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I am a Doctor Who fan of the classic era, indeed!
I just obtained a couple of Tom Baker episodes from the 70's, both on the time traveler's home planet: The Deadly Assassin, and The Invasion of Time. Both of which tested the character, seeing how far he would go against the most dangerous of threats. And the first feature, The Deadly Assassin, is noted as the first time the Doctor had ever been without a companion.
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Oh goddamit, every time someone mentions Doctor Who I remember that I need to catch up on 100 new episodes I missed. XD
Also like most people I got into it during the reboot/reincarnation with the 9th doctor.
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He's been classified as the 9th, but he's actually the 10th:
Hartnell ... Doctor 1
Troughton .. Doctor 2
Pertwee .... Doctor 3
T. Baker ... Doctor 4
Davison ... Doctor 5
C.Baker ... Doctor 6
McCoy ... Doctor 7
McGann ... Doctor 8 (Yes, the FoxTV/BBC movie guy is official)
'John Hurt!' ... The War Doctor (doesn't consider himself the doctor)
Eccleston ... Doctor 9 (actually the 10th doctor, but doesn't see his previous life as good)
Tennant ... Doctor 10
Smith .... Doctor 11
Capaldi ... Doctor 12 (but actually the 13th, and used his last regeneration)... Last doctor presumably
To see what I mean about John Hurt, you should see a feature they made: "Day of the Doctor". It includes a short subject 1-shot with Paul McGann. Yep, he did come back.
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Neil Gaiman (writer for the series) came up with a possible explanation - that the regen limit is like the speed limit. It's not impossible to break it but it was enforced by the other Time Lords and therefore going over 12 regens would simply have big consequences.
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/gaiman-talk...-52305.htm
That's not canon though, as he says.
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The Master did go beyond his initial 12 regenerations. However, he did that by actually stealing the life essence from Teela's father (Tom Baker era). To restart his own regenerations, Teela's father had to die.
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there's a lot of gay porn floating through the air around your body right now.
sometimes bees land on you and you don't feel it, so you never know when it happens.
i'm glad whoever was caveman in charge decided cows should be for milk because it easily could have been possums.
the symetry of nature means your random ass-itch is a million microscopic bugs running from a poonami.
the first person to live to 150yrs is already alive.
europeans are often russian to the bathroom.
fuck mannequins. it's not hard to be skinny when you dont have a head.
the six million dollar man should have played the lottery.
the fastest way to find the right answer to something is to post your opinion on it
why do we have shirtsleeves and pantlegs instead of shirtarms and pantsleeves?
why do we put shirts in dressers, dresses in closets, and get dressed in bathrooms where we take showers?
people who can't swim join the navy.
i want to see someone pull a fire alarm at ikea. not on purpose, but because they think it's the handle to some kind of cabinet.
a libertarian's idea of trick or treating is putting a gumball machine on their porch.
tool shed sounds like you lost a hammer.
the packers consistantly beating the bears is the only reason most people even live in green bay.
dogs are like autistic kids with megaphones.
whenever i get telemarketing calls about raising business capital, i tell them i want a loan to start a ufo suicide cult.
every bug you've ever killed, and every burger you've ever eaten are going to waiting for you in hell.
when you were a kid you got bedhead. when you're an adult, you get bed head.
do you think you remember you already lived your life when it flashes before your eyes?
i'm scared that i'm reliving my life from right before i die, but actually i'm more scared that the more i get to know me, the more likely i could be mauled to death by a bear at any second.
i like to think up scenarios where i die, and then do everything i can to avoid them. wanna see my walk in meat grinder? and i say no, i'm not grassfed, i'm too high in cholesterol, my mom drank when she was pregnant, and 20 years ago, dahmer didn't have to put up with any of that shit. where did it come from?
children are responsible for 100% of abortions
im gonna write a book called theres waldo- at the carnival, at beach, on the space station.
the marine's asvab only has two questions in peacetime: 2+2=4, and the first letter of the alphabet is b, i got one wrong but still passed. in wartime, it's what's your name and shoesize?
i dont vote because im not qualified to assign leadership.
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i got to do the weekly updates at this other board i go to. it's like the gazette but with a poll.
http://monkeypro.net/forum/topic/5458-we...ntry118819
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i have what's known as restless brain sydrome. i'll give you an example -
why do we have shirtsleeves and pantlegs instead of shirtarms and pantsleeves?
why do we put shirts in dressers, dresses in closets, and get dressed in bathrooms where we take showers when we put clothes in closets to keep them dry and so we don't have to fold them, even though nobody folds anything in their dresser anyway so what difference does it make?
see, i know how to ask the tough questions. like why is it that people who dont know how to swim are allowed to join the navy? they don't let you in the army without arms, and you wouldnt join the airforce if you didnt know how to fly would you?
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I forgot to tell you folks; I'm back to full-time work until around the new year so I'll be somewhat less active around these parts. :(
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