The Lodger (3111/511)

[Alan]

You know, I actually hadn't thought of the TARDIS interior being a reflection of the good Doctor's own personality. Obvious, when I think about it (especially since they're telepathically linked), but I just completely overlooked it!

The fact that he had to nab the Doctor's (unless it was just closer and more fun to torment his old foe with) at the end of the Universe, and still only had the one despite at least one return trip suggests it is neither there nor here...literally. Presumably it was destroyed or abandoned during his escape from the Time War. Of course, that's speculation, and until such time as he is resurrected - again - we probably won't know. Unless we get an ep dealing specifically with the Doctor finding the Master's TARDIS...hmm, I wonder if they accept freelance scripts...

When the Master turned himself into a human he might have unknowingly left his TARDIS on a planet that was destroyed as the end of everything closed in. But then again I'm sure the Master would have taken precautions to safeguard his TARDIS. In the past he's remote dematerialised his TARDIS to keep it out of harms way until needed. He might have done that again.

There've been a few rumours of the Rani appearing in this series, haven't there? Mostly from The Sun, so make of that what you will (though I'm reasonably sure they've had accurate Who leaks before). We've still got two episodes to go, and Moffat's writing them, so who knows?

Indeed. With rumours of Gillian Anderson in the role. With Doctor Who anything could happen and anyone could return. I'm sure Moffat has plenty of great aliens and monsters and deranged characters in store for the Doctor to encounter...the Rani might be amongst them. As the Doctor once said..."Time will tell. It always does."

In this ep, the Doctor says "someone's attempt at building a TARDIS"...so could that line in itself be somewhat telling? Who has the know-how and need to build something that approximates a TARDIS?

The Daleks. They've done it before...but why would they use a humanoid hologram to ask for help? Of course the Daleks have used psychological strategies to get them what they've wanted before and could have been again.

[Sealurk]

Indeed. With rumours of Gillian Anderson in the role.

That's a thunk thread waiting to happen. You have no idea how much I want that rumour to be true.

The Daleks. They've done it before...but why would they use a humanoid hologram to ask for help? Of course the Daleks have used psychological strategies to get them what they've wanted before and could have been again.

Thought it might be...especially, I'd think, the now defunct part-human Daleks - who seemed much more open to 'sneaky' tactics. Damn that human factor!

[Alan]

That's a thunk thread waiting to happen. You have no idea how much I want that rumour to be true.

Oh, I think I do know.

Thought it might be...especially, I'd think, the now defunct part-human Daleks - who seemed much more open to 'sneaky' tactics. Damn that human factor!

It might be possible that the pure Daleks have lost such tactics as psychological warfare. In the past the Daleks captured non-Dalek lifeforms who were usually young and imaginative and then plugged and enslaved them into their battle computers to give them the tactical edge. Maybe the new Daleks will need to resort to doing that again? If so, then I say pity the person that get plugged in to one of those machines. Their mind may never fully recover from the stresses.

[pbellosom]

The ship wasn't necessarily a TARDIS. The doctor said it was a Time Engine.

True, but it's interior did look pretty TARDISlike, it was bigger on the inside and it utilised Perception Flilter technology. All these are hallmarks of TARDISes as opposed to the Time Agency's "Space Hoppers."

Now it's mentioned though, it did look kinda Dalek, and those controls did look perfect for a Dalek plunger. I'm sure it's been mentioned in the past that Dalek Time Machines and TARDISes are very similar, or did I make this up?

I personnally would gave up the football team to learn where the doctor got 40k from

Sonicing an ATM, he's done it before.

an also where he got the ear piece from to.

Carphone Warehouse?

[P-90_177]

True, but it's interior did look pretty TARDISlike, it was bigger on the inside and it utilised Perception Flilter technology. All these are hallmarks of TARDISes as opposed to the Time Agency's "Space Hoppers."

Now it's mentioned though, it did look kinda Dalek, and those controls did look perfect for a Dalek plunger. I'm sure it's been mentioned in the past that Dalek Time Machines and TARDISes are very similar, or did I make this up?



Sonicing an ATM, he's done it before.



Carphone Warehouse?

It wasn't bigger on the inside. Remember when the perception field dropped the thing was as big as the house.

As for the ear piece, he had that on when he got thrown out of the TARDIS.

[knowles2]

What is wrong with the new TARDIS interior? It is the very best it has ever been.

It is, until we sure the interior of the alien Tardis, which I think is better than the new one an more original an darker which is more representative of the current doctor. Plus I like the modern feel an would love to see the doctor have customising it to his own taste.

It wasn't bigger on the inside. Remember when the perception field dropped the thing was as big as the house.

