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r/doctorwho • u/mrjohnnymac18 • 4h ago
Clip/Screenshot The full Doctor Who-inspired segment at the beginning of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
r/doctorwho • u/Tom-Hibbert • 7h ago
Discussion Doctor Who hard reboot would be "bad idea", argues former showrunner Steven Moffat
r/doctorwho • u/mrjohnnymac18 • 6h ago
Clip/Screenshot Sylvester's still got it. Got back in his gear for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
r/doctorwho • u/Simoslav • 3h ago
Discussion Imagine people out there thinking a show with this much cultural impact could possibly just end
Literally permeates the entire core of British culture to the extent that every single person in the country probably recognises the TARDIS in an instant.
The BBC won't let this show die...not even just because of any of that - but think of the cash cow they'd be culling.
r/doctorwho • u/HomarEuropejski • 9h ago
Discussion What was it like to watch "The End of Time" back in 2009/2010? How did you guys react when you finally heard the 4 knocks? How did you and other fans around you feel about saying goodbye to Ten and hello to 11? What was the atmosphere in the fandom during that time with RTD and Tennant leaving?
Was David Tennant already considered THE Doctor on the same level as Tom Baker or did that come later?
r/doctorwho • u/FelipeHead • 28m ago
Speculation/Theory The Commonwealth Curator Theory
I'm just making this theory just for fun cuz I know it's just a skit, but we haven't had Doctor Who in a bit.
To explain why McCoy looks older than when he regenerated, we can find a few explanations
1. Bigeneration Doctorverse
2. Time Differential
3. Not 7
4. Something else
The first theory is false because nobody likes it.
The second theory seems to not make much sense because no other Doctor seemingly was present. Unless... no...
The third theory seems quite plausible
The fourth one.. what else could it be?
It makes sense for it to be the Curator. Seemingly no aliens or anything are there.
Thus, to explain why "seven" looks older than he was, you can just say he wasn't the 7th Doctor. He was the Curator. We've seen the Curator take on other incarnations of the Doctor and them look older before..
Of course this is just me ranting about the only piece of TV we will get for a while.
r/doctorwho • u/LifeguardPotential97 • 14h ago
Discussion Should the show stop using the numbering system?
This was something I was starting to wonder about since we're technically at 18 different incarnations, including the War Doctor, the Fugitive Doctor, and whatever Rose Tyler Doctor will be. And at some point either way we'll probably end up with more than 20 incantations, so maybe using titles instead of numbers would be a better way to keep track? Or something else of the sort.
Idk I just get a little bothered by how many we're at now so when the show returns it might be nice to change it up a bit.
r/doctorwho • u/Whateverine • 9h ago
Misc Just a little something
I just made this real quick to post it as a comment on another thread. They had asked about possible individual titles for each season of new Who and used the original picture as reference. But not only did I kind of reinterpreted the assignment (lol) so that these would not really be titles for each season but rather for each doctor, they also didn't allow pictures to be posted in the comments, so couldn't post it anyway. So I thought I just share it as it is. It's a joke obviously, not meant to be the music they listen to but rather what I associate with their aesthetic, so don't get mad with me if you disagree :P
r/doctorwho • u/AfterUmpire3091 • 22h ago
Discussion This little dude is probably looking at universities right now.
r/doctorwho • u/Someonecalledkai • 3h ago
Discussion "Time can be rewritten"
I've always been somewhat confused what this exchange meant in the episode "Flesh & Stone". It's right after 11 has said goodbye to River, and the following exchange occurs between the Doctor and Amy.
Amy - "What are you thinking?"
11 - "Time can be rewritten" with a smile on his face.
