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Confirmed: Fugitive Doctor Is the First Doctor

May 31, 2022

google.com, pub-ca-pub-6067120031842370, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 Confirmed According to this ScreenRant article, Doctor Who has confirmed the fugitive Doctor is the first. Does this news come as a big surprise? Well, maybe to new Whovians. For many years, Whovians remember the Doctor’s battle with Morbius. The time when he and Morbius had a battle of the brains. They can remember all the different faces that flash through the sphere. As a fan, you wonder who the faces are. Were they incarnations of Morbius? Do…

Earlier Doctors: Were There to be Pre-Hartnell Doctors

June 11, 2021

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Earlier Doctors Well, well, the news is Hartnell is not the first Doctor. At least, that seems to be the case. In this article, the writer attempts to convey the idea of pre-Hartnell doctors. He is correct when saying, “Doctor Who season 12 rewrote the show’s entire show, revealing the Doctor is, in fact, the Timeless Child – a being who predates Time Lord society, and potentially originates from another universe.” Some fans like this, but some don’t. Are there…

Understanding: the Doctor is the Timeless Child

November 6, 2020

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Understanding Where do you begin understanding the twist Chris Chibnall brings to Doctor Who? According to this article from Looper, The Timeless Child twist is as good a place as any. So, according to what we see in season 12, the Doctor is not a Timelord at all. He/she is a child from another race with the ability to regenerate when he/she dies. Ok, why bring this out now? Doctor Who is over 50 years old, and this is hidden…

Unsuccessful: McGann is not at Fault

November 3, 2020

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Unsuccessful Paul McGann, for some fans, is the least known. You can maybe even say less than John Hurt because of the unsuccessful return of Doctor Who in 1996. After reading this article from Looper, there are many reasons fans didn’t see him. As a fan, the fact the movie was an American try to bring back Doctor Who is new. Fox is the network that tries to revive the show without success. As an American, the idea of an…

Valeyard: Mystery to be Explored

July 19, 2020

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Valeyard In the late 1980s, John Nathan Turner brings a character to Doctor Who called the Valeyard. Those who watched The Trial of a Time Lord knows who he is. In this article, the writer talks about the history of the Valeyard. He gives the reader an idea of his character, as seen from The Trial of a Time Lord. Fans who saw the last episodes of Colin Baker find out he is a ruthless person, only desiring to gain…

Victorious: Fans See The Creation of the Valeyard

June 3, 2020

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Victorious Those Whovians who remember the last fourteen episodes of Colin Baker can’t forget the Valeyard. The Doctor’s alter ego and his worse nightmare. Well, according to this article from ScreenRant, his greatest nemesis is from the future. Well, when you watch the series, the master tells us the Timelords use the matrix to create the Valeyard. Victorious points to the time frame being around the Doctor’s twelfth regeneration. Is what Victorious points out the truth? The way the Time…

Too Often and Too Little: Monsters of Doctor Who

April 29, 2020

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Too Often or Too Little In a recent ScreemRant article, Dan Peeke gives his opinion of five characters used too often, and five characters used too little. Some fans may agree with his opinion, but other fans will not. To be honest, some of the ones he mentions are not ones this fan wants to see more. Of course, every fan’s opinion is different. Too Often There is some relevance in saying the Cybermen and Daleks appear too often. Outside…

Past Companions: A Great Idea to Bring them Back?

February 23, 2020

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Past Companions Every fan of Doctor Who has one companion they love, and they will enjoy the return of that companion. Well, according to this article from Radio Times, Chris Chibnall has the same idea. The truth here is most if not all past companions were great. Whovians love them, and it was hard to see them go. Of course, Adric cannot return because he died helping the Doctor defeat the Cybermen. Then are others who we will not see…

Name: Used to Add Mystery to the Main Character

February 2, 2020

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Name After finding this article, the author seems to believe there is some debate about the name of the Doctor. The title of the article mentions a change and controversy. Do the fans see it as a controversy? Whether the fans worry about this is another story. Some fans may be interested while others don’t care. What he seems to be talking about could be an issue for some but not for all fans. Some fans will say who cares.…

Different: How Much Different Is Doctor Who

December 20, 2019

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Different How would Doctor Who be different if the series with the Eighth Doctor takes place? According to this article by Morgan Jeffery, he writes about a series with Paul McGann as the Doctor. Those fans from that time would love to see Doctor Who on television again in the 1990s. Being a fan since the 1980s, this was a great idea and would be something classic fans love. If the McGann series takes place, fans would see things more…