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Post by timegirl on Apr 29, 2020 23:47:32 GMT
What if all of Earth’s fairytales, myths, and legends developed because of the Doctor’s involvement? We all ready know the Doctor is Merlin, so why not other stories as well🤔😊
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Post by relativetime on Apr 30, 2020 0:54:58 GMT
I’m not sure if this is necessarily a controversial opinion, but the single biggest reason I don’t go back to revisit some of the audios before Bang-Bang-a-Boom! is because they don’t have the right era specific theme song. It kind of takes me out of the experience, regardless of how good the story is. I’m usually able to move past it when I really want to listen to the story, but overall it’s still something that does bother me.
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Post by timegirl on Apr 30, 2020 1:08:54 GMT
I’m not sure if this is necessarily a controversial opinion, but the single biggest reason I don’t go back to revisit some of the audios before Bang-Bang-a-Boom! is because they don’t have the right era specific theme song. It kind of takes me out of the experience, regardless of how good the story is. I’m usually able to move past it when I really want to listen to the story, but overall it’s still something that does bother me. That’s interesting, any idea why they didn’t have the right theme tune?🤔
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Post by mark687 on Apr 30, 2020 10:03:47 GMT
I’m not sure if this is necessarily a controversial opinion, but the single biggest reason I don’t go back to revisit some of the audios before Bang-Bang-a-Boom! is because they don’t have the right era specific theme song. It kind of takes me out of the experience, regardless of how good the story is. I’m usually able to move past it when I really want to listen to the story, but overall it’s still something that does bother me. That’s interesting, any idea why they didn’t have the right theme tune?🤔 Personal Preference for the Pertwee/early Baker theme form JHE or GR Regards mark687
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Post by timegirl on Apr 30, 2020 14:10:27 GMT
I absolutely adore the tank scene in Magician’s Apprentice, it’s gloriously over the top it is and introduces a new side to 12!😊 I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love the guitar playing, the lame puns, the fact that he’s dressed like a 20 something year old rockstar, and that he plays “Pretty Woman” for Clara 😁 I never understood the criticism people sometimes have against this scene or that he started playing the guitar this season 🤔 I know it’s very different to what we got with his character previously but the scene makes perfect sense if you think about how he thinks he’s dying. Also why shouldn’t 12 play the guitar?After all 2 played the recorder, 7 the spoons. Also I have noticed people sometimes criticize that 12 started wearing hoodies and dressing like a teenager or 20 something in general around this time because it’s somehow too undignified for an older Doctor . But it makes perfect sense for his character if view it through the lens of character development of him gradually loosening up as well as going through a midlife crisis. The main thing people bring up when they critique this scene is it was too much too soon for 12 to act that differently from what we had seen before, but maybe more happened for him in between this and Last Christmas than we know about 🤔 There is a time gap after all😉
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Post by tuigirl on Apr 30, 2020 18:19:46 GMT
I absolutely adore the tank scene in Magician’s Apprentice, it’s gloriously over the top it is and introduces a new side to 12! Best scene ever in modern television. Seriously.
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Post by timegirl on Apr 30, 2020 18:46:08 GMT
I absolutely adore the tank scene in Magician’s Apprentice, it’s gloriously over the top it is and introduces a new side to 12! Best scene ever in modern television. Seriously. Could not agree more!😊
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Post by mrperson on Apr 30, 2020 22:32:15 GMT
I’m not sure if this is necessarily a controversial opinion, but the single biggest reason I don’t go back to revisit some of the audios before Bang-Bang-a-Boom! is because they don’t have the right era specific theme song. It kind of takes me out of the experience, regardless of how good the story is. I’m usually able to move past it when I really want to listen to the story, but overall it’s still something that does bother me. Well, "odd" and "unpopular" are the other qualifiers.
And no offense, but it does strike me as a bit odd. You can skip right past the music in most if not all of them...just go to the next track and don't worry about it. There are a bunch of outstanding experimental episodes early on.
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Post by mrperson on Apr 30, 2020 22:36:44 GMT
Possibly unpopular/controversial: I resent if not despise the idea of Clara splinters. I seriously disliked the episode overall. The idea of an enemy hopping into his "timestream"* was bad enough. But the idea that there are a bunch of Claras running around not only always saving the Doctor behind the scenes from that enemy, but also doing things like showing him which TARDIS to steal. Now she's ultimately responsible for keeping him/her alive, in turn, his/her successes?
