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Old 13-05-2005, 00:36
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
Hats off to everyone who's contributed to this - including AM who also comes up with some of the most inspiring posts.

Yes - the point that some episodes are more inspiring than others and this is directly reflected in the interest shown in the thread is what I was trying to make above (albeit in a convoluted way).
That's kind of you Den.
I must say that I enjoy reading loads of people's posts on here.
It's the many mixed views that help people come up with ideas in the first place.
And that includes the many one-off posts by people who don't post that often.

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Old 13-05-2005, 00:37
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
I think you're right.
It might just happen that the episodes that most people aren't as keen on are also the episodes that don't give much food for thought, and don't have sci-fi ideas that fire the imagination....

..Because if you notice in this thread, we seem to be talking more about events and situations from other episodes rather than last week's offering.

Not sure people really engaged with this story in the same way they did with others and though it had it's highlights, it left me rather indifferent compared to other episodes.

Time for bed so look forward to more debates tomorrow. Night all!
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Old 13-05-2005, 00:41
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
And I'm not bitter that you didn't realise that it was me who first said that I thought The Face of Boe was the mastermind behind it all.

Honest.
I was referring to the BoE quote standing for Bank of England - nothing more. And I did put a question mark after whoever I thought might have come up with the idea originally. I seem to remember someone quoting a financial newspaper at the time.

But I'm not bitter at being taken out of context.

Honest
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Old 13-05-2005, 00:44
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Originally Posted by Black Guardian
Do you think that the Face of Boe might just be the 'front' person and there might be someone else lurking in the shadows? Could there be someone who is part of the consortium that could be pulling the strings so to speak..?
Could be.

The Face of Boe could probably have a deal going with someone. As long as Boe makes his money, then the other person/people unknown can carry out their own agenda.

Boe can exploit human's love of money, and manipulate them, take their money, brainwash them,...then they are nicely weakened enough for this other party to carry out their own agenda.
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Old 13-05-2005, 00:50
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
Could be.

The Face of Boe could probably have a deal going with someone. As long as Boe makes his money, then the other person/people unknown can carry out their own agenda.

Boe can exploit human's love of money, and manipulate them, take their money, brainwash them,...then they are nicely weakened enough for this other party to carry out their own agenda.
What are your thoughts on Face himself? We've seen him in two time periods now - do you think it/they are incredibly long-lived, or have time travel technology?

Now someone has mentioned the Bank of England connection, I'm also wondering if it's an inherited title, like the Governor of the Bank of England.

Isn't the Governer simply the 'Face' of the BoE?
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Old 13-05-2005, 00:51
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
Agreed - I think if AB returns, it will be in addition - and the 'immortal' comment made me think of another Timelord for the same reason.

I don't know if you caught my post a couple of pages back, but I said that I thought this person would probably be Rodrick.

I think it would have to be either a human or a timelord.
As people think this person is immortal, then maybe we can narrow it down to timelord.

Can't see it being an alien looking being, as the description wouldn't be that people think this person is immortal, they would see it as just an "alien". It's hard to explain, but I think they just would,..if you see where I'm coming from.
"Alien" would be the first description to come to mind before "Immortal" if this person was identifiably alien, I would think.
It's hard to explain what I mean, but put simply, you tend to associate the word "Immortal" to a human with this trait.

So right now, I'm plumping for Rodrick the timelord.
What do you think?
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Old 13-05-2005, 00:55
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I don't know whether anyone has said this (and I apologise if they have), but if Annette Badland returns, couldn't it be as a human rather than a Slitheen? If she returns as a Slitheen character, the episode would have to be set in the near future again, and that may prove a little repetitive. Could she not bump into the Doctor and Rose on one of her official visits somewhere?
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Old 13-05-2005, 00:57
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
I don't know if you caught my post a couple of pages back, but I said that I thought this person would probably be Rodrick.

I think it would have to be either a human or a timelord.
As people think this person is immortal, then maybe we can narrow it down to timelord.

Can't see it being an alien looking being, as the description wouldn't be that people think this person is immortal, they would see it as just an "alien".
Yes, I remember - didn't you say he was a black actor who you'd seen in something else, and just happened to look very timelord-ish?

I agree entirely about the alien thing - a monster is a monster is a monster, no reason to suspect it would be 'immortal'. For someone to think they had found an immortal being, also makes me think it would have to be of human appearance. Maybe they've seen him mortally injured, dying perhaps - or tried to kill him themselves and he regenerated in front of them?

If they tried to kill him even once and he regenerated, people would certainly think he was immortal.
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Old 13-05-2005, 00:59
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
I was referring to the BoE quote standing for Bank of England - nothing more. And I did put a question mark after whoever I thought might have come up with the idea originally. I seem to remember someone quoting a financial newspaper at the time.

