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Post by zarikrahia on Oct 1, 2010 15:16:26 GMT -5
ASDFGH! i can has join?  |
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Post by Terra on Oct 12, 2010 22:23:15 GMT -5
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Post by Tam on Oct 12, 2010 23:01:32 GMT -5
What? Aww... I'm kind of disappointed about that. D: I mean, I kinda figured the Doctor was going to be essentially immortal as long as the show was still drawing in viewers, but I thought they'd just start finding ways around the regeneration limit. Look at the Master, who used up all his regenerations long ago, but keeps coming back over and over and over again thanks to his tendency to bend the rules of nature. I figured they'd do something similar for the Doctor, and I was kind of looking forward to seeing what kinds of creative ways around the rule they'd come up with.
I like when stories have limits. They build tension and define the playing field. If there's no limit to the Doctor's regenerations, it's just kind of like, "Yeah, go ahead, feel free to die as much as you want! Just as long as you don't die too badly. Otherwise you should be good to keep going forever!" |
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Post by Killix on Oct 12, 2010 23:02:41 GMT -5
Booooooo. *throws tomatos at BBC* |
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Post by Stal on Oct 12, 2010 23:17:49 GMT -5
They could always find a way to explain it.
After all, Jack was immortal and fixed in time and space after Rose. What if some cosmic reset button was hit on The Doctor when Amy remembered him back to existence. Or maybe Season 6 will explore this more and we're just getting a brief hint. After all, Moffat is at the helm now and he's great at mythos stories... |
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Post by Tam on Oct 12, 2010 23:32:43 GMT -5
They could always find a way to explain it.
After all, Jack was immortal and fixed in time and space after Rose. What if some cosmic reset button was hit on The Doctor when Amy remembered him back to existence. Or maybe Season 6 will explore this more and we're just getting a brief hint. After all, Moffat is at the helm now and he's great at mythos stories... Those are good points. I think I was getting caught up in this line:
[squote]However, Whovians ... will be disappointed that there is no technical reason given for the change: it is simply stated in passing. [/quote] and assuming that it meant there was no in-universe reason for the change. But I suppose it could always turn out that the line will get dropped now, in SJA, and be explained in a later episode of DW.[/spoiler] And also, unrelatedly and somewhat pettily, my geekish ire is raised by this article's use of "Doctor Who" as the name of the character. >.> |
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Post by Rikku on Oct 12, 2010 23:36:53 GMT -5
xD I, too, twitch whenever anyone calls him that. Upon accidentally calling him that myself once, I was immediately overtaken by a wave of shame.
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Post by Stal on Oct 12, 2010 23:44:32 GMT -5
They could always find a way to explain it.
After all, Jack was immortal and fixed in time and space after Rose. What if some cosmic reset button was hit on The Doctor when Amy remembered him back to existence. Or maybe Season 6 will explore this more and we're just getting a brief hint. After all, Moffat is at the helm now and he's great at mythos stories... Those are good points. I think I was getting caught up in this line:
[squote]However, Whovians ... will be disappointed that there is no technical reason given for the change: it is simply stated in passing.
and assuming that it meant there was no in-universe reason for the change. But I suppose it could always turn out that the line will get dropped now, in SJA, and be explained in a later episode of DW. And also, unrelatedly and somewhat pettily, my geekish ire is raised by this article's use of "Doctor Who" as the name of the character. >.> You missed the last paragraph, then...
The BBC would not say whether there would be any further explanation. "We never comment on future storylines for Doctor Who," said a spokeswoman.
Future storylines? Maybe it's a stretch, but... |
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Post by Kathleen on Oct 13, 2010 0:15:15 GMT -5
They could always find a way to explain it.
After all, Jack was immortal and fixed in time and space after Rose. What if some cosmic reset button was hit on The Doctor when Amy remembered him back to existence. Or maybe Season 6 will explore this more and we're just getting a brief hint. After all, Moffat is at the helm now and he's great at mythos stories... I'm of the hope that this is so. I would be quite put-out if they didn't address it and find a reason. Heroes aren't supposed to last forever, because then they'd be absolutely no fun at all. D= ... simply my opinion. xD I, too, twitch whenever anyone calls him that. Upon accidentally calling him that myself once, I was immediately overtaken by a wave of shame. I shall take the great risk of sounding like a conformist, and say I also twitch with irritation when this happens, as if someone's misspelt something. D= |
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Post by Rikku on Oct 13, 2010 14:03:58 GMT -5
I'm of the hope that this is so. I would be quite put-out if they didn't address it and find a reason. Heroes aren't supposed to last forever, because then they'd be absolutely no fun at all. D= ... simply my opinion. =D Or, of course, if they last forever ... but pay for it. Consequences for everything. 's the only way I can see this immortality-thing working, if it's a mixed blessing of some sort. |
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Post by Celestial on Oct 13, 2010 14:40:41 GMT -5
Eh, saw it coming. They wouldn't kill a good show like that, not when it is so incredibly popular and iconic. Plus the fact that they went to the trouble of bringing it back. xD
While I'm not too bothered with them ignoring continuity like that (Doctor Who has never been big on following it's own continuity) I would be disappointed if they did not at least explore the concept, if not flat out explain it. For one thing, it would be a waste of a good story idea and another it would feel unsatisfying to just have a throwaway line like that explain everything.
