing fourth episode now brought to life with stunning animation. Utilising the original soundtrack, off-screen photographs and a short surviving sequence of the Doctor’s regeneration the episode has been now reconstructed in animated form, incorporating the restored version of the surviving sequence.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=evlbzltyr;40417373]Your nose is way off on that one then, since, y'know, there are no two parters in this series[/QUOTE]How would I know that?
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So can we confirm that the First Doc's death was from sheer exhaustion, then?
[QUOTE=Derp Y. Mail;40419952]I read a theory that Clara Oswin Oswald is Charlotte Abigail Lux, aka. the girl in the library, and that she's simply projecting herself across time into flesh avatars.
I sort of really doubt it, but it was a funny theory.[/QUOTE]
I read one theory about her and some guy tried to explain that she could be the daughter of the Master or something. :v:
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;40420244]How would I know that?[/QUOTE]
How would you [I]not[/I] know that, everyone else did :v:
[QUOTE=evlbzltyr;40420325]How would you [I]not[/I] know that, everyone else did :v:[/QUOTE]
How? What did I miss?
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