But I'm not bitter at being taken out of context.

Honest
Oops, sorry.

Yes, that BOE/Bank of England idea was a really good one, and I definitely would take credit for that.

I did actually try to work out what the initials BOE might stand for,..but I still didn't get it.

I am embarrassed at unintentionally taking you out of context and making a mistake.

Honest.

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Old 13-05-2005, 01:01
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Originally Posted by beee
I don't know whether anyone has said this (and I apologise if they have), but if Annette Badland returns, couldn't it be as a human rather than a Slitheen? If she returns as a Slitheen character, the episode would have to be set in the near future again, and that may prove a little repetitive. Could she not bump into the Doctor and Rose on one of her official visits somewhere?
A good point Beee - Annette Badland as the MI5 character, instead of the Slitheen?

Only downside is, several people who posted about this also said they saw her changing in and out of a Slitheen costume.

Also, I'm sure the MI5 character is dead?
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:05
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
A good point Beee - Annette Badland as the MI5 character, instead of the Slitheen?

Only downside is, several people who posted about this also said they saw her changing in and out of a Slitheen costume.

Also, I'm sure the MI5 character is dead?
Well, I was thinking that it may be set before the Slitheen nicked her body. Of course, when I say 'thinking', I mean 'hoping' But if people have seen her changing in and out of costume, I guess we'll have to put up with more fart jokes and zippy foreheads. Rubbish.
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:07
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
Oops, sorry.

Yes, that BOE/Bank of England idea was a really good one, and I definitely would take credit for that.

I did actually try to work out what the initials BOE might stand for,..but I still didn't get it.

I am embarrassed at unintentionally taking you out of context and making a mistake.

Honest.

No harm done and I had a damn good chuckle.

The thing is, having worked at high level for two of the leading banks in the past, I should have got it. (One of them was RBS). So allthough I honestly wasn't bitter about not making the connection (my tongue was very firmly in cheek!), I was a little disappointed that I could be so forgetful.

As an aside, I am not the Face of Boe.
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:09
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
What are your thoughts on Face himself? We've seen him in two time periods now - do you think it/they are incredibly long-lived, or have time travel technology?

Now someone has mentioned the Bank of England connection, I'm also wondering if it's an inherited title, like the Governor of the Bank of England.

Isn't the Governer simply the 'Face' of the BoE?
Good idea.

I think the Face does have time travel capability because he would need to in order for an audience being capable of watching the Doc get up to shenanigans as part of a future TV show. If this is what the TV reality game show is showing.
And in episode 2, it seems that they were aware of teleportation devices.

The idea has already been introduced to viewers that information can be transmitted throught time, as demonstrated with Rose and Adam's telephone calls. So I would assume that video pictures could also be transmitted across time as well. So then you can get a future reality TV show watching events from the past.
What I'm saying here is that the phone calls by Rose and Adam could be a simple plot device (much like the "meme" plot device) to get a certain idea across to viewers, so things make more sense in a future episode when the idea is reintroduced in a television game show.
What do you think of this idea?

Ah....the Tardis itself may be transmitting these pictures for the reality show. Maybe?
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:14
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Well, I was thinking that it may be set before the Slitheen nicked her body. Of course, when I say 'thinking', I mean 'hoping' But if people have seen her changing in and out of costume, I guess we'll have to put up with more fart jokes and zippy foreheads. Rubbish.
I also remember someone being a little unkind about the fact that Annette was of a wider girth than her stunt double, and saying it showed even more when she was in her costume.

Let's hope she has managed to fix the 'gas exchange unit' or whatever it was called if we do see her again.
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:23
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
Good idea.

I think the Face does have time travel capability because he would need to in order for an audience being capable of watching the Doc get up to shenanigans as part of a future TV show. If this is what the TV reality game show is showing.
And in episode 2, it seems that they were aware of teleportation devices.

The idea has already been introduced to viewers that information can be transmitted throught time, as demonstrated with Rose and Adam's telephone calls. So I would assume that video pictures could also be transmitted across time as well. So then you can get a future reality TV show watching events from the past.
What I'm saying here is that the phone calls by Rose and Adam could be a simple plot device (much like the "meme" plot device) to get a certain idea across to viewers, so things make more sense in a future episode when the idea is reintroduced in a television game show.
What do you think of this idea?

Ah....the Tardis itself may be transmitting these pictures for the reality show. Maybe?
Indeed - teleportation devices are banned in the year 5 billion. But no mention of their banning in the year 200,000 (at least, I didn't catch one.)

Actually I think the reality tv idea is a damn good one. I remember saying a while back that I thought someone would be using a timescoop/miniscope to bring back dead celebrities from the past - although they could just as easily use a time ship of some sort, or just stream the video.

But then they need to get the characters to interact with each other in some way.

