• 15x08 - The Reality War

    From Mickmane@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 1 19:43:00 2025
    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so I have to
    make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    Spoilers.



    So, weird stuff, exciting stuff, weird exciting stuff. Exciting weird
    stuff? What's going on?

    Hello Anita! Nice to see you again. :)

    Underverse? Like with the Necromongers in a Riddick movie?

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s) do I have to
    rewatch?

    I think the new Rani fit the part better than Mrs Flood.

    Was Poppy always Belinda's daughter, or did he just make that real then?

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face... Rose! Oh, wow!
    Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be Doctor 14!

    Where was Susan?

    --

    Mickmane

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Sun Jun 1 18:41:32 2025
    In article <H22pgD45czB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:

    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so I have to
    make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    Spoilers.



    So, weird stuff, exciting stuff, weird exciting stuff. Exciting weird
    stuff? What's going on?

    Hello Anita! Nice to see you again. :)

    Underverse? Like with the Necromongers in a Riddick movie?

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s) do I have to >rewatch?

    I think the new Rani fit the part better than Mrs Flood.

    Was Poppy always Belinda's daughter, or did he just make that real then?

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face... Rose! Oh, wow!
    Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be Doctor 14!

    Where was Susan?

    --

    Mickmane


    And out 0f 10?
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Mon Jun 2 08:12:33 2025
    Mickmane wrote:


    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so I
    have to make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    It's there... somewhere. Although it was more a rant about RTD's
    writing than a proper review. It served the same purpose though.

    Spoilers.

    So, weird stuff, exciting stuff, weird exciting stuff.
    Exciting weird stuff? What's going on?

    I doubt anyone knew what was going on... just when I thought I
    had a grasp of it, off it went in another direction.

    Hello Anita! Nice to see you again. :)

    Please hold the door open for me. Thanks.

    Underverse? Like with the Necromongers in a Riddick movie?

    I got "Stranger Things" vibes from it.

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s) do I
    have to rewatch?

    This one! RTD just made it up.

    I think the new Rani fit the part better than Mrs Flood.

    She fitted into Omega's mouth better anyway... he didn't fancy
    the old woman version, too chewy... he wanted tender meat.

    Was Poppy always Belinda's daughter, or did he just make that
    real then?

    Who knows? Oh hang on, I know someone who might...

    [email protected]

    Ask him.

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon her!
    He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
    She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
    pudding.)

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face... Rose!
    Oh, wow! Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be Doctor 14!

    If I was a betting man I would put twenty quid on David Tennant
    being involved in the next series of Doctor Who (whenever that
    is) in some form or another.

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 2 11:07:00 2025
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so I
    have to make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    It's there... somewhere. Although it was more a rant about RTD's
    writing than a proper review. It served the same purpose though.

    I think I've seen that, but it doesn't have the subject line about this episode.

    Spoilers.

    So, weird stuff, exciting stuff, weird exciting stuff.
    Exciting weird stuff? What's going on?

    I doubt anyone knew what was going on... just when I thought I
    had a grasp of it, off it went in another direction.

    At least it's not just me this time. :)

    Hello Anita! Nice to see you again. :)

    Please hold the door open for me. Thanks.

    Awww.

    Underverse? Like with the Necromongers in a Riddick movie?

    I got "Stranger Things" vibes from it.

    I don't know or remember that.

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s) do I
    have to rewatch?

    This one! RTD just made it up.

    Oh. And what did they use as excuse event to cause it?

    I think the new Rani fit the part better than Mrs Flood.

    She fitted into Omega's mouth better anyway... he didn't fancy
    the old woman version, too chewy... he wanted tender meat.

    Lol.

    That monster was just weird. So anything that enters the underverse
    becomes a bone creature? (I completely didn't understand the explanation
    they gave, anyway.)

    Was Poppy always Belinda's daughter, or did he just make that
    real then?

    Who knows? Oh hang on, I know someone who might...

    [email protected]

    Ask him.

    Haha. I'd have better things to say to him. :P

    I just remember she was a nurse, and a busy one, too.

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon her!
    He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a great
    Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    At least she got enough genius Doctor rambling and fixing/building
    things. Doctor 15 didn't really, on top of mostly incoherent scripts.

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
    She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
    pudding.)

    [shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face... Rose!
    Oh, wow! Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be Doctor 14!

    If I was a betting man I would put twenty quid on David Tennant
    being involved in the next series of Doctor Who (whenever that
    is) in some form or another.

    I'm not in the habit of betting either. I just keep up hope! :) He's out
    there, somewhere!

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so often, I don't remember what the last such event was.

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

    I didn't notice that she was on a monitor, I thought she was in the
    Doctor's mind. (At least when he was out in space, frozen.)

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix? Maybe it
    went back to normal too?

    --

    Mickmane

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Mon Jun 2 20:59:59 2025
    On 2/06/2025 7:07 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    <Snip>

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Could this have been a side effect of Gualifray being placed in a
    mini-Universe thingee following the Time War .... which was only about
    25 Gualifrean (Timey Whimey) years ago??
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Mon Jun 2 10:57:18 2025
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so
    I have to make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    It's there... somewhere. Although it was more a rant about
    RTD's writing than a proper review. It served the same
    purpose though.

    I think I've seen that, but it doesn't have the subject line
    about this episode.

    No, it didn't. I thought I'd sleep on my episode review, as my
    head was too dizzy on the Saturday evening. Then on Sunday
    afternoon I just went with a different subject line... but it
    was still my review, kind of.

    I think I conveyed my feelings about the episode anyway!

    [Snip]

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s)
    do I have to rewatch?

    This one! RTD just made it up.

    Oh. And what did they use as excuse event to cause it?

    There was some cause and explanation, I'm not sure it all adds
    up though. The real reason is this episode's sub-theme was
    children, so RTD thought it'd be cool to have the Doctor
    infertile for the emotional impact of it. I doubt there was
    anything more to it than that.

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon her!
    He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a
    great Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    Her Doctor had potential but a lot of the ideas from that era
    were poor enough.

    At least she got enough genius Doctor rambling and
    fixing/building things. Doctor 15 didn't really, on top of
    mostly incoherent scripts.

