In tribute to his late brother, a man has kitted out his holiday cottage with thousands of items of Doctor Who memorabilia
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The episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures featuring Matt Smith that aired today on CBBC today included one line that looks set to provoke an awful lot of fan debate, and which could radically alter Doctor Who lore… if you choose to take it seriously, that is. (SPOILERS AHOY!)
At one point in the episode, Clyde asks the Doctor how many times he can regenerate. The Doctor’s response? 507! Which is a bit more than the 12 that was established in 1976 Who “The Deadly Assassin”. A few months ago we spoke to Russell T Davies about his script, and this is what he had to say…
So, the Doctor can regenerate a lot more than 12 times, apparently. That was a bit of a cheeky line…
507 – I could not resist! I was hooting. It’ll never stick, though. That 13 lives is stuck in people’s heads. It is, isn’t it funny? Yet they only said 13 once or twice.But some people do get tremendously worried by that figure, don’t they? As if when we get to the end of the thirteenth Doctor’s time, the BBC are gonna cancel the series, regardless of how well it’s doing.
There’s a fascinating academic study to be made out of how some facts stick and some don’t – how Jon Pertwee’s Doctor could say he was thousands of years old, and no-one listens to that, and yet someone once says he’s only got thirteen lives, and it becomes lore. It’s really interesting, I think. That’s why I’m quite serious that that 507 thing won’t stick, because the 13 is too deeply ingrained in the public consciousness. But how? How did that get there? It’s fascinating, it’s really weird. Anyway, that’ll be my book in my retirement!
They do, I know. When they came over here to launch “The Eleventh Hour”, I went along to this screening in LA and journalists put their hands up, and one of the first questions was, “What will happen when he reaches the thirteenth regeneration?”This story gave you a chance to write for Matt Smith’s Doctor. Watching the finished episodes, did you get a twinge of regret that you can’t write for him every week?
Oh no! To be honest, me and Steven [Moffat] have the funniest emails now where I’m constantly laughing! I just sit here going, “March! I remember what March was like”. And on the first of April I said, “April! April’s a nightmare, isn’t it?” And I can do that on every date of the year – “Oh my god, wait until October!” I have twinges of amusement!
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Happy Halloween everyone!
We here at The Happiness Patrol love Halloween almost as much as we love Doctor Who! SO...we thought, hey, let's combine the two!
So, we dug out our best costumes from the old closet, invited a few friends, loaded up the car and headed out to old man Turnet's place. (first name: I. N.)
So join The Happiness Patrol and our extra lovely 'Spooky' guests, Sam Stone, David J. Howe, Trudy M, Andre T, Sheri S, Michelle H. and other strange and frightful ghouls and ghosts as we celebrate the season!
Prepare to listen with headphones for full stereo spooktacular sound!
...DON'T listen by yourself!
IT TOOOOOOO SPOOOKY!!!!!
So sit back, try the punch, and get ready for
The Happiness Patrol's First Annual Spookfest
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