Are you perhaps thinking of something long the lines of (not The Trueman Show, the other one by Liz Hurley?) as a possible scenario for the Doctor and Rose?
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:31
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
Indeed - teleportation devices are banned in the year 5 billion. But no mention of their banning in the year 200,000 (at least, I didn't catch one.)

Actually I think the reality tv idea is a damn good one. I remember saying a while back that I thought someone would be using a timescoop/miniscope to bring back dead celebrities from the past - although they could just as easily use a time ship of some sort, or just stream the video.

But then they need to get the characters to interact with each other in some way.

Are you perhaps thinking of something long the lines of (not The Trueman Show, the other one by Liz Hurley?) as a possible scenario for the Doctor and Rose?
I haven't seen a Liz Hurely reality show film, so I don't know.

I do think that one or two of those dormant "Bad Wolf" websites set up by the BBC, are there for the purpose of the reality show. Just like Big Brother has it's website for when the show starts, with all the contestants photos all lined up along the top of the page.
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:38
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Did anyone see that "Tonight with Trevor McDonald" show last night, featuring the craze called "Happy slapping"?

I thought it was quite uncanny considering what the speculation of Doc Who is about with this reality show, and how human society is developing.
I immediately thought about the Doc Who reality show thing when I saw that.

Exaggerate the idea of "Happy slapping" a few thousand years and you get people using cataclysmic violent situations such as wars and watching them for voyeuristic, sick entertainment.

Not exactly on topic, but I was intrigued by the news in the real world, and how that could be extended in science fiction.
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:43
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
I haven't seen a Liz Hurely reality show film, so I don't know.

I do think that one or two of those dormant "Bad Wolf" websites set up by the BBC, are there for the purpose of the reality show. Just like Big Brother has it's website for when the show starts, with all the contestants photos all lined up along the top of the page.
I can't remember the title of it, but it was made by her production company. The basic premise is the same as The Osbournes, which is the idea I think you're referring to for the reality tv show for the Doctor and Rose? In which case, I think you're probably right.

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...information can be transmitted throught time...So then you can get a future reality TV show watching events from the past
I think this is probably it!

Edit: I should have said "My dear man, I think you might have got it!"

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Old 13-05-2005, 01:45
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
Are you perhaps thinking of something long the lines of (not The Trueman Show, the other one by Liz Hurley?) as a possible scenario for the Doctor and Rose?
EdTV? In that one, though, the 'star' of the RTV show consented to being followed by cameras 24/7.
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:46
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Originally Posted by Alrightmate
Exaggerate the idea of "Happy slapping" a few thousand years and you get people using cataclysmic violent situations such as wars and watching them for voyeuristic, sick entertainment.
I did speculate a few weeks ago if one of the Platforms from episode two hadn't been moved into place to watch the destruction of Gallifrey, since Jabe and co. knew about it.

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Old 13-05-2005, 01:47
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EdTV? In that one, though, the 'star' of the RTV show consented to being followed by cameras 24/7.
Yay! beee!

That's the one.

(I promise to never mention Shane Ritchie's grinning face to you ever again - at least, not while your eating pizza!)
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:48
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Yay! beee!

That's the one.

I promise to never mention Shane Ritchie's grinning face to you ever again - at least, not while your eating pizza!
I've just finished a pizza, actually, and I remembered that you'd managed to put me off the last one
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Old 13-05-2005, 02:13
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One last thought, then I must go as I'm nearing the end of this regeneration...

So if the Face is just that - literally the frontman or 'Face' as previously suggested, what is Boe?

Bank of Earth?

Bank of E? (as in email or the virtual world in general).
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Old 13-05-2005, 02:25
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I wonder if there is a connection between Suki and Gwyneth, because these are the two people that we've seen help defeat the bad guys after they'd died....Gwyneth certainly acted independently and was it 'Max' controlling Suki grabbing hold of The Editor, or was it her?
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Old 13-05-2005, 02:35
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I would like to see the 'immortal' that's been mentioned to be revealed as a middle-aged woman, and have her look confusedly into the doctor's eyes and say '...Grandfather?' - But that's not going to happen.

Glad to read on this thread so many people thinking, like me, that there have been a lot of references to current international corruption (most blatant being the remote-control flying machine hitting the major city landmark, to trick people into agreeing to a war that's really all about money - But don't get me started on that!).

Finally, Davros.
Who do we know who is:

a: In a wheelchair
b: A genius
c: Talks a bit like a robot

Of course it's Prof Steven Hawking - I've seen him working with the Gay Daleks on a Victor Lewis-Smith program only recently and all the facts add up.
He could build a time machine and change history (as VIZ comic stated) as easy as he could hop on a bus.

I hope to see these revelations unfold in upcoming eps.
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