Episode 3-8 "Human Nature" - What is the waltz that plays during the Annual Ball called? [it is not real but some one on youtube has ripped the song from the episode LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po21tPWArXU.]
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starring David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Billie Piper, Catherine Tate, Christopher Eccleston (add more)
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Episode 3-8 "Human Nature" - What is the waltz that plays during the Annual Ball called? [it is not real but some one on youtube has ripped the song from the episode LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po21tPWArXU.]
Answered by Guest
(episode 3-9, "The Family of Blood") Where is the scene with the Doctor binding Father of Mine in chains suppose to take place? [I don't think we're ever told. You just see him being tied up and hear Son of Mine in the voice over.]
("Turn Left", 4-11) Why aren't the effects of Post-Runaway Bride historical episodes like "The Shakespeare Code", "Daleks in Manhatten" and "The Fires of Pompeii" shown? [They only have 45 minutes in any given episode, so they chose to limit the storyline to those events that the Doctor was directly involved in in the present day. We see that many of the events still unfold as before, just with less pleasant consequences - the Sontarans are still defeated, albeit at the cost of the Torchwood team, the hospital where Martha worked is still returned to Earth, but after everybody dies this time, after Sarah Jane Smith intervenes. Events shown in the historical episodes were presumably also resolved in some less effective manner, but well enough not to affect the present-day timeline to any great degree.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Could somebody please tell me how the 'Last Great Time War' started and ended? [Few details have been revealed within the show itself, although Russell T Davies has given a few pointers in an article that he wrote for a Doctor Who annual. He suggests that the Daleks consider the War to have begun with the Time Lords sending the Fourth Doctor back to interfere with their creation, as seen in Genesis of the Daleks. The Daleks took this personally and first tried to replace prominent Time Lords with duplicates, in a similar fashion to their attempt to infiltrate Earth as seen in Resurrection of the Daleks. A peace treaty was attempted, with both sides offering compromise (the Time Lords, for example, handed over the Master for execution, as seen in the 1996 TV movie), but ultimately failed, leading to escalation and eventually the declaration of full-scale war between the races. The war apparently lasted for several years, if a war that takes place on a temporal level can really be said to have a set duration, before the Doctor brought it to its apocalyptic conclusion. Exactly what he did has never been revealed.]
Answered by Tailkinker
In "The Stolen Earth", is The Doctor refering to an old episode when he says, "Someone tried to move the earth before"? [Yes. The Daleks tried to destroy the Earth's core and replace it with an engine to pilot it through the universe in the first Doctor story "The Dalek Invasion of Earth."]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
The Doctor states throughout various episodes of the new series that he is 900, 903 etc., yet the doctor was well over 900 years old during his sixth and seventh incarnations. How can this be?
Why are the vast majority of stories set on modern day Earth as opposed to the 1963-1989 series where nearly every story was set on an alien planet? [One of the 'quaint' aspects of Doctor Who of old was the utter cheapness of the BBC in spending as little money as possible on the original series. Visits to 'alien planets' were laughably poor looking, clearly were Earth like with a few 'alien' touches, and it was something that writer Russel T Davies didn't want to return to.]
Answered by GalahadFairlight
Does anyone know why the BBC isn't showing these in the States at the same time they're released in the U.K.? The Christmas Special JUST aired on BBC America on the 27 June. I find it odd that they don't just release them on both stations at the same time. [BBC America is a separate entity. It is not a "station" of BBC. It airs shows from other UK networks (ITV etc). So, for one reason, it must arrange its schedule to show the shows it wants to show. For another reason, the shows shown on BBC in the UK are paid for by taxes on UK TV sets. It wouldn't be very fair for BBC America not to pay for the rights to show the shows after all there are a lot more of us than them. All these payments and broadcast rights must be worked out for every show. In addition, BBC can sell to other networks as well (e.g. Dr Who and Primeval on SyFy, and Dr Who on PBS are generally another year behind BBC America)]
Answered by Myridon
What exactly made Jack Harkness immortal? I know Rose brought him back to life, but how? The Doctor mentions something about him being a fixed point in time and space, but what exactly does that mean? [In the series 1 episode 'The Parting on the Ways', Rose stared directly into the heart of the TARDIS which infused her with the time vortex. This power enabled her to disintegrate the Daleks and also allowed her to bring Jack back to life. However, Rose was not fully aware of how her powers worked and by bringing Jack back she also removed his ability to die. The Doctor referring to Jack as "a fixed point in space and time" refers to the fact that Jack cannot be removed from existance through death as a normal person could.]
If Davros created The Daleks from his own cells then why don't they fully trust him? He's been shown to manipulate The Daleks on the genetic level, so couldn't he use that to some way make them more obedient? [When Davros created the Daleks, he conditioned them to hate everything that was not a Dalek. They decided that although he was their creator, he was not one of them.]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
Is the character of the 10th Doctor based on Ian Rankin's 'Inspector Rebus'? [No.]
Answered by Tailkinker
All of series 1 (series 1)
What were the circumstances behind the Doctor's regeneration, from his 8th incarnation to his 9th? [It's never been revealed. The fact that the Doctor still appears to be getting used to his new face in the opening episode suggests that his regeneration was relatively recent, but no details have been given. There has been considerable fan speculation that he regenerated as a result of his actions that ended the Time War, but this has never been confirmed or denied canonically.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Doomsday (2) (series 2)
Why does the Cyber-Leader think Dalek and Cyber technology are compatible? How and why does it know this? [The Cybermen have a misplaced belief that all other life forms want to be upgraded. He can probably work out, from scaning the Dalek, that it is a powerful war machine and thus useful in subduing the humans. Once that's done, they could reward the Daleks by upgrading them.]
