Doctor as a child finally officially negates Looming?

comedyfish · 13/09/14 - 20:25

I know they had kids in the 50th but should I burn my copy of Lungbarrow now?

inspector drake · 13/09/14 - 20:27

Personally I hated the concept. If this negates it then good.

Corwin · 13/09/14 - 20:42

We'd previously seen the Master as a child.

TheSilentFez · 13/09/14 - 20:47

I'm fed up hearing about "looming". I've never read Lungbarrow and probably never will. It's definitely not canon now.

I think we can also negate the idea that the Doctor was one of the founders of Time Lord society (I think the "Cartmel Masterplan" was leading in this direction)

jcafcw · 13/09/14 - 20:48

You could loom a child. It would make more sense than looming a fully-formed adult.

Granny McSmith · 13/09/14 - 20:54

I don't know what looming is....is it as much fun as the traditional method of making children? If not, why bother?

Sufyaan_Kazi · 13/09/14 - 21:03

No idea what looming is, not sure I want to know.

p.s. @ComedyFish - What time is it for you right now - thats dedication!

The Alpha Gamer · 13/09/14 - 21:04

Granny McSmith wrote: »

I don't know what looming is....is it as much fun as the traditional method of making children? If not, why bother?

Because Timelords are all infertile

amos_brearley · 13/09/14 - 21:05

Are Time Lords made out of those bits of plastic that kids are threading together and wrapping around their arms at the moment?! Who knew?!

Koquillion · 13/09/14 - 21:13

jcafcw wrote: »

You could loom a child. It would make more sense than looming a fully-formed adult.

I feel like I've wandered into the dark internet...

Joy Dean · 13/09/14 - 21:15

Granny McSmith wrote: »

I don't know what looming is....is it as much fun as the traditional method of making children? If not, why bother?[/QUOTE]

Quite.

The Alpha Gamer wrote: »

Because Timelords are all infertile

comedyfish · 13/09/14 - 21:21

The_Judge_ wrote: »

No idea what looming is, not sure I want to know.

p.s. @ComedyFish - What time is it for you right now - thats dedication!

Yeah it was like 5am! Just couldn't sleep

The Alpha Gamer · 13/09/14 - 21:23

k9fan wrote: »

Granny McSmith wrote: »

I don't know what looming is....is it as much fun as the traditional method of making children? If not, why bother?[/QUOTE]

Quite.

*Sterile, close enough http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Pythia

Whovian1109 · 13/09/14 - 21:32

comedyfish wrote: »

Yeah it was like 5am! Just couldn't sleep

After that I doubt you'll be able to...

doormouse1 · 13/09/14 - 21:37

The Alpha Gamer wrote: »

Because Timelords are all infertile

Then how was the first Doctor a grandfather? Or did he have an obliging milkman on Gallifrey?

Granny McSmith · 13/09/14 - 21:44

doormouse1 wrote: »

Then how was the first Doctor a grandfather? Or did he have an obliging milkman on Gallifrey?

Presumably his children and grandchildren were loomed. Woven. Whatever.

Anyway, it's not canon.

Oh, no, I used the C-word! I'll have to go and shoot myself!

CD93 · 13/09/14 - 21:44

"Why does he have to cry all the time?"
"You know why."

Questions - we still have them. Thankfully.

kitkat1971 · 13/09/14 - 21:47

inspector drake wrote: »

Personally I hated the concept. If this negates it then good.

I always hated the concept as well so would be very happy for it to be officially debunked but as somebody said, they could loom a child rather than fully formed adult.

However the references to what we had view as standard parental relationships (the 10th Doctor explicitly stating he was a father once and the Master talking about his father's estate) would seem to indicate that families work in the old fashioned way.

Chester666666 · 13/09/14 - 22:20

Cherry picking what you like doesn't mean you are correct
Looming is canon now and so is Lungbarrow

VegaNexos · 13/09/14 - 22:26

The Doctor was the only one of the Cousins in his Family to have a belly button.

Lungbarrow is far more ambiguous than many give it credit for.

Koquillion · 13/09/14 - 22:26

Chester666666 wrote: »

Cherry picking what you like doesn't mean you are correct
Looming is canon now and so is Lungbarrow

So how and why was he loomed half human?

[Deleted User] · 13/09/14 - 22:31

and more importantly who are those people who were looking after him

VegaNexos · 13/09/14 - 22:39

comedyfish wrote: »

I know they had kids in the 50th but should I burn my copy of Lungbarrow now?

The psychic curse that damaged everyone's biodata was lifted after the Doctor's return to House Lungbarrow, anyway.

Leela and Andred had the first natural child for eons.

Presumably, the looms were not used after that (perhaps for other purposes)

Granny McSmith · 13/09/14 - 22:41

Chester666666 wrote: »

Cherry picking what you like doesn't mean you are correct
Looming is canon now and so is Lungbarrow

When did Lungbarrow/Looming become canon?

kitkat1971 · 13/09/14 - 22:42

Chester666666 wrote: »

Cherry picking what you like doesn't mean you are correct
Looming is canon now and so is Lungbarrow

How is it canon? I've never seen any confirmation from anybody on either production team that the New Adventure novels are considered canon and part of the official histoty and looming has never been referenced on screen.

I'm not being rude and apologize if I have missed some announcement confirming they are canon but if so i'd like to see a link to it.

Sufyaan_Kazi · 13/09/14 - 22:43

Robert_Auld wrote: »

and more importantly who are those people who were looking after him

From what they said, he was in some kind of orphanage or childs' home or some kind
, if I heard right - so these were staff ?

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