Oooh RTD You FIBBER! (Something's Coming...)

[Australis]

Enough canon, more solid Special Projects 3 info plz. kthnxbai.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Do we actually know that Eccleston is the Doctor after Paul McGann?

Actually, we do. In "School Reunion," the Doctor specifically tells Sarah Jane that he's regenerated half a dozen times since last she saw him in his Tom Baker incarnation (which is the time both cite, numerous times in "School Reunion," as the last time they met).

And contradicts their meeting in The Five Doctors. But, again, that's not "canonicity" that's "continuity" getting messed with.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Isn't it a given that Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death exists in its own continuity?

Doctor Who fans, given a chance, will find a way to fit everything together.

Gary Russell at one time said that Big Finish was considering Rowan Atkinson audios. A few years later, he admitted that was a joke; I think he was surprised that anyone took him seriously.

At least two authors pitched Stephen Cole novels about the Joanna Lumley Doctor; Lawrence Miles discusses his pitch, The War, extensively in an interview, and he mentions in that same interview that David McIntee was the first person to get a pitch in on Cole's answering machine after Curse aired.

It's the contradictions that make things so much fun.

 

[The Wormhole]

Do we actually know that Eccleston is the Doctor after Paul McGann? We can infer that from "The Next Doctor," but we can't rule out the possibility that the Cult of Skaro Daleks simply hadn't encountered the Richard E. Grant Doctor before they were cast into the Void.

Which reminds me, why were there images of the Tenth Doctor on that info stamp from episodes after Doomsday, in particular Voyage of the Damned?

 

[Chaos Descending]

Do we actually know that Eccleston is the Doctor after Paul McGann?

Actually, we do. In "School Reunion," the Doctor specifically tells Sarah Jane that he's regenerated half a dozen times since last she saw him in his Tom Baker incarnation (which is the time both cite, numerous times in "School Reunion," as the last time they met).

And contradicts their meeting in The Five Doctors. But, again, that's not "canonicity" that's "continuity" getting messed with.

It's not hard to imagine that the Time Lords erased the memory of all involved, which is why neither the 2nd, 3rd, nor 5th Doctors remember coming up with the solution to the riddle from when they were the 1st Doctor. So even though SJS met the 3rd Doc (and the others) in The Five Doctors, neither she nor the 10th Doc remember it ever having happened.

 

[Lonemagpie]

At least two authors pitched Stephen Cole novels about the Joanna Lumley Doctor; Lawrence Miles discusses his pitch, The War, extensively in an interview, and he mentions in that same interview that David McIntee was the first person to get a pitch in on Cole's answering machine after Curse aired.

Well, from my side, it wasn't what I'd call an actual pitch - there was no story idea with it - it was more just me saying "can I use the Lumley Doctor, eh? Can I? Can I? I've got loads of ideas for what to do with her* You'll let me, won't you? Ah, you know you will, go on. Go on, go on..." in full Mrs Doyle mode

*- not story ideas, really. Just that I've had a crush on JL since I was about seven, and it shows no signs of dissipating.

 

[captcalhoun]

^

 

[The]

I think JL would rock as an older Romana incarnation. Get her into the Whoverse legitimately...

 

[Andy S]

What if Doctor Who crossed over with an unexpected, unrelated series? That would suddenly make that series part of the Whoverse thus messing with the canon of both shows and both fandoms. For example, RTD already talked of his previous wish to do something like this with a "Star Trek: Enterprise" crossover...

This is what I'm thinking, but rather than Star Trek, I'm guessing a BBC series. And the candidate that springs to mind (after a bit of consideration) would be Life on Mars - in that it's a time-travel series (of sorts), it had John Simm in it, it could be played either 'straight' or 'for laughs' and it's got the potential to muck about with canon of both series but could also work within the canon (and indeed continuity) of either.

Anyway that's what I'd hope for but I doubt we'd see it. It's probably Xmas idents like most people seem to think.

 

[jbny67]

What if Doctor Who crossed over with an unexpected, unrelated series? That would suddenly make that series part of the Whoverse thus messing with the canon of both shows and both fandoms. For example, RTD already talked of his previous wish to do something like this with a "Star Trek: Enterprise" crossover...

This post reminded me of a book I bought a long time ago. It was a Dr. Who/Star Trek (TOS) crossover fan novella titled "The Doctor and The Enterprise".

I dug it out, did a search, and found that the original version is available online.

I remember liking it, when I read it. But, that was so long ago, I don't really remember anything about it.

Does anyone else have this, or remember reading it?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Yeah, I've read that once a long time ago. I recall enjoying it.

 

[ChristopherPike]

Considering the near-impossible task of actually bringing back Enterprise and that the Star Trek films sets were struck and stored away, not to be put up again for a couple of years...

Maybe RTD, David Tennant and a filming crew stopped off at James Crawley's house on their way home from Comic Con '09.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Considering the near-impossible task of actually bringing back Enterprise and that the Star Trek films sets were struck and stored away, not to be put up again for a couple of years...

Maybe RTD, David Tennant and a filming crew stopped off at James Crawley's house on their way home from Comic Con '09.

Or could have visited the sets from STXI.

I can see 10 walking around.

"Would you mind turning down the lights?"

 

[Starkers]

They could set it all in a brewery...

 

[ChristopherPike]

They could set it all in a brewery...

Make mine an Invasion-lite.

 

[Stevil2001]

And contradicts their meeting in The Five Doctors. But, again, that's not "canonicity" that's "continuity" getting messed with.

It's not hard to imagine that the Time Lords erased the memory of all involved, which is why neither the 2nd, 3rd, nor 5th Doctors remember coming up with the solution to the riddle from when they were the 1st Doctor. So even though SJS met the 3rd Doc (and the others) in The Five Doctors, neither she nor the 10th Doc remember it ever having happened.

Of course, Sarah Jane thinking the Doctor might have died after leaving her contradicts the fact that he left K-9 for her... and that one's a bit harder to rationalize away!

 

[Lonemagpie]

It's not hard to imagine that the Time Lords erased the memory of all involved, which is why neither the 2nd, 3rd, nor 5th Doctors remember coming up with the solution to the riddle from when they were the 1st Doctor. So even though SJS met the 3rd Doc (and the others) in The Five Doctors, neither she nor the 10th Doc remember it ever having happened.

Apparently we may no longer think that after this Friday's SJA episode...

 

[Winterwind]

I need to watch the Doctor's appearance in SJA. I've yet to watch any of it but this would be a good reason.

 

[wamdue]

I need to watch the Doctor's appearance in SJA. I've yet to watch any of it but this would be a good reason.

seems you might have to watch the 2nd part of "The Mad Woman in the Attic" as well as "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith"

 

[ClayinCA]

When is "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" scheduled to air? Not this week, surely?