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caffienekitty

Random Doctor Who Thoughts

Jan 17, 2010 14:48

So I watched a bit of the Ninth Doctor yesterday (in the process of trying to catalog the episodes of Doctor Who I have on far too many random VHS tapes) and one little thing really leapt out at me in light of the most recent Doctor Who.

( Spoilers up to and including the most recent Doctor Who, and some random other bits, including Torchwood. )

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bugeyedmonster January 18 2010, 02:09:57 UTC

Of course there's a plot device on the wall for bringing the Master back! Isn't there always a way to bring the Master back?

caffienekitty January 18 2010, 04:12:35 UTC

Yep.

bugeyedmonster January 18 2010, 02:11:00 UTC

Hit post too fast

I was going to add that the pesky little bugger is worse than a cockroach. (The Master I mean.)

aescu January 18 2010, 17:24:54 UTC

I think I'd miss this incarnation of the Master. At least after he now reminds me so much of my husband ;D

bugeyedmonster January 19 2010, 00:08:07 UTC

Hmmm

1) is that a good thing or a bad thing?

2) Should we call you Lucy?

aescu January 19 2010, 10:43:24 UTC

The new Master dresses a lot like him, the bleached hair with dark growing underneeth is exactly how I married him and the obsession with eating (without gaining weight - live is so unfair)... Although luckily he lacks the megalomanic and crazy parts and his eating manners are a bit more civilized - still I was laughing very hard for most parts of the first ep because I pictured my husband fighting against #10 ;D

Nah, I'm not Lucy

aescu January 18 2010, 14:55:34 UTC

Ok, I'm not really a DRW-geek, but the Master's ring could be something like the watch the Doctor uses in Family of Blood.

If I am not mistaken (I haven't read the books this is in - yet) Timelords do not have normal parents. They are genetically 'woven' out of a pool of variables. I have always pictured their relationship to their relatives a bit like those of a Sibko in Batteltech: no father or mother but aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters. According to that there shoudn't be a thing like a Timelord mother.

But: In the movie with the 8th Doctor (unless you redcon that particular piece of information) the Doctor claims to be half human on his mother's side, so... *shrugs* I probably should leave those speculations to the geeks...

caffienekitty January 18 2010, 16:01:56 UTC

the Master's ring could be something like the watch the Doctor uses in Family of Blood.

That was what was strongly implied in the show, yes. :-)

Timelords do not have normal parents. They are genetically 'woven' out of a pool of variables.

Yep. I don't know how far the book canon is accepted into the series, but then there's the first incarnation of the Doctor with Susan his granddaughter, and he has had kids, so I'm thinking a sort of combination where yes, they're built on the Looms, but at the same time, they have something like a traditional family unit social structure. And adoptees or adoptive parents will confirm that it doesn't matter where your kids came from, they're still your kids.

the Doctor claims to be half human on his mother's side

Not sure how canon resolved the 8th Doctor's "half-human" statement. I think that entire movie took place during his regenerative instability period so anything can be handwaved.

aescu January 18 2010, 17:23:56 UTC

And adoptees or adoptive parents will confirm that it doesn't matter where your kids came from, they're still your kids.
Of course, I just didn't think Time Lords were normally that attached to one of their relatives.

Like I said I should probably leave the speculations to the real geeks who know their stuff ;D