Doctor Who Community Discord

It’s likely been discussed here before, but The Power of The Doctor should have been saved for the 60th and Legend of the Sea Devils should have been shown for the BBC Centenary.

From there, Jodie could have regenerated into Ncuti and RTD could have started his era with the Christmas special.

If RTD absolutely HAD to have David Tennant and Catherine Tate return, they could’ve started with the Christmas Special then had a series together as 14 and Donna before passing on to Ncuti.

My mum vaguely remembers seeing something that scared the hell outta her as a child, abd she thinks it's doctor who, and i was wondering if anyone could tell us if they know the episode for peace of mind n stuff lol

It was something like a space ship (probably) with grey doors (take all of these details woth a grain of salt this was about 50 years ago) and weird red humanoid contours (similar to those chalk outlines from muder victims, according to my mum) slithering out from under the door and then materialising and coming to life. She feld from the tv after. This was somewhere in the 70's.

If this isnt doctor who but you do recognise the description it would be great if you could tell me what it is from lol

I know that River Song studied archaeology at Luna University is a doctor of archaeology; but a friend also told me that she received five master's degrees from the Sorbonne. My question is what were the five degrees in? The individual said he believes one of them is in anthropology but confessed that it may just be an issue of perspective due to her being a time traveler. Does anyone have any idea what the other five degrees could be in? Give cannon examples from the show where possible as I feel she may have eluded to it during one of her appearances in what I might have considered a throwaway line at the time, but I honestly don't remember.

Personally I'd like a 2nd doctor one, but not sure if he's got a complete season yet (even with the animations filling in the missing episodes). If he hasn't, then I'd like another 3rd doctor one.

I often see this story being overlooked but I think it is great Who. It has all the elements needed: genre pastiche, a great Doctor, good supporting cast, a solid sci fi concept with interesting ideas, social commentary, running in the corridors and a poetic plot twist. Bonus: Clara isn't overcontrolling and she looks great in that suit.

Why do you think this story is often overlooked when talking about 12's tenure?

Im just verry currious what other people have been listening to. I myself have listened to countless Fan Audios and Films.

Like some of the Work from Overton Audios (mostly the cravat Doctor and Irish Doctor.) and the Series from Taylored vision productions and The Hourglass Universe.

For Fanfilms I've Seen the Work from DW2012, Fractured Timeline, Doctor Who Velocity and some other Fanfilms Here and there.

Now I wonder, what Fan Audios and Fanfilms have you listened to. (I would Like to know everything you can remember, from Good to Bad.) This will Help me with my Goal to catalog every Thing in Doctor Who (Fanmade or Not, Life Action or Not)

Classic Who was in a ‘serialised’ format, meaning every ‘Story’ had its own number of episodes/parts. E.g., Genesis of the Daleks Episode 1, etc.

So what are your favourite first-parters?

The first one that comes to mind is The Space Museum Episode 1 - it has such a mysterious setting and opening to it and the final few minutes really do shock and confuse the viewer just enough to make them want to keep watching the rest of the serial.

Genesis of the Daleks Episode 1also comes to mind - introduces the Kaleds really well with their Nazi-state-of-mind, and that final shot of Sarah Jane first seeing Davros and the camera zoom onto the (first?) Dalek is so cool.

ignoring obviously classic who was filmed in the 60s onwards and nuwho was filmed 2000s onwards, is there a canon reason why the doctor would spend time in the era it was filmed? or is that never considered lol

My first ever watch through of Doctor Who I started way at the beginning ‘An Unearthly Child’ after a solid week I’m now on ‘The Highlanders’ with the Second Doctor

It was this thing that had 3 heads, one was happy, then it would turn to sad, then to angry and then "kill" whoever there victim was, they were in the elevators and I think it first went after a little girl also it was the tenth doctor, idk the name, any help appreciated

I grew bored yesterday and today, so I decided to build 11th's Sonic Screwdriver and the TARDIS in Minecraft! Next project will be a Dalek! (Yes, TARDIS is bigger than the screwdriver, just perspective is throwing it off)

Oh that's where I left her!

I know Destiny receives criticism for its low budget execution, but Terry Nation's concept for Destiny of the Daleks was sound. I think the damaged Dalek props and other issues would have been forgiven if Michael Wisher could have reprised his role as Davros.

David Gooderson simply couldn't recreate the menacing presence of Davros, with his voice in particular giving Davros a somewhat comical feel. The idea behind Davros being in suspended animation for centuries before coming back to life was good and that moment he begins to stir in the bunker is excellent. It needed Michael Wisher performing that part to complete the circle.

