The Dr Who thread

craigt · Post by **craigt** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:35 pm 0

I'm guessing that they get out of it by...

...they discover The Master's own TARDIS and chase him in that. If I remember correctly The Master's TARDIS' cameleon circuit was still working, so it's probably sitting in his lab somewhere looking like something else. He must have got to the end of the universe (what, no Milliways ) somehow.

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:36 pm 0

DutchLlama wrote:
Dio wrote:
>No, Captain Jack explained that his time device broke down so he had live through the 19th and 20th century.
And you think the Doctor can't fix it?

Well maybe Captain Jack doesn't have it anymore (it has been a long time after all). Maybe it only works for 1 person. Then again if he thought of the hand he would have brought the device with him as well if he had access to it.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking along those lines....

Jack's time agent issue watch (I think he's still wearing it. Even if he's not, it's still probably in the Jack sack (steady now :p)) + sonic screwdriver = dramatic confrontation.

It probably will be a one-man one-way trip, and if it is, I hope it's Jack who goes, grabs the 'DIS, sends it forward to D + M, and so on.

And go Simm!

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:39 pm 0

It has just occurred to me that this three-part story is almost equivalent, given credits and cliffhanger replays, to a six-part serial of Classic Who (minus the need for an extra cliffhanger in the middle of each of these episodes).

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:50 pm 0

Now THAT was fantastic.

Already a much higher hit-rate than series 2, can't wait for next week

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:51 pm 0

Chan-fantastic-tho!

1. Jack is still wearing the 'watch'. He pointed to it when they landed.

2. I agree with DL about the TARDIS.

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:54 pm 0

I like this

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:55 pm 0

DutchLlama wrote:
Well maybe Captain Jack doesn't have it anymore (it has been a long time after all). Maybe it only works for 1 person. Then again if he thought of the hand he would have brought the device with him as well if he had access to it.

It's on his wrist. He always wears it.

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:58 pm 0

Something else that entered my mind during Confidential is that we have never previously seen a newly regenerated Master, with all the attendant mental instability which generally follows the process.

I would also like to know what happened between his imprisonment within the Eye of Harmony (I suspect that he escaped while the TARDIS was merging with Rose) and his appearance as a naked (and presumably human, given the watch) orphan on the Face of Boe's home planet.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:06 pm 0

Harlequin wrote:
I would also like to know what happened between his imprisonment within the Eye of Harmony (I suspect that he escaped while the TARDIS was merging with Rose) and his appearance as a naked (and presumably human, given the watch) orphan on the Face of Boe's home planet.

He escaped the Eye when the 8th Doctor let a runaway fusion reactor detonate inside the Tardis during The Gallifrey Chronicles. From there he at some unknown point regenerated and was killed by Ace in a Virgin NA. Then he showed up again during the 8th Doctor book run after the Doctor destroyed Gallifrey for the first time when the Doctor had amnesia saying the Universe was too dangerous for his kind and he was going away for a while. Interesting no? I'd never have expected RTD to give the nod to the book series

Stuart B · Post by **Stuart B** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:06 pm 0

Fanwankery wrote:Having nerded it up on wikipedia since the new series started, perhaps the Master was released with the destruction of Gallifrey, as it has been suggested that the Eye of Harmony has also been destroyed, and went into hiding to stop the Doctor catching up with him.

As for escaping, what I want to happen is for them to find the Master's TARDIS.. although I think what will actually happen will be the sonic screwdriver will just get waved over Jack's wrist, and they'll all hold on to it, Genesis-of-the-daleks stylee

Good gravy I need a new avatar... Tarka-Dal didn't turn out too well.

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:17 pm 0

I would also like to know how he has acquired additional regenerations and just how many he now has left.

Goddess, no wonder the OG forums are flooded!

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:19 pm 0

Harlequin wrote:
I would also like to know how he has acquired additional regenerations and just how many he now has left.
Goddess, no wonder the OG forums are flooded!

He's the Master. He's badass. He probably spent three lifetimes mugging alien grandmothers for their lifeforce.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:20 pm 0

Istar wrote:Looks like they're a common bit of kit for TimeLords. It wasn't necessarily the same one The Doctor used.

Amazing what a curry can do... I submitted my last post, went away to order my curry and it suddenly hit me to what the solution was in a big "DOH" moment

Obviously he turned himself human to hide from the war in the same way the Doctor did just two episodes earlier. Why he couldn't remember anything and yet always those voices, because he was always so close to the watch. Hence why they did THAT episode so people could see the same thing happening here and not wonder what was going on...

Aside from what HGFB posted, I hope they actually explain IN the next two shows how he escaped instead of letting us "wonder"... and yes, if he got himself there then surely the remnants of how he travelled there must be present too...

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:21 pm 0

They won't explain anything like that. The current audience doesn't need it. All they need to know is who he is and what he's capable of.

Markyp · Post by **Markyp** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:24 pm 0

Hiya, my first post after following your thread for months, very entertaining.
I have to add my voice to the 'recent episodes have been great' opinions cos they have been the best since the series returned.
For me the Daleks have been overdone and need a rest, half the episodes this season have been better than the Daleks in Manhattan.

Anyway, getting back up to date on the thread. They will find the Master's tardis I'm sure. The Master will not be brought back as a one off and he will need transport in order to pop up here and there to be a pain in the arse.
I did think for a moment that the alien who would not leave Professor Yana was fulfilling Martha's role in Human Nature and knew who he really was.