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* If the Time Lords summoned the Doctor back to Gallifrey, why does no one know who he is? | * If the Time Lords summoned the Doctor back to Gallifrey, why does no one know who he is? | ||
::They didn't. The Master and Goth did. | ::They didn't. The Master and Goth did. | ||
* Why don't the Time Lords who the Master kills regenerate? | * Why don't the Time Lords who the Master kills regenerate? | ||
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::The Master clearly did not want Runcible left alive, so obviously killed him in such a way that regeneration would not have been an option. He may have inhibited regeneration using something like a staser, or Runcible may simply not have been able to regenerate. | ::The Master clearly did not want Runcible left alive, so obviously killed him in such a way that regeneration would not have been an option. He may have inhibited regeneration using something like a staser, or Runcible may simply not have been able to regenerate. | ||
::: Runcible clearly shouldn't have died that easily, at the very least without making a comment about his inability to regenerate. The argument above reduces to "Runcible's death makes no sense, because the Master isn't that stupid and Runcible had ample time to do something (assuming his wound was fatal, which it didn't seem to be). Since everything must make sense, we must have missed something." The problem with that style of argument is that it can be used to forgive really flagrant story problems. | ::: Runcible clearly shouldn't have died that easily, at the very least without making a comment about his inability to regenerate. The argument above reduces to "Runcible's death makes no sense, because the Master isn't that stupid and Runcible had ample time to do something (assuming his wound was fatal, which it didn't seem to be). Since everything must make sense, we must have missed something." The problem with that style of argument is that it can be used to forgive really flagrant story problems. | ||
::::It's more the point that the Master (and indeed, the writers) clearly knew about regeneration. There are always a lot of "X factors" (unknowns) involved in any story concerning Time Lords - including a fair amount of "how did they do that". So in-universe: Assuming the Master wants to kill Runcible, which he obviously does, then it's reasonable that one Time Lord plotting to kill another would plan for the possibility of regeneration. | |||
::Regenerating would presumably only save his life if he could first extract the weapon sticking out of his back. Perhaps having tried and failed to remove it himself, he staggers down to the Panopticon looking for help, only for the trauma and internal bleeding to become irreversible before he can find any. | ::Regenerating would presumably only save his life if he could first extract the weapon sticking out of his back. Perhaps having tried and failed to remove it himself, he staggers down to the Panopticon looking for help, only for the trauma and internal bleeding to become irreversible before he can find any. | ||
* Just before the "train attack" in the APC Net, the Doctor's enemy is seen within three different trains, all of which are of too wide a gauge to even fit on the tracks. Indeed, the train that actually runs the Doctor down turns out to be a far smaller vehicle than any of those three, making their (lack of) purpose in the plot very obscure. | * Just before the "train attack" in the APC Net, the Doctor's enemy is seen within three different trains, all of which are of too wide a gauge to even fit on the tracks. Indeed, the train that actually runs the Doctor down turns out to be a far smaller vehicle than any of those three, making their (lack of) purpose in the plot very obscure. | ||
::The landscape of The Matrix was a | ::The landscape of The Matrix was a perceived reality and thus was subject to a battle of wills. The Doctor and Goth were mentally fighting over the size of the 'train'. | ||
::To expound on the above - everything that happens in the Matrix is more or less like a dream sequence. Things change from one moment to the next, and in this case it's very clear that it's the intentions of the production team to do so. | |||
* Why didn't the Time Lords simply use their time scanning technology to see what really happened at the assassination? | * Why didn't the Time Lords simply use their time scanning technology to see what really happened at the assassination? | ||
: | :: Perhaps, like the inability to travel to Gallifrey's past, the time lords are also unable to scan it | ||
* All that time fighting the Doctor and UNIT, and plotting against Gallifrey, and the Master was still on his 1st incarnation. He goes away for a few years, and he's suddenly barely hanging on to 13th incarnation. Is everyone else in the universe just much better at defeating him than the Doctor and other Time Lords? | * All that time fighting the Doctor and UNIT, and plotting against Gallifrey, and the Master was still on his 1st incarnation. He goes away for a few years, and he's suddenly barely hanging on to 13th incarnation. Is everyone else in the universe just much better at defeating him than the Doctor and other Time Lords? | ||
: There is no evidence that states that the Master during the Jon Pertwee era is actually the first incarnation. | :: There is no evidence that states that the Master during the Jon Pertwee era is actually the first incarnation. | ||
* It's vaguely implied here that the Tersurus Master is the Delgado Master, and in ''Legacy of the Daleks'' that's confirmed as a fact: Susan blasts the Delgado Master and steals his TARDIS, he falls, Goth rescues him… Maybe there's room for 1 botched regeneration as a result of Susan's attack, but 12? | * It's vaguely implied here that the Tersurus Master is the Delgado Master, and in ''Legacy of the Daleks'' that's confirmed as a fact: Susan blasts the Delgado Master and steals his TARDIS, he falls, Goth rescues him… Maybe there's room for 1 botched regeneration as a result of Susan's attack, but 12? | ||
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:: According to the tape the Doctor listens to, Rassilon created the Eye of Harmony from an unknown power source he found while travelling inside a black hole. Seeing as how the new series is hinting towards the fact that Rassilon actually ''caused'' Omega's "death" and is taking all the credit for Omega's work, it's quite possible the Eye of Harmony is actually the compressed sun core created by the Hand of Omega. | :: According to the tape the Doctor listens to, Rassilon created the Eye of Harmony from an unknown power source he found while travelling inside a black hole. Seeing as how the new series is hinting towards the fact that Rassilon actually ''caused'' Omega's "death" and is taking all the credit for Omega's work, it's quite possible the Eye of Harmony is actually the compressed sun core created by the Hand of Omega. | ||
:: In fact, given how recent ''The Three Doctors'' was to this story, and given that both identify a black hole's creation as being responsible for Time Lord power, it seems very likely that was the original idea that the authors were hinting at. Quite consistent. | |||
*Are they talking Gallifreyan throughout the story? | *Are they talking Gallifreyan throughout the story? | ||
:: Most likely yes, since every character in the story is Gallifreyan and it takes place entirely on Gallifrey. We hear it as English of course, but that's pretty standard in TV and movies to translate into a language your audience can understand. | |||
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