The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

December 6th, 2019

30 years ago today...

[iank]

Oh God, that's depressing.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

Oh God, that's depressing.

Yes but rejoice. The next series starts in just over three weeks.

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Knock Knock

(Bill's home. She has packed her belongings into two towers of boxes in the middle of the room. Now she checks the time on her phone.)
Bill: Three, two, one.
(The Tardis materialises around the boxes. The Doctor opens the door.)
The Doctor: That's all you've got? I thought you'd have loads.
Bill: Thanks for helping, yeah? You should hire this out, like a removal service.
The Doctor: Removals? Bill, I'm a Time Lord
(He selects a stuffed bear from her belongings.)
Bill: Time Lord? What's that, your job?
The Doctor: No. It's, er, my people, my species.
Bill: Doesn't sound like a species. Sounds posh, like, yes, my lord. Doff my cap.
The Doctor: Oh, well, that's why I gave it up. Ran away.
Bill: Time Lords. That's hilarious. Do you wear robes and big hats?
The Doctor: No. Er, big collars mostly.
(He gives her the bear.)
Bill: Do you want the postcode?
The Doctor: Sorry?
Bill: To find the house.
The Doctor: Bill, the Tardis uses multi-dimensional space-time coordinates.
Bill: So you know where it is.
The Doctor: Okay, right, put the postcode in here.

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Shireen: Hey. Where have you been? I thought (sees the Doctor) Ah, you're the Doctor.
The Doctor: Yes. Hi. Can I get past?
Bill: Er yes, he's just helping with the move.
Shireen: Helping?
Bill: He's just my
The Doctor: Friend.
Bill: Grandad.
The Doctor: Wait, I don't look old enough to
Bill: To hold that box for very long.
(She takes it off him and puts it on a table.)

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(Rattling noise.)
Harry: What's that?
Felicity: Pavel?
Paul: Pavel's upstairs.
(And again.)
Harry: Paul, go and have a look.
Paul: Why me?
Harry: You're physically the biggest.
Shireen: And the most expendable.

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Shireen: Oh, this freaky Scooby-Doo house!
Paul: Bill, if you get scared in the night, you know where I am, yeah?
Bill: What?
Paul: Just if you need any er, of my help, or my whatever, you know?
Bill: Yeah. Er, I get that you're into me, but, um, sorry, you're not my type. It's just, er I tend to go for girls, usually, so
Paul: Oh. Oh, right! I was never in with a chance. Awesome!

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Landlord: Oh, look. He's released. Mercy at last. Beautiful, isn't it? Nature contained. He's preserved in the walls, in the very fabric of the building forever.
Shireen: So this house is eating people?
Landlord: We must all pay our dues.
Bill: But not you?
Landlord: Correct. I am the exception. (He taps the panelling.) For I am your landlord. (Scritching noise.) You came here, you signed the contract. And now (He uses his tuning fork.) It's time to pay.

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(Nardole is fiddling at the vault door.)
Nardole: Oh, here he comes.
The Doctor: Are you being cheerful? I'm against cheerful.
(The Doctor is carrying two plastic takeaway bags.)
Nardole: Bill told me you went on a little adventure. You see?
The Doctor: I see what?
Nardole: Well, you don't have to go to outer space to find monsters. There's plenty of things that want to kill you right here on Earth.
The Doctor: Result.
Nardole Ooo. Actually, I'm not that hungry.
The Doctor: Well, I am.
Nardole: Obviously.
The Doctor: Okay, you can take the rest of the night off. Go on, go and do whatever it is you do. Actually, what do you do? No! Never tell me that.
Nardole: I just want to have a look at this. Our friend inside's been a little restive lately.
The Doctor: Ah, I can sort that out.
Nardole: No, it's all right, I don't mind.
The Doctor: Goodnight, Nardole.
Nardole: Right. Goodnight, sir. See you in the morning. (Nardole starts to leave. Piano music plays - Fur Elise by Beethoven.) A piano? You've put a piano in there? Why?
The Doctor: Goodnight.
Nardole: (sighs) Oh, you don't learn, do you, sir.
(Nardole leaves. The Doctor taps on the vault door.)
The Doctor: Hey! Do you want dinner? I've got Mexican. (The piano music stops. The Doctor works some controls on the vault door.) Look, I know you miss it all, but I'm stuck here too, you know? We're both prisoners. So what do you say, dinner? And I've got a new story for you, too. There's a haunted house and woodlice from space. And lots of young people get eaten. (Piano - Half a pound of tuppenny rice, half a pound of treacle. That's the way the money goes. Pop Goes The Weasel! The Doctor opens the vault.) I'm coming in.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

School teachers Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) and Ian (William Russell) investigate an old junk yard in Totters Lane, London, in the very first Doctor Who episode An Unearthly Child (1963)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

This clip from episode one is pretty good.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A new wave of figures confirmed for next year - Feb most likely.

1 x 13 Doctor Variants
1 x Judoon
1 x Recon Dalek
1 x Graham
1 x Electronic Tardis

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Couldn't resist these at B&M. Now down to £8 each. £2.66 per figure.

[Susan Foreman]

I know nothing about the background of this picture

William Hartnell with Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Price in 1949

[Susan Foreman]

Doctor Who over the years: Episode quotes

Oxygen

The Doctor [OC]: Space, the final frontier. Final because it wants to kill us. Sometimes we forget that, start taking it all for granted. The suits, the ships, the little bubbles of safety, as they protect us from the void. But the void is always waiting.

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The Doctor: So, how does space kill you? I'm glad you asked. The main problem is pressure. There isn't any. So, don't hold your breath or your lungs will explode. Blood vessels rupture. Exposed areas swell. Fun fact! The boiling temperature of water is much lower in a vacuum. Which means that your sweat and your saliva will boil, as will the fluid around your eyes. You won't notice any of this because fifteen seconds in, you've passed out as oxygen bubbles formed in your blood. And ninety seconds in, you're dead. Any questions? (He has joined various stars on the blackboard with lines to create a skull. A girl student raises her hand.) Yes.
Student: What's this got to do with crop rotation?
(Nardole is watching from the side.)
The Doctor: Er, I dunno. But space is great, isn't it?

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Nardole: I'm worried you're thinking about taking another trip, sir.
The Doctor: I'm here, I'm guarding the vault. What do you want from me?
Nardole: The truth.
The Doctor: Don't be unreasonable.

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Bill: Do people ever hit you?
The Doctor: Well, only when I'm talking.

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The Doctor: It's fried, should be safe.
Nardole: Er, you thought you were safe before.
The Doctor: Yes, well, I'm bound to be right eventually, aren't I?

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Bill: You're blind.
The Doctor: I am? Well, that explains the bruised shins. (Bill hugs him.) Oh, don't get all gooey on me. It's temporary.
Bill: Really?
The Doctor: Yeah. Once we get back to the Tardis.
Bill: The Tardis?
The Doctor: I've got stuff in there that'll cure anything. Failing that, I think I've got some spare eyes somewhere. They're from a lizard, but I'm sure they'll fit.
Bill: So er, until then?
The Doctor: Until then what? You really think this is going to slow me down? I do most of my best work ordering other people around.