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story
    though. She was just another season finale gimmick.
    (Another egg in the pudding.)

    [shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

    Too many gimmicks.

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face...
    Rose! Oh, wow! Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be
    Doctor 14!

    If I was a betting man I would put twenty quid on David
    Tennant being involved in the next series of Doctor Who
    (whenever that is) in some form or another.

    I'm not in the habit of betting either. I just keep up hope!
    :) He's out there, somewhere!

    Oh don't worry, he is!

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by
    something relatively recently/to do with the destruction of
    the Time Lords.

    Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so
    often, I don't remember what the last such event was.

    It's okay, it'll all be changed again when it needs to be, or
    another showrunner just forgets the explanation RTD wrote and
    ignores it.

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

    I didn't notice that she was on a monitor, I thought she was
    in the Doctor's mind. (At least when he was out in space,
    frozen.)

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix?
    Maybe it went back to normal too?

    No, 'mavity' was seemingly forgotten for the season finale.
    If/when there's a third season I'm sure it will get resolved...
    possibly.

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  • From Jens K. Loewe@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 2 11:47:55 2025
    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in “Lungbarrow”. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in 1997.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Jun 2 12:34:06 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:


    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so I
    have to make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    It's there... somewhere. Although it was more a rant about RTD's
    writing than a proper review. It served the same purpose though.

    Spoilers.

    So, weird stuff, exciting stuff, weird exciting stuff.
    Exciting weird stuff? What's going on?

    I doubt anyone knew what was going on... just when I thought I
    had a grasp of it, off it went in another direction.

    Hello Anita! Nice to see you again. :)

    Please hold the door open for me. Thanks.

    Underverse? Like with the Necromongers in a Riddick movie?

    I got "Stranger Things" vibes from it.

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s) do I
    have to rewatch?

    This one! RTD just made it up.

    I think the new Rani fit the part better than Mrs Flood.

    She fitted into Omega's mouth better anyway... he didn't fancy
    the old woman version, too chewy... he wanted tender meat.

    Was Poppy always Belinda's daughter, or did he just make that
    real then?

    Who knows? Oh hang on, I know someone who might...

    [email protected]

    Ask him.

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon her!
    He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
    She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
    pudding.)

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face... Rose!
    Oh, wow! Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be Doctor 14!

    If I was a betting man I would put twenty quid on David Tennant
    being involved in the next series of Doctor Who (whenever that
    is) in some form or another.

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.


    Yet another contradiction.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Mon Jun 2 12:37:50 2025
    In article <H26prLgqczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so I
    have to make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    It's there... somewhere. Although it was more a rant about RTD's
    writing than a proper review. It served the same purpose though.

    I think I've seen that, but it doesn't have the subject line about this >episode.

    Spoilers.

    So, weird stuff, exciting stuff, weird exciting stuff.
    Exciting weird stuff? What's going on?

    I doubt anyone knew what was going on... just when I thought I
    had a grasp of it, off it went in another direction.

    At least it's not just me this time. :)

    Hello Anita! Nice to see you again. :)

    Please hold the door open for me. Thanks.

    Awww.

    Underverse? Like with the Necromongers in a Riddick movie?

    I got "Stranger Things" vibes from it.

    I don't know or remember that.

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s) do I
    have to rewatch?

    This one! RTD just made it up.

    Oh. And what did they use as excuse event to cause it?

    I think the new Rani fit the part better than Mrs Flood.

    She fitted into Omega's mouth better anyway... he didn't fancy
    the old woman version, too chewy... he wanted tender meat.

    Lol.

    That monster was just weird. So anything that enters the underverse
    becomes a bone creature? (I completely didn't understand the explanation
    they gave, anyway.)

    Was Poppy always Belinda's daughter, or did he just make that
    real then?

    Who knows? Oh hang on, I know someone who might...

    [email protected]

    Ask him.

    Haha. I'd have better things to say to him. :P

    I just remember she was a nurse, and a busy one, too.

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon her!
    He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a great
    Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    At least she got enough genius Doctor rambling and fixing/building
    things. Doctor 15 didn't really, on top of mostly incoherent scripts.

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
    She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
    pudding.)

    [shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face... Rose!
    Oh, wow! Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be Doctor 14!

    If I was a betting man I would put twenty quid on David Tennant
    being involved in the next series of Doctor Who (whenever that
    is) in some form or another.

    I'm not in the habit of betting either. I just keep up hope! :) He's out >there, somewhere!

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so often, I don't >remember what the last such event was.

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

    I didn't notice that she was on a monitor, I thought she was in the
    Doctor's mind. (At least when he was out in space, frozen.)

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix? Maybe it
    went back to normal too?


    Not really. With RTD ...

    --

    Mickmane



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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 2 12:41:40 2025
    In article <101jv4t$38bal$[email protected]>,
    solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:

    Mickmane maintained:

    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon
    her! He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a
    great Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    She didn’t have a penis. That’s enough for some people.

    (Apparently straight, white, cisgender males can only ever watch
    programmes about straight, white, cisgender males or else
    they’ll instantly turn woke which is a fate worse than death. Or >something.)


    At least she got enough genius Doctor rambling and fixing/building
    things. Doctor 15 didn't really, on top of mostly incoherent scripts.

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
    She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
    pudding.)

    [shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

    She wasn’t completely unnecessary. The Doctor needed someone
    there so that he could explain that he was going to use his
    regeneration energy to fix the universe. But not a companion who
    would just ask sensible questions about how and why he
    can fix it like that and why has he never done anything like
    this before, etc.

    OTOH the downside of bringing in another Doctor is that they
    could each contribute a half-dose of regeneration energy so
    NcutiDoc wouldn’t burn out and need to regenerate after all.

    (Worse, they even reminded us that DavidDoc is still around. He
    could add his energy to the mix too. The more the better.)


    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    That was my impression too, especially since the Rani used
    very similar expressions to describe them both.

    But we seem to be the only ones who interpret it that way.


    Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so often, I don't
    remember what the last such event was.

    The “O” Master did it between Whittaker’s first two seasons.


    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix? Maybe it
    went back to normal too?


    Unfortunately not. It’s still there as yet another unresolved plot
    strand, alongside Susan, the Boss, the Toymaker’s tooth, etc.