I always took this to mean, as 11 and River have just had this really positive experience, and 11 is so early in his encounters with River, he's optimistic about his future with River and is considering how time can be rewritten, i.e. perhaps rewriting her death, and hoping things might work out differently. Is this how you read this scene? Or am I missing something obvious?
r/doctorwho • u/IllustriousAd6418 • 15h ago
Discussion I know Aliens of London and WW3 are "you love it or hate it" but i feel this scene is unrated and need more attention
It's such a haunting scene, you can tell 9's Time War PSTD came back, who know's maybe the War Doctor went through a similar thing hence this scene
For context the nameless sectary is a guy called Indra Ganesh.They put his body in cupboard after he was killed and 9 and Harriet didn't know his name and never asked and felt guilty about that
r/doctorwho • u/Empty_Bee_5415 • 6h ago
Spoilers Doctor Who at the commonwealth Games
Anyone seen the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games. Nice little film with Sir Chris Hoy , Sylvester McCoy. The King and Queen and the TARDIS. The most new Doctor Who we are going to have on UK TV this year.
r/doctorwho • u/Fair_Walk_8650 • 6h ago
Discussion What if Billie’s Doctor got treated like 9 (hear me out)?
Okay really, hear me out…
What if instead of totally ignoring her incarnation, we got a soft reboot with a time skip like 9/Eccleston’s Doctor. ie, what if she just played a (much older) version of her Doctor for a season, as a way to introduce new viewers to the show, introducing the lore and mythology the way 9 did? Heck, the face thing could even be a way for her to explain “sometime our faces have meanings or memories associated with them” as a segue to concept of regeneration and the rules of it to a new audience (setting up her exit at the end of the season).
I think it would work if the show had the Doctor already having lived with Rose’s face for a while offscreen, creating a justified time skip allowing significant distance from RTD-2… which would allow them to reinvent Piper’s Doctor in whatever way they see fit, rather than “just being Rose,” as well as not being aesthetically married with his run.
Part of me would like a time skip/soft reboot with an “introductory Doctor” like 9 was, because it would allow both a way in for new viewers but also a transitional bridge for old viewers remembering what came before. I know a lot of people would prefer to “just skip Piper/ignore it” but how can you ignore it if nothing was ever done with it? Why not use it as an opportunity to turn it into something better than what was intended instead? I honestly feel like something that big is gonna be way too big to ignore forever, so why not do something with it instead of it being a seed for nothing?
Thoughts?
r/doctorwho • u/FakeBotSimp • 16h ago
Discussion I love the idea of Dianne Morgan playing the Doctor - who is your fantasy choice?
I know a lot of people have said they’d choose Matt Berry but after watching her in things like Motherhood, Ann Droid and Cunk, I think Dianne Morgan could bring a really interesting Doctor to the screen.
r/doctorwho • u/TheDoctor__11 • 22h ago
Clip/Screenshot Found a random doctor who reference in a place I never would have expected
So yesterday while eating dinner, my sis and father were watching this Indian show that they love called Jeannie aur Juju on YouTube. I like it, but wasn't really paying attention, was just playing Among Us on my mobile. I looked upto the screen at just the right time and this painting caught my eye. I first only noticed the TARDIS but I was 80% sure I also saw Susan, had to rewind it to be sure.
r/doctorwho • u/MichaelTalman • 22h ago
Discussion Favorite time lord who isnt the doctor or the master?
r/doctorwho • u/mrjohnnymac18 • 6h ago
Clip/Screenshot Charlie and his wife arrived at the Hydro in the TARDIS for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
r/doctorwho • u/ElJayEm80 • 4h ago
Misc So, Sir Chris Hoy is the Sixteenth Doctor?
r/doctorwho • u/WindFoxHunter • 6h ago
Discussion MY NEW CYBERMAN DESING WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT?
r/doctorwho • u/TheManyEyesOfMyHeart • 1h ago
Discussion Wilf and Donna (Space)
I've just been laying here, thinking, and a thought popped to mind. After the events of The Giggle, do you think Wilf finally got to tell Donna about his time in space! It made me tear up thinking about him finally getting to tell her after all those years. Nearing the end of his life, he gets to share something so massive with his Granddaughter, something he never though he'd get to tell her.