Fun
Fun was a concept. "Fun fact" was a term.
The Doctor had a life of danger and fun. (PROSE: The Doctor's Diary [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Diary (DWAN 2015 short story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
20th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Celestial Toyroom in 1925, the Toymaker asked the Fourteenth Doctor if he liked his puppets, before asking if he liked his fun. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"25:51","1":"The Giggle (TV story)"})
The Time Hotel promoted its offer to visit the London Blitz in 1940 as "all the fun" and "none of the danger!". (GRAPHIC: The Time Hotel [+]Loading...["The Time Hotel (illustration)"])
Wilfred Mott believed that children shouldn't have been taught "Wild Blue Yonder" as despite sounding "jaunty and fun", it was a military song about going to war. Donna Noble mentioned this when the Doctor's TARDIS played the song after landing in a spaceship at the edge of the universe. (TV: Wild Blue Yonder [+]Loading...["Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)"])
During Red Nose Day 1991, a man in a suit at Sellafield during a "sponsored mutation and glow-in" claimed that it should never be said that they didn't like "a bit of fun", explaining that he'd offered a "chappy" 5p for every arm he could grow.
Also during Red Nose Day, due to a misunderstanding, the Teenage Mutant Ninja (or Hero) Turtles began slashing at pizzas with their weapons, with Raphael remarking that it was "fun". (COMIC: The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic [+]Loading...["The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic (comic story)"])
21st century[[edit] | [edit source]]
When interviewed on the website Doctor Who?, Henry van Statten noted that "As fun as configuring mainframes [was]", he still wanted to be an astronaut and make friends with an alien. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]Loading...["Henry Van Statten (short story)"])
When the website asked its readers to submit reasons they wanted to meet an alien, several responses mentioned "fun". Steve Searle wanted to meet an alien "between the ages of 20 to 5000 for fun, friendship and maybe more". Dan wanted to "get of this forsaken planet and go somewhere fun", considering Earth "boring". Hamsterizer wanted to meet an alien for "fun, visits to galleries and walks in the park and possibly something more!". (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]Loading...{"writer":"Unknown","1":"Henry Van Statten (short story)"})
In The Trickster's Brigade, a board game about the Trickster's Brigade, one card read "What-If = Potential Energy = Fun". While recording a file about the Brigade, Captain Jack Harkness speculated that the Trickster's Brigade may have taken potential energy from "what if events" for "fun and games". (WC: Monster File: The Trickster's Brigade [+]Loading...["Monster File: The Trickster's Brigade (webcast)"])
In 2009, Harry Sowersby stated that the credit crunch was one of the factors for the Danemouth Pleasure Park closing down, saying that "people can't afford to have fun anymore".
With various people under her control and forced to play on the rides at the park, Eve described them as her friends, and stated that they had been lonely and sad, but that they were now having fun. When Clyde Langer asked Sowersby about the "zombies" outside (in reference to the mind-controlled individuals), Sowersby replied that they were just "messing about", to which Sarah Jane Smith stated that they didn't seem to be having much fun. (TV: The Mad Woman in the Attic (part one) [+]Loading...{"part":"one","1":"The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)"})
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A structure in the fairground on Coney Island advertised "Fun". (WC: Web of Lies [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"21:49","1":"Web of Lies (webcast)"})
The Eleventh Doctor once wrote in his diary that from 10am - 11am, he watched The Story of Tricey Beaker and Bear With Me on TV, which he described as "fun". (PROSE: The Doctor's Diary [+]Loading...{"page":"15","1":"The Doctor's Diary (DWA 308 short story)"})
Writing about how The Scorchies Show was still relevant in popular culture, James Goss noted that the series itself only seemed to be concerned with having fun as opposed to other series such as Sesame Street which also strove to educate. (PROSE: Writer's Notes [+]Loading...["Writer's Notes (short story)"])
When the Twelfth Doctor noted the inaccuracies of the depiction of time travel in Back to the Future, noting the lack of awareness of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect, Bill Potts retorted that it was a film, and was meant to be fun. (COMIC: The Great Shopping Bill [+]Loading...["The Great Shopping Bill (comic story)"])
While singing ad-libbed lyrics for The Goblin Song, the Fifteenth Doctor concluded with the line "The Master Knot has been undone, That's when we start having fun!". (TV: The Church on Ruby Road [+]Loading...["The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)"], PROSE: The Goblin Song [+]Loading...["The Goblin Song (feature)"])
A sticker in Dream Factory depicted three pigs, captioned "Hogging All The Fun!". (GAME: Wonder Chase [+]Loading...{"ed":"Shaun The Sheep Update!","1":"Wonder Chase (video game)"})
Ruby Sunday once recalled that the fun "really began" on her first trip with the Doctor, recounting their brief visit to see some dinosaurs and their visit to Baby Station Beta. (PROSE: The Bogeyman [+]Loading...{"page":"20-21","1":"The Bogeyman (short story)"})
