Will we ever see the other time lords again?
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They have dug-up most of the better old enemies and they reinvented The Master and seem to enjoy time lord storylines (we have seen Rassilon as well), but conspicuous by their absence are many of the old time lords such as The Rani, The Monk, Drax, Borusa etc.
I wonder if we'll ever see these again? Some were really great characters
I wonder if we'll ever see these again? Some were really great characters
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Benefits of bringing the timelords back would include:
A reason for the Doctor to be on the run again. The timelords would certainly want to punish the Doctor for trying to wipe them out.
A limit to the Doctors remit, he would no longer be the 'ultimate' power as such, but would have to watch his step.
SInce it was named Gallifrey quickly became a silly place
Maybe have a few surviving Timelords show up.
(And maybe have them be rather annoyed with the Doctor and try to kill him)
Now that was a Timelord!
the valeyard?
Inidviduals like Rani, Monk, Omega - they can easily appear if only because most current viewers have no idea who they are or - at best - only know them by name. Even the worst character ever can become a hugely popular one today - because it's just a name that get's re-used (and a very loose, general connection to the original to maintain "canon").
Can't say I care if they do or don't appear. To me, if a plot needs a particular type of villain or threat, there's little difference which of them gets the role - as long as it is well made. I wouldn't object to the Rani being this series badguy anymore than I'd object to it being some completely new enemy. For me, it would be better to have, for example, the Rani than to have the Sontarans as the "big bad" for series 6 because the sneaky stuff - kidnapping, copying people, stealing babies - would be out of character for the warrior race but about right for her.
No, the guy in the bowler hat was long before the valeyard. He came to warn the Doctor that the Master was on the scene. Early in the 3rd Doctor's time on Earth.
Even without the Timelords there are still a few adversaries that could be ressurected. We could find out that the Ice Warriors were not from Mars, as originally thought, but only using it as a base from which to launch attacks. We never really saw an end to the Great Intelligence behind the yeti robots. The Krotons were a race dedicated to conquest, but were thwarted by the Doctor.
I still agree that the Timelords should come back, if only to be an occasional thorn in the side of the Doctor.
oh that one in terror of the autons yes?
I did - it would be rude not to
Matt Lucas would be good as the regenerated Time Meddler.
That's the guy. He stood in mid-air and spoke with the Doctor, then he was gone.
I liked him, what little we saw of him. He was at least more entertaining than the one in Genesis of the Daleks part one, who seemed to have just come straight from starring in an am-dram production of The Seventh Seal.
newman
No. The cubes contained telapathic imprints, effectively recordings they had made with their minds, not DNA.
did the doctor put his hand in the flesh to get his ganger then - just thinking.
Yes, I think that was essentially what happened.
Respect!
I would love to see the Time Lords come back, but with an interesting plot that has them doing stuff, rather than kicking back on Gallifrey. I'd love to see Time Lord society fragmented, with lots of small factions making do, rather than the high society it was before.
Now that is worthy of a chuckle
Keeley Hawes is perfect in my eyes, and as long as the Monk/Mortimus is played as a lovable rogue, then Mitchell would be a good choice.
It wouldn't surprise me if this is what Moffat is building up to, to be honest. Perhaps Kovarian is a Time Lord in disguise, Moffat likes disguises. But then that would be a bit too much like The Master in RTD era.
I really do think he could bring back a couple of Time Lords for the 50th.
Yes.
Somewhere, somewhen, somehow....