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claraoswalds · 1 year

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It’s Christmas, you moron.

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ghost-bison · 2 months

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Love his stunned expression everytime a woman kisses him

#doctor who #david tennant #tenth doctor #donna noble #astrid peth #rose tyler #madame de pompadour

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khruschevshoe · 3 months

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How Behind-the Scenes Issues Affected the Writing of Doctor Who (Both Good and Bad)

Doctor Who is such a fascinating show to look at from a Watsonian v. Doylist perspective. Like, entirely just from an episode writing point of view:

Twice Upon A Time feels so slow and meandering and even boring in places because Chris Chibnall didn't want to start his run as showrunner and Steven Moffat didn't want the show to lose the coveted Christmas timeslot (ironic, I know) so he bumped the Twelfth Doctor's regeneration from the end of The Doctor Falls (where it makes sense) to the end of the Christmas special

Boom Town (my beloved) only exists because originally there was going to be an episode in its spot explaining that Rose had been molded to be the Doctor's perfect companion (by the Doctor, gross) and the writer didn't have the time to commit to the show

The ending of Last Christmas feels like one inside-a-dream too many because originally Jenna Coleman was questioning whether she was going to leave the show or not and the ending was rewritten after the first readthrough when she decided she wanted to stay for another season

The first five episodes of Season 7 feel like each one takes place in a different genre because that's literally how Steven Moffat pitched it to the writers; for example, A Town Called Mercy was literally pitched as "Doctor Who does a Western"

Not so much a weird one but one I find cool: Eleven's first words and Thirteen's first words were literally written by Moffat and Chibnall respectively, as they were brought in to write the first words of the first Doctors of their runs so as to make it cohesive

The reason why Fourteen isn't wearing Thirteen's clothes when he regenerates is because Jodie Whittaker is much shorter than David Tennant and Russell T. Davies didn't want it to look like he was making fun of the genderfluidity of the Doctor (still think he made the wrong decision, but eh)

Wilfred Mott isn't in the Runaway Bride and Donna's father isn't in Partners in Crime because the actor who played Donna's father, Howard Attfield, died after filming several scenes for Partners In Crime, leading to the character of "Stan Mott" from Voyage of the Damned being written into Partners In Crime as Donna's grandfather

Astrid Peth doesn't die in the original drafts of Voyage of the Damned, but Russell T. Davies wrote what is generally considered one of the most emotional deaths in Doctor Who just because he wanted Kylie Minogue to be able to focus on her music career

Originally Oxygen was written as a prequel to Mummy on the Orient Express, where a corporate representative appeared on a monitor. Said representative was fired for his fumbling of the station and would later live on as the company computer, Gus

During Season 11, Chris Chibnall had to do some major rewrites for many of the one-off episodes, therefore The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos ended up being a first draft that made it to screen. He later admitted it was his least favorite episode of the series

And this is only a fraction of what I found in terms of major behind-the-scenes writing reasons. Though I am still totally willing to critique the product that made it to our screens, finding out the reasons behind some of the more badly written episodes of the show really made me feel sympathy for every showrunner of the show as well as appreciate a lot of the good episodes that ended up here despite the short production schedule/unexpected problems (once again, Boom Town my beloved AND everyone's favorite companion Wilfred Mott only exist because of unforseen problems). Absolutely bonkers, isn't it?

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too-funky · 11 months

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Tenth Doctor | Voyage of the Damned

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legok9 · 26 days

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Doctor Who + Kylie Minogue

Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue has had an usual relationship with Doctor Who:

Kylie Minogue read Camera Obscura while filming the Come Into My World music video (2002):

She is mentioned in the short story "That Time I Nearly Destroyed the World Whilst Looking for a Dress" (2004):

No party was complete without Polly! (Like Edina, Kylie and Tara, I had become so important that I no longer needed a surname.)

The Shada webcast had a bonus feature of the characters dancing to "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2003):

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The Idiot's Lanterns had this line (2006):

"It's never too late, as a wise person once said. Kylie, I think."

The "Dance of the Cybermen" (2006):

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Kylie Minogue played Astrid Peth in Voyage of the Damned (2007):

Kylie Minogue effectively cosplays as the Fifth Doctor (2017):

Liberation of the Daleks (2023):

She even got a Magic: The Gathering card! (2023)

#doctor who #kylie minogue #10th doctor #tenth doctor #astrid peth #doctor who plus #voyage of the damned

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samweezerf · 2 months

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go-to-the-mirror · 7 months

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[ID: The ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) on a crowded street in “The End of the World.” The Doctor smiles and looks down at Rose, and Rose smiles and leans into his shoulder. Text reads, “I love my companions.”

The tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) on the balcony of the hospital in “Smith and Jones.” The Doctor is leaning on the railing, looking out and Martha looks at him while speaking. Text reads, “I love that they are so young.”

