Doctor Who: The End Of Time (SPOILERS!!)
POSTED BY: lwaves
UPDATED: Friday, January 8, 2010 21:46
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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
Has anything been said about the number of times the Doctor can regenerate? It's been established in the past to be 12 times, which means he only has one left. If the show contiues for a long time this could become an issue
Much like the complete destruction of the Daleks and Time Lords, or the "death" of The Master, the bit about limited regenerations will be true up until the point they totally throw it out.
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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
It's so funny to read my countrymen's reaction to the ending of a Doctor. Whenever they see Doctor Who for the first time they just latch onto that Doctor and he becomes their favorite to which there can NEVER be a replacement... lol
I guess I'm so used to the changing of the Doctor since I watched it growing up in Michigan (we always picked up Canadian channels), I just don't get so attached. But I will state that DT's Doctor has been my favorite from the "new" series. Just like my freshly introduced brethren, Tom Baker was my first Doctor, and I still kinda miss him.
Well, I certainly have not watched all of the Doctors, but I gre up watching Baker and Davidson, liked McGann's TV movie and was very fond of Eccleston's take.
But Tennant was my favorite - and certainly not because he was my first.
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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
It's so funny to read my countrymen's reaction to the ending of a Doctor. Whenever they see Doctor Who for the first time they just latch onto that Doctor and he becomes their favorite to which there can NEVER be a replacement... lol
I guess I'm so used to the changing of the Doctor since I watched it growing up in Michigan (we always picked up Canadian channels), I just don't get so attached. But I will state that DT's Doctor has been my favorite from the "new" series. Just like my freshly introduced brethren, Tom Baker was my first Doctor, and I still kinda miss him.
Well, I certainly have not watched all of the Doctors, but I gre up watching Baker and Davidson, liked McGann's TV movie and was very fond of Eccleston's take.
But Tennant was my favorite - and certainly not because he was my first.
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I think I may have come across wrong. I'm not poking fun or pointing out "how wrong" those of us in the US are for making comments like "there'll NEVER be another doctor!". I was merely expressing that I, personally, find it humorous that usually it's the American viewers that latch on to the first actor they see as The Doctor, rather than latching onto the character of The Doctor.
I'm just as much to blame in this. It's just our way of thinking in regards to our shows. Our kin across the pond have unilaterally grown up with Doctor Who, so they have no problem with the changing faces. Here, in the US it's a rarity if you've seen more than Baker or Davidson prior to Eccleston's introduction.
I too, thoroughly enjoyed Eccleston's Doctor and think Tennent's has been the best thus far. But like I said before, Baker will always have a fond, special place in my memories.
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I watched both parts online @ casttv.com, part one is probably still up there.
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And there are always torrents.....
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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
Has anything been said about the number of times the Doctor can regenerate? It's been established in the past to be 12 times, which means he only has one left. If the show contiues for a long time this could become an issue
Actually he has two regenerations left. The latest regeneration was the 10th time it has happened making Matt Smith the 11th Doctor. This leaves two more to go making thirteen Doctors in total.
I hope they stick to that rule of twelve regenerations. As much as I love Doctor Who that rule is such a part of my Who mythology, having grown up with the earlier Doctors, that it would be a crime to alter it. They should just give it a big finish with maybe a multi-episode, multi-Doctor story like in past times with The Five Doctors.
But if the ratings are still strong....who knows (pun intended).
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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
Has anything been said about the number of times the Doctor can regenerate? It's been established in the past to be 12 times, which means he only has one left. If the show contiues for a long time this could become an issue
Actually he has two regenerations left. The latest regeneration was the 10th time it has happened making Matt Smith the 11th Doctor. This leaves two more to go making thirteen Doctors in total.
I hope they stick to that rule of twelve regenerations. As much as I love Doctor Who that rule is such a part of my Who mythology, having grown up with the earlier Doctors, that it would be a crime to alter it. They should just give it a big finish with maybe a multi-episode, multi-Doctor story like in past times with The Five Doctors.
But if the ratings are still strong....who knows (pun intended).
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Originally posted by lwaves:
I hope they stick to that rule of twelve regenerations.
They've already broken that rule:
Back in the Tom Baker era (I think) the Master got to his 12th regeneration and started to go all manky - but He Got Better.
I think he did it by stealing another body - but then he's evil (thunderclap) so that's OK. Maneuvering the Doctor into a position where he is forced to do the same could make for a fun story.
Or perhaps he could die and his "daughter" could take over the family business... They keep on rumbling about having a female Doctor and that could be a less squicky way of doing it.
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Originally posted by lwaves:
I hope they stick to that rule of twelve regenerations.
They've already broken that rule:
Back in the Tom Baker era (I think) the Master got to his 12th regeneration and started to go all manky - but He Got Better.
I think he did it by stealing another body - but then he's evil (thunderclap) so that's OK. Maneuvering the Doctor into a position where he is forced to do the same could make for a fun story.
Or perhaps he could die and his "daughter" could take over the family business... They keep on rumbling about having a female Doctor and that could be a less squicky way of doing it.
You are right about the Master and the era but as you say, he is evil, so normal rules don't usually apply (look at his recent return). And the Timelords themselves have brought The Master back for the Time War so it is possible. But they aren't really around now and are certainly not going to help the Doctor.
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They're not going to just stop the show or kill the Doctor because of a rule written before they ever thought the series would last so long.
Like I said above, if the series is still popular enough to continue when they hit that point, that rule will be tossed out or written around in a heartbeat.
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