    Time to clean up RTDs mess.

    --
    solar penguin


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Jun 2 12:45:46 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so
    I have to make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

    It's there... somewhere. Although it was more a rant about
    RTD's writing than a proper review. It served the same
    purpose though.

    I think I've seen that, but it doesn't have the subject line
    about this episode.

    No, it didn't. I thought I'd sleep on my episode review, as my
    head was too dizzy on the Saturday evening. Then on Sunday
    afternoon I just went with a different subject line... but it
    was still my review, kind of.

    I think I conveyed my feelings about the episode anyway!

    [Snip]

    Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s)
    do I have to rewatch?

    This one! RTD just made it up.

    Oh. And what did they use as excuse event to cause it?

    There was some cause and explanation, I'm not sure it all adds
    up though. The real reason is this episode's sub-theme was
    children, so RTD thought it'd be cool to have the Doctor
    infertile for the emotional impact of it. I doubt there was
    anything more to it than that.

    Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

    And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon her!
    He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a
    great Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    Her Doctor had potential but a lot of the ideas from that era
    were poor enough.

    At least she got enough genius Doctor rambling and
    fixing/building things. Doctor 15 didn't really, on top of
    mostly incoherent scripts.

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story
    though. She was just another season finale gimmick.
    (Another egg in the pudding.)

    [shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

    Too many gimmicks.

    Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face...
    Rose! Oh, wow! Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be
    Doctor 14!

    If I was a betting man I would put twenty quid on David
    Tennant being involved in the next series of Doctor Who
    (whenever that is) in some form or another.

    I'm not in the habit of betting either. I just keep up hope!
    :) He's out there, somewhere!

    Oh don't worry, he is!

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by
    something relatively recently/to do with the destruction of
    the Time Lords.

    Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so
    often, I don't remember what the last such event was.

    It's okay, it'll all be changed again when it needs to be, or
    another showrunner just forgets the explanation RTD wrote and
    ignores it.

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

    I didn't notice that she was on a monitor, I thought she was
    in the Doctor's mind. (At least when he was out in space,
    frozen.)

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix?
    Maybe it went back to normal too?

    No, 'mavity' was seemingly forgotten for the season finale.
    If/when there's a third season I'm sure it will get resolved...
    possibly.

    Still the average is less than 0!

    IT is up there with the Timeless Children.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 2 12:46:25 2025
    In article <101k07g$38k4i$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/06/2025 7:07 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    <Snip>

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Could this have been a side effect of Gualifray being placed in a >mini-Universe thingee following the Time War .... which was only about
    25 Gualifrean (Timey Whimey) years ago??

    Maybe it could. Just undo the cybertimelords.

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  • From Jens K. Loewe@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Jun 2 12:22:35 2025
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    I would never!

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Jens K. Loewe on Mon Jun 2 12:19:36 2025
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in “Lungbarrow”. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in
    1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 2 12:48:58 2025
    In article <101k31b$39996$[email protected]>,
    Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]> wrote:
    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in >“Lungbarrow”. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in 1997.

    Correct.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Mon Jun 2 12:49:47 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    “Lungbarrow”. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in
    1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Too late!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 2 12:49:57 2025
    In article <101k52b$39pbo$[email protected]>,
    Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]> wrote:
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    I would never!

    Oh! Boy!!
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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 10:18:00 2025
    On 03.06.25, Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/06/2025 7:07 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    <Snip>

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Could this have been a side effect of Gualifray being placed in a mini-Universe thingee following the Time War .... which was only
    about 25 Gualifrean (Timey Whimey) years ago??

    Was that the last time they were destroyed, in the series?

    --

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 10:14:00 2025
    On 03.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane maintained:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a
    great Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    She didn?t have a penis. That?s enough for some people.

    We never saw wether the other Doctors actually had a penis. Let them
    prove otherwise! ;P

    (Apparently straight, white, cisgender males can only ever watch
    programmes about straight, white, cisgender males or else
    they?ll instantly turn woke which is a fate worse than death. Or
    something.)

    Oh, they turn non-racist suddenly? What's wrong with that?

    Had to look up "cisgender".

    Sigh. People really don't make sense. Not that they ever did, but these
    days it's more widely visible from/to all across the globe.

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
    She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
    pudding.)

    [shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

    She wasn?t completely unnecessary. The Doctor needed someone
    there so that he could explain that he was going to use his
    regeneration energy to fix the universe. But not a companion who
    would just ask sensible questions about how and why he
    can fix it like that and why has he never done anything like
    this before, etc.

    Well, they didn't have a reality shift before, like that, did they?

    OTOH the downside of bringing in another Doctor is that they
    could each contribute a half-dose of regeneration energy so
    NcutiDoc wouldn?t burn out and need to regenerate after all.

    But Madam Doctor didn't do that, after all. :P

    (Worse, they even reminded us that DavidDoc is still around. He
    could add his energy to the mix too. The more the better.)

    Hehe, now that'd have been something!

    I admit, I just want that Doctor back on the screen. :)

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    That was my impression too, especially since the Rani used
    very similar expressions to describe them both.

    But we seem to be the only ones who interpret it that way.

    The others didn't pay attention then!

    Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so often, I
    don't remember what the last such event was.

    The ?O? Master did it between Whittaker?s first two seasons.

    Rings no bell. I'll have to rewatch that some day.

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix? Maybe
    it went back to normal too?

    Unfortunately not. It?s still there as yet another unresolved plot
    strand, alongside Susan, the Boss, the Toymaker?s tooth, etc.

    The Boss?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Tue Jun 3 09:12:52 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

    Yet another contradiction.

    I was just being facetious.

    RTD just did his 'wouldn't it be cool if we did ______ ' Susan
    moment and once done, he moved on to his next idea. It's what he
    does.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Jens K. Loewe on Tue Jun 3 08:55:11 2025
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    I would never!

    Good. We'd only be bringing Blum out of retirement
    if we start discussing the Virgin novels... ;-)

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 10:19:00 2025
    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]> wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.

    --

    Mickmane

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Tue Jun 3 09:14:01 2025
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.

    You're better off.