Answered by Josman
Why wasn't Pete sucked into the Void when he came back to rescue Rose? Also, how did he even know when and where to teleport to, or that she even needed saving at all? [He was only there for a fraction of a second, so the Void didn't have a chance to drag him in. As for knowing when and where, it's one of those last-second rescues that fiction revels in. Improbable, but dramatically satisfying.]
Answered by Tailkinker
The Girl in the Fireplace (series 2)
What is the song that the Doctor sings when he's pretending to be drunk? I was wondering if it was real or not, and if so, can I find it anywhere? Thanks. ["I Could Have Danced All Night" from the musical "My Fair Lady".]
Answered by Tailkinker
School Reunion (series 2)
The Doctor says he's regenerated half a dozen times since last seeing Sarah Jane. This would mean he last saw her in his fourth regeneration. But surely this is wrong? They last saw each other when The Doctor was in his fifth regeneration, during "The Five Doctors." [The phrase "half a dozen" is often used as a round number, i.e. "half a dozen" is a little more than "a few". He didn't want to pause and figure it out as it's been a long time in his time line so he just estimated.]
Answered by Myridon
Time Crash (series 3)
Peter Davison makes a reference to a group called Lynda. Is this the same group from "Love and Monsters" and, if so, how does he know about them? [Yes, it is the same group, although the circumstances of his encounter with them have never been revealed.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Last of the Time Lords (3) (series 3)
Why does The Master want to create a new Time Lord empire? I would have thought that as a renegade Time Lord he would have been glad they were all gone, also, how could he create a Time Lord empire when they were all dead? [He likely means an empire where he, a Time Lord, rules over all creation.]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
Who took The Masters' ring at the end of the episode? [This is unanswered. Hopefully, during the Christmas special of 2009, it will be answered, as it brings back the Master.]
Answered by JonTheRandom
Why did The Doctor disable Jack's vortex manipulator? [To stop him from traveling around Time and Space and causing trouble, he even says it as he is disabling it.]
Answered by Repo_Man
Why does The Master fear The Doctor forgiving him? What's he forgiving The Master for exactly? [The Master knows that deep down, he deserves death for the crimes that he's committed throughout his life, and since he regards The Doctor as his arch-foe, he expects it to be at his hands. The fact that The Doctor is still willing to forgive him for all of his crimes hurts him more deeply than death would.]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
The Sound of Drums (2) (series 3)
What exactly is the Cruciform? [The Cruciform has not been confirmed to be a location, a weapon, a ship, or some kind of object. It has only ever been mentioned, never described. All we know is that it belonged to the Time Lords. It must have been important in the Time War because the Daleks wanted control of it.]
How exactly did the Time Lords resurrect The Master when he was consumed by The Doctor's Tardis? [Well they are Time Lords, they can manipulate Time itself to some extent so bringing people back from death wherever or however it happens.]
Answered by Repo_Man
Why are young initiates taken to the Untempered Schism? What purpose does this serve? [I think that looking into the Untempered Schism shows the young Time Lords infinity. It shows them everything, and it is like a test. If they can resist the urge to grab it and take it all for themselves, then they are worthy to be a Time Lord.]
How does staring into time vortex cause the constant drumming in The Master's head? Also, why does it cause it?
Why was Lucy so willing to go along with The Master's plan of murder and world domination? [Because he'd driven her insane by showing her the future and humanity's fate. (There's also the possibility that she might be The Rani in human form, but that's all speculation right now.)]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
Utopia (1) (series 3)
The Doctor says that if a Time Lord were to absorb the energies of the time vortex they would become a vengeful god. Why exactly would they become vengeful? [Given that their entire race was wiped out by the Daleks in the Time War and the Daleks are still around, I'd say that a Time Lord would have something to be vengeful for. That much power would go to anyone's head.]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
Blink (series 3)
The main premise of 'Blink' is that the Doctor and Martha are stranded in the 1960s. The Doctor is immortal, so wouldn't he have caught up with the present day eventually, to sort out the problem with the Angels? [Well, technically the 60's are recent enough that both Martha and the Doctor would live through to the present day, but that's hardly an ideal solution, particularly for Martha, who probably wouldn't relish the idea of explaining to her family and friends why she's suddenly in her eighties. So, yes, technically speaking, the Doctor could just sit around and wait, but that's not really the Doctor's style, is it?]
Answered by Tailkinker
The Sontaran Stratagem (1) (series 4)
Why did the Sontarans specifically choose to invade Earth? Why not one of the other billions of planets in the universe? [They wanted a good mix of pollutants to turn the planet into a giant cloning facility. Something humanity was well on its way to doing for them.]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
All of series 4 (series 4)
Towards the end of the episode "Journey's End", Davros calls The Doctor "the Destroyer of Worlds". Isn't this just a little bit ironic considering Davros and the Daleks were about to wipe out the universe using a reality bomb? [It's a psychological tactic. The Doctor thinks of himself as a good person, but he's had to do horrible things during the Time War and on other occasions. Davros is playing on his guilt.]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
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