Guess who's back? (Spoilers!)

[mythme]

If I were writing an outline for Osgood's return:

Since she idolizes the Doctor so much what would work, especially with this Doctor who questions whether he is a "good man" or not would be that he does something morally ambiguous and it is Osgood who has to set him straight. In the end her actions prove to be the right ones and the Doctor tells her that she shouldn't emulate him since she is the better person. Osgood is hit with the reality of that and strives to be her own woman. As her reward, the Doctor gives her a trip in the Tardis.

Maybe a bit heavy-handed as a morality tale, but I think it would also serve as a way to nullify people's main complaint about Osgood; her uber-fan-ness.

 

[Timofnine]

Don't get why the character is so popular to be honest. A bit like the Procrastinator gang....

 

[Lonemagpie]

The Sixth Doctor's coat actually looks a lot better in real life than it does on screen. I've no idea how or why that is, but it is.

 

[Mr Awe]

^ I agree that it looks better, as in, not as bad. However, I wouldn't say it looks good. But, the colors aren't quite so garish in real life. I figure it's either the studio lighting that brought the colors out or else it's just faded over time.

Mr Awe

 

[starsuperion]

Why not put Osgood in a sixth doctor reference without being obvious? What I am referring to is the blue 6th Doctor jacket..

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Eventually she's going to run out of Doctors to cosplay as.

How much longer do we have to wait for her to wear Colin Baker's jacket.

We all know it's going to happen.

Well, its probably too awesome for her. The Jacket is a big responsibility. Anyone can pull off the 4th Doctor's scarf. But The Jacket is something else.

I say that while being the only person on Earth who loves the 6th Doctor's costume Seriously though, I think the most we'd ever get is a cat pin on her shirt or something. It would be a definite sixth Doctor reference, without going too crazy. That said, I'd love if she just popped up wearing The Jacket, and absolutely no one says anything about it

I don't know, what with HD TV now, that jacket might blind some people.

 

[Ithekro]

Maybe his vest from the Two Doctors instead. It is less loud.

(Or Peri's shirt from the same episode)

 

[Starkers]

She should just wear a cat pin, but frankly I'd rather she wore a cricket jumper

 

[StCoop]

A telling bit of dialogue overheard at shooting yesterday:

"I want to go back."
"To Bristol?"
"No; to Purgatory!"

 

[The Wormhole]

So, the Nethersphere has a Purgatory section to it?

 

[kirk55555]

Why not put Osgood in a sixth doctor reference without being obvious? What I am referring to is the blue 6th Doctor jacket..

Well, that jacket isn't any less obvious. Its still not a coat anyone would actually wear. Its also really lame, and it was never seen on tV so he never officially wore it. If they're going to use The Jacket, they need the real one, not lame substitutes

 

[starsuperion]

Why not put Osgood in a sixth doctor reference without being obvious? What I am referring to is the blue 6th Doctor jacket..

Well, that jacket isn't any less obvious. Its still not a coat anyone would actually wear. Its also really lame, and it was never seen on tV so he never officially wore it. If they're going to use The Jacket, they need the real one, not lame substitutes

"Its still not a coat anyone would actually wear"....The original One I think fits that description too.. lame, yes as they both are..

 

[kirk55555]

I acknowledge that no one would wear The Jacket, but that's part of its charm (and I definitely don't think its lame). Not every Doctor needs a boring suit. Few people wear bowties or gigantic scarfs, and in a world where the 5th Doctor wore a vegetable and the 7th had a question mark fetish, I think the Doctor's style can handle a ridiculous (in a good way) article of clothing like The Jacket. I'd definitely put The Jacket over the bizarre British sport attire/vegetable accesory of the 5th Doctor, or the 7th Doctor's question mark look. That's not even mentioning the 4th's red pimp coat, which is still the worst looking Doctor attire in my opinion. In a world where that exists, I don't think the 6th Doctor comes out too badly in the coat department.

That said, I do admit that The Jacket is goofy. I just think its goofy in just the right way, and fits both The Doctor in general and the 6th Doctor specifically.

 

[USS KG5]

A telling bit of dialogue overheard at shooting yesterday:

"I want to go back."
"To Bristol?"
"No; to Purgatory!"

I'm guessing we would have heard something by now if another character thought lost in the Nethersphere were to be coming back.

A really nice way to write Jenna out would be for them to save Danny and for her to go off with him, not very likely sadly.

 

[StCoop]

And she's in the Big Finish series too!

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015...ngrid-oliver-get-their-own-spin-off-adventure

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Its also really lame, and it was never seen on tV so he never officially wore it.

Its official enough for the BBC to sell merchandise off of.

If they're going to use The Jacket, they need the real one, not lame substitutes

I'd rather see a substitute that's canon and hasn't been seen, thank you.

 

[The Wormhole]

And she's in the Big Finish series too!

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015...ngrid-oliver-get-their-own-spin-off-adventure

To be honest, I was kind of expecting that even before it was announced she was returning to the show.

 

[Mr Awe]

Its also really lame, and it was never seen on tV so he never officially wore it.

Its official enough for the BBC to sell merchandise off of.

If they're going to use The Jacket, they need the real one, not lame substitutes

I'd rather see a substitute that's canon and hasn't been seen, thank you.

Yeah, this is a worthwhile thing to argue about.

Mr Awe

 

[kirk55555]

Its also really lame, and it was never seen on tV so he never officially wore it.

Its official enough for the BBC to sell merchandise off of.

If they're going to use The Jacket, they need the real one, not lame substitutes

I'd rather see a substitute that's canon and hasn't been seen, thank you.

If its not on screen, its not canon. I don't generally support this philosophy for many franchises, but I generally do for Doctor Who. Not being canon doesn't mean they can't make merchandise of something, though. Just because something is sold as, I don't know, a toy doesn't make it canon. Big Finish audio covers also don't make something canon. Unless Colin Baker secretly wore it in a never before seen episode, the blue coat is not canon. He never wore it. Its just something that was made because a few people couldn't get over the alien wearing clothes that humans would find goofy. The 6th Doctor lived and died in his rainbow coat, unless the show specifically shows/states that he didn't.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

You're in denial. The show aknowledges and embraces Big Finish readily, dude. And not just the Eighth Doctor range, for that matter.