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Post by dasmaniac on Jun 25, 2018 16:00:33 GMT
I think young War Doctor stories would be wonderful. Multiple Rassilons would be awesome too.
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Post by aztec on Jul 6, 2018 8:17:46 GMT
C'Rizz short trips, I thought Conrad Westmaas was excellent as C'Rizz, he did a great job with a somewhat muddled backstory and character motivations, but alas usually played third wheel in that tardis team, with the benefit of hindsight and the nostaglia angle it would be interesting it BF revisited the character all these years later, with a few short stories from his point of view, clearing up/filling in a few gaps in the character. Probably never going to happen because C'Rizz came in at a pretty divisive period in the MR, and I believe Conrad Westmaas has retired from acting? Am I correct in thinking Nicholas Briggs mentioned this as a possibility in a recent podcast? (I don't often listen to the podcast, but try to keep track of updates and news announced in them, often posted so kindly by other forum members here)
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Post by aztec on Jul 6, 2018 8:23:07 GMT
I think young War Doctor stories would be wonderful. Multiple Rassilons would be awesome too. I don't want Bf to ever recast the War Doctor for several reasons. The replacement would likely end up having more performance time than Hurt did himself as the character, given the mystery of the war Doctor and the age/gravitas Hurt brought to the role, revealing too much of the War Doctor's younger years could ruin some of the mystery/power of the character, sometimes it's just as fun guessing/not knowing all the answers as having every box ticked. I think a large part of the charm/popularity of a one-off 'mayfly' doctor was getting such a huge star to play the character, not so convinced another actor could bring that impact, and I wouldn't want Hurt's limited time and stories as the older war doctor superseded or sidelined. And presumably the younger War Doctor was more proactive, detached and violent getting stuck in killing daleks left right and centre, not entirely convinced the BBC would ever give BF free reign to show the true horror/darkness of this stage in the Doctor's life. Then again, as I understand Titan and DWM comics have revealed odd snippets of the War Doctor's early years, so you never know...
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Post by aztec on Jul 6, 2018 8:24:57 GMT
The Timelord-007 Adventures. Cue fan theory that the James Bond of the films, is actually a timelord with a psychic cloaking device under deep cover on earth, explaining his change of appearance (or regeneration) over many years that no other characters seem to pick up on
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Post by aztec on Jul 6, 2018 8:26:03 GMT
I would like to see but accept I never will the story I had a dream about last night where the Fourth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough go for a picnic and rent a swan-shaped pedalo.I initially read that as potato, I think I need to go to bed earlier
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 6, 2018 8:27:02 GMT
Has there been a story set entirely inside the TARDIS? With the infinite number of rooms it stands to reason there is "stuff" going on the Doctor isn't aware of. Unlimited potential IMHO.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 8:29:22 GMT
The Timelord-007 Adventures. Cue fan theory that the James Bond of the films, is actually a timelord with a psychic cloaking device under deep cover on earth, explaining his change of appearance (or regeneration) over many years that no other characters seem to pick up on Felix Leiter must be a Timelord too - and he ended up changing back into an old face in Licence To Kill, that must be the Felix version of The Curator!
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Post by aztec on Jul 6, 2018 8:32:45 GMT
Cue fan theory that the James Bond of the films, is actually a timelord with a psychic cloaking device under deep cover on earth, explaining his change of appearance (or regeneration) over many years that no other characters seem to pick up on Felix Leiter must be a Timelord too - and he ended up changing back into an old face in Licence To Kill, that must be the Felix version of The Curator! Perhaps the hollowed out volcano in You Only Live Twice was actually a malfunctioning tardis, it is bigger on the inside after all...