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 10:35:00 2025
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in
    1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    --

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Tue Jun 3 09:34:00 2025
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Jun 3 21:40:00 2025
    On 3/06/2025 7:34 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Thank you. Sounds interesting.
    --
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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Tue Jun 3 21:27:42 2025
    On 3/06/2025 6:18 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/06/2025 7:07 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    <Snip>

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Could this have been a side effect of Gualifray being placed in a
    mini-Universe thingee following the Time War .... which was only
    about 25 Gualifrean (Timey Whimey) years ago??

    Was that the last time they were destroyed, in the series?

    Yes, I think so.
    --
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Tue Jun 3 14:43:42 2025
    In article <H2AqAcmLczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/06/2025 7:07 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    <Snip>

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Could this have been a side effect of Gualifray being placed in a
    mini-Universe thingee following the Time War .... which was only
    about 25 Gualifrean (Timey Whimey) years ago??

    Was that the last time they were destroyed, in the series?


    Since the 1990 hiatus!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Tue Jun 3 14:44:48 2025
    In article <H2AqASoLczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane maintained:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a
    great Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    She didn?t have a penis. That?s enough for some people.

    We never saw wether the other Doctors actually had a penis. Let them
    prove otherwise! ;P

    (Apparently straight, white, cisgender males can only ever watch
    programmes about straight, white, cisgender males or else
    they?ll instantly turn woke which is a fate worse than death. Or
    something.)

    Oh, they turn non-racist suddenly? What's wrong with that?

    Had to look up "cisgender".

    Sigh. People really don't make sense. Not that they ever did, but these
    days it's more widely visible from/to all across the globe.

    Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
    She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
    pudding.)

    [shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

    She wasn?t completely unnecessary. The Doctor needed someone
    there so that he could explain that he was going to use his
    regeneration energy to fix the universe. But not a companion who
    would just ask sensible questions about how and why he
    can fix it like that and why has he never done anything like
    this before, etc.

    Well, they didn't have a reality shift before, like that, did they?

    OTOH the downside of bringing in another Doctor is that they
    could each contribute a half-dose of regeneration energy so
    NcutiDoc wouldn?t burn out and need to regenerate after all.

    But Madam Doctor didn't do that, after all. :P

    (Worse, they even reminded us that DavidDoc is still around. He
    could add his energy to the mix too. The more the better.)

    Hehe, now that'd have been something!

    I admit, I just want that Doctor back on the screen. :)

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    That was my impression too, especially since the Rani used
    very similar expressions to describe them both.

    But we seem to be the only ones who interpret it that way.

    The others didn't pay attention then!

    Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so often, I
    don't remember what the last such event was.

    The ?O? Master did it between Whittaker?s first two seasons.

    Rings no bell. I'll have to rewatch that some day.

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix? Maybe
    it went back to normal too?

    Unfortunately not. It?s still there as yet another unresolved plot
    strand, alongside Susan, the Boss, the Toymaker?s tooth, etc.

    The Boss?


    Sack RTD.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Jun 3 14:48:34 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Where was Susan?

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
    behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

    Yet another contradiction.

    I was just being facetious.

    RTD just did his 'wouldn't it be cool if we did ______ ' Susan
    moment and once done, he moved on to his next idea. It's what he
    does.


    Still RTD should be sacked and keep Ncuti.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Tue Jun 3 14:45:16 2025
    In article <H2AqBCJLczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]> wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.


    Check out Wikipedia.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Tue Jun 3 14:46:56 2025
    In article <H2AqBmaLczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in
    1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?


    It is crazy as it is.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Jun 3 14:54:31 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Wikipedia might be better.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 14:55:18 2025
    In article <101mgb6$3u7b5$[email protected]>,
    solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]> wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.


    That’s OK. The infertility was tied to a specific origin for the
    Time Lords and the Doctor that’s now been junked for the
    Timeless Child instead.

    Put simply, millennia ago a witch cursed Gallifrey (yes, really!)
    turning it infertile. All new Time Lords were clones grown in
    genetic Looms (including the Doctor, who’s the clone of an
    ancient Time Lord scientist called the Other.)

    I’m simplifying a little bit, but you get the idea.


    And that contradicts the timeless Child.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 14:56:14 2025
    In article <101mh0v$3uc33$[email protected]>,
    solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:

    Mickmane mentioned:

    On 03.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane maintained:

    I don't understand what they don't like about her. She
    was a great Doctor (with terrible scripts).

    She didn?t have a penis. That?s enough for some people.

    We never saw whether the other Doctors actually had a penis. Let them
    prove otherwise! ;P


    The seventh Doctor probably had one to help him pee over that
    shelf. :-)

    (Another book reference. Don’t worry about it.)


    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix? Maybe
    it went back to normal too?

    Unfortunately not. It?s still there as yet another unresolved plot
    strand, alongside Susan, the Boss, the Toymaker?s tooth, etc.

    The Boss?


    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating that
    another word for Boss is Master.)


    and you need help about the boss.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 14:59:33 2025
    In article <101mm7e$3vlcq$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/06/2025 6:18 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/06/2025 7:07 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 02.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    <Snip>

    Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
    grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Could this have been a side effect of Gualifray being placed in a
    mini-Universe thingee following the Time War .... which was only
    about 25 Gualifrean (Timey Whimey) years ago??

    Was that the last time they were destroyed, in the series?

    Yes, I think so.

    THey should have picked up from McCoy and Aldred from 1989.

    --
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 3 15:00:00 2025
    In article <101mmui$3vqqb$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/06/2025 7:34 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Thank you. Sounds interesting.

    You must be forgetful.

    --
    Daniel70


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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Jun 3 14:47:53 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    I would never!

    Good. We'd only be bringing Blum out of retirement
    if we start discussing the Virgin novels... ;-)

    Ha! Ha!!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Jun 3 14:49:14 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.

    You're better off.

    Indeed. I would
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Tue Jun 3 20:02:54 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <101mgb6$3u7b5$[email protected]>,
    solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:

    The infertility was tied to a specific origin for the
    Time Lords and the Doctor that’s now been junked for the
    Timeless Child instead.

    Put simply, millennia ago a witch cursed Gallifrey (yes,
    really!) turning it infertile. All new Time Lords were
    clones grown in genetic Looms (including the Doctor, who’s
    the clone of an ancient Time Lord scientist called the
    Other.)

