New Doctor Who Series Discussion *Spoilers*
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Primrodo
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Ahem! Davison.He hates it when people mix that up.
Doh! I know someone that is Davidson, so I keep doing that! At least I don't put Eccelstone...
:lol Fair enough!
Solo4114
Master Member
Since I'm now caught up, allow me to contribute to the sonic screwdriver discussion.
The Doctor appears to scan with it and look at it, yes? What if this is just the Doctor APPEARING to scan with it and look at it? What if the screwdriver is standing in for encyclopedic knowledge or deductive reasoning, and he uses it as a prop so people -- particularly humans -- don't get freaked about his ACTUAL abilities? I mean, he's a 900+ year old alien. Who knows how capable he is of reading a situation, deducing all kinds of things from it, and making a declaration in the moment? And wouldn't that be....kinda frightening to his companions? Much easier to just act a bit manic, wave a screwdriver around, and look at it so they think he "scanned" the object.
The Doctor appears to scan with it and look at it, yes? What if this is just the Doctor APPEARING to scan with it and look at it? What if the screwdriver is standing in for encyclopedic knowledge or deductive reasoning, and he uses it as a prop so people -- particularly humans -- don't get freaked about his ACTUAL abilities? I mean, he's a 900+ year old alien. Who knows how capable he is of reading a situation, deducing all kinds of things from it, and making a declaration in the moment? And wouldn't that be....kinda frightening to his companions? Much easier to just act a bit manic, wave a screwdriver around, and look at it so they think he "scanned" the object.
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Don't forget he also has a telepathic link to the Tardis which does more than translate languages; it also shares with him area knowledge and scientific data on a subliminal level like she's feeding him lines. He may be using the nemonic of "scanning" with the sonic to allow the info she's feeding him to bleed into his concious mind.
I dunno. He always seems to take pride in showing off how brilliant he is. Even going so far as to "keep score".
I would think an encyclopedic mind would be reassuring to a companion.
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Too reassuring; the Doctor's lost too many people that rely on him to save them no matter what. A little break in that "yeah, I'm a god" level of competence and they realize that sometimes they need to save themselves.
Solo4114
Master Member
I dunno. He always seems to take pride in showing off how brilliant he is. Even going so far as to "keep score".
I would think an encyclopedic mind would be reassuring to a companion.
I should rephrase. Which I'll do below.
Yeah, this is part of it. Although I would think that they might be frightened by how powerful he was. So it's less JUST encyclopedic knowledge, and more that plus some serious power that is, in many ways, unexplored but lurks below the surface. It's really not-quite-omniscience and....unknown powers.
I think the more alien and powerful he appeared, the more frightening he'd be.
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Hrm. Apparently I cut myself off earlier.
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Shade88
Sr Member
What is this, I don't even...:lol
That said, I agree with him. :lol
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Just watching the Who, sippin' a bud.
Shade88
Sr Member
WASSUP!!!:lol
TheDoctor
Sr Member
It wasn't until "Asylum of the Daleks" that I remembered Dorian said it just like the Daleks did.
TheDoctor
Sr Member
When it comes to issues like the "Rules" for the Angels or the Sonic, I just have to remind myself that Doctor Who isn't Science Fiction - it's Fantasy (in a scifi wrapper). The Doctor's Sonic is just another Magic Wand. Even if you go back to the old episodes, there's often very little "science" involved - or even an attempt at it.
The Tardis, the sonic, the aliens, etc. are all just window dressing to tell a story. I'm not going to necessarily agree that the Sonic is over-used (or even that it's lazy writing) because it gets us from one point in the story to another without the tediousness of the in-between. What would we rather watch? The Doctor using his sonic to pick a lock and move on to the next story-based plot point, or spend 5 minutes on screen trying to figure out another way in? If the Sonic can speed some points along and becomes a short-cut for cutting out tedious scenes, then I'm all for it. HOWEVER, if the sonic is used as a plot POINT, rather than a vehicle to move us quickly from one scene to the next, then we might have a problem.
The Tardis, the sonic, the aliens, etc. are all just window dressing to tell a story. I'm not going to necessarily agree that the Sonic is over-used (or even that it's lazy writing) because it gets us from one point in the story to another without the tediousness of the in-between. What would we rather watch? The Doctor using his sonic to pick a lock and move on to the next story-based plot point, or spend 5 minutes on screen trying to figure out another way in? If the Sonic can speed some points along and becomes a short-cut for cutting out tedious scenes, then I'm all for it. HOWEVER, if the sonic is used as a plot POINT, rather than a vehicle to move us quickly from one scene to the next, then we might have a problem.
DuneMuadDib
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What, spouses never embarrass each other?
If it was Davies still running things you could bet good money that would be an arc phrase
If it was Davies still running things you could bet good money that would be an arc phrase
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