The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

So where and what was that?

It's not there!

BUT it was referenced in one of the animated episodes of 'The Invasion'

[Rob4]

apparently the BBC are going to re-release Tom Baker Season 1 in the limited edition packaging again.

a bit pissed off with this as I'm waiting for standard releases of the seasons

[iank]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Are BigFinishCreative part of Big Finish or is it just coincidence?

I presume they are so am guessing these BBC releases might be a stepping stone to releasing actual Big Finish stories animated.

It's run by Jason Haigh-Ellery, who was one of the initial founders of Big Finish, though I'm not sure how much they have to do with one another now. Gary Russell, who ran the range for several years, also works for them (he was at the panel on Sunday, I believe). It's obviously a possibility, though, especially if they're speeding up releases and they continue to be big sellers - after all, there's only so many missing stories!

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Cold War

The Doctor: Hair, shoulder pads, nukes. It's the Eighties. Everything's bigger.

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(The Ice Warrior is directly behind the Doctor.)
Clara: Doctor.
The Doctor: What about the radio? Can we send a
Clara: Doctor!
The Doctor: What! (Hiss.) What is that? Gas? Could be gas. (Then he turns around and looks up at the Warrior.) Ah. It never rains but it pours.
Grisenko: We were drilling for oil in the ice. I thought I'd found a mammoth.
The Doctor: It's not a mammoth.
Grisenko: No.
Clara: What is it, then?
The Doctor: It's an Ice Warrior. A native of the planet Mars. And we go way back. Way back.
Zhukov: A Martian? You can't be serious.
The Doctor: I'm always serious. With days off.

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The Doctor: Stay here.
Clara: Okay.
The Doctor: Stay here. Don't argue.
Clara: I'm not.
The Doctor: Right. Good.

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Clara: Saved the world, then?
The Doctor: Yeah.
Clara: That's what we do.
The Doctor: Yeah.

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Clara: The Tardis! Where's the Tardis? You never explained.
The Doctor: Oh well, don't worry about that.
Clara: Stop saying that. Where is it?
The Doctor: Yeah. Well, I wasn't to know, was I?
Clara: Know what?
The Doctor: I've been tinkering, breaking her in. I'm allowed.
Clara: What did you do?
The Doctor: (sotto) I reset the HADS.
Clara: Huh?
The Doctor: I reset the HADS.
Clara: The what?
The Doctor: The HADS. The Hostile Action Displacement System. If the Tardis comes under attack, gunfire, time winds, the sea, it relocates.
Clara: Oh, Doctor.
The Doctor: Haven't used it in donkey's years. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Well, never mind, it's bound to turn up somewhere. (His sonic screwdriver starts whirring.) Ooo. Ha, see? Right on cue. Brilliant.
Clara: Brilliant.
The Doctor: The Tardis is at the pole.
Clara: Not far, then.
The Doctor: The south pole.
Clara: Ah.
The Doctor: Could we have a lift?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A brief moment of downtime with a cuppa for the War Doctor (John Hurt), Clara (Jenna Coleman), and Doctor's eleven and ten (Matt Smith and David Tennant) in The Day of the Doctor (2013)

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

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The Doctor: Hello, I'm looking for a ghost.
Palmer: And you are?
Clara: Ghostbusters.
The Doctor: I'm the Doctor.
(He holds up his psychic paper.)
Palmer: Doctor what?
The Doctor: If you like. And this is Clara.

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Clara: Whisky is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented.

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Clara: What is that?
The Doctor: A subset of the Eye of Harmony.
Clara: I don't
The Doctor: Of course you don't. Be weird if you did. I barely do myself. Right. You, sit down. All the way from Metebelis Three.
(The Doctor puts a headset with a blue gem in it onto Emma.)
Emma: What does it do?
The Doctor: It amplifies your natural abilities like a microphone, or a pooper scooper.
Palmer: What exactly is this arrangement?
The Doctor: A psychochronograph.
Palmer: Forgive me, but isn't it all a bit well, make do and mend?
(The Doctor puts on a parachute harness.)
The Doctor: Non-psychic technology won't work where I'm going. Listen, all I need to do is dive into another dimension, find the time traveller, help her escape the monster. get home before the entire dimension collapses and Bob's your uncle.
Emma: Doctor, will it hurt?
The Doctor: No. Well, yes. Probably. A bit. Well, quite a lot. I don't know. It might be agony. To be perfectly honest, I'll be interested to find out.

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Emma: You wanted a word?
The Doctor: Well, if that's
Emma: That's fine. You didn't come here for the ghost, did you?
The Doctor: No.
Emma: You came here for me.
The Doctor: Yes.
Emma: Why?
The Doctor: I needed to ask you something.
Emma: Then ask.
The Doctor: Clara.
Emma: Yes?
The Doctor: What is she?
Emma: She's a girl.
The Doctor: Yes, but what kind of girl, specifically?
Emma: She's a perfectly ordinary girl. Very pretty, very clever, more scared than she lets on.
The Doctor: And that's it, is it?
Emma: Why? Is that not enough?

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The Doctor: It's the oldest story in the universe, this one or any other. Boy and girl fall in love, get separated by events. War, politics, accidents in time. She's thrown out of the hex, or he's thrown into it. Since then they've been yearning for each other across time and space, across dimensions. This isn't a ghost story, it's a love story!

[Susan Foreman]

Variety Magazine, January 13th, 1965

If you are unable to read the text, it is as follows:

"Lotsa ghoul excitement on Brit TV: 'Dr. Who' as major BBC-1 Click

A gaggle of assorted monsters is doing for video ratings here what the horror pix did for boxoffice takings a couple of years back. That is, registering sock results via shock treatment.

In the wake of the American "Munsters" trend in comedy shows British outlets have picked up "Bewitched" (BBC-1) and "Addams Family" (commercial web" and generated some cool ghoul excitement thereby. But the biggest shocker is a local moppet show, "Dr. Who" (BBC-1) which has whipped up a succession of monsters that seemingly terrify parents but titillate the toddlers.

The kiddie sci-fi show—about inter-planetary and time travel—has picked up an "eavesdropping" audience of parents in its Saturday (5:30 p.m. berth since it introduced such Things From Outer Space as Daleks, Voords, Sensorites and others: Now, suddenly, producer Verity Lambert figures the show has become "all-family" entertainment and has ordered a whole new consignment of unearthly creatures.

Fact that she is now steering BBC's hottest Saturday night show which is consistently outrating the commercial web's pop music weekend champ "Thank Your Lucky Stars" (ABC-TV) is directly trace-the monsters are getting.

Producer figures to perpetuate her castiron click with such upcoming weirdies as the Zarbies (giant beetles), the Menoptera (butterfly men) and Koquillion (all eyes, tusks and antenna). These are intended to fascinate adults, maybe even scare them, but leave the kids clamoring for more. And this they do.

A case in point, the particularly ruthless, mechanical Daleks had to be recast in the series after a big wave of protest came from moppets who objected to their being wiped out by a band of "goodies."

Consistent with the success of the series, one of the most successful toys marketed this Christmas was a model Dalek ranging from those children could actually get into, to small pushabout models. Their popularity raised many eyebrows, of course, if only because in "Dr. Who" the Daleks were an enemy with no redeeming features.

But to the moppets, and BBC, they have turned out to be the heroes."

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

All the action figure sets at B&M are £12.99 now.

Including TARDIS sets.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A publicity photo of William Hartnell, Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton as Doctor's one, three and two for 1972's classic tale The Three Doctors.

[Susan Foreman]

Rumour has it... that the 20th series is to be the first release in the 2020 Collection range!