I really really dislike it. I won't say "hate". That would cheapen the word. But I'm not pleased at all. Fortunately, I am quite good at compartmentalization - it's necessary to do criminal defense work, let me tell you - so I can shove that episode to the back of my mind and forget about it, right up until someone brings the subject up.
*(so that...what... everywhere in spacetime the Doctor went, the Great Intelligence was there too, behind the scenes? We just never saw it or what it was doing? Nothing ever seemed to happen in an episode that wasn't the work of the actual bad guy in the episode or some bumbling non-bad-guy).
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Post by timegirl on Apr 30, 2020 22:40:00 GMT
Possibly unpopular/controversial: I resent if not despise the idea of Clara splinters. I seriously disliked the episode overall. The idea of an enemy hopping into his "timestream"* was bad enough. But the idea that there are a bunch of Claras running around not only always saving the Doctor behind the scenes from that enemy, but also doing things like showing him which TARDIS to steal. Now she's ultimately responsible for keeping him/her alive, in turn, his/her successes?
I really really dislike it. I won't say "hate". That would cheapen the word. But I'm not pleased at all. Fortunately, I am quite good at compartmentalization - it's necessary to do criminal defense work, let me tell you - so I can shove that episode to the back of my mind and forget about it, right up until someone brings the subject up.
*(so that...what... everywhere in spacetime the Doctor went, the Great Intelligence was there too, behind the scenes? We just never saw it or what it was doing? Nothing ever seemed to happen in an episode that wasn't the work of the actual bad guy in the episode or some bumbling non-bad-guy). Maybe Big Finish can reinvent and reinterpret this plot element🤔
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Post by mrperson on Apr 30, 2020 23:05:28 GMT
Possibly unpopular/controversial: I resent if not despise the idea of Clara splinters. I seriously disliked the episode overall. The idea of an enemy hopping into his "timestream"* was bad enough. But the idea that there are a bunch of Claras running around not only always saving the Doctor behind the scenes from that enemy, but also doing things like showing him which TARDIS to steal. Now she's ultimately responsible for keeping him/her alive, in turn, his/her successes?
I really really dislike it. I won't say "hate". That would cheapen the word. But I'm not pleased at all. Fortunately, I am quite good at compartmentalization - it's necessary to do criminal defense work, let me tell you - so I can shove that episode to the back of my mind and forget about it, right up until someone brings the subject up.
*(so that...what... everywhere in spacetime the Doctor went, the Great Intelligence was there too, behind the scenes? We just never saw it or what it was doing? Nothing ever seemed to happen in an episode that wasn't the work of the actual bad guy in the episode or some bumbling non-bad-guy). Maybe Big Finish can reinvent and reinterpret this plot element🤔
I'll trust them to try if they want, but I'd rather they just ignore it too. I didn't mind the recent TV revelation, but I generally do not like any sort of reveal in any sort of ongoing media that says "you know all that stuff we told you? It was all wrong and different!" unless it has a meaningful effect going forward; as long as it matters to the story.
It's not the kind of twist that works for me. For one thing, what changes? The old episodes are what they are. But now I'm supposed to imagine that there is a Clara splinter and a Great Intelligence splinter battling it out behind the scenes wherever he/she has been. It doesn't do anything, at least, not unless one enjoys thinking over existing episodes and dreaming up the extra stuff. But then you can imagine whatever you please with or without permission from the BBC.
The latest immortal-Doctor revelation also doesn't do much for me, but it doesn't bother me because it doesn't change anything about what is supposed to have happened in the past. It adds to it. And I knew that they were going to treat him/her as immortal, since they'll be around just as long as people feel like telling more stories. I never thought there would be some final BBC episode where it's "that's it, they're dead now." It would (and will almost certainly) simply be canceled for real world reasons. Maybe in 5 or 10 years, maybe 50. Maybe they'll be on the 326th Doctor in a thousand years' time. Who knows. I figured they'd already bridged the gap to 'immortal' with the Time of the Doctor. If new regeneration cycles can be granted, than the Doctor could figure out how to do it even without a Gallifrey. So that was always going to happen, one way or another.
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Post by timegirl on May 1, 2020 1:20:20 GMT
More weird opinions and theories!😊 This is a slightly crazy idea but what if the 60th Anniversary Started towards the end with something crazy happening with multiple incarnations of the Doctor and then see how they got to that point!
These actors will all play the Doctor whether as a new incarnation or a timeless child Doctor: Bill Nighy, Rupert Grint, Angus Irmrie, Matt King, Jameela Jamil, Keeley Hawes, Simon Pegg
At some point more big finish elements will come over to the tv series. I would love for Iris and the Scorchies to come over!😃
We saw that in time crash that it made 5 older when he crashed into 10’s TARDIS🤔What if we had a multi Doctor episode where everyone’s ages get scrambled at first (young Doctors become older, older Doctors become young.)