All we can do is wait and see. And add me to the people who don't like it when the Doctor is refered to as "Doctor Who". This makes the credits of the first few seasons of the old series a little...irksome. >> |
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Post by Tam on Oct 13, 2010 15:17:33 GMT -5
Eh, don't get me wrong, I have faith in Moffat and the new team. xD; I'm sure they'll do it some degree of justice. And add me to the people who don't like it when the Doctor is refered to as "Doctor Who". This makes the credits of the first few seasons of the old series a little...irksome. >> I thought I remembered something like that from one of the few early episodes I watched. xDD That makes it kind of funny that we all get up in arms about it, actually. It's canon! ...Aaaand then we get into the whole "Doctor Who laughs in the face of continuity" thing again. Oh, and also, in the name of openness I must confess to twitching whenever anyone types his name as "the Dr." or calls the series "Dr. Who". |
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Post by Arielle on Oct 13, 2010 22:28:34 GMT -5
Eh, don't get me wrong, I have faith in Moffat and the new team. xD; I'm sure they'll do it some degree of justice. And add me to the people who don't like it when the Doctor is refered to as "Doctor Who". This makes the credits of the first few seasons of the old series a little...irksome. >> I thought I remembered something like that from one of the few early episodes I watched. xDD That makes it kind of funny that we all get up in arms about it, actually. It's canon! ...Aaaand then we get into the whole "Doctor Who laughs in the face of continuity" thing again. Oh, and also, in the name of openness I must confess to twitching whenever anyone types his name as "the Dr." or calls the series "Dr. Who". I do too!! I'm not the only one. as for that article, here is what I have to say on it (copied and pasted from my immediate reaction I posted on my blog):
what…what…WHAT!?
I mean, I knew this was going to happen, in fact I was hoping they wouldn’t end it at 13 Doctors, 12 regenerations, but I was looking forward to a very interesting episode(s) were the Doctor thinks he is going to die (Do not mention End of Time, I’m not counting that. That was end of that personality/version of him.), truly going to die, and then…. regenerates. XD
Plus, this stupid thing:
…..Clyde asks how many times he can regenerate. The Doctor indicates that there is no limit. The action continues.
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Seriously? Seriously?
Just that. Nothing special, not a very good potential episode, just that. Plus, it ignores what has been said more than once in the old episodes; that Time-Lords can regenerate 12 times. It could just be a simple “say that because it is easier than getting into an explanation of how it was 12 but since they are all dead and I’m the only one I have no limit.”
In other news, is anyone dressing up as the Doctor for Halloween? I am.  4th Doctor to be precise. |
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on Oct 14, 2010 8:33:40 GMT -5
Eh, don't get me wrong, I have faith in Moffat and the new team. xD; I'm sure they'll do it some degree of justice. I thought I remembered something like that from one of the few early episodes I watched. xDD That makes it kind of funny that we all get up in arms about it, actually. It's canon! ...Aaaand then we get into the whole "Doctor Who laughs in the face of continuity" thing again. Oh, and also, in the name of openness I must confess to twitching whenever anyone types his name as "the Dr." or calls the series "Dr. Who". I do too!! I'm not the only one. as for that article, here is what I have to say on it (copied and pasted from my immediate reaction I posted on my blog):
what…what…WHAT!?
I mean, I knew this was going to happen, in fact I was hoping they wouldn’t end it at 13 Doctors, 12 regenerations, but I was looking forward to a very interesting episode(s) were the Doctor thinks he is going to die (Do not mention End of Time, I’m not counting that. That was end of that personality/version of him.), truly going to die, and then…. regenerates. XD
Plus, this stupid thing:
…..Clyde asks how many times he can regenerate. The Doctor indicates that there is no limit. The action continues.
….
Seriously? Seriously?
Just that. Nothing special, not a very good potential episode, just that. Plus, it ignores what has been said more than once in the old episodes; that Time-Lords can regenerate 12 times. It could just be a simple “say that because it is easier than getting into an explanation of how it was 12 but since they are all dead and I’m the only one I have no limit.”
In other news, is anyone dressing up as the Doctor for Halloween? I am. 4th Doctor to be precise. I have the right clothes for the 10th, but couldn't pack it into my suitcase. Oh well. |
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Post by Arielle on Oct 14, 2010 9:57:00 GMT -5
I do too!! I'm not the only one. as for that article, here is what I have to say on it (copied and pasted from my immediate reaction I posted on my blog):
what…what…WHAT!?
I mean, I knew this was going to happen, in fact I was hoping they wouldn’t end it at 13 Doctors, 12 regenerations, but I was looking forward to a very interesting episode(s) were the Doctor thinks he is going to die (Do not mention End of Time, I’m not counting that. That was end of that personality/version of him.), truly going to die, and then…. regenerates. XD
Plus, this stupid thing:
…..Clyde asks how many times he can regenerate. The Doctor indicates that there is no limit. The action continues.
….
Seriously? Seriously?
Just that. Nothing special, not a very good potential episode, just that. Plus, it ignores what has been said more than once in the old episodes; that Time-Lords can regenerate 12 times. It could just be a simple “say that because it is easier than getting into an explanation of how it was 12 but since they are all dead and I’m the only one I have no limit.”
In other news, is anyone dressing up as the Doctor for Halloween? I am. 4th Doctor to be precise. I have the right clothes for the 10th, but couldn't pack it into my suitcase. Oh well. Aww.  That stinks. |
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That stinks.