The tenth Doctor and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) in the TARDIS in “Planet of the Ood.” They are talking to each other and are both excited. Text reads, “And so full of life.”

The tenth Doctor and Astrid Peth (Kylie Minogue) in “Voyage of the Damned.” The Doctor is kneeling down and looking down at Astrid, who is falling down into fire. Text reads, “And that they will still die first.” /End ID]

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doctorwhogirlie · 2 months

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reblog/like this if you're a tenth doctor enthusiast

#tenth doctor #rose tyler #martha jones #donna noble #astrid peth #captain jack harkness #doctor who #doctor who girlie #david tennant

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shark-infested-septiceye · 1 month

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Do you think Bill Potts ever met Astrid Peth out there in the stars

#dw #astrid peth #voyage of the damned #bill potts #doctor who #tenth doctor #twelfth doctor #pearl mackie #david tennant #peter capaldi

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trashboatprince · 17 days

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Several requests from twitter of different Doctor Who characters!

Ten and Astrid, Bill, Vastra and Jenny, and River and Amy!

#doctor who #tenth doctor #astrid peth #bill potts #madame vastra #jenny flint #river song #amy pond #john's art

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fandomarray · 4 months

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It’s such an amazing year to be a Doctor Who fan. We have an incredible new Doctor to look forward to but also in terms of nostalgia.

We have Carey Mulligan and Kylie Minogue acknowledging their time on Doctor Who in interviews. Then there’s the Pond women hanging out. And lastly our Bannerman Rd crew for Big Finish and these Rani and Clyde pictures.

That’s not even factoring Tales of the Tardis and the specials. I feel spoiled.

#doctor who #amy pond #river song #astrid peth #sally sparrow #rani chandra #clyde langer #tales of the tardis

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denimbex1986 · 5 months

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'Saving Kylie Minogue from a bridge was not in Colum Sanson-Regan's plans when he turned up as a Doctor Who extra.

But David Tennant was not around, so someone had to do it, and producers thought Colum looked like the doctor.

"I've saved Kylie, flown the Tardis, held the screwdriver and had Billie Piper look deep into my eyes and tell me how much she loved me," joked Colum.

"I asked the producer 'Why am I putting on the doctor's suit? They replied 'Well, David Tennant isn't in'.

Now a father of two, Colum was earning some extra cash before his first child was born.

"I didn't know what was going on," recalled Colum of when he arrived on the set but was ushered past the "cold bus" where the extras usually hang around and was shown to a posh trailer.

The 10th Doctor had to leave the set for the 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned, and producers needed a Tennant-alike for some extra shots showing his back.

So they improvised and Colum, then 31, stepped in to the suit synonymous with the Doctor since the world's longest running sci-fi TV show rebooted on the BBC in 2005.

Colum, now 46, had been asked by producers to be on set early but he had no inkling that his time (lord) had come.

"All of a sudden I was standing with the suit there, and I was handed a script and told 'You're gonna need this'," recalled Colum. "I was thinking pinch me, what's going on?

"Then I went for a haircut and a little Australian lady passed me dressed in a French maid outfit and said hello. I did a double take and realised I was there with Kylie Minogue."

The Australian singer and actor was a Doctor Who superfan and had asked for a part, which was humanoid waitress Astrid Peth, a one-off companion of the doctor.

"I was a bit star struck, for sure," he admitted.

His first work in Voyage of the Damned - where a starship replica of the Titanic is on collision course with Earth - was an action-packed scene where killer robot angels launched a deadly attack.

"There was a bridge, and the killer robot angels were trying to shoot, so I had to stop Kylie from falling over," recalled Colum.

"I had to hang on to her and pull her back from a precipice. That was the first thing I had to do in the morning."

The author and musician had a gig with his band that weekend in Leicester. As Kylie almost sang, he couldn't get it out of his head that he had worked with her - and we should all be so lucky.

"We got in the car and I said to my bandmates, guess who I've been working with this week?" said Colum, who lives near Cardiff.

"We'd been driving for almost two hours and had nearly hit Birmingham and they still hadn't guessed. I had to tell them! They're like 'absolutely no way'. It was so bizarre."

To Colum's pleasant surprise, producers were so happy with his work and lookalike skills, they asked him to play the Doctor again in the 2008 episode Journey's End - this time as his clone in the final episode of the fourth series.

That meant he had to be in the same scenes with Tennant, Billie Piper, John Barrowman and Catherine Tate, making her final appearance as a regular.

"I got to fly the Tardis in Journey's End," recalled Colum, who is originally from the Republic of Ireland.

"Everybody was gathered around the central console of the Tardis. We all had to have our hands on the machine and flying controls. Everybody was on that episode. There was a real buzz.

"I got to hold the screwdriver - they were very protective and kept taking it off me."

