Originally posted by The Little Tornado:
And then I had to jump to Eccleston who was deadly boring - I always blame it on the fact that he wasn't quirky enough to look at in order to watch for any significant length of time.
It's really all about the angst. *points at Dalek* he was lovely
But, obviously, I'm a little biased there.
Originally posted by The Little Tornado:
Also I think it might be my boyfriend's influence that I seem to get the impression that Cybermen and Daleks have teamed up prior to Tennant's reign.
That's only in fanboys heads there. They've never interacted, even in the books, before the fanboy fest that was
Army of Ghosts and
Doomsday.
Admittedly, I wanted some more posturing in those episodes, along with some more Dalek on Cybermen...er...that didn't come out right, did it? Dalek versus Cybermen action. *g*
Originally posted by The Little Tornado:
Also I am bloody sure that the Time War in which he destroyed Gallifrey happened way back when (unless he traveled through time and saw what was meant to happen in the future to him?). If I am wrong and it happened prior to Eccleston then where am I getting this from?
As Wendy said, the implication of the whole "Look at the ears" line in
Rose is that that was the first time that the Doctor had seen himself since his regeneration. Since Nine is very much the war-scarred hero, not to mention suffering from a severe case of PTSD, the implication is that the Time War happened (for him) a short time ago, if not immediately prior to that episode. The War itself could've happened at any time, really.
Both Daleks and Time Lords had, after all, mastered time travel. Though Daleks were confined to the much less accurate Time Corridor technology rather than the TARDISes. But Daleks didn't have the Eye of Harmony (Gallifrey's tame black hole) as a power source, and the Time Lords did.
Originally posted by The Little Tornado:
What did he use to bluff the Daleks before when he was Doctor 3/4? He always seemed to use psychology with them and he always seemed to have a bluff of sorts. Obviously I need to get a hold of early episodes and start watching them.
He generally did use a lot of posturing with the Daleks. And, at least once, he managed to talk one into suicide. It's really a matter of looking in the origins of the Doctor's interactions with the Daleks. Every scheme that they came up with, he defeated through the use of technology and circumstances to aid him. At least once, he was commanded to destroy the Daleks at their birth, but he couldn't do that, and they continued on their path of destruction.
Originally posted by The Little Tornado:
When you said the BBC cleaned house in the 70s - does that mean that there are episodes from the first and second doctors sessions that are missing never to be seen again? Waaaahhhhh!!!! I wasn't even born then....
Yeah, most of the second Doctor's episodes are missing. There are a few audio tracks still around, but the video is gone. Hartnell's episodes are mostly complete, but there are one or two arcs still missing. It's rather sad, though they're discovering new episodes all the time. In fact, some of the most famous discoveries have happened in places like Kenya or South Africa, places where the BBC's reach hadn't touched when it came to those episodes. However, a lot is still missing.
