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Post by Babu Baboon on Oct 8, 2013 15:45:32 GMT -6
Peter Davison, the 5th Doctor Who, says Steven Moffat is coming up with a way to get around the rule that states the Time Lord can only regenerate 12 times.
Matt Smith, left, and David Tennant are to return for Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary Special
By Tim Walker
7:30AM BST 08 Oct 2013
There are few, if any, television franchises that are more lucrative than Doctor Who, but Steven Moffat, the current overlord of the BBC series, has been bequeathed a threat to the income stream.
Robert Holmes, the late scriptwriter, wrote a 1976 installment of the series entitled The Deadly Assassin, in which it was stated that the doctor can only regenerate him (or her?) self 12 times. Peter Capaldi, when he takes possession of the Tardis at Christmas, will be the 12th Time Lord, which will mean his successor ought to be the last ever Doctor.
Peter Davison speaking with the authority of a former Time Lord, tells Mandrake that Moffat is already addressing the issue. “I know people are worried about it, but I think there will be a way around that rule,” Davison assures me. “I know that Steven has put in the groundwork already in an episode so that there can be more.”
The idea that the Doctor only has12 regenerations was mentioned again in the show’s 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors. Some purists have vowed to abandon the show if the Doctor breaks the law and survives his 12th regeneration.
Davison, however, hopes Moffat will get away with it as he likes the idea of one of his grandchildren continuing in the family business. His daughter Georgia Moffett has two children by David Tennant, 10th Doctor, and he has adopted her first child, Ty, from a previous relationship. “Three generations of time lords would be an amazing feat,” Davison says
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Post by Doc Quantum on Nov 27, 2013 5:10:28 GMT -6
I have a theory that, when the 13th doctor dies, he'll be regenerated into a female Doctor, possibly played by Billie Piper (who, I recall, said she quit the series partly because she wanted to give it enough time for her to eventually play the first female Doctor). No idea how they'll explain it, though.
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 29, 2013 20:27:55 GMT -6
I don't think they'd ever really do a female Doctor. They'd be taking too big a chance of jeopardizing the franchise. Even a lot of female fans say they wouldn't want it.
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Post by mh on Nov 29, 2013 22:07:55 GMT -6
I don't think they'd ever really do a female Doctor. They'd be taking too big a chance of jeopardizing the franchise. Even a lot of female fans say they wouldn't want it. i was thinking that too. it would get a lot of press at first, but I think after a few episodes the novelty would wear off, and it'd be just too drastic a change. i think it's likely they'll try a black doctor. somehow I can see craig charles from red dwarf doing it. I really like that guy!  |
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 29, 2013 22:18:30 GMT -6
I could see him as the Doctor, too. I heard that Neil Gaiman said the role was actually offered to a black actor before Peter Capaldi, but he passed.
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Post by mh on Nov 30, 2013 10:30:34 GMT -6
reading that article is the first I realized david tennant was married to another dr. who's daughter! I watched '5 doctors' online, bu8t it didn't register with me. and she played tennant's genetic daughter on the show! that's perverse!   |
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 30, 2013 11:02:05 GMT -6
I'd heard that! What a weird coincedence. I wonder if she first met him when she played his daughter or if it was at some other Who related event.
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Post by Doc Quantum on Nov 30, 2013 15:08:33 GMT -6
Yeah, I remember Peter Davison saying something about hoping to have a third-generation Doctor Who in the family via his grandchild via David Tennant and Peter's daughter.
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Post by Babu Baboon on Nov 30, 2013 23:09:29 GMT -6
Hopefully, the show will be around long enough for that to happen!
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