Colum was then involved in an emotional scene where Rose Tyler, played by Piper, had to say her final goodbyes to the doctor.

"It was an amazing and surreal experience.

"The nicest thing I have to take away was getting to work near David Tennant. I loved it. He was a thoroughly lovely, lovely guy and so professional. I think that was my favourite thing about the whole crazy time."

This weekend sees Tennant and Tate back together for Doctor Who, reprising their roles as the Doctor and Donna Noble in The Star Beast on BBC One on Saturday evening - but Colum will be back on his sofa with his family at home.

Husband to Kerry, singer and guitarist of band Goose, a creative writing lecturer and author of books like The Fly Guy, The Tall Owl and Other Stories, Colum has limited time for more extra work - especially after having his own trailer as the doctor's double.

"I'm looking forward to the show on Saturday with the return of some fantastic actors," added Colum.

"As a fan, working on the show was incredible and it's only strengthened my love for Doctor Who."'

#Doctor Who #Voyage of the Damned #60th Anniversary #Kylie Minogue #David Tennant #Billie Piper #Rose Tyler #Journey's End #Colum Sanson-Regan #Astrid Peth #John Barrowman #Jack Harkness #Catherine Tate #Donna Noble #The Fly Guy #The Tall Owl and Other Stories

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justahumblememefarmer · 4 months

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Ultimate Doctor Who Poll Round 1 - Matchup 21

Episode Summaries under the cut

112: The Return of Doctor Mysterio - Season 9 Christmas Special 2: A young boy, Grant, meets the Doctor one Christmas Eve and follows him to the rooftop where the Doctor is working on a device. He hands Grant a glowing stone to hold, and mistaking it as medicine, Grant swallows it, giving him superpowers.

Years later, after a press conference in New York City, the Doctor and a rogue journalist, Lucy, spy on the leader of the company, and see him trap and kill somebody, replacing their brain with an alien controller. They run, but are caught and held at gunpoint, only to be saved by a superhero, The Ghost, the Doctor recognizes as Grant. After leaving, the Doctor follows Grant to an apartment where he is masquerading as a nanny and is taking care of a baby. The baby's mother, who it turns out is Lucy, returns home and is shocked to see the Doctor.

The Doctor agrees to help Lucy look into the alien organization. She also asks him to arrange a meeting with the Ghost, to which he agrees. The Doctor goes to investigate the organization and discovers that they've built skyscrapers in capital cities around the globe, plus a building in New York City. They've set up the buildings like bomb shelters, and plan to crash an empty spaceship into NYC. When the only thing left standing is their building, all the World Leaders will take shelter at their buildings in their capital, allowing the aliens to replace them.

The Doctor lands aboard the empty spacecraft above the planet, but accidentally triggers the crash sequence early. In NYC, the aliens got to the rooftop where the Ghost and Lucy are having their interview, intending to capture the ghost and turn him as well. He "escapes", then comes back to the rooftop as Grant, holding the baby. The aliens intend to take them all hostage, but are alarmed to see their spaceship crashing.

The Doctor signals Grant and he reveals himself as the Ghost in front of Lucy, stopping the spaceship. The Doctor calls in UNIT to apprehend the aliens, and Grant and Lucy realize their feelings for one another.

145: Voyage of the Damned - Season 3 Christmas Special: The Doctor lands aboard a spaceship modeled after the Titanic. He meets a waitress named Astrid Peth aboard, who dreams of traveling the stars. The Doctor encounters a glitch when trying to get information from one of the robotic Heavenly Hosts on board. The Doctor joins a brief tour group to Earth, where they find the streets deserted due to people being nervous from attacks on London the past two Christmases.

They return to the ship and the Doctor discovers a power failure and the ships shields being down as a meteor shower is approaching the ships. The meteors hit and the ship is severely damaged, and headed to crash into the Earth, which would cause an extinction level event. The Doctor and several surviving passengers and discover that the Hosts are killing the remaining passengers. The Doctor instructs the passengers to get to the reception deck to transmit an SOS signal, while the Doctor goes to investigate a mystery at the heart of the ship.

He finds and is captured the CEO of the starliner company, who has prolonged his life with cybernetic enhancements. He has been forced out by his board of directors, and plans to crash the ship to ruin his companies reputation by destroying a planet, while he survives in his bunker and retires to luxury. Astrid uses a teleporter to arrive and kills the CEO, and herself in the process. The Doctor assumes authority over the Hosts and have them take him to the bridge, where he saves the ship from crashing and steers it back to space.

#doctor who #ultimate doctor who poll #my post #polls #12th doctor #nardole #10th doctor #astrid peth #peter capaldi #matt lucas #david tennant #the return of doctor mysterio #voyage of the damned #kylie minogue

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too-funky · 1 year

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