More UNIT (and Other) Dating

[jjpor]

So, more supremely fanw*nky thoughts on UNIT dating, pulled together in the course of writing this Brig fic I’ve got on the go.

As at least one commenter on the previous post, and various people over the years, including the likes of Ben Aaronovitch, have astutely observed, if they hadn’t stuffed it up royally in explicitly setting Mawdryn Undead

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[lost_spook]

I love stuff like this, where people take fiction as fact and deduce stuff from it. It's such a fun and interesting way to look at things. (I remain forever convinced that the UNIT stories take place when they were made and handwave everything else as being unreliable and mostly say so, unlike decimalisation which was such a big point in the decade.)

In fact, the Doctor would probably end up refereeing the final and making sure England won, on account of the West German team having been replaced by Autons or something along those lines.

This should now be a fic. :-)

[jjpor]

I think it's fun and interesting, definitely. I don't know, I'm kind of in the Who-groove at the moment; perhaps Capaldi has had this effect on me.

I'm wondering whether Torchwood would be pro- or anti-decimalisation. I suspect anti; in their British chauvinist way they'd probably regard it as some sort of new-fangled foreign idea and maybe the influence they presumably wield over HM Govt would result in it being delayed a bit?

Another one for the list...! ;D

[a_phoenixdragon]

Dude...this is brilliant!

[jjpor]

You mean brilliantly obsessive...! ;D

[a_phoenixdragon]

Wellll...maybe both, lol!!

[jjpor]

:D

[akashasheiress]

My god, your productivity is amazing! I can barely string together a sentence or two a couple of times a weeks and press the post-button. Let alone anything thought-provoking. *jumps off cliff in despair and shame

[jjpor]

My god, your productivity is amazing!I wish...! This is what I've been doing while waiting for the next chapter of Brig fic to come to me. It keeps me off the streets, I guess

[akashasheiress]

Oh, so HE'S the Holy Blood, Holy Grail guy!

''I leave it up to you to decide whether or not that would be a bad thing... ;D''

*polite silence*

Ahem, anyway, are you implying that I'm ON the streets? *hic* ;D

[john_amend_all]

There's another dating constraint on The Web of Fear: TV Tropes points out that the illuminated tube map doesn't show the Victoria line (under construction from 1962-1969; opened 7 March 1969).

[jjpor]

That's a good one - pins it down even more specifically and backs up the other "evidence" such as it is. Thanks for pointing it out to me - I'll be sure to make mention of it if and when I do another post on this stuff.

[liadtbunny]

In fact, the Doctor would probably end up refereeing the final and making sure England won, on account of the West German team having been replaced by Autons Lol and very true!

I do secretly like the fact 'The Dominators' message is against peace! (Er, not that I agree in war).

Bravo for destroying the mystery of UNIT dating!

[jjpor]

You know that's how it would go down. ;)

It's interesting, isn't it? It's a bold move, certainly, and probably reflects a generational disagreement in the late 60s on the idea of war and peace. I think a lot of what we think of as Doctor Who's basic ideals didn't really come in until the Three era (not that the Three era gets much credit for this from some fans).

I wouldn't go that far, just yet - I have no idea how I'm going to explain away Sarah's 1980 remark in Pyramids... ;D

[liadtbunny]

The Dr can't really have a go at the Brig when he blew the dominators up can he?

You can do it - you've got skillz! I'd blame the CSO for confusing Sarah-Jane.