William Hartnell was the First Doctor, in 1963 - 1966
Patrick Troughtton was the Second Doctor, in 1966 - 1969
Jon Pertwee was the Third Doctor, in 1970 - 1974
Tom Baker was the Forth Doctor, in 1974 - 1981
Peter Davidson was the Fifth Doctor, in 1982 - 1984
Colin Baker was the Sixth Doctor, in 1984 - 1986
Sylvester McCoy was the Seventh Doctor, in 1987 - 1996(Though his last full adventure was in 1989)
Paul McGann was the Eighth Doctor, in the 1996 TV movie
Christipher Eccleston was the Ninth Doctor, in 2005
David Tennant is the Tenth Doctor.
So it's likely that other than the movie you won't have seen any of the others. Unless you have Sky - some of the old ones are shown early on the weekends. At the minute they're up to the Fifth Doctor's adventures.
Originally posted by SpikeSpiegel
William Hartnell was the First Doctor, in 1963 - 1966
Patrick Troughtton was the Second Doctor, in 1966 - 1969
Jon Pertwee was the Third Doctor, in 1970 - 1974
Tom Baker was the Forth Doctor, in 1974 - 1981
Peter Davidson was the Fifth Doctor, in 1982 - 1984
Colin Baker was the Sixth Doctor, in 1984 - 1986
Sylvester McCoy was the Seventh Doctor, in 1987 - 1996(Though his last full adventure was in 1989)
Paul McGann was the Eighth Doctor, in the 1996 TV movie
Christipher Eccleston was the Ninth Doctor, in 2005
David Tennant is the Tenth Doctor.So it's likely that other than the movie you won't have seen any of the others. Unless you have Sky - some of the old ones are shown early on the weekends. At the minute they're up to the Fifth Doctor's adventures.
I know this might sound weird, not that I'm old or anything, but i thought that Christopher E was kinda cute. the mad grins that he did. Such a shame that he's 40.
OK. got some questions for you smart people!
Ive been watching Doctor Who since i can remember( my dad watches) and i have always wondered......
1. What is the Doctors real shape. and don't say the human shape cos hes clearly not human.
2. can he ever really ever truly die.
3.why did he survive when all the other time lords died.
Thats all i can think of at the time. 😉
Originally posted by Gabrial
I know this might sound weird, not that I'm old or anything, but i thought that Christopher E was kinda cute. the mad grins that he did. Such a shame that he's 40.OK. got some questions for you smart people!
Ive been watching Doctor Who since i can remember( my dad watches) and i have always wondered......
1. What is the Doctors real shape. and don't say the human shape cos hes clearly not human.
2. can he ever really ever truly die.
3.why did he survive when all the other time lords died.
Thats all i can think of at the time. 😉
2. When they run out of regenerations traditionally they only got 8 but they're been 10 Doctors
3. Don't know.
We only just had Doctor number 9 "die" last night. Is the new guy any good? And is it just me or is it really annoying how there all like " wow, we thought we killed those guys. we'll just have to kill them all over again." And then later on, they/ there race, re-apears and they have to kill them all over again. AAARRRRRRHHHHH!!!!
Originally posted by Gabrial
We only just had Doctor number 9 "die" last night. Is the new guy any good? And is it just me or is it really annoying how there all like " wow, we thought we killed those guys. we'll just have to kill them all over again." And then later on, they/ there race, re-apears and they have to kill them all over again. AAARRRRRRHHHHH!!!!
you hate the regenerations of them😕
Originally posted by Gabrial
I know this might sound weird, not that I'm old or anything, but i thought that Christopher E was kinda cute. the mad grins that he did. Such a shame that he's 40.OK. got some questions for you smart people!
Ive been watching Doctor Who since i can remember( my dad watches) and i have always wondered......
1. What is the Doctors real shape. and don't say the human shape cos hes clearly not human.
2. can he ever really ever truly die.
3.why did he survive when all the other time lords died.
Thats all i can think of at the time. 😉
1, Yes, his shape IS Human. His inner physiology is different- two hearts, respiratory bypass system (basically a spare windpipe), non-human blood type, symbiotic nucleus in his brain... but he looks as human from the outside as anyone, which is why he originally hid on Earth after stealing the TARDIS, because he could fit in there.
2. Yes he can. Regeneration takes effort and so can only be performed when you are dying, not dead. Cut his head off, blow him to pieces, disintegrate him... and it is too late. Secondly, a Time Lord can only renegerate 12 times (though a possible plot gate has been opened before that can extend that).
3. Why he survived the Time War is unclear- just as exactly what happened in it is also unclear, and also as to where are the Time Lords that, like the Doctor, were not part of Time Lord society sre (his granddaughter Susan, for example, on Earth in the 22nd century).
As to whether David Tennant will be as good as Christopher Eccleston, only time will tell- but he is a huge Doctor Who fan and I have liked him in other things I have seen.
Meanwhile, I do agree, Gabriel- they can ony pull the plotline "The Daleks are all dead/oh wait no they are not" so many times before it becomes tiresome. We shall see what the upcoming Christmas special and then the second series bring- but the Cybermen are coming back, which is good news.
Ushgarak,
But if he was such a 'goodie goodie' why did he steal the TARDAS?And what do you mean by "fit in there"? How did he steal it and why wasnt he fighting with the rest of his people. At least he addmitted several time that hes chicken. He carrys himself like hes a good person, helping the people of earth but really hes making matters worse!
The Doctor is a renegade from his people, because he believes evil should be fought, whilst 99% of the time all the Time Lords did was sit and observe. For committing the cardinal sin of the Time Lords- interfering with the time lines- the Doctor a wanted criminal to the Time Lords and was twice caught and put on trial; his defence in the first case is exactly wehat I said above- that evil should be fought. That said, it is unclear if that was why he originally left; whilst hiding on Earth in his first incarnation he was not fighting evil at the time so more likely he just wanted to travel, which was also not allowed.
And by 'fit in' I mean that in order to stay inconspicuous he chose a planet where the people looked liked him (and his companion Susan, whom he called his Granddaughter), in a time of no consequence (the 1960s). The first Doctor Who episode ever began with the premise of Susan's school teachers becoming suspicious of her apparently enormous intellect (and, in a neat risk by the writers, thinking that decimilisation had already occurred (at the time of writing it hadn't, you see, but it did a few years later)) and following her home one day, and so finding the TARDIS (which had landed in a junkyard as a Police Box, and then the chameleon device had promptly packed in, though the Doctor didn't realise that until he moved somewhere in that episode).
It has indeed been known for the Doctor's intervention to do more harm than good but he tries his best.
He's wanted for more crimes than are comfortably listable, but they never seem to be able to catch him.
Something worth nothing about the Time Lords- because they never DO anything, they aren't actually very experienced, powerful and ancient as they are.
Of course, the Doctor thinks all the Time Lords are dead, which includes the Master, though this wouldn't be the first time the Master was thought dead.