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Giford


I think Timothy Dalton thought he was in a different sci-fi series: Splash Gordon.

I was re-watching the Sound of Drums this morning and noticed the web address on Harold Saxon's site. Amazingly it's still on line for all to see. http://www.haroldsaxon.co.uk/ Interesting that Harriet Jones is mentioned as 'the last of his predecessors' to try to cover up alien contact. Part of his election pledge is to be open about such things and to make Britain 'more than just a global player'. Also the President is named as President Winters. That would mean that Obama becomes President between the Master 'dying' and returning... so, there must be two President Obamas.

Hi Radox,

>so, there must be two President Obamas.

Didn't follow that.

Gif

*Regrets missing the one opportunity in his life to say a Vauxhall Princess Astra joke*

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Did anyone see this over on Doctor Who pages?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/videos/adventure_091224

A jaw-punchin', gun-shootin', big-foreheaded Doctor?

Mm.

Gif

Oh, yes...a well-hard Dr...Matt Smith has said he'll be playing him as a less tolerant Dr.

It just struck me after all that talk of the 'man who never would' and the (non) gunplay in the New Year special... we go straight to someone who, it seems, is a 'man who can't wait to'.

Gif

Yes, which is excellent as 'he' would have done in previous incarnations.

Of course, we don't know what the Dr was shooting at.

The punching...well, plenty of previous Drs did.

And as RTD kept writing: 'his' Drs left loads of dead people in his wake which is one reason why Jessica Hynes character in Family of Blood refused to join him. And that episode showed you how he may not kill but he certainly didn't mind punishing 'people'.

And it would seem to be an OTT punishment. The Doctor had to hide for three months because the family's life-force would have run out by then. They caught up with him within three months but that begs the question as to why he didn't just let their life-force run out rather than trapping them for eternity in a mirror &c.

And before anyone mentions the novel 'Human Nature', it can no longer be classed as canon (not that it ever was imo.)

the story was to put teeth back on the doctor

stop him being a wet hen

like in the library when the Dr. tells the shadows to look him up

the odd bit of execess builds a reputation

that one day might save your life

'So, there must be two President Obamas. Didn't follow that'

I did start to explain my thinking then read what I put and realised just how geeky it sounded. Suffice to say I began with the premise that the 'new' Who series started out in our dimension and subsequent events have pushed it into its own timeline (the old show was always said to be in this dimension)

but since then the trousers of time theory has come into use, yes its our dimension but its a different leg!!!!!!!

I did think it was a little stupid that they included Obama in the special, it just kinda breaks reality...

and they still didn't explain what was accelerating the ood

the prime mystery of the episode and then just ignore it

I'm just watching Tom Baker story The Robots of Death ... first few episodes remind me of the Ood stories ...

That whole early Tom Baker era is awesome...

Gif

Can we not mention 'Robots of Death' and 'the Ood' in the same sentence unless it also includes the words 'great' and 'rubbish'.

'Robots Of Death' is one of the stories that shows what 'new Who' is missing with it's one episode (and even two episode) length stories.

"Can we not mention 'Robots of Death' and 'the Ood' in the same sentence unless it also includes the words 'great' and 'rubbish'."
You mean like Robots of death was rubbish compared to the greatness of anything with the ood in?

kipperonthefloor...SLAP!!!!