The Dr Who thread

arron · Post by **arron** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:36 am 0

Matrixxx wrote:
mightyzim wrote:I would have prefered if the rocket had materialized inside the tardis, just to show how big it is. Would have made a nice end to the Impossible Planet.
Agreed, this is exactly what I expected to happen - some kind of MASSIVE tardis landing bay or something.

I think that the doctor was trying to keep a low profile to avoid affecting the timelines too much. Having the ship materialise inside the TARDIS would obviously raise rather a lot of questions back home, so even when asked what he and Rose were, he gave a fairly non-comittal answer..

CarlBillen · Post by **CarlBillen** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:53 am 0

Did I hear it correctly that the humans at that base were from the Torchwood Research Institute?

But wasn't that created to protect Earth from all non-Earthly/supernatural things? Which means that Torchwood will exist for a long long time...

But as Torchwood was 'founded' by Queen Victoria, and she had an encounter with the Doctor, wouldn't 'The Doctor' been classified as a 'possible hazard'?

Of course, that information could've been lost over time....

I'll guess we'll know more when Torchwood the series begins I guess...

Carl

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:56 am 0

CarlBillen wrote:Did I hear it correctly that the humans at that base were from the Torchwood Research Institute?

Torchwood Archive I think.

But yes, looking forward to Torchwood itself starting in the hope that there are some decent explanations.

SimonB

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HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:56 am 0

Torchwood Archive. We already knew it existed pre-200000 by the question the Anne-droid asked in series 1. Calling it the archive may mean it has a different purpose in the future.

mightyzim · Post by **mightyzim** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:07 pm 0

arron wrote:
Matrixxx wrote:
mightyzim wrote:I would have prefered if the rocket had materialized inside the tardis, just to show how big it is. Would have made a nice end to the Impossible Planet.
Agreed, this is exactly what I expected to happen - some kind of MASSIVE tardis landing bay or something.
I think that the doctor was trying to keep a low profile to avoid affecting the timelines too much. Having the ship materialise inside the TARDIS would obviously raise rather a lot of questions back home, so even when asked what he and Rose were, he gave a fairly non-comittal answer..

A low profile by towing a ship out of a black hole gravity well?

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:06 pm 0

mightyzim wrote:
arron wrote:
Matrixxx wrote:
mightyzim wrote:I would have prefered if the rocket had materialized inside the tardis, just to show how big it is. Would have made a nice end to the Impossible Planet.
Agreed, this is exactly what I expected to happen - some kind of MASSIVE tardis landing bay or something.
I think that the doctor was trying to keep a low profile to avoid affecting the timelines too much. Having the ship materialise inside the TARDIS would obviously raise rather a lot of questions back home, so even when asked what he and Rose were, he gave a fairly non-comittal answer..
A low profile by towing a ship out of a black hole gravity well?

Notice the tardis was spinning too as it did that, so I guess the towrope attachment is underneath or the craft would have wound up and hit the tardis - just a thought... unless the tardis was using some kind of gravity pocket to wrap a low level warp field around the ship - like he said, timelords virtually invented gravity...

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:08 pm 0

I would also have gone for something more imaginitive than a tow-rope myself.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:10 pm 0

Dio wrote:I would also have gone for something more imaginitive than a tow-rope myself.

Yeah. Tractor beams are so last century

mightyzim · Post by **mightyzim** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:32 pm 0

Quick question for the real Who fans, the rocket in the Satan pit..any relation to one used in the story about Space Vampires ?

Stevo · Post by **Stevo** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:33 pm 0

mightyzim wrote:Quick question for the real Who fans, the rocket in the Satan pit..any relation to one used in the story about Space Vampires ?

They are cousins

arron · Post by **arron** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:44 pm 0

Matrixxx wrote:
mightyzim wrote: A low profile by towing a ship out of a black hole gravity well?
Notice the tardis was spinning too as it did that, so I guess the towrope attachment is underneath or the craft would have wound up and hit the tardis - just a thought... unless the tardis was using some kind of gravity pocket to wrap a low level warp field around the ship - like he said, timelords virtually invented gravity...

I guess that when you need to use something, then you just use it. You'll notice that the doctor didn't invite them into his ship for tea, wake up the scientist he was with who nearly died of oxygen starvation, or explain how he towed them free of the black hole..he was merely sorted stuff out and then burgered off again..

You can give away too much information sometimes..

The TARDIS always seems to spin in normal flight. It's not a artifact of the 'tractor beam'..

Kronos · Post by **Kronos** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:59 pm 0

Yep I didn't think anything unusual about a spinning Tardis as it's always spinning even on the titles. Speaking of the titles has the music changed slightly since Eccleston was the Dr??

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:42 pm 0

Matrixxx wrote:
mightyzim wrote:I would have prefered if the rocket had materialized inside the tardis, just to show how big it is. Would have made a nice end to the Impossible Planet.
Agreed, this is exactly what I expected to happen - some kind of MASSIVE tardis landing bay or something.

That would have been incredibly cool.

Maybe the Dr could have done that, but left the lights turned off and pretended they were still in space

(then dumbed them outside again leaving it a complete mystery for them)

Hmm, how come they didn't all explode when Rose shot the rocket's window out?

Dont think it happens that fast.
As long as they were exhaling they should have been fine

merman · Post by **merman** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:44 pm 0

Old_but_still_a_kid wrote:Yep I didn't think anything unusual about a spinning Tardis as it's always spinning even on the titles. Speaking of the titles has the music changed slightly since Eccleston was the Dr??

Yep, slight remix from last season.

Driller · Post by **Driller** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:45 pm 0

That seems to be the delineation for the new series.

Old fanboys wanting "more" and everyone else enjoying it for what it is.

It's about time he showed Rose how big the Tardis really is, although he's probably lost most of it in his travels. Didn't he jettison a large chunk of it during Tom Baker's tenure? (Could have been Davidson though. I lost track a bit after Baker left).