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Post by Timelord007 on Jul 6, 2018 8:37:10 GMT
Cue fan theory that the James Bond of the films, is actually a timelord with a psychic cloaking device under deep cover on earth, explaining his change of appearance (or regeneration) over many years that no other characters seem to pick up on Felix Leiter must be a Timelord too - and he ended up changing back into an old face in Licence To Kill, that must be the Felix version of The Curator! Lmao
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Post by Whovitt on Jul 6, 2018 8:41:29 GMT
Has there been a story set entirely inside the TARDIS? With the infinite number of rooms it stands to reason there is "stuff" going on the Doctor isn't aware of. Unlimited potential IMHO. Well, there's The Edge of Destruction, but that's more of a character piece than focusing on the TARDIS itself. There's also the final episode of The Invasion of Time as well as Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS that offer some (differing) insights as to the main interior design of the ship, but as for what 'other things' within its walls might be getting up to I'm not so sure. I think The Abandoned (a Fourth Doctor Adventure with Leela) had some shenanigans with the previous owner of the TARDIS, but I must confess to not really engaging with or understanding the story. I seem to remember the Big Finish short No Place Like Home had an inhabitant of the TARDIS undertaking some plan or other, but the details escape me (it's been a long time since I listened to it). I reckon you've got a point though. Plenty of scope for interesting things to happen there
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Post by Ela on Jul 6, 2018 17:14:11 GMT
C'Rizz short trips, I thought Conrad Westmaas was excellent as C'Rizz, he did a great job with a somewhat muddled backstory and character motivations, but alas usually played third wheel in that tardis team, with the benefit of hindsight and the nostaglia angle it would be interesting it BF revisited the character all these years later, with a few short stories from his point of view, clearing up/filling in a few gaps in the character. Probably never going to happen because C'Rizz came in at a pretty divisive period in the MR, and I believe Conrad Westmaas has retired from acting? Am I correct in thinking Nicholas Briggs mentioned this as a possibility in a recent podcast? (I don't often listen to the podcast, but try to keep track of updates and news announced in them, often posted so kindly by other forum members here) It was mentioned in a kind of vague way - as the result of a question, if I recall correctly - along with a "I wonder what he's up to now?" kind of comment from Nick. Not as anything that's happened or will happen or is being considered. Sounded more like a "just imagine" to me, but you never know.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 17:35:38 GMT
Have I mentioned this before? All the Doctor Who comic strips from TV Comic and TV Action/Countdown collected and released as graphic novels. I don't care how difficult it is to print the double-page spreads - I want it! NOW!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 2:34:15 GMT
Has there been a story set entirely inside the TARDIS? With the infinite number of rooms it stands to reason there is "stuff" going on the Doctor isn't aware of. Unlimited potential IMHO. Well, there's The Edge of Destruction, but that's more of a character piece than focusing on the TARDIS itself. There's also the final episode of The Invasion of Time as well as Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS that offer some (differing) insights as to the main interior design of the ship, but as for what 'other things' within its walls might be getting up to I'm not so sure. I think The Abandoned (a Fourth Doctor Adventure with Leela) had some shenanigans with the previous owner of the TARDIS, but I must confess to not really engaging with or understanding the story. I seem to remember the Big Finish short No Place Like Home had an inhabitant of the TARDIS undertaking some plan or other, but the details escape me (it's been a long time since I listened to it). I reckon you've got a point though. Plenty of scope for interesting things to happen there There's also Changes, which has the Sixth Doctor coping with a malevolent shapeshifter escaped from the TARDIS zoo. Comic book story, so there's tonnes of eye candy as the hunt moves forward. Absolutely. I was always under the impression that there was a cargo cult of stowaways tucked away somewhere in her inner dimensions. Wander deep enough into the substructure and you might find an entire shantytown built around the polytemporal hypercouplers or something. The TARDIS might even have places that she built exclusively for herself. There was this really nice short story with a room dedicated to stone replicas of the Doctor's past incarnations embodying the essence of who they were in life. Literal touchstones (like the memory spheres in Torment) which only the TARDIS and the Doctor were supposed to know about. Introducing a threat would be pretty simple as well. The TARDIS may be indestructible, but her crew isn't. Breed a Triffid to the gardens, materialise a transdimensional gunship inside the console room, force her to perform that emergency exit trick from Terminus... Loads to explore.
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Post by xlozdob on Jul 8, 2018 10:24:25 GMT
Well, there's The Edge of Destruction, but that's more of a character piece than focusing on the TARDIS itself. There's also the final episode of The Invasion of Time as well as Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS that offer some (differing) insights as to the main interior design of the ship, but as for what 'other things' within its walls might be getting up to I'm not so sure. I think The Abandoned (a Fourth Doctor Adventure with Leela) had some shenanigans with the previous owner of the TARDIS, but I must confess to not really engaging with or understanding the story. I seem to remember the Big Finish short No Place Like Home had an inhabitant of the TARDIS undertaking some plan or other, but the details escape me (it's been a long time since I listened to it). I reckon you've got a point though. Plenty of scope for interesting things to happen there There's also Changes, which has the Sixth Doctor coping with a malevolent shapeshifter escaped from the TARDIS zoo. Comic book story, so there's tonnes of eye candy as the hunt moves forward. Absolutely. I was always under the impression that there was a cargo cult of stowaways tucked away somewhere in her inner dimensions. Wander deep enough into the substructure and you might find an entire shantytown built around the polytemporal hypercouplers or something. The TARDIS might even have places that she built exclusively for herself. There was this really nice short story with a room dedicated to stone replicas of the Doctor's past incarnations embodying the essence of who they were in life. Literal touchstones (like the memory spheres in Torment) which only the TARDIS and the Doctor were supposed to know about. Introducing a threat would be pretty simple as well. The TARDIS may be indestructible, but her crew isn't. Breed a Triffid to the gardens, materialise a transdimensional gunship inside the console room, force her to perform that emergency exit trick from Terminus... Loads to explore. Ooh, that reminds me of The Lost Planet audiobook, another one that technically takes place inside the TARDIS, complete with killer plants and all sorts of threats for the Doctor and his companions, brother and sister duo Alex and Brandon Yow.