    I’m simplifying a little bit, but you get the idea.

    And that contradicts the timeless Child.

    For me, the TV show takes precedence over the expanded universe.

    If there are two events in Doctor Who lore that contradict each
    other, one in a televised episode of Doctor Who and seen
    on-screen and one in a Virgin NA novel, the events of the novel
    don't count!

    YMMV.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Tue Jun 3 20:04:59 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    THey should have picked up from McCoy and Aldred from 1989.

    I reckon the TVM did a good enough job of picking up from the
    McCoy era... the Seventh Doctor got shot and died!!!

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to solar penguin on Tue Jun 3 20:34:26 2025
    solar penguin wrote:


    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna, The
    Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th Doctor and
    Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be next on his
    list. <rolls eyes>

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to solar penguin on Tue Jun 3 20:23:12 2025
    solar penguin wrote:

    Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.

    That’s OK. The infertility was tied to a specific origin for
    the Time Lords and the Doctor that’s now been junked for the
    Timeless Child instead.

    Put simply, millennia ago a witch cursed Gallifrey (yes,
    really!) turning it infertile. All new Time Lords were clones
    grown in genetic Looms (including the Doctor, who’s the clone
    of an ancient Time Lord scientist called the Other.)

    I’m simplifying a little bit, but you get the idea.

    You were simplifying it A LOT! ;-)

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Jun 3 21:43:51 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:


    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna, The
    Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th Doctor and
    Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be next on his
    list. <rolls eyes>

    NO.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Jun 3 21:42:43 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    THey should have picked up from McCoy and Aldred from 1989.

    I reckon the TVM did a good enough job of picking up from the
    McCoy era... the Seventh Doctor got shot and died!!!

    In Frisco.
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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Wed Jun 4 13:50:19 2025
    On 4/06/2025 1:00 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <101mmui$3vqqb$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/06/2025 7:34 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Thank you. Sounds interesting.

    You must be forgetful.

    Whatever.
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 06:29:38 2025
    In article <101nqmc$9j79$[email protected]>,
    solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:

    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    solar penguin wrote:


    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna, The
    Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th Doctor and
    Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be next on his
    list. <rolls eyes>


    Or he could actually be bringing back BOSS from The Green Death.
    (Except now BOSS is the god of computers and looks like a CGI
    giant lizard.)

    Very scary!


    --
    solar penguin


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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 08:09:00 2025
    On 04.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane mentioned:
    On 03.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane maintained:

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix?
    Maybe it went back to normal too?

    Unfortunately not. It?s still there as yet another unresolved plot
    strand, alongside Susan, the Boss, the Toymaker?s tooth, etc.

    The Boss?

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they?re the same boss, but fans are speculating that
    another word for Boss is Master.)

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went back skipping
    through the episode to find it. The boss is actually a 'they'. Hm.

    Was Meep's boss also a they?

    --

    Mickmane

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 06:30:26 2025
    In article <101ofpq$ilqn$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 1:00 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <101mmui$3vqqb$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/06/2025 7:34 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Thank you. Sounds interesting.

    You must be forgetful.

    Whatever.

    Ha! HA!!

    --
    Daniel70


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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 08:11:00 2025
    On 04.06.25, Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/06/2025 6:18 pm, Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2/06/2025 7:07 pm, Mickmane wrote:

    I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something
    relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

    Could this have been a side effect of Gualifray being placed in a
    mini-Universe thingee following the Time War .... which was only
    about 25 Gualifrean (Timey Whimey) years ago??

    Was that the last time they were destroyed, in the series?

    Yes, I think so.

    The Rani said something about a genetic explosion though. Doesn't fit mini-universe.

    --

    Mickmane

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 08:21:00 2025
    On 04.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Sounds like weirdo fanfic. I don't think anything that's not on screen
    is valid. (And even there not everything is accepted when it doesn't
    make sense.)

    --

    Mickmane

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 08:13:00 2025
    On 04.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]> wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.

    That?s OK. The infertility was tied to a specific origin for the
    Time Lords and the Doctor that?s now been junked for the
    Timeless Child instead.

    That's junk too. Just made up and sneaked into the Matrix to confuse the Doctor.

    Put simply, millennia ago a witch cursed Gallifrey (yes, really!)
    turning it infertile. All new Time Lords were clones grown in
    genetic Looms (including the Doctor, who?s the clone of an
    ancient Time Lord scientist called the Other.)

    I?m simplifying a little bit, but you get the idea.

    I read through Blueshirt's link. :)

    --

    Mickmane

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to solar penguin on Wed Jun 4 09:47:46 2025
    solar penguin wrote:


    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna,
    The Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th
    Doctor and Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be
    next on his list. <rolls eyes>

    Or he could actually be bringing back BOSS from The Green
    Death. (Except now BOSS is the god of computers and looks
    like a CGI giant lizard.)

    A sequel to "The Green Death" would be cool... especially as
    green issues are more prevalent these days. I doubt RTD is
    THAT creative though. Boss equalling Master seems to be more
    his level.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Wed Jun 4 10:01:34 2025
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 04.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be
    too fussed over it though. It was a good read, and Marc
    Platt is an excellent Doctor Who author, I'm just not the
    type to get worked up over Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Sounds like weirdo fanfic. I don't think anything that's not
    on screen is valid. (And even there not everything is accepted
    when it doesn't make sense.)

    In fairness, the Virgin NA novels were published when Doctor Who
    was off-screen and for a time they were considered a
    continuation of the series. (i.e. post "Survival".)

    But yes, since the show returned they are still part of the
    expanded universe and can be dealt with as such. Some people
    count them, some people don't. Each to their own...

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Wed Jun 4 09:54:09 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:


    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna,
    The Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th
    Doctor and Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be
    next on his list. <rolls eyes>

    NO.

    It makes perfect sense... for those who lack originality.

    2023 - The Toymaker
    2024 - Sutekh
    2025 - The Rani/Omega
    2026 - The Master

    Don't yer just know in RTD's S3/16 draft scripts, which may or
    may not get made, The Master was going to be the big bad.
    Probably a bi-generated Master in fact as RTD always has to
    over-do things... so one male, one female, to tick the right
    boxes and keep the BBC happy.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Wed Jun 4 10:13:48 2025
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 04.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane mentioned:

    The Boss?

