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Old 30-04-2010, 08:55
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i am seriously peeing my pants at Romana Fuerteventura
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:13
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Then stop watching...and if you have stopped watching, how do you know your view still holds true? Honestly, what a bitter old dear you seem...no need to put "new" in quotations by the way, it actually is new Who even though you don't like it and have (or maybe have not) stopped watching it for the reasons you borrowed earlier in this thread.
Thanks for the advice but since the programme is still called 'Doctor Who', not 'New Doctor Who', the quotation marks seem appropriate. May I also point out that 'new' Who is now around 5 years old so it is not actually that new anymore is it?

I do continue to watch DW partly out of hope, partly out of morbid curiosity.

If you don't agree with my views why not provide an argument against them? Surely that would be more constructive than making personal remarks?
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Old 30-04-2010, 09:18
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We'll probably never know the Doctor's real name. The Master's real name is apparently Koschei.
I thought Koschei was his academy nickname in the same way as the Doctor was Theta Sigma?
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Old 30-04-2010, 12:41
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His real name is Sylvester McCoy. That's why Earth's Sylvester McCoy was hired for the part.
I knew the reason had to surface sooner or later...

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Old 30-04-2010, 13:39
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I think there is a distinct possibility that his surname is chaudry. I have just checked the phone book and it seems to be the most popular.:yawn:

please note this is a joke, as I know how upset some of us can get
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Old 30-04-2010, 13:55
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Hiya yeah fred ???, remember he called romana 2 that as Tom baker (he married his assistant in real life)
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Old 30-04-2010, 14:00
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We know you're joking... but newbie posters may think you mean that !!!!!

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Hey, I actually quite liked McCoy as The Doctor (although nobody could beat Tom Baker as he is The Doctor of my age group)
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Old 30-04-2010, 14:05
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I thought Koschei was his academy nickname in the same way as the Doctor was Theta Sigma?
"Koschei" being the Master's name is not canonical - it will never be used in the TV series. It's quite interesting, thought, that in the new series, he never says anything like, "I'm called the Master," or "I'm known as the Master." He says "My name is the Master."

As for the Doctor's name... no point in speculating, it'll never be revealed. I do wonder, though, if people like Sydney Newman, David Whittaker, Malcolm Hulke and Robert Holmes ever actually decided what it really is.
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Old 30-04-2010, 14:05
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He was the best Doctor ever

I expect an apology for daring to suggest otherwise
Bah, Jon Pertwee would knock the silly git out with one Venusian karate chop.
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Old 30-04-2010, 14:16
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I hope (and I thnk it likely) we will never know his name. I'd also like to think that when River Song whispered it in his ear it was the first time he'd heard it himself but instinctively knew it to be true.


If I was writing Doctor Who I would add this bit to the story:

When a Gallifrian is accepted as a Time Lord there is a ceremony. With Time Lords there is always a ceremony. But it is not just an empty ritual, during this ceremony the secrets of space and time are encoded into the very substance of their being and they are gifted the extra lives which allow them to briefly glimpse immortality.

They can also, should they so chose, take on a new name or title. And Time Lords being Time Lords, if they do their new name is written across the whole of eternity and the old irrevocably lost.



I always thought erasing all traces of someone's name from all of time sounded like the kind of punishment Time Lords would dish out to naughty run-aways
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Old 30-04-2010, 14:54
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Actually I'm deadly serious. Watch Remembrance of the Daleks, Silver Nemesis, The Curse of Fenric or Survival. Classic episodes with the best assistant the Doctor ever had (Ace) Had Dr Who continued with a decent budget Sylvester would have won over more fans than Tom Baker. The cancellation of Dr Who under the guardianship of Nathan-Turner was a travesty.

They should never reveal that the Doctor's name is Dave btw
McCoy is actually my least favourite. And as for Ace...everytime she says 'Professor' I just want to club her to death!
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Old 30-04-2010, 14:55
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Why can't his name simply be The Doctor?
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Old 30-04-2010, 14:56
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i am seriously peeing my pants at Romana Fuerteventura
Me too
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Old 30-04-2010, 15:11
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McCoy is actually my least favourite. And as for Ace...everytime she says 'Professor' I just want to club her to death!
Right. Okay!