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Post by aztec on Jul 8, 2018 18:22:30 GMT
As this forum is discussing audio drama, shouldn't it be things we'd like to hear
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 3:49:06 GMT
There's also Changes, which has the Sixth Doctor coping with a malevolent shapeshifter escaped from the TARDIS zoo. Comic book story, so there's tonnes of eye candy as the hunt moves forward. Absolutely. I was always under the impression that there was a cargo cult of stowaways tucked away somewhere in her inner dimensions. Wander deep enough into the substructure and you might find an entire shantytown built around the polytemporal hypercouplers or something. The TARDIS might even have places that she built exclusively for herself. There was this really nice short story with a room dedicated to stone replicas of the Doctor's past incarnations embodying the essence of who they were in life. Literal touchstones (like the memory spheres in Torment) which only the TARDIS and the Doctor were supposed to know about. Introducing a threat would be pretty simple as well. The TARDIS may be indestructible, but her crew isn't. Breed a Triffid to the gardens, materialise a transdimensional gunship inside the console room, force her to perform that emergency exit trick from Terminus... Loads to explore. Ooh, that reminds me of The Lost Planet audiobook, another one that technically takes place inside the TARDIS, complete with killer plants and all sorts of threats for the Doctor and his companions, brother and sister duo Alex and Brandon Yow. I had no idea this existed. Let's see... *rummage* Written by George Mann... *rummage* read by Nicola Bryant... *rummage* Twelfth Doctor... Sold. I'm getting it tomorrow.
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Post by xlozdob on Jul 9, 2018 10:01:12 GMT
Ooh, that reminds me of The Lost Planet audiobook, another one that technically takes place inside the TARDIS, complete with killer plants and all sorts of threats for the Doctor and his companions, brother and sister duo Alex and Brandon Yow. I had no idea this existed. Let's see... *rummage* Written by George Mann... *rummage* read by Nicola Bryant... *rummage* Twelfth Doctor... Sold. I'm getting it tomorrow. It's part of a tetralogy of audiobooks, and I'm quite intrigued by the linking narrative, but I've only been able to listen to the first two, both really good and the companions are, imho, instantly likeable, especially Alex.
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Post by rran on Jul 10, 2018 17:58:03 GMT
Something with Amy that makes her bearable. Regards mark687 Everyone in my house laughed at that! I actually like Amy...
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Post by mbt66 on Jul 10, 2018 20:05:44 GMT
Everyone in my house laughed at that! I actually like Amy... So do I.
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Post by Whovitt on Jul 10, 2018 22:48:20 GMT
Everyone in my house laughed at that! I actually like Amy... As kids we found her quite annoying as it seemed like she was the one constantly coming up with the solutions to the problems in each episode, leaving the Doctor looking stupid and ineffectual (and that's still kind of true looking back on it, but it didn't happen quite as regularly as I remembered). I think she treated Rory very poorly, what with running off on him the night before their wedding, as well as preferring to break up their marriage over telling him she can't have kids any more (the whole "I love you more" thing from Asylum of the Daleks actually makes me a bit angry, as I've never believed Amy loved Rory more as we've far more evidence to the contrary!). And then she sexually... harasses? assults? I'm not sure which word is appropriate here... the Doctor just after telling him she's getting married tomorrow. Maybe I wouldn't mind if she wasn't 100% sober (I probably still wouldn't accept it though as I'm not sure that's any excuse to be playing around), but he's clearly not comfortable with what's she's doing and she clearly doesn't care. Other people loved Amy and I'm not going to say your wrong in that, but there are some things in a person I refuse to overlook, and that last thing is definitely one of them. (I feel likely I've made this thread go from lighthearted to serious very quickly there, sorry guys!)
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