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they?re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went back
    skipping through the episode to find it. The boss is actually
    a 'they'. Hm.

    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    :-)

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Jun 4 19:57:19 2025
    On 4/06/2025 5:34 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna, The
    Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th Doctor and
    Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be next on his
    list. <rolls eyes>

    Aren't The (Human) 13th Doctor and Rose off on a Beach somewhere??

    Althought we have seen Gun-Toteing Rose since then!
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Wed Jun 4 20:00:02 2025
    On 4/06/2025 4:30 pm, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <101ofpq$ilqn$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 1:00 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <101mmui$3vqqb$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/06/2025 7:34 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Thank you. Sounds interesting.

    You must be forgetful.

    Whatever.

    Ha! HA!!

    Whatever.
    --
    Daniel70

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 4 11:45:10 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 4/06/2025 5:34 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are
    speculating that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna,
    The Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th
    Doctor and Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be
    next on his list. <rolls eyes>

    Aren't The (Human) 13th Doctor and Rose off on a Beach
    somewhere??

    Well, as Ncuti Gatwa has just 'regenerated' into somebody who
    looks incredibly like Rose Tyler, obviously not! ;-)

    (And I am assuming you meant the 10th Doctor, not 13th... Jodie
    Whittaker was the 13th Doctor of course.)

    There could be a clue in "The Reality War" though. (Which
    obviously you haven't seen.) In the UNIT tower when it's all
    done Ruby asks is the world exactly the same. Susan Twist's
    character says there have been some glitches, tiny little
    changes, one of them being the border between Sweden and Norway
    has moved nine miles...

    It could mean nothing, but Norway is of course where Bad Wolf
    Bay is... aka "a beach somewhere"!

    As RTD could have written about any border in the world and
    chose Norway, I assume that line is there for a reason.

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Jun 4 22:56:53 2025
    On 4/06/2025 8:45 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 5:34 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason for
    thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating that
    another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna, The
    Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th Doctor and
    Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be next on his
    list. <rolls eyes>

    Aren't The (Human) 13th Doctor and Rose off on a Beach somewhere??

    Well, as Ncuti Gatwa has just 'regenerated' into somebody who looks incredibly like Rose Tyler, obviously not! ;-)

    (And I am assuming you meant the 10th Doctor, not 13th

    Oops!! ;-)

    ... Jodie Whittaker was the 13th Doctor of course.)

    There could be a clue in "The Reality War" though. (Which obviously
    you haven't seen.) In the UNIT tower when it's all done Ruby asks is
    the world exactly the same. Susan Twist's character says there have
    been some glitches, tiny little changes, one of them being the border
    between Sweden and Norway has moved nine miles...

    It could mean nothing, but Norway is of course where Bad Wolf Bay
    is... aka "a beach somewhere"!

    As RTD could have written about any border in the world and chose
    Norway, I assume that line is there for a reason.

    --
    Daniel70

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Wed Jun 4 14:24:24 2025
    In article <H2EqcRSaczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 04.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane mentioned:
    On 03.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane maintained:

    Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix?
    Maybe it went back to normal too?

    Unfortunately not. It?s still there as yet another unresolved plot
    strand, alongside Susan, the Boss, the Toymaker?s tooth, etc.

    The Boss?

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they?re the same boss, but fans are speculating that
    another word for Boss is Master.)

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went back skipping
    through the episode to find it. The boss is actually a 'they'. Hm.

    Was Meep's boss also a they?


    Anything is possible.

    --

    Mickmane



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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Wed Jun 4 14:25:21 2025
    In article <H2Eqcu0qczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 04.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Jens K. Loewe <[email protected]> wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained in
    ?Lungbarrow?. Not an episode, but an actual book, released in 1997.

    Never heard of that.

    That?s OK. The infertility was tied to a specific origin for the
    Time Lords and the Doctor that?s now been junked for the
    Timeless Child instead.

    That's junk too. Just made up and sneaked into the Matrix to confuse the >Doctor.


    Spot on!

    Put simply, millennia ago a witch cursed Gallifrey (yes, really!)
    turning it infertile. All new Time Lords were clones grown in
    genetic Looms (including the Doctor, who?s the clone of an
    ancient Time Lord scientist called the Other.)

    I?m simplifying a little bit, but you get the idea.

    I read through Blueshirt's link. :)


    And?

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Wed Jun 4 14:27:03 2025
    In article <H2EqdMS5czB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 04.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Sounds like weirdo fanfic. I don't think anything that's not on screen
    is valid. (And even there not everything is accepted when it doesn't
    make sense.)


    Recall RTD's Time Wars.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Jun 4 14:28:03 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:


    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna,
    The Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th
    Doctor and Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be
    next on his list. <rolls eyes>

    Or he could actually be bringing back BOSS from The Green
    Death. (Except now BOSS is the god of computers and looks
    like a CGI giant lizard.)

    A sequel to "The Green Death" would be cool... especially as
    green issues are more prevalent these days. I doubt RTD is
    THAT creative though. Boss equalling Master seems to be more
    his level.

    Come up with a script in alt.drwho.creative BS!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Jun 4 14:29:18 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 04.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be
    too fussed over it though. It was a good read, and Marc
    Platt is an excellent Doctor Who author, I'm just not the
    type to get worked up over Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Sounds like weirdo fanfic. I don't think anything that's not
    on screen is valid. (And even there not everything is accepted
    when it doesn't make sense.)

    In fairness, the Virgin NA novels were published when Doctor Who
    was off-screen and for a time they were considered a
    continuation of the series. (i.e. post "Survival".)

    But yes, since the show returned they are still part of the
    expanded universe and can be dealt with as such. Some people
    count them, some people don't. Each to their own...

    Well retconning can occur.


    I wonder where Tim Bruening is?
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 14:30:56 2025
    In article <101p59v$og0t$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 5:34 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna, The
    Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th Doctor and
    Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be next on his
    list. <rolls eyes>

    Aren't The (Human) 13th Doctor and Rose off on a Beach somewhere??

