Sorry if this has been posted before but i started to think of this theory while watching the three doctors. Is the doctor's regeneration truly random or by meeting their future selves does seeing their face lie in their subconscious to pull the right face at the right time a bit similar to why 12 got his face from the family he rescued in Fires of Pompeii.

If im wrong & there is another reason used in the lore please tell me but i just thought of this theory by myself

I knew I recognized the voice!

I knew Kevin Stoney from his role as Tobias Vaughn in "The Invasion," but I had no idea he also plays Mavic Chen in "The Daleks' Master Plan" until just now as I'm rewatching the serial and it suddenly struck me that his voice sounded very familiar. (He has enough makeup as Mavic Chen that he's physically not recognizable.)

Looking it up, I learned he also has a role in "Revenge of the Cybermen." Definitely didn't recognize him there either given his character's appearance.

(On a tangent, I'm pretty sure Bernard Horsfall holds the record of actor with the most roles in the show, as he ends up playing 4 different characters in the classic era.)

Andrew Garfield, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and now Tom Rhys Harries.

Who would have thought the polka dot bikini guy from dot and bubble would be the next breakout star?

At about 21:30 in Sleep No More it sounds a lot like she says "Listen to him for f*ck sake"

When Rose returns I’ve always wondered why she has a strong lisp that she never used to have beforehand. Anyone know why?

Well, i am back.

Thank you for your replies on my last post. I understand, that my vision is not well described in a few sentences and not everyone agrees with my concept.

I will still post this, mainly to get it out of my head and to lose a bit of frustration regarding the lack of official content.

So how does an episode list of this thread work?

Well, you get name and position of the episode, accompanied by a short description in one or two sentences.

If something abut a certain episode is special, i will mark this with an asterisk and write some additional thoughts under the episode. At the end of each list i keep a list, which universes already have been visited.

Don't forget to comment your thoughts in the... well, comments and now:

Let us begin:

1x01 Silica City

Fresh off regeneration, the Doctor finds a kindred soul in unknown territory.

1x02 Hunger & Games

While training Taris physical capabilities, the Doctor realizes that they parked in a deadly game.

1x03 The Hourglass of Egypt

In an attempt to train Taris mind, the TARDIS materializes in the Realm of Shadows.

1x04 The Beast of Atlantis

While fighting against a new threat, the Doctor struggles to accept the reality he shaped.

1x05 The Great Game

The time has come for Tari to compete in Tempest. But an enemy has already set their eyes on her.

1x06 Awaken

While mourning the loss of Tari, the Doctor finds himself in a coastal town of Oregon, where a cult stirrs in the darkness

1x07 Strange New World

Having secured two of three dark relics, the Doctor, Chloe and Rachel fight in an ocean of mysteries.

1x08 Hell Is Empty

Drastic incidents and new revelations drive the Doctor to his boundaries - and a chance of redemption.

So Larry must have known how the angels worked before the finale, right?

The easter egg is quite explicit even without Sally's half of the conversation.

Why didn't he bring up the killer, quantum locked angels at any point earlier?

I feel insane.

Who are these people? I get Susan is the doctors granddaughter but who are the others? I feel like I have been thrown into the deep end here.

Starting with the dalek and the thaal is certainly exciting but I really feel as if I am missing some information about everything really, especially considering this is the first episode

For some it’s obvious - Ian, Barbara, and Susan were the originals - but what, for you, makes a companion iconic?

What is it that raises Sarah Jane above Dodo? What pushes the Ponds higher than Yaz and Dan?

Does it come down to longevity? The writing? The characterisation? The casting? Or is there just an unknown “something”, a perfect storm of all of the above, that makes a companion more than just a companion?

I forgot Balthazar from Infinite Quest so they are here

I know that 19 year old Kiss-o-gram Amy is with Rory, a nurse, but I don't know how long it takes to become a nurse in the UK. Does anyone know, perhaps from their tombstone, their relative ages?

So for context this woman in Aliens of London is an Expanded Universe character. Her name is Muriel Frost and works for UNIT she appeared in the 7th Doctor comics The Mask of Mandrogora and the controversial Evening's Empire comic and an alternative universe version in Final Genesis and then in the 7th Doctor Audio The Fires of Vulcan in the 2000s, this would her last appearance in the EU.

Five years later this Woman in Aliens of London was part of the Alien Experts at Downing Street and part of the UNIT team. Now without prior knowledge, she seems to be just background cannon fodder.

More bizarrely apparently in early drafts, The Doctor was going mention her by name. However on the in-universe UNIT website, she mentioned by name, confirming this is her.

There's a book called Classified! A Confidential 3-D Dossier which seems a Series 1 Dossier that seemly her and UNIT prepared prior to Aliens of London which is even more bizarre.

Anyway, I thought this was just a weird decision imo, why go through all this effort to a kill off a side character at that new audience won't know lol

Hello! Is anyone aware of complete copies of these early books anywhere online?? [Edit: list updated.]