When Sutekh brought his "gift of death" to the universe, with his Angels of Death spreading his Dust of Death in every location the TARDIS had landed, the Fifteenth Doctor noted that he'd thought it was fun travelling to "all those worlds". (TV: Empire of Death [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"16:31","1":"Empire of Death (TV story)"})
In 2059, when asked for his name, rank, and intention at Bowie Base One, the Tenth Doctor responded, "The Doctor, doctor, fun." (TV: The Waters of Mars [+]Loading...["The Waters of Mars (TV story)"])
In 2065, when the lava of Vesuvius rose to a new level following Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and Parker's defeat of Mr Steelman, reaching the ruins of Pompeii, Penelope considered what fun the archaeologists would have, once more uncovering the ruins. (COMIC: Mr. Steelman (part 11) [+]Loading...{"page":"17","part":"11","1":"Mr. Steelman (comic story)"})
A big spider once exclaimed about the fun he was having reading TV 21 with Little Miss Muffet. (PROSE: Space-Age Versery Rhymes [+]Loading...["Space-Age Versery Rhymes (short story)"])
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While preparing to head into a battle on the Game Station in 200,100, Captain Jack Harkness told the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler that although it had been fun, he guessed this was goodbye. Rose told him not to talk like that, being sure the Doctor would succeed. (TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"10:54","1":"The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"})
When Rose asked the Ninth Doctor what various aliens were gathering to watch the Earth burn for, the Doctor responded "Fun".
Among the last humans to have lived on Earth, Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 recalled that her mother and father had a "little house" built into the side of the Los Angeles Crevasse, where she had fun. (TV: The End of the World [+]Loading...["The End of the World (TV story)"])
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
Angered by River Song's plan of escaping, the Nine considered letting the Six "off the leash". The Six, in turn, found the Nine's torture of River, Liv, Helen, Charley and Bliss to be "fun". (AUDIO: Companion Piece [+]Loading...["Companion Piece (audio story)"])
Some time after the Six was sealed in the Sand Box, the Eleven discovered where the Sand Box was and went there to retrieve his missing persona, having decided that life was less fun without him. (AUDIO: The Box of Terrors [+]Loading...["The Box of Terrors (audio story)"])
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Although some acts of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids were relatively amoral, the individuals who knew the Crew personally didnt hold it against them, as they couldn’t help themselves and were "jolly good fun to be around.". This was once recalled by the Bookwyrm. (PROSE: Previously On... The Multiverse [+]Loading...{"page":"19-22","1":"Previously On... The Multiverse (short story)"})
When Abraytha Janus Colefia attempted to get Jenny Everywhere to leave Katioka, Xiantio insisted that he at least drop her back in her home reality. Despite having the ability to shift back any time, Jenny went along with this, as it seemed "much more fun". (PROSE: A Visit from Everywhere [+]Loading...["A Visit from Everywhere (short story)"])
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After tricking the Tenth Doctor into thinking he'd returned his DVD copy of Schwarzenegger to Arnie's Videos 400 years late, and demanding four million pounds, leading the Doctor to disappear, Arnold Schwarzenegger reflected that the Doctor hadn't been late in the first place, and that he loved having fun with "those crazy Time Lords". (TV: Hedz Series 1 Episode 6 [+]Loading...["Hedz Series 1 Episode 6 (TV story)"])
The Doctor's expertise was once listed as including telebiogenesis, conkers, gravitic anomalisation, having fun, the Mikado, Nothern Soul, and The Beano. (WC: Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract [+]Loading...["Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract (webcast)"])
While recording a field report, Strax got excited about the high chances of the Doctor coming to a "certain and meaningless death" were "spectacularly high", leading him to clog his probic vent. He wondered if this was what was meant by "fun". (WC: Strax Field Report: A Glorious Day [+]Loading...["Strax Field Report: A Glorious Day (webcast)"])
While renting out the STARSHED, Doctor Where locked AIEIO in the toilet with a spanner as she'd had "so much fun" on her holiday there, and she believed this would cause Patience Patience to keep her around for company. (TV: Traitors in the STARSHED! [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"03:58","1":"Traitors in the STARSHED! (TV story)"})
After the potato pie they'd tried to bake burnt in just fifteen seconds due to them travelling at light speed in the STARSHED, and the Alien King of Splargle was due to arrive expecting dinner in thirty, Doctor Doctor remarked to Poppy O'Toole that "time flies when you're having fun", to which she replied that she wouldn't know. (TV: The Alien King of Splargle comes for tea! [+]Loading...{"timestamp":"02:24","1":"The Alien King of Splargle comes for tea! (TV story)"})
Other matters[[edit] | [edit source]]
The non-fiction feature What? What? What? [+]Loading...["What? What? What? (feature)"], published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024, mentioned that life on the TARDIS "isn't all fun and adventure".