So the question is why didn't the BBC wait for Wisher to be available rather than plough ahead with a lesser actor for the role?

In Hell Bent, she says to them ‘You are hated. By no one more than me.’ I never understood this line. I know the timelords are trying to bring her back to her time, but it’s nothing personal. It’s just the laws of time. Did the Timelords do or say something that made her hate them so much, before the events of Face the Raven?

I'm brand new to Doctor Who, a friend introduced me to it with the episode "Heaven Sent" yesterday (now I'm watching the whole series starting with the 2005 version).

I was really struck by when the Doctor said, "Tell them I took the long way round."

Those words... "I took the long way round"... They remind me of something quite significant and epic but I can't place it, despite some googling.

Those words have appeared in several songs (special shout out to Oats in the Water by Ben Howard) but I wasn't able to find one grand unifying moment of "Aha, THAT'S why the words are so significant!"

I also see that The Long Way round is a famous book, but as an American millennial I'm not particularly familiar with its cultural impact.

Does anyone have any insights as to why those words might have filled me with such a sense of drama and significance?

It's similar to the feeling I get when anyone references The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats (And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?)

What cultural touchstone have I brushed against but failed to recall here?

I appreciate your insights!

I've seen a few posts/tiktok's about frustration over Doctor Who's subtitles on HBO Max being incorrect. Not when things are cut down a bit for easier reading, but when they are 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. This is a particularly silly example. 12 says "I've got a vault to guard" and instead the subtitle says "I put a vault to god". It's pretty clear that they used some software without having an actual person double check the work. I understand that that is probably quicker and easier however to someone watching who is deaf/hard of hearing/needs subtitles for any reason this must be so frustrating? I just use subtitles because I like having them so I caught this error but if I couldn't hear this would have been so confusing. Luckily this is one of the less important errors, but I've seen people pointing out that incorrect subtitles can completely change the meaning of a scene. I wish more effort was put into this because it really does impact the accessibility of the show.

Imagine River Song meeting Thirteen and Fifteen—it would be absolute chaos!

With Thirteen, River would 100% lean into the fact that the Doctor is now a woman. I can just hear her teasing, “My, my, sweetie, you’ve really changed. This regeneration suits you!” Thirteen would probably try to keep things professional, but... you know, River is River.

And then there’s Fifteen. He’s younger, vibrant, and full of energy—River would have so much fun flustering him. “Aren’t you a bit too young to be in this danger? Let me handle this” she’d quip, only for Fifteen to try (and fail) to keep up with her xd

River would be her usual, naughty and Smart self, pushing their buttons and keeping them on their toes, all while proving she knows more about them than they do about her. Just imagine the banter, the tension... could be fun.

How do you think they’d react to her?

I was just watching The Giggle again and noticed something that the Toymaker said "l played the first game with one Doctor and the second game with this Doctor and your own rules decreeed I play the 3rd game with the next Doctor". Well then shouldn't he have also changed to the next Toymaker to satisfy these rules?

I hadn't watched any dr who for ages and then started again. Is it normal for me to be completely lost like how tf has this all happened lmao. Am I just dumb or did I miss something?

I started going through classic Who for the first time, I've seen random episodes here and there but this is the first time I'm actually starting from the start. Anyways, I was shocked to see how good the first four episodes where. I can see why the British public got hooked on it back in '63. As of writing this, I've started The Dead Planet and am excited to see the Dalek's debut.

Some doctors ive noticed do this are 1, 4 and 12. Just curious, I'd like to hear calls thoughts!

Tell you what, I absolutely loved it. Especially how the doctor could literally create a square of sonic energy that could become an interactive display.

I feel like from Jodie he got a mammoth upgrade then a down grade when he got Ncutis.

I want more ultra futuristic screwdriver

I just started watching Doctor Who from series one. For years I’ve been curious about this show from seeing clips of it online so I decided to watch it from the start instead of skip over to the later seasons I’m more familiar with. The dated visuals kind of made it a drag to get through so I just wanted to get this first part over with so I can watch the more popular doctors.

Now that I’ve witnessed the first regeneration I just feel empty. Seeing Christopher Eccleston change to David Tennant in less than ten seconds was way more of a gut punch than I anticipated. Only then did I realize how much this iteration of the doctor grew on me. It’s like I can’t imagine anyone else being the doctor but him.

I just wonder if it’s always going to hit this hard after every regeneration. Christopher was the doctor for only one season so I can’t even imagine how I’ll feel once David eventually leaves. I don’t know if I can take this another four times.