Doctor Who V12 - The kidneys are the incorrect colour - General

[b]Watch classic Doctor Who episodes here: [url]http://www.livestream.com/coolcorky[/url][/b] [b]Vote for your favourite Doctor Who episodes here: [url]https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18r63sl3AIjcun1Trr93Mfbxz7bmGuFZ032rbcxaISmM/viewform[/url][/b] [b]Chat with fellow FP Doctor Who Fans: [url]http://tinychat.com/fpdw[/url][/b] [img]http://whopix.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/peter-capaldi-is-doctor-who-twelve.jpg[/img] Doctor Who is a long-running BBC science-fiction programme, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. [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]What's Happening at the Moment?[/b][/u] [sp]The Doctor has re-lived the conclusion of the time war, along with a number of his past selves. What he previously thought of as the destruction of Gallifrey turned out to be the locking of it in stasis, so the Time Lords and The Doctor's home planet are still out there, somewhere. Following the advice of a strange yet familiar figure from The Doctor's future, he now sets off on the journey home. [/sp] [b][u]Who is The Doctor?[/b][/u] 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][u]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 younger 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) Yes Radagast. Pretty much the same sort of character but a bit more grounded. Shot to death by Chinese gang 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. Fated to meet his end at Trenzalore, but this is merely speculation. [b]The Twelfth Doctor[/b]: Played by Peter Capaldi (2013-????) We'll find out what this Doctor is like come Christmas. 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] [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: Unknown, coming Autumn 2014.[/b] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("There is already a Doctor Who thread" - verynicelady))[/highlight]

umm what?

Sorry, some of the stuff in quotes didn't copy. I'm fixing it now.

Your heart is probably in the right place but you shouldn't really have made this thread.

[QUOTE=o DefcoN o;43308327]Your heart is probably in the right place but you shouldn't really have made this thread.[/QUOTE] One might say [I]both [/I]his hearts [I]hhhaahnahbnhd[/I]

We don't change threads when the Doctor changes. We change it when the thread auto-locks after a certain number of posts.

So back to the other thread?

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;43308380]We don't change threads when the Doctor changes. We change it when the thread auto-locks after a certain number of posts.[/QUOTE] Sorry, didn't know that. Would you be likely to use this thread when the other one locks or make a new one? I'd like to know before I go to the trouble of adding that final quote, it's got lots of bold text and links.

[QUOTE=Nasal_Spray;43308476]Sorry, didn't know that. Would you be likely to use this thread when the other one locks or make a new one? I'd like to know before I go to the trouble of adding that final quote, it's got lots of bold text and links.[/QUOTE] Better to just lock it, because that OP quite frankly sucks compared to the one we've got on the real thread.

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;43308592]Better to just lock it, because that OP quite frankly sucks compared to the one we've got on the real thread.[/QUOTE] What's wrong with it? It's an exact copy (well, exact incomplete copy) of the other thread.

then why do we even need it we'll make a new thread when the current one locks, no need to complicate things

This is the Meta-Crisis thread!

[QUOTE=Dan2593;43308751]This is the Meta-Crisis thread![/QUOTE] Fucking vanity issues.