When 13 eventually regenerates she will regenerate into a male incarnation that will be someone who looks particularly silly and out of place in her costume.
I wonder what 9’s Master would be like if the Master had been around during his time🤔 I imagine 9’s Master could go either two ways: either tough and Northern similar to 9 or his polar opposite being very overly posh.
It would be interesting if in a multi Doctor big finish audio different Doctors swapped companions.
It’s a downright shame that 12 never wore a kilt! Think of the Lair of the White Worm references! Plus it would just look good!
It would be an interesting concept for a big finish finish box set to do an alternative universe that flipped all the Doctor Master roles (not a body swap, just an alternative where these the way things always were) for example: a Simms Doctor and a Tennant Master and Gomez Doctor and a Capaldi Master. It would be an interesting experiment especially if they got to establish different dynamics than normal 🤔
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Post by timegirl on May 2, 2020 2:37:59 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief.
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Post by tuigirl on May 2, 2020 6:32:30 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief. Nah, ths is something villains do. The Doctor would never do something like this. He would find another way.
However, there is a BF story of the Doctor possessing someone (in a non-harmful way)- Ghost Walk.
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Post by timegirl on May 2, 2020 8:12:51 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief. Nah, ths is something villains do. The Doctor would never do something like this. He would find another way.
However, there is a BF story of the Doctor possessing someone (in a non-harmful way)- Ghost Walk.
Fair enough🤔 🙂but I still think the Doctor might if it was an absolute emergency and there was no other option 🤔
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 2, 2020 10:23:00 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief. Something like Starman you mean?
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Post by sherlock on May 2, 2020 10:28:38 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief. Might work really well as horror Unbound take on Doctor Who. Regeneration isn’t renewal of the dying body, it’s the mind of a Time Lord jumping from it to their next host.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2020 7:04:00 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief. Hmmm...not sure I could see our universe's version of the Doctor going down this particular road (never be cruel, never be cowardly...), but an Unbound version - one with the same moral code as the Doctor in Full Fathom Five (as performed by David Collings)...that I could see..🤔
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Post by tuigirl on May 3, 2020 7:58:17 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief. Hmmm...not sure I could see our universe's version of the Doctor going down this particular road (never be cruel, never be cowardly...), but an Unbound version - one with the same moral code as the Doctor in Full Fathom Five (as performed by David Collings)...that I could see..🤔 Yeah, agreed. The Doctor would rather die than do this. I think "Ghost Walk" and the "possession" is as far as he would ever go.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2020 9:09:53 GMT
This is a slightly insane idea but you know how with a few incarnations of the Master was them inhabiting other peoples bodies, what if we had a similar (but benevolent) version of this but with the Doctor? What if the Doctor found for some reason they suddenly couldn’t regenerate normally and had to find a human body to use. What if the Doctor inhabited the body of someone’s dead loved one (a spouse, grandparent, or child). The friends and relatives have to deal with their loved one seemingly miraculously coming back from the dead but it would be as if they came back wrong to them claiming to not be the person they once knew but a space and time traveling alien known as the Doctor. Then some of those friends and relatives become the companions of the Doctor but have to deal traveling with someone who inhabited the body their deceased loved one but was strange and alien. I think this could be a really interesting idea to explore and could add new depth to the Doctor companion relationship. There would be a lot to explore with character drama especially in regards to grief. It's honestly a really great Unbound idea, I'd love to see how Time Lord society shifts having to "recorporealise" rather than regenerate. My Sister's Keeper deals with a similar concept, saviour siblings, those born to provide transplants to someone with a fatal condition. I can definitely see a version of the Doctor being one of the few Time Lords who asks for the host's consent -- tries to prepare them for the process -- rather than just taking bodies as they see fit. Maybe that's why he left to begin with? I reckon you could do the hijack in our mainstream universe with one major caveat. The possession would have to be non-voluntary. Something shocking for all involved. If he did it by choice, Starman sounds like a pretty good comparison point. Not a bodily hijack, per se... Let's say that the Doctor's caught in the exhaust blast of a rocket. Fatal for anyone. Someone sees him, pulls him clear, but at the cost of their own life. The body's incinerated. No one will be the wiser. The last thought running through the Doctor's mind is he failed to save them. Despite the extraordinary pain, he must keep his memory, remember the face... and changes into the deceased.
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