• Doctor Who Puzzle Fun No. 1 (1966)
• Doctor Who Puzzle Fun No. 2 (1966)
• Doctor Who: Travels in Time - Painting Book (1966) - Doctor Who Toybox has a listing for this but I can't find details anywhere else, so it's possible that it's been mixed up with the Sticker Fun Book: Travels in Time. It may also be the same as the "Dr Who Painting Book No. 2" mentioned elsewhere.

I'm aware that reproductions of some of these have been published in recent years (eg), so if anyone could put me in touch with the producers of those, that would be hugely appreciated!

(Note that, confusingly, there were both Travels in Time and Travels in Space 'Sticker Fun Books', AND a *Travels in Space '*Painting Book'.)

Thank you!

Well... I misread the calendar, I'm off by two days. It was October 25, not the 27th. But it's still worth mentioning the anniversary of a life-changing moment for me. According to this Doctor Who fan site, October 25, 1977 was the first time I saw DOCTOR WHO, 49 years ago on Buffalo's channel 17. I'd been reading about the show in science fiction reference books, and I had seen the two Peter Cushing "Dalek" movies. Then the local paper ran a photo of a T-Rex that caught my eye with a caption that read something like, "This creature is a Silurian from the show Doctor Who..." Which I knew was a gaff, because I knew what a T-rex was, though I had no idea what a Silurian was. I just *had to* tune in, because of the legendary status DOCTOR WHO had in those TV reference books I found at the library. I slinked into the guest room of my parents' house where the beat up old clunker TV was, and fixed the rabbit ears for the clearest picture. How did my life change? Aside from the discovery of a new fandom? The storytelling on that run of DOCTOR WHO was anarchic. "Anything goes!" was the mandate. Silurians? Reptile people? With T-Rex guard dogs? Super secret underground science labs? A global, "Andromeda Strain"-like plague unleashed? It gave me permission to tell stories, in my infantile first steps as a writer, and later as a Dungeon Master playing D&D, to let slip the dogs of my creativity. 49 years ago this week, my brain was rewired. And I'm deeply thankful for it.

The jacket and shirt was thrifted the pants shoes and sonic I already had the only thing I had to get new was the bowtie and suspenders

I finally got to marry my partner after 13 years, i'm a huge Doctor Who fan and she's a huge Star Wars fan. Plus, we both love Steven universe, hence all the crystals! My wife designed the cake and it was so amazing to see it bought to life!

After watching this story (reconstruction) at least 5 times, I have to finally admit it: I find Odysseus to be insufferably annoying. His arrogance, his loudness, his demands, his laughing at anything and everything...

I seriously wonder if Odysseus is the reason why the Doctor, 1000+ years later, couldn't stand Robin Hood's laughter either 😂

(Though, interestingly enough, I like Robin Hood and found him to be endearing. While Odysseus makes me prefer nails on a chalkboard over hearing him speak or laugh.)

You know what, here's a very mediocre shot. With Doctor Who’s next live-action era still taking shape, I’ve been developing a fan-made thought experiment: in the previous post I did reiterate the way to "solve" the bi-generation situation. Linking that with a specific Marvel show. Also technically the 14th is still out there, isn't he? So now, what might an alternate, a version of an era of the show look like if the Doctor who emerged from the 14th & 15th reunion be like? Who's that way older fan-speculation about a certain actor, playing a trickster, lastly in a timey-wimey sci-fi show on its own again..??

This is a fan cast and obviously an unofficial creative project—not a leak, a rumour, or a claim about the BBC’s actual plans.

The central idea is that this Doctor is an anarchist wearing a tailored suit. He appears elegant, scholarly, and almost aristocratic, but uses logic, mathematics, etiquette, and the machinery of powerful institutions to undermine oppressive systems. Think of the original, the First's soul and intent to leave his world, dressed like the Third, think and plan like the Seventh, and subduing the fervour and "attention" in his relationship with other like the Twelfth, but way colder. His defining conflict is that, over time, he risks becoming the very kind of guardian of order that he once opposed.

Try to hypothesise his era, mapped across three phases:

• The Velvet Saboteur — simply his 1st season, order as a disguise for defending freedom.
• The Weary Custodian — the 2nd season, the temptation to treat people and timelines as acceptable losses.
• The Crisis of Conviction — his final season, the realisation that order without freedom can become another kind of death.

Around that character arc, I’ve been developing companion transitions, individual episode concepts, expanded lore for the Vastari and their Spatial Senators (you guys know Endermen from Minecraft?), multi-Doctor stories (if count and arranged correctly, it might come timely for the 70th year anniversary?), and occasional educational adventures inspired by this very show’s early educational intent.

This is a work in progress rather than one finished script. Some ideas are more developed than others, and the continuity is still being refined.

If this is not-so rule-violating, shall we discuss a question from all of this: which part has the strongest potential—the temporal-fission origin, the three-phase character arc, or the changing companion dynamics?

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial, non-commercial fan-made concept created for discussion and creative exploration. It is not affiliated with or endorsed.