Doctor who...

[McClef]

It hit me though that Russell Tovey (Alonso) had been in Doctor Who before, playing a Midshipman in the 2007 Christmas episode Voyage of the Damned.

Be great if Torchwood comes back like everything else Auld Argonian cited!

[jordanjm]

I have a question for everyone, if I wanted to create a Jamie costume, what would I need?

[Jimmy]

Did any one guess who it would be that would knock 4 times heralding the death of the doctor - What a surprise!

[Pleater]

I have a question for everyone, if I wanted to create a Jamie costume, what would I need?

Bodyguards?

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Tony]

It hit me though that Russell Tovey (Alonso) had been in Doctor Who before, playing a Midshipman in the 2007 Christmas episode Voyage of the Damned.

Be great if Torchwood comes back like everything else Auld Argonian cited!

Amen.
Best piece of TV ever.

[auld argonian]

Just remember, no one ever dies in Science Fiction.

Enumerate the ways in which that always seems to be true.

*They "beamed out" at the last minute just before the planet/starship exploded.

*They just appeared to be dead; actually they went into "stasis" until they could come back at a more opportune time.

*They got shifted in time.

The twin theories:

*They got shifted into a different dimension.

and

*They did get killed off in this world but their counterpart from a parallel universe comes over and takes their place when their universe is destroyed.

(Stargate, regular and Atlantis, have used those last two more often than they should have.)

Don't forget that Doctor Who got shelved for a loooong time and finally came back. Maybe Torchwood will find it's way back someday. Who, I wonder, was the genius that figured out that the Doctor could regenerate and thereby extend the life of that wonderful series after Bill Hartnell decided to hang it up? It's a brilliant idea because you take the bulk of old viewers along with you while picking up new viewers who are curious about the "new guy".

As a sort of an example of that "gone but not forgotten" aspect of sci-fi, I refer you to the comic book series "Albion" wherein a lot of old British comic book heroes and villains turn back up after many years. One of them was Robot Archie whose head had been languishing in a junk shop for several decades.

It's all based on our human desire to keep going and somehow think that the adventure will never end...that and the producers' desire to make a couple of bucks!


Best

AA

[davedove]

Just remember, no one ever dies in Science Fiction.

Enumerate the ways in which that always seems to be true.

*They "beamed out" at the last minute just before the planet/starship exploded.

*They just appeared to be dead; actually they went into "stasis" until they could come back at a more opportune time.

*They got shifted in time.

The twin theories:

*They got shifted into a different dimension.

and

*They did get killed off in this world but their counterpart from a parallel universe comes over and takes their place when their universe is destroyed.

(Stargate, regular and Atlantis, have used those last two more often than they should have.)

Don't forget:

*The person killed was actually a clone or other duplicate, or the new person is the duplicate.

*It was the person's twin. (Actually used more in soap operas, but it does happen in SF as well).

*The person's dead cells were regenerated by a Genesis device and the person's mind is transfered back into it. (Search for Spock)

*Any time the dead body is not recovered it allows for a "miraculous" escape.

[BatlRatl]

Christopher Eccleston played the Doctor better than David Tennant, hands down.
I fell in love with Billie Piper in the series. I remember Tom Baker during my childhood (though I'm only 25), that is why I like Eccleston's portrayal. He is more beliveable as the Doctor.

[Arlen]

Who, I wonder, was the genius that figured out that the Doctor could regenerate and thereby extend the life of that wonderful series after Bill Hartnell decided to hang it up? It's a brilliant idea because you take the bulk of old viewers along with you while picking up new viewers who are curious about the "new guy".

It was actually.... Bill Hartnell!!! He wanted to leave the series but he wanted to see it continue after he left, so he suggested the idea that the Time Lords could change their body at the point of death in order to survive. It wasn't called regeneration until, I believe, the third Doctor.


Jordanjm, Jamie often wore different outfits. The most common ones are shown in the following pictures. While tartan worn by Macrimmons is generally just one of the Macleod Tartans (Usually the Loud Macleod) the one he wore in the series is a red based tartan, but I forget which. (There has, recently, been a blue based 'Macrimmon of Skye' tartan made.
Generally he wore a button down shirt with an ascott or a polo shirt with Kilt, hose and shoes. He wore a sporran if he felt like it, basically. There are some episodes where he wore a frilly shirt and shoulder plaid, but not so often.
There's also the recognizable furry sheepskin vest he wore in a few episodes.









Here's a better view of the tartan if you want to figure it out.

[fluter]

Jordanjm, Jamie often wore different outfits. The most common ones are shown in the following pictures. While tartan worn by Macrimmons is generally just one of the Macleod Tartans (Usually the Loud Macleod) the one he wore in the series is a red based tartan, but I forget which.

I was thinking that some of them might be a Cameron tartan... but blimey if that last set doesn't look like the MacGregor red and green!