    Althought we have seen Gun-Toteing Rose since then!

    And then there is the moment.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 14:31:15 2025
    In article <101p5f2$og0t$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 4:30 pm, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <101ofpq$ilqn$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 1:00 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <101mmui$3vqqb$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/06/2025 7:34 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 03.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jens K. Loewe wrote:

    As far as I remember (badly), the infertility was explained
    in "Lungbarrow". Not an episode, but an actual book,
    released in 1997.

    Whatever you do, don't mention Looms!!!

    Why?

    Here's a link to a review of the book... it's easier than
    explaining it! Some people love "Lungbarrow", I wouldn't be too
    fussed over it. It was a good read, Marc Platt is an excellent
    Doctor Who author, I'm just not the type to get worked up over
    Gallifrey and Time Lord lore.

    https://doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/NA60.htm

    Thank you. Sounds interesting.

    You must be forgetful.

    Whatever.

    Ha! HA!!

    Whatever.

    HA! HA!!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Jun 4 14:32:32 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 4/06/2025 5:34 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are
    speculating that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna,
    The Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th
    Doctor and Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be
    next on his list. <rolls eyes>

    Aren't The (Human) 13th Doctor and Rose off on a Beach
    somewhere??

    Well, as Ncuti Gatwa has just 'regenerated' into somebody who
    looks incredibly like Rose Tyler, obviously not! ;-)

    (And I am assuming you meant the 10th Doctor, not 13th... Jodie
    Whittaker was the 13th Doctor of course.)

    There could be a clue in "The Reality War" though. (Which
    obviously you haven't seen.) In the UNIT tower when it's all
    done Ruby asks is the world exactly the same. Susan Twist's
    character says there have been some glitches, tiny little
    changes, one of them being the border between Sweden and Norway
    has moved nine miles...

    It could mean nothing, but Norway is of course where Bad Wolf
    Bay is... aka "a beach somewhere"!

    As RTD could have written about any border in the world and
    chose Norway, I assume that line is there for a reason.

    Good summary of a disaster.
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 4 14:33:30 2025
    In article <101pfqo$r3qq$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 8:45 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 5:34 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason for
    thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating that
    another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna, The
    Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th Doctor and
    Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be next on his
    list. <rolls eyes>

    Aren't The (Human) 13th Doctor and Rose off on a Beach somewhere??

    Well, as Ncuti Gatwa has just 'regenerated' into somebody who looks
    incredibly like Rose Tyler, obviously not! ;-)

    (And I am assuming you meant the 10th Doctor, not 13th

    Oops!! ;-)

    ... Jodie Whittaker was the 13th Doctor of course.)

    Bogus!


    There could be a clue in "The Reality War" though. (Which obviously
    you haven't seen.) In the UNIT tower when it's all done Ruby asks is
    the world exactly the same. Susan Twist's character says there have
    been some glitches, tiny little changes, one of them being the border
    between Sweden and Norway has moved nine miles...

    It could mean nothing, but Norway is of course where Bad Wolf Bay
    is... aka "a beach somewhere"!

    As RTD could have written about any border in the world and chose
    Norway, I assume that line is there for a reason.

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 5 07:40:00 2025
    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 04.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane mentioned:

    The Boss?

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they?re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went back
    skipping through the episode to find it. The boss is actually
    a 'they'. Hm.

    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    :-)

    You missed Cybermen.

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the Doctor? Sounds
    like the Master.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Thu Jun 5 09:28:31 2025
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went
    back skipping through the episode to find it. The boss
    is actually a 'they'. Hm.

    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    You missed Cybermen.

    Why would I mention them? Stupid tin men.

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the
    Doctor? Sounds like the Master.

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Thu Jun 5 20:27:00 2025
    On 4/06/2025 6:54 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna,
    The Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th
    Doctor and Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be
    next on his list. <rolls eyes>

    NO.

    It makes perfect sense... for those who lack originality.

    2023 - The Toymaker
    2024 - Sutekh
    2025 - The Rani/Omega
    2026 - The Master

    Don't yer just know in RTD's S3/16 draft scripts, which may or
    may not get made, The Master was going to be the big bad.
    Probably a bi-generated Master in fact as RTD always has to
    over-do things... so one male, one female, to tick the right
    boxes and keep the BBC happy.

    "over=do things" ... Come on, Blueshirt, RTD hasn't had 'Lesbian' Males
    nor 'Gay' Females yet .... so there's plenty of room for RTD to move. ;-P
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Thu Jun 5 11:07:53 2025
    In article <H2Ir7gPqczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 04.06.25, solar penguin <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane mentioned:

    The Boss?

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they?re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went back
    skipping through the episode to find it. The boss is actually
    a 'they'. Hm.

    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    :-)

    You missed Cybermen.

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the Doctor? Sounds
    like the Master.


    Anita rocks!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Thu Jun 5 11:08:50 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went
    back skipping through the episode to find it. The boss
    is actually a 'they'. Hm.

    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    You missed Cybermen.

    Why would I mention them? Stupid tin men.

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the
    Doctor? Sounds like the Master.

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.




    RTD, the BBC Head of Drama and the BBC1 controller could
    all be gone1
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 5 11:10:27 2025
    In article <101rrdn$1g1v2$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 4/06/2025 6:54 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    solar penguin wrote:

    The Meep and Anita both mentioned having a boss. (No reason
    for thinking they’re the same boss, but fans are speculating
    that another word for Boss is Master.)

    Well, RTD has already brought back The 10th Doctor, Donna,
    The Toymaker, Sutekh, The Rani, Omega, Susan, The 13th
    Doctor and Rose Tyler... of course the Master is going to be
    next on his list. <rolls eyes>

    NO.

    It makes perfect sense... for those who lack originality.

    2023 - The Toymaker
    2024 - Sutekh
    2025 - The Rani/Omega
    2026 - The Master

    Don't yer just know in RTD's S3/16 draft scripts, which may or
    may not get made, The Master was going to be the big bad.
    Probably a bi-generated Master in fact as RTD always has to
    over-do things... so one male, one female, to tick the right
    boxes and keep the BBC happy.

