Comments on: Who’s Who? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:53:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: john http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/comment-page-1/#comment-136702 john Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:27:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/#comment-136702 Re the Doctor being too happy. I guessed that the Doctor is happy because he just came from a visit with River Song. Re the Doctor being too happy. I guessed that the Doctor is happy because he just came from a visit with River Song.

]]> By: Aaron Adelman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/comment-page-1/#comment-134767 Aaron Adelman Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:46:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/#comment-134767 The situation may be akin to the one in the fanfic <a href="http://weirdthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/05/2-iyyar-5768-yom-hazzikkaronday-17-of.html" rel="nofollow">“Grandfather Paradox”</a>. In there, there are multiple Time Lords known as the Doctor, not just the familiar one (“Curtis”), with the total being as high as seven. I suggest that this other Doctor is probably a descendant of the familiar Doctor, most likely a son of Jenny. I would not rule out a son of Susan, a son of the Doctor by Romana, or a previously unknown son of the Doctor, an ancestor of the Doctor, or an unrelated Time Lord either. I could also be completely wrong. In any case, my interest is piqued. The situation may be akin to the one in the fanfic “Grandfather Paradox”. In there, there are multiple Time Lords known as the Doctor, not just the familiar one (“Curtis”), with the total being as high as seven. I suggest that this other Doctor is probably a descendant of the familiar Doctor, most likely a son of Jenny. I would not rule out a son of Susan, a son of the Doctor by Romana, or a previously unknown son of the Doctor, an ancestor of the Doctor, or an unrelated Time Lord either. I could also be completely wrong. In any case, my interest is piqued.

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/comment-page-1/#comment-134759 Nigel Depledge Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:03:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/#comment-134759 GuanoLad, that sounds plausible, of course, but it sounds too much like a retcon, and we have too many of those already from other programmes. One of the charming things about Doctor Who has always been the total lack of anything resembling continuity or "canon". GuanoLad, that sounds plausible, of course, but it sounds too much like a retcon, and we have too many of those already from other programmes. One of the charming things about Doctor Who has always been the total lack of anything resembling continuity or “canon”.

]]> By: GuanoLad http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/comment-page-1/#comment-134717 GuanoLad Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:32:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/#comment-134717 As for the Doctor being "too happy," I think the general assumption is that, between Companions the Doctor goes on a lot of travelling that we don't see, that can be squeezed into novels and comics and radio plays. At the end of Tennant's run, it's not going to be true that the Doctor was only in that incarnation for four years - in reality it may have been as much as another fifty or a hundred years, that we don't see and is spent in various empty spaces between seasons. Or so I've always thought. So his cheerfulness can be attributed to a long space between saying goodbye to all his pantheon of recent companions, and this episode. As for the Doctor being “too happy,” I think the general assumption is that, between Companions the Doctor goes on a lot of travelling that we don’t see, that can be squeezed into novels and comics and radio plays. At the end of Tennant’s run, it’s not going to be true that the Doctor was only in that incarnation for four years – in reality it may have been as much as another fifty or a hundred years, that we don’t see and is spent in various empty spaces between seasons. Or so I’ve always thought.

So his cheerfulness can be attributed to a long space between saying goodbye to all his pantheon of recent companions, and this episode.

]]> By: Naomi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/comment-page-1/#comment-134706 Naomi Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:17:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/#comment-134706 Yep, going with the 'long periods of time' thing too. Also, is it just me, or was the not!Doctor's sonic screwdriver a stick? o.O Yep, going with the ‘long periods of time’ thing too.

Also, is it just me, or was the not!Doctor’s sonic screwdriver a stick? o.O

]]> By: Nicole http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/comment-page-1/#comment-134705 Nicole Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:10:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/#comment-134705 *bounce bounce bounce SQUEE!* Can't wait! Looks like a lot of fun. I bet he's spent some time sitting on a deserted moon somewhere recuperating, and has decided to get back out there. And he loves snow. *bounce bounce bounce SQUEE!*

Can’t wait! Looks like a lot of fun.

I bet he’s spent some time sitting on a deserted moon somewhere recuperating, and has decided to get back out there. And he loves snow.

]]> By: Flip http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/comment-page-1/#comment-134694 Flip Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:57:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/15/whos-who/#comment-134694 Maybe the reason he is there is to look for some cheering up? Maybe the reason he is there is to look for some cheering up?

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