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Post by librarylover on Jan 14, 2010 0:19:26 GMT
I think we need some threads where we aren't obsessively discussing specials, spoilers, etc. So here goes . . . . Things I've Learned from Watching Doctor Who:If you meet a bearded, urbanely sinister man dressed all in black, do NOT look directly into his eyes. By the time the Doctor says "Run!" you should probably already be running. Time Lords are just as reluctant to admit that they are lost as human males. What have you learned from watching Doctor Who?  |
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Post by Stripes on Jan 14, 2010 2:55:09 GMT
You mean MALE Timelords are just as reluctant to admit that they are lost.  |
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Post by lostspook on Jan 14, 2010 19:11:43 GMT
Aw, that's a great idea for a thread. I can't think of much right now, but I loved the 'All I Needed to Know About Life I Learned From the 1st/2nd... Doctor' articles in DWM a while back. (I have been so waiting for them to follow up with 'All I Needed to Know... I Learned From 9/10', but no such luck. We'll do our own. If you can see something written on a piece of psychic paper, you're just not a genius. Sorry. We're so sorry. You mean MALE Timelords are just as reluctant to admit that they are lost. Heh, a nice theory Newton, but some how I can't see either the Rani or Romana admitting it either. At least, not with the Doctor or the Master around. |
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Post by lostspook on Jan 14, 2010 19:14:41 GMT
A good knowledge of nursery rhymes can save your life.
You can always hide in full view any monster by ducking round a corner. Even if you poke your head out to check, you will be okay. (This rule is invalidated if you drop something or sneeze, or are generally called Harry.)
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Post by jjpor on Jan 14, 2010 21:34:22 GMT
They're ALWAYS impervious to bullets. Well, nearly always.
Earth - especially late-twentieth, early-twenty-first-century Earth, is where 90% of the action is in space and time.
If you find out the Doctor's planning to take a holiday on your planet, run. Just run, because something terrible is probably about to happen.
I'll think of some better ones later...
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Post by Abbyromana on Jan 14, 2010 22:16:27 GMT
If you find out the Doctor's planning to take a holiday on your planet, run. Just run, because something terrible is probably about to happen. I'll think of some better ones later... *LOL* That's brilliant and probably the most truest thing someone can learn from DW. I'll have to see if I can come up with such a witty one as that, JJ.  |
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Post by merrythemad on Jan 15, 2010 2:37:03 GMT
Shakespeare really WAS bisexual
The royal family are werewolves
and I'll think of more clever ones later
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Post by clocketpatch on Jan 15, 2010 4:16:29 GMT
Harriet Jones - I know who she is!
You can solve anything with a screwdriver!
When in doubt, it must be students. Or aliens.
Plumbing is important!
It's amazing how useful hand-waving can be, provided you have the right kind of hand....
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Post by magnusgreel on Jan 15, 2010 7:12:15 GMT
You can't go back in time to save annoying, whining teenage math-whizzes.
You should change your tie occasionally, just in case you're put on trial and they show scenes from your past, and everyone needs to tell whether it's past or future by looking at your tie color.
Absolute power over time makes your eyelids twitchy.
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Post by merrythemad on Jan 15, 2010 13:15:58 GMT
Jellybabies, the ultimate icebreaker (even with supervillians)
Acting stupid is really rather clever
NEVER EVER add a great big blow ourselves up button to your plans for universal domination
In spite of his whineyness Arthur Dent is a nice chap
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Post by lostspook on Jan 16, 2010 11:07:02 GMT
They're all brilliant - I have to come up with some better ones! But, Magnus... MAGNUS!!! :lol: (Btw, How are you at stand up comedy? Don't tell JJ... ) ;D I might go dig those articles out and see if I can nick them. (I seem to remember the verdict on the 1970s Master's plots being: "Some people never learn.") |
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Post by jjpor on Jan 16, 2010 13:05:29 GMT
NEVER EVER add a great big blow ourselves up button to your plans for universal domination More people should bear this one in mind. Speaking of which: Crippled war-veterans who have given their lives, physical well-being and indeed sanity for their countries, are invariably evil. Romana only needs three minutes and a screwdriver. I think Magnus is definitely winning so far. ;D |
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Post by Stacey on Jan 16, 2010 21:59:13 GMT
That bus stations are full of lost luggage and lost souls
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Post by magnusgreel on Jan 17, 2010 3:48:02 GMT
Never leave home without a robot duplicate who will be glad to step in and take any futuristic machine gun fire for you.
A good way to get girls to like you is to call them "old thing" every five minutes.
Make a snotty, defiant exit, and you have a big pile of garbage in your immediate future. That's life for you.
(Thanks jjpor, LS!)
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Post by johne on Jan 17, 2010 12:23:25 GMT
Whatever you do, do not say that you'll stay with the Doctor 'forever'. You'll be amazed how short 'forever' suddenly becomes.
Do not drink water, sit in chairs, stand in shadows, stand in sunlight, close your eyes or open your eyes. All of these things will lead directly to a painful death or worse.
When an oddly-dressed stranger accompanied by a pretty young woman (or a kilted Scotsman) bursts into your office and starts demanding you do the most ludicrously implausible things, he is not in fact a lunatic or a performance artist, but is deadly serious. Delay or scepticism will result in your painful death or worse.
There are no such things as ghosts, except when there are.
There is no such thing as magic, except when there is.
Time Lords cannot survive falling from great heights, except when they can.
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Post by lostspook on Jan 17, 2010 19:43:18 GMT
:lol: Love them, John! Now I have to try some more:
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
You'd be amazed what you can do with a cardigan.
When committing arson, always make a quick getaway. You can pat yourself on the back once you're safely in the TARDIS.
Never throw hands at people.
If you meet Death Itself, do not be afraid. Throw salt at it.
When encountering a friend in drag, don't comment on their lifestyle choices. Simply take it in your stride and compliment them on their handbag.
Green things are Evil. Except when they're not.
Even if you let a Time