    "over=do things" ... Come on, Blueshirt, RTD hasn't had 'Lesbian' Males
    nor 'Gay' Females yet .... so there's plenty of room for RTD to move. ;-P
    --
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    Or maybe a new showrunner is in the making.
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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Thu Jun 5 22:24:25 2025
    On 5/06/2025 9:08 pm, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went
    back skipping through the episode to find it. The boss
    is actually a 'they'. Hm.

    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    You missed Cybermen.

    Why would I mention them? Stupid tin men.

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the
    Doctor? Sounds like the Master.

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    RTD, the BBC Head of Drama and the BBC1 controller could
    all be gone1

    Could be .... but doubtful!
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 5 23:32:48 2025
    In article <101s29p$1hkpg$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 5/06/2025 9:08 pm, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    I remember Anita saying something about a boss. Went
    back skipping through the episode to find it. The boss
    is actually a 'they'. Hm.

    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    You missed Cybermen.

    Why would I mention them? Stupid tin men.

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the
    Doctor? Sounds like the Master.

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    RTD, the BBC Head of Drama and the BBC1 controller could
    all be gone1

    Could be .... but doubtful!

    Given the fiasco of DW ...

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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jun 6 09:23:00 2025
    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    [Anita's boss]
    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    You missed Cybermen.

    Why would I mention them? Stupid tin men.

    They stomp so nicely (in the newer series, not classic).

    When the RL robot household assistants reach the stores, I want one with Cyberman look, but maybe only half as tall as the TV ones. :) 3 feet to
    1m is quite enough Cyberman to wander around in RL.

    And I want a Roomba/other vaccuum robot with a little Dalek on top!

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the
    Doctor? Sounds like the Master.

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The thought just
    hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    Would explain the grin, after the surprise.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Fri Jun 6 10:13:37 2025
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Fri Jun 6 14:21:51 2025
    In article <H2MrVo9qczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 05.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    [Anita's boss]
    If it's not two Master's... Daleks!!!

    If it's one boss, and not the Master... deffo Davros then.

    You missed Cybermen.

    Why would I mention them? Stupid tin men.

    They stomp so nicely (in the newer series, not classic).

    When the RL robot household assistants reach the stores, I want one with >Cyberman look, but maybe only half as tall as the TV ones. :) 3 feet to
    1m is quite enough Cyberman to wander around in RL.

    And I want a Roomba/other vaccuum robot with a little Dalek on top!

    But who of these would tell Anita to "say Hello" to the
    Doctor? Sounds like the Master.

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The thought just
    hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    Would explain the grin, after the surprise.


    Or the Moment.

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Fri Jun 6 14:25:18 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Here is an Idea I want to give RTD -> You are fired!
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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jun 7 10:42:00 2025
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his own lately?
    :)

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    Mickmane

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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Sat Jun 7 08:41:43 2025
    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his own lately?
    :)


    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating Time
    Lords? :)

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    --Carl Sagan

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Sat Jun 7 14:35:45 2025
    In article <H2Qrj1kLczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his own lately?
    :)


    Here is an idea I would give RTD: Resign from Doctor Who!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jun 7 14:43:56 2025
    In article <skX0Q.282191$[email protected]>,
    Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:
    On 06.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:

    Yeah. My money would be on the Master...

    As I said yesterday, if the planned 'big bad' for S3/16 was
    the Master it wouldn't have surprised me. In fact, the Master
    not turning up in S3/S16 would actually be a bigger surprise.

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his own lately?
    :)


    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating Time
    Lords? :)


    What about biregenerations?
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    --Carl Sagan


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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 7 17:58:28 2025
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration.
    (The thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet.)

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his
    own lately? :)

    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating
    Time Lords? :)

    He'd starve if he was summoned again, there's not that many Time
    Lords left to eat!

    Unless RTD brings back Gallifrey of course...

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Jun 7 23:41:20 2025
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:

    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration.
    (The thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet.)

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his
    own lately? :)

    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating
    Time Lords? :)

    He'd starve if he was summoned again, there's not that many Time
    Lords left to eat!

    Unless RTD brings back Gallifrey of course...

    Or RTD is let go.
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  • From Mickmane@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Jun 8 09:05:00 2025
    On 08.06.25, Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his own
    lately? :)

    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating Time
    Lords? :)

    Is that a yes or a no? :) (Or do you mean only that would be worse?)

    --

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  • From Daniel70@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Sun Jun 8 20:56:38 2025
    On 8/06/2025 9:41 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:
    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration.
    (The thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet.)

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his
    own lately? :)

    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating
    Time Lords? :)

    He'd starve if he was summoned again, there's not that many Time
    Lords left to eat!

    Unless RTD brings back Gallifrey of course...

    Or RTD is let go.

    Say WHAT!! YOU, Binky, think if RTD were to leave THAT would bring back
    The Time Lords!!

    WOW!! So YOU, Binky, think RTD is THAT powerful??
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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Mickmane on Sun Jun 8 11:34:32 2025
    In article <H2UrwsWLczB@ATH>, Mickmane <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 08.06.25, Hornplayer9599 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration. (The
    thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet. :) )

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his own
    lately? :)

    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating Time
    Lords? :)

    Is that a yes or a no? :) (Or do you mean only that would be worse?)


    Omega is now dead!

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Jun 8 11:37:17 2025
    In article <1023q99$3q2c5$[email protected]>,
    Daniel70 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 8/06/2025 9:41 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hornplayer9599 wrote:
    On 6/7/2025 03:42, Mickmane wrote:
    On 07.06.25, Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    Mickmane wrote:

    Maybe "Rose" is the Master, stealing the regeneration.
    (The thought just hit me, I just got up, not awake yet.)

    PLEASE... Don't be giving RTD ideas!!!

    Would that be so much worse than what he's been doing on his
    own lately? :)

    It depends...will Omega be summoned again, and continue eating
    Time Lords? :)

    He'd starve if he was summoned again, there's not that many Time
    Lords left to eat!

    Unless RTD brings back Gallifrey of course...

    Or RTD is let go.

    Say WHAT!! YOU, Binky, think if RTD were to leave THAT would bring back
    ^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted
    The Time Lords!!

    WOW!! So YOU, Binky, think RTD is THAT powerful??
    ^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted
    --
    Daniel70


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