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So I’ve been rewatched Doctor Who again and it’s enjoyable as it always is. I got to the Idiot’s Lantern and I’ve always had a problem with the ending. I don’t think it should’ve ended with Tommy forgiving his father.

It’s pretty obvious that Eddie beats his son behind the scenes and it’s also implied that he’s going to beat the gay out of him.

I just don’t get why we needed a scene where he forgives him. I get it’s supposed to show that Tommy is kind and forgiving, and it also shows that Rose still isn’t over her need for her father but I don’t think it’s a great message to be sending out.

It’s almost a decade old at this point so it’s like it’s anything that’s super serious but just wanted to see what other people though and if it bugged others as much as it does me.

Watching this episode, when Prince Reynart tells The Doctor of his plan to use the android replica of the Prince as a decoy to sneak past the bad guys to get the the coronation on time, he ask The Doctor what he thinks of the plan. The Doctor replies, “Well, it has been done before.” I’m an American so I don’t get the reference.

forgive me if this idea has already been floated around this sub, but i thought i’d just share my take

i have a feeling >!Jonathan Groff’s!< character in the upcoming series might be RTD’s retread of >!Captain Jack!<. i obviously don’t mean its a recast, but the similarities are a bit much to ignore.

it wouldn’t be the first time RTD has introduced a rogue Time Agent with an american accent, who’s in deep cover in history. he’s even standing with the Doctor and Ruby as though they’re a trio (as opposed to being in a more adversarial stance)

I have recently watched the 'Invasion of Time' story and was wondering where in Doctor Who classic would be the best place to start watching till I get to the 1998 film. I think it would be fair to say probably some point after William Hartnell's time due to the sets being better later on plus no-one really ever references the first Doctor in media. It is always Tom Baker.

Any suggestion on a good starting point? I'm thinking somewhere before Sarah Jane?

Seriously tho, doctor who? What is your theory? Can be really crappy, make it crappy if you have to! I love reading these theories.

Inspired by the gorgeous pictures from the screening of the new series that I’m seeing… and wholly superficial: what’s your most attractive Doctor/companion combo?

I’m torn between 10/Martha and 15/Ruby. 12/Clara is a close third ;)

I feel like We've seen this scenario at least 3 or 4 different times, who knows how many more off-screen

Aliens: (About to take over a planet by force because they are desperate and need a home)

Doctor: Wait, you don't have to do this! I can help you! We can find a habitable planet for your people!

Aliens: Foolish Doctor! we don't need you! we can overthrow you and humanity easily!

Doctor: (Angrily) Alright then, just remember I tried to help you (Defeats aliens)

Aliens: Nooooooooo!!!!! (dies)

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It would be nice if for once, we had a different ending to that scenario

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Aliens: (About to take over a planet by force because they are desperate and need a home)

Doctor: Wait, you don't have to do this! I can help you! We can find a habitable planet for your people!

Aliens: If you can do that, then we accept your help. Thankyou, we are desperate!

Doctor: (Angrily) Alright then, just remember I tr-- Wait did you say yes?

Aliens: Yes. of course, its a free planet, right?

Doctor: Y-... Yes....

Aliens: You sound unsure.... were you lying to us?!?

Doctor: No no, its just that no one has ever accepted that offer before.

Aliens: What? But its a free planet, who says no to that??!

Doctor: I've been asking myself that same question for thousands of years.

Im rewatching some older dw and now that we’ve seen River Songs full cycle with the doctor I’m so emotional over the silence in the library and forest of the dead. Seeing her say goodbye to him after just recently watching him say goodbye for the first time?!?! I’m just sobbing. I really think that one of the best parts of dw is the nostalgia it has throughout the series.

I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

I believe it would change based off of the incarnation, such as 3 having a blue version of Bessie.

I see there was discussion of this before as the same thing happened on Britbox.

He should be shown as drowned.

The Doctor at the beginning of The Church on Ruby Road is extremely sad. His face is not the same than the one later when he “first” arrives to the church. That first face: he knows and he’s devastated. The second face: he’s thinking, intrigued. What does he know? My anxiety is killing me, waiting for the new season.

Maybe I’m just forgetting another episode or something… but do they ever come back to “Genny” from S4 E6 “the doctor’s daughter”?

I was wondering, if at all, which Doctor Who episodes made you cry? For me, it was The Angels Take Manhattan, Time of the Doctor, and Deep Breath. Yes, Matt Smith was my favorite Doctor.

The most recent one was season 15 so I was wondering what the next one that will come out is.

Thanks

So I’m wondering about something, the doctor is calm most of the time but there are times when he can get angry and it can get scary and that got me thinking what makes the doctor more scary his anger or his choice of words like the episode the end of time part 2.

As the latest issue of the Doctor Who magazine seems to reprise the "Far Up! Far Out! Far More!" Catchphrase from the 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service's poster, I decided to have a go with it !

So I just started watching and was curious if any episodes were no longer shown on streaming platforms. Since this sometimes happens to older shows due to insensitivity and that.

Has the show ever considered not structuring the seasons not around a particular doctor, but around various doctors? Similar to Star Wars' 'Tales of the Jedi', where it has stories about various doctors - and you could use whoever's still around and wants to come back (Capaldi, Whittaker, Eccleston (Maybe?), Tennant, Smith, Baker(s), McGann etc., etc., etc.). You could have adventures with multiple doctors. You could have stories with David Bradley as the First Doctor, or Sean Pertwee as the Third, maybe find an actor who looks like the Second Doctor and do some with him?

Has this idea ever been kicked around by the powers that be?

New fan here and I might get downvoted for this but I'm about to start watching Doctor Who because I really, really like David Tennant and Peter Capaldi and want to watch their series but I'm not really interested in seeing Matt Smith's series, no offence to him, I just don't really have the patience to sit through it, so I was wondering if his series leads directly into Peter's and whether I would be massively confused if I just went from David to Peter or if it wouldn't be such a big deal?

Also this might get me downvoted even more but would I be extremely confused if I skipped the first series with Christopher Eccleston, like is it possible to understand just from watching the regeneration and David's series or should I just watch Christopher's series to understand the Doctor Who lore?

I'm almost going in blind, I have basically no knowledge about any of the Doctor Who background and lore.

I've tried getting into classic who multiple times but despite me liking the stories, it's just to dated for me to enjoy watching it. So would I be able to understand the movie without classic who?