Doctor Who Discussion Thread

[The_2nd_Existential_Seed]

This may be a complicated thing to ask, but what exactly is the 'Canon' of Doctor Who ? Does it have one, how does it work, is it specifically only stuff published by certain companies, or other things ? I've heard contradictory things about it when looking it up so I figured I'd ask.

 

[ByAsura]

There apparently isn't a firm canon, but the TV show does take precedence.

 

[The_2nd_Existential_Seed]

There apparently isn't a firm canon, but the TV show does take precedence.

Ah. Do you have an official source to prove such ? I mean I trust you since you clearly have been studying the Whoniverse for a good minute, but it's for documentation purposes as well as the fact of being able to put it on the verse page annd other such.

 

[ByAsura]

If you mean from the BBC itself, I don't believe they've said much outside of promotional material, like the video games being canon.

As for the precedence stuff, I wrote a bit about that here in the past. But it's outdated, and I can't find the document where I made the updated version on my computer.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Ah. Do you have an official source to prove such ? I mean I trust you since you clearly have been studying the Whoniverse for a good minute, but it's for documentation purposes as well as the fact of being able to put it on the verse page annd other such.

Usually if there is an inconsistency it is studied in depth due to the nature of time travel.

But the show has referenced the novels and comics, Abslom The Dalek killer appears in that episode where Capaldi and others rob a space bank as a hologram referencing his comics (literally ripped from a comic scan)

Abslom Daak

Abslom Daak was a thuggish human criminal who embarked on a crazed vendetta against the Daleks after they took the life of his only love. Before their extinction, the Daleks came to view Daak as one of their most dangerous singular enemies. Many noted that Daak was able to cause even the Daleks...

tardis.fandom.com

The name of nightmare child first mentioned in the comics and was later reintroduced in the end of times

 

[ByAsura]

Inconsequential spoiler for Coda.

Spoiler

The Fugitive Doctor immediately attempts to take out The War Doctor by time ramming his TARDIS.

The War Doctor rigged his TARDIS so that, not only would the time ram fail, but the trans-temporal teleportation system of his TARDIS placed a Ram inside of her TARDIS.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Inconsequential spoiler for Coda.

Spoiler

The Fugitive Doctor immediately attempts to take out The War Doctor by time ramming his TARDIS.

The War Doctor rigged his TARDIS so that, not only would the time ram fail, but the trans-temporal teleportation system of his TARDIS placed a Ram inside of her TARDIS.

Spoiler

by time ram, you mean this or is other ram?

 

[ByAsura]

Spoiler

I mean that, yes.

I assume she tried to do what Straxus did in The Threshold, where he almost erased The Master from existence by hurtling him beyond the Space-Time Vortex with a time ram.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Spoiler

I mean that, yes.

I assume she tried to do what Straxus did in The Threshold, where he almost erased The Master from existence by hurtling him beyond the Space-Time Vortex with a time ram.

Spoiler

How should we put it in the profiles?

 

[ByAsura]

Idk.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

I guess we'll leave it in the feats section.

 

[ByAsura]

Seen Coda fully.

It's confirmed The Fugitive and War Doctor's TARDISes are the same.

Also, this story takes place seemingly right after Fugitive of the Judoon, as The Fugitive Doctor's memories are still muddled and her TARDIS is in a police telephone box configuration.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

For you guys what is your favorite theme song?

 

[Quasar002]

For you guys what is your favorite theme song?

I really like this one, I think it’s my favourite.

 

[Hasty12345]

 

[ByAsura]

 

[Tyranno223]

My favourite's already been posted, but here's a good one.

 

[ByAsura]

SP01. Gallifrey: Echoes Through Eternity - Gallifrey - Big Finish

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[ByAsura]

Spoiler: The Last Day 2

It's strongly implied that Ace from some time after 2016 influenced events so The Decayed Master would be taken to Skaro by one of her allies in the story and killed by the Daleks, leading 7 to regenerate into 8. She believes the Seventh Doctor was bound to become a horrible tyrant like his counterpart (who used timeline manipulation to subjugate the universe).

 

[Tyranno223]

Spoiler: The Last Day 2

It's strongly implied that Ace from some time after 2016 influenced events so The Decayed Master would be taken to Skaro by one of her allies in the story and killed by the Daleks, leading 7 to regenerate into 8. She believes the Seventh Doctor was bound to become a horrible tyrant like his counterpart (who used timeline manipulation to subjugate the universe).

Dick move A. Dick move. Don't like this implication.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Spoiler: The Last Day 2

It's strongly implied that Ace from some time after 2016 influenced events so The Decayed Master would be taken to Skaro by one of her allies in the story and killed by the Daleks, leading 7 to regenerate into 8. She believes the Seventh Doctor was bound to become a horrible tyrant like his counterpart (who used timeline manipulation to subjugate the universe).

She know War in Heaven and Time war would be a lot different with Seventh doc, in not good way lmao

 

[ByAsura]

Dick move A. Dick move. Don't like this implication.

Spoiler

I don't like it, either, but there's about a decade of Big Finish stories behind this decision. It's built up extremely well.

Long story short, 7 becomes more and more apathetic to the lives of individuals as time goes on. He betrays Ace repeatedly, and Ace gives him so many chances, but 7 almost always fumbles these chances, so Ace (having blatantly seen the evidence right before her eyes) has every reason to think that he's just going to get worse and worse as time goes on.

 

[Oliver_de_jesus]

Spoiler

I don't like it, either, but there's about a decade of Big Finish stories behind this decision. It's built up extremely well.

Long story short, 7 becomes more and more apathetic to the lives of individuals as time goes on. He betrays Ace repeatedly, and Ace gives him so many chances, but 7 almost always fumbles these chances, so Ace (having blatantly seen the evidence right before her eyes) has every reason to think that he's just going to get worse and worse as time goes on.

Do you think it is a reference to the Emperor?

 

[ByAsura]

Wouldn't say so.

 

[ByAsura]

Spoiler: Joy to the World

Kind of a mid episode. Both The Doctor and his companion don't work for me, but I'd say The Doctor has gotten a lot better compared to previous episodes.

Human technology is busted, though.

The 43rd century has a time hotel which allows humans to take vacations at different points across Earth history. Each room in the hotel is a time portal to another point in space-time which manifests as a period accurate door.

Villengard has a 'star seed'. It's a single atom that's designed to create a chain reaction big enough to burn the surface of the Earth. The star seed will then create a customized, fully functional star over a period of 65 million years, making a functionally unlimited source of energy. Villengard plan to unleash it at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

The Star Seed's detonation was visible across multiple time periods.

 

[Hellbeast]

Damn Adric had a bad day