Doctor Who is a British sci-fi television program that revolves around the adventures through time and space of an alien called the Doctor in his machine disguised as a blue police telephone box called the TARDIS (which stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Then along the way he also picks up companions (only the best though) to travel with him.

Though the Doctor looks human he is actually a Time Lord from the ancient planet Gallifrey (so he doesn't look human, you look Time Lord --they came first). The Time Lords are, obviously, lords of time. They have the technology to travel through all of time and space and can seemingly live on forever. They have superb mental powers, such as having telepathy and possibly even clairvoyant. They also have a little trick to cheat death called regeneration.

Regeneration is when a Time Lord completely reboots their body when they're dying to gain a new face and personality while maintaining their memories. However if a Time Lord is killed before their regeneration is complete, they are as good as dead. Within a certain time limit (I believe it's 10 hours but I'm not too sure I'll have to recheck) after regeneration Time Lords are able to heal themselves of injuries (even regrow severed limbs). As cool of a parlor trick regeneration may be, a Time Lord can only regenerate 12 times before they die.

So far, the Doctor is on his 11th regeneration, having regenerated 10 times. The current Doctor is played by Matt Smith, and his three companions, Amy, Rory, and River, are played by Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, and Alex Kingston respectively.

Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi show, having over 32 seasons and overall over 700 (almost 800 last I calculated) episodes and a movie that aired in 1996. The show originally aired in 1963 which ran until 1989. The show was then rebooted in 2005 and continues to run today. It is also the most successful sci-fi series of all time.

This thread is to discuss Doctor Who; what you love about it, your favorite Doctor, favorite companion, songs you like, moments you like, and possibly even spoilers as the 7th season approaches within the next few weeks.

I will try my best to update this thread with news as it comes out. If you see something that I don't then feel free to post it as well!

So yeah go free my little Whovians!

What we know about series 7 so far.

Edited July 29, 201411 yr by Shana09

I'm going to live the rest of my life under the assumption that the Doctor eventually regenerates into Mary Poppins, or she is related to the Doctor.Why?British, Sonic Umbrella, Handbag bigger on the inside, witty, self-indulged, scarf, bow tie, stasis cube (jumping into paintings), speaks to animals, always traveling, never ages, replaces past companions with younger ones, lies.I think the BBC is waiting for Gallifrey to return so that they can have Julie Andrews guest star as either a future version of the Doctor, or a lost relative.I'm just saying. I honestly believe this.

or Romana who was one of the Doctor's former companions. What do you think of that video Admiral?

or Romana who was one of the Doctor's former companions. What do you think of that video Admiral?

Maybe she'll be in her 3rd form!

Would be surprising if near the end Romana if she is played by Julie Andrews would most likely regenerate to a younger incarnation. About the rct3 video.

Ah, having Julie Andrews play an incarnation of Romana would be awesome. It would be fun to see Romana and the Doctor bicker again.

First official picture of Capaldi in his Doctor outfit.

Lookin sexy as firetruck. I love it. 

Is it odd that we saw the 12th Doctor with the 10th Doctor in Pompei? Plus his clothes look like a reference of the 1st Doctor.

Edited January 28, 201411 yr by twilight_roxas

Is it odd that we saw the 12th Doctor with the 10th Doctor in Pompei? Plus his clothes look like a reference of the 1st Doctor.

No it isn't odd.

 

They look more like the 3rd doctor's clothes.

 

No it isn't odd.

 

They look more like the 3rd doctor's clothes.

 

 

They look like magicians.

The Chris and David episodes look pretty good on Blu-ray.

Heck I even hope Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) plays Romana as a 4th incarnation.

I am officially hooked on this series, now. I've started watching season 1 and I absolutely love it. Chris Eccleston's Doctor is fantastic. Took me a while to finally get around to watching it, but I'm SOO glad I did. This show is firetrucking perfect. 

 

 

 

God this post reeks with being a new watcher. Everybody's already two doctors ahead of me and I'm still stuck in 2005.

Edited February 16, 201411 yr by Kaweebo

I am officially hooked on this series, now. I've started watching season 1 and I absolutely love it. Chris Eccleston's Doctor is fantastic. Took me a while to finally get around to watching it, but I'm SOO glad I did. This show is firetrucking perfect. 

 

 

 

God this post reeks with being a new watcher. Everybody's already two doctors ahead of me and I'm still stuck in 2005.

First off...YAY!

 

Second... You know there are more than 3 Doctors right? hahaha

I am officially hooked on this series, now. I've started watching season 1 and I absolutely love it. Chris Eccleston's Doctor is fantastic. Took me a while to finally get around to watching it, but I'm SOO glad I did. This show is firetrucking perfect. 

 

 

 

God this post reeks with being a new watcher. Everybody's already two doctors ahead of me and I'm still stuck in 2005.

 

At least you aren't stuck in 1963.

First off...YAY!

 

Second... You know there are more than 3 Doctors right? hahaha

Indeed I am. But I'm just waiting until I get a little farther in the series before I go back and look at some of the older stuff. 

Looks like The Doctor, and Clara are going to get a new companion.

Anyone who saw the teaser get a feeling that the tardis is going to get a new look?

Anyone who saw the teaser get a feeling that the tardis is going to get a new look?

 

It usually does....

The villains who I hope return to series 8 even some from classic who.

 

Davros

The Master

The Rani

Daleks

Cybermen

Straxx's race

The Great Intelligence

Zygons

The villains who I hope return to series 8 even some from classic who.DavrosThe MasterThe RaniDaleksCybermenStraxx's raceThe Great IntelligenceZygons

 

But The End of Time was the perfect ending for The Master.

But The End of Time was the perfect ending for The Master.

Theres been rumors that the Master is going to return for series 8 indicating that John Simm would come back for the Master's regeneration scene.

Theres been rumors that the Master is going to return for series 8 indicating that John Simm would come back for the Master's regeneration scene.

 

I still don't like it.

I have a question for everyone in this thread. Have any of you heard of the Valeyard? This will be related to something I'll be posting later. Edit: To answer my own question, yes. I'll be posting something a bit later.

Edited May 25, 201411 yr by Frogmyre