*takes out "The List"*

*puts Kapellmeister's name on it*

Carry on.

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Old 30-04-2010, 15:21
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I hope (and I thnk it likely) we will never know his name. I'd also like to think that when River Song whispered it in his ear it was the first time he'd heard it himself but instinctively knew it to be true.


If I was writing Doctor Who I would add this bit to the story:

When a Gallifrian is accepted as a Time Lord there is a ceremony. With Time Lords there is always a ceremony. But it is not just an empty ritual, during this ceremony the secrets of space and time are encoded into the very substance of their being and they are gifted the extra lives which allow them to briefly glimpse immortality.

They can also, should they so chose, take on a new name or title. And Time Lords being Time Lords, if they do their new name is written across the whole of eternity and the old irrevocably lost.
I like that idea!
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Old 30-04-2010, 15:44
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Don't go bringing the Star Wars prequels into this.... That's the best example I can think of of a productiion team thinking SFX can carry poor story and dialogue.

I would like to see the Cardiff team start to remake some of the original stories... lets see if the fifth Doctor would still wear a decorative vegetable..

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Come on: Peri wasn't that bad!

Anyway, his name is









*choke, thud*
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Old 30-04-2010, 17:09
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I think you're overly sensitive. To my mind it is accepted that McCoy was the best Doctor. Or possibly equal best, what with Mr. Smith currently managing a very good showing.
Says who ? You can get away with Ecclestone's accent by saying "every planet has a north" the same does not apply to a broad Scottish dialect. "every planet has a Scotland" doesn't quite sound right.
Apart from that, Sylv totally overacted almost as bad as Colin Baker did.
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Old 30-04-2010, 17:15
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McCoy is actually my least favourite. And as for Ace...everytime she says 'Professor' I just want to club her to death!
Funny, I always liked that
She always used "Doctor" when it was getting serious anyway, so the goofing around with "Professor" was harmless fun for me; plus the tag suited SMcC imo - but yeah, I know, I guess I am weird but I thought they were a great team together.
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Old 30-04-2010, 17:29
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Says who ? You can get away with Ecclestone's accent by saying "every planet has a north" the same does not apply to a broad Scottish dialect. "every planet has a Scotland" doesn't quite sound right.
Apart from that, Sylv totally overacted almost as bad as Colin Baker did.
So there's only one Scotland but every planet has an analogue to Salford?

There's no more excuse for Eccleston's accent than McCoy's. To a Scot, McCoy's accent probably sounded less unbelievable than Eccleston's.
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Old 30-04-2010, 17:40
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So there's only one Scotland but every planet has an analogue to Salford?

There's no more excuse for Eccleston's accent than McCoy's. To a Scot, McCoy's accent probably sounded less unbelievable than Eccleston's.
I agree with that, and to be truthful, the doctor's native language wouldn't be English anyway but something else. As such he is just adapting the language of the planet, or country he is in (as he did in tooth and claw). The accent is probably like a piece of clothing, it doesn't always have to be highbrow English, or Southeast English, sometimes it can be a northern accent, Welsh or a Scottish one.
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Old 30-04-2010, 18:29
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Mcoy was appaling! In my opinion he ruined the entire show! Ive only seen dvds but he was just ridiculous, that gurning and the looks that he gave the camera! And Ace has to be categorically the worst companion ever! It seemed like she was brought into attract the young, hence her name and her attitude! Her whole character was cliched troubled teenager!
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Old 30-04-2010, 19:54
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It's Bob. He likes Bob.
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Old 30-04-2010, 20:03
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His name is not Susan.
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Old 30-04-2010, 20:06
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Maybe his name is actually 'Sweetie' River Song is the only one who knows his real name and that's what she keeps calling him!
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Old 30-04-2010, 20:13
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Maybe his name is actually 'Sweetie' River Song is the only one who knows his real name and that's what she keeps calling him!
Can't be Sweetie, not Gallifreyan enough. Unless, of course, it short for Sweetiedvoratrelundar!
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