It looks bigger to me on the inside than the outside, different portions an all, but that could be the three different departments not communicating size to each other. But to me the inside did look bigger than the outside, through not to the same extent as the Doctor current Tardis does, which points to less advance technology.

As for the ear piece, he had that on when he got thrown out of the TARDIS.

Must have missed that bit convenient that this just happens to be one an only time the Tardis get in trouble an he on the outside with a ear piece an one which hide his conversations at that.

[Sealurk]

It looks bigger to me on the inside than the outside, different portions an all, but that could be the three different departments not communicating size to each other. But to me the inside did look bigger than the outside, through not to the same extent as the Doctor current Tardis does, which points to less advance technology.

Agreed. It's very like a TARDIS, but seems more like if someone was trying to build the closest thing to a TARDIS with more limited tech.

Must have missed that bit convenient that this just happens to be one an only time the Tardis get in trouble an he on the outside with a ear piece an one which hide his conversations at that.

The Doctor always has a random assortment of gadgets in his pockets besides the Sonic Screwdriver and Psychic Paper. I think at one point he even implied they may be bigger on the inside...

[Blencathra]

The Doctor always has a random assortment of gadgets in his pockets besides the Sonic Screwdriver and Psychic Paper. I think at one point he even implied they may be bigger on the inside...

Indeed. In the fourth Doctor episode Robot, he has in his pockets...

jelly babies
a deck of trick cards
a scroll granting him the freedom of the city of Skaro
honorary membership of the Alpha Centauri table tennis club
a pilot's license for the Mars-Venus rocket run
an unfolding wallet full of IDs (including a galactic passport)
a jeweller's eyeglass
ball bearings
a large toy bird
a pair of goggles
a yo-yo
a second wallet
a packet of cigarettes
and an attachment to turn the sonic screwdriver into a sonic lance.

[Alan]

Indeed. In the fourth Doctor episode Robot, he has in his pockets...

jelly babies
a deck of trick cards
a scroll granting him the freedom of the city of Skaro
honorary membership of the Alpha Centauri table tennis club
a pilot's license for the Mars-Venus rocket run
an unfolding wallet full of IDs (including a galactic passport)
a jeweller's eyeglass
ball bearings
a large toy bird
a pair of goggles
a yo-yo
a second wallet
a packet of cigarettes
and an attachment to turn the sonic screwdriver into a sonic lance.

Yep. As well as all that above, after jumping down a pit he produced a book called "Everest in Easy Stages" but it was written in Tibetan...and then right afterward he produced another book called "Teach Yourself Tibetan".

In his second incarnation the Doctor had things in his pockets like...

a recorder
a 500-year diary
jelly babies
a slingshot
galactic glitter
playing cards
an apple

In his fifth incarnation he had

string
a cricket ball
paper clips
safety pins
alien currency

In his sixth incarnation the Doctor had...

jelly babies
string
contact cards for famous, historical people
a mirror
a yo-yo
a banana

In his seventh incarnation he had things like

jelly babies
antiquated UNIT passes
a slingshot
playing spoons
a robot spider (or a "special piece of coin")
a fob watch
a yo-yo

[Blencathra]

And he had the book Origins of the Universe by Oolon Coluphid

Perhaps we should start a thread called - The Things The Doctor Has in His Pockets.

[Sealurk]

Plus the Tenth Doctor had a clockwork mouse and a stethoscope. Yep, we need a new thread!

Oh, and a toothbrush that doesn't need toothpaste.

[YsoL8]

"No annliation, no killing, I am the Dr, the destroyer of worlds, the oncoming storm, and you just meant beat them in a football match, didn't you?"

[Alan]

And he had the book Origins of the Universe by Oolon Coluphid

Perhaps we should start a thread called - The Things The Doctor Has in His Pockets.

LOL Maybe we should.

Plus the Tenth Doctor had a clockwork mouse and a stethoscope. Yep, we need a new thread!

Oh, and a toothbrush that doesn't need toothpaste.

Yeah, the Doctor in his first, third, fifth, ninth and tenth incarnations seemed to have very little in his pockets during those lives. I wonder what the Doctor's latest incarnation keeps in his apart from a Jammie Dodger and his first incarnations library card? Hopefully in the adventures ahead we'll see...

[Teddybrown]

LOL Maybe we should.



Yeah, the Doctor in his first, third, fifth, ninth and tenth incarnations seemed to have very little in his pockets during those lives. I wonder what the Doctor's latest incarnation keeps in his apart from a Jammie Dodger and his first incarnations library card? Hopefully in the adventures ahead we'll see...

We have seen him pull out an ultraviolet light stick thing lol

[Alan]

We have seen him pull out an ultraviolet light stick thing lol

Oh, yeah. Forgot about that.