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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 20, 2019 22:54:21 GMT
Over in the thread about BF’s upcoming boxsets, someone joked that the eighth was always getting stranded.
Which got me thinking, how often DID he get stranded?
Not counting the stories where he was temporalily seperated from the TARDIS.....
BBC Books:
Dominion - TARDIS is critically injured, possibly dying. Doctor loses the gift of universal translation.
Unnatural History - TARDIS only thing keeping rift closed(ish). He was in SAN Fransisco for weeks.
Shadow of Avalon - TARDIS goes boom. Trapped “forever” in Avalon.
Ancestor Cell - Compassion critically wounded, Doctor imprisoned on Gallifrey.
Burning to Escape Velocity - 100+ years stranded on Earth.
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street - TARDIS unable to materialise because of Reasons, Doctor trapped for at least several months (if not over a year), before the TARDIS can be summoned.
BF audio:
Zagreus - TARDIS goes dollally and Rassilon destroys it.
Divergent Universe Arc - TARDIS stolen by Divergents.
Ravenous - Twice? Has the TARDIS stolen from him.
Time War volume 1 - TARDIS has all seven shades of the proverbial kicked out of it by events.
Prisoner of the Sun - is technically the Doctor stranding himself, but he is unable to escape.
Orbis - 600 years eith no TARDIS has to be a record.
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Post by sherlock on Dec 20, 2019 23:15:17 GMT
He was also stuck on Orbis for 600 years.
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Post by antartiks on Dec 20, 2019 23:19:24 GMT
Does The Conscript count ?
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Post by Jeedai on Dec 21, 2019 4:34:45 GMT
By The BBC? Just once.
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Post by constonks on Dec 21, 2019 8:06:46 GMT
Prisoner of the Sun comes to mind - does that count?
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 21, 2019 10:17:32 GMT
Does The Conscript count ? I’d say “yes” because the TARDIS is buggered and he csn’t escape. |
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Post by mark687 on Dec 21, 2019 11:51:07 GMT
Though to be fair that did last almost for a year of books and he had Amnesia at the same time  Regards mark687 |
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Post by doctorkernow on Jan 8, 2020 17:30:11 GMT
Hello again.
In that sequence of Eighth Doctor books is my favourite Eighth Doctor story, Father Time by Lance Parkin. It reminded me a bit of Human Nature, there was the same jeopardy, you didn't know if the Doctor would prevail because he wasn't himself.
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 8, 2020 19:18:08 GMT
Hello again. In that sequence of Eighth Doctor books is my favourite Eighth Doctor story, Father Time by Lance Parkin. It reminded me a bit of Human Nature, there was the same jeopardy, you didn't know if the Doctor would prevail because he wasn't himself. I really liked the book version of Human Nature. And was it you who recommended Father Time to me? I really should somehow make some time to do some more reading... have a whole unread library on my Kindle. Including Father Time.
Sounds interesting. And this time, Benny is not around (like in Human Nature).
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Post by doctorkernow on Jan 8, 2020 19:40:35 GMT
Hello again Tuigirl,
I'm not sure. Generally, I found the Eighth Doctor books not as easy to access as the New Adventures. However, Father Time is an interesting book, as is Lance Parkin's other book in the range I've read The Gallifrey Chronicles. There is also a sequel to Father Time, Justin Richard's Sometime Never. Best wishes.
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 8, 2020 19:59:50 GMT
Hello again Tuigirl, I'm not sure. Generally, I found the Eighth Doctor books not as easy to access as the New Adventures. However, Father Time is an interesting book, as is Lance Parkin's other book in the range I've read The Gallifrey Chronicles. There is also a sequel to Father Time, Justin Richard's Sometime Never. Best wishes. Yeah, I did read a few, and I developed a real dislike for the Faction Paradox, which turned me off reading more. However, a few stand-alone books have become available for Kindle, and someone here on this forum pointed them out and so I got them.
So far the only 8th Doctor book I really liked was Eater of Wasps, but as I said, I have not read many of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2020 3:45:07 GMT
Hello again Tuigirl, I'm not sure. Generally, I found the Eighth Doctor books not as easy to access as the New Adventures. However, Father Time is an interesting book, as is Lance Parkin's other book in the range I've read The Gallifrey Chronicles. There is also a sequel to Father Time, Justin Richard's Sometime Never. Best wishes. Yeah, I did read a few, and I developed a real dislike for the Faction Paradox, which turned me off reading more. However, a few stand-alone books have become available for Kindle, and someone here on this forum pointed them out and so I got them.
So far the only 8th Doctor book I really liked was Eater of Wasps, but as I said, I have not read many of them.
I think that might've been me who recommended Father Time: [...] I can remember two books quite strongly. Kate Orman's The Year of Intelligent Tigers with a quintessentially Eighth Doctor premise. The other is Lance Parkin's Father Time where he fosters a teenage daughter while trapped on Earth. Both are from that latter era, exploring this more raw interpretation of the Doctor's personality. Someone who grabs a man by the hair and forces his face to the window so he can see the carnage he's caused below. Deeply passionate. Almost in the vein of the Enlightenment era poets and writers (think of his characterisation post-Destrii). And they say people don't make a difference.   I tend to champion Lance Parkin books. He has this uncanny ability to walk into a room, tie every story arc and motivation together beautifully, and leave while giving us even more questions to consider. He even did it in the 30-minutes of Benny's Story from A Company of Friends. The author's got some serious skills. I'm in the same boat as doctorkernow , though, I find the New Adventures are a great deal more accessible than the EDAs as well. At a guess, I think it's because the Eighth Doctor didn't really have much to draw on outside the film. His predecessor had twelve stories, a mission statement and even a few television writers contributing to the NAs. But, the Eighth Doctor had... Gary Russell's novelisation? Not a lot, really. So, his incarnation doesn't really settle until a few years later. One of Eight's strongest, earlier depictions comes from Lance Parkin again with the only NA they did for McGann's Doctor -- The Dying Days. |
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Post by tuigirl on Jan 9, 2020 6:34:52 GMT
Yeah, I did read a few, and I developed a real dislike for the Faction Paradox, which turned me off reading more. However, a few stand-alone books have become available for Kindle, and someone here on this forum pointed them out and so I got them.
So far the only 8th Doctor book I really liked was Eater of Wasps, but as I said, I have not read many of them.
[...] I can remember two books quite strongly. Kate Orman's The Year of Intelligent Tigers with a quintessentially Eighth Doctor premise. The other is Lance Parkin's Father Time where he fosters a teenage daughter while trapped on Earth. Both are from that latter era, exploring this more raw interpretation of the Doctor's personality. Someone who grabs a man by the hair and forces his face to the window so he can see the carnage he's caused below. Deeply passionate. Almost in the vein of the Enlightenment era poets and writers (think of his characterisation post-Destrii). And they say people don't make a difference. I tend to champion Lance Parkin books. He has this uncanny ability to walk into a room, tie every story arc and motivation together beautifully, and leave while giving us even more questions to consider. He even did it in the 30-minutes of Benny's Story from A Company of Friends. The author's got some serious skills. I'm in the same boat as doctorkernow , though, I find the New Adventures are a great deal more accessible than the EDAs as well. At a guess, I think it's because the Eighth Doctor didn't really have much to draw on outside the film. His predecessor had twelve stories, a mission statement and even a few television writers contributing to the NAs. But, the Eighth Doctor had... Gary Russell's novelisation? Not a lot, really. So, his incarnation doesn't really settle until a few years later. One of Eight's strongest, earlier depictions comes from Lance Parkin again with the only NA they did for McGann's Doctor -- The Dying Days. So it was! Sorry.
And I got the Intelligent Tigers one, too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2020 9:42:34 GMT
I think that might've been me who recommended Father Time:And they say people don't make a difference. I tend to champion Lance Parkin books. He has this uncanny ability to walk into a room, tie every story arc and motivation together beautifully, and leave while giving us even more questions to consider. He even did it in the 30-minutes of Benny's Story from A Company of Friends. The author's got some serious skills. I'm in the same boat as doctorkernow , though, I find the New Adventures are a great deal more accessible than the EDAs as well. At a guess, I think it's because the Eighth Doctor didn't really have much to draw on outside the film. His predecessor had twelve stories, a mission statement and even a few television writers contributing to the NAs. But, the Eighth Doctor had... Gary Russell's novelisation? Not a lot, really. So, his incarnation doesn't really settle until a few years later. One of Eight's strongest, earlier depictions comes from Lance Parkin again with the only NA they did for McGann's Doctor -- The Dying Days. So it was! Sorry.
And I got the Intelligent Tigers one, too.
No worries, I had to double-check for myself. Great! I'm glad you decided to give the comics a go, as well. I honestly can't fathom how I could've been so dismissive of them at the beginning. They've such great writing. I guess the lesson is don't judge a story by its panels.  |
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I tend to champion Lance Parkin books. He has this uncanny ability to walk into a room, tie every story arc and motivation together beautifully, and leave while giving us even more questions to consider. He even did it in the 30-minutes of Benny's Story from A Company of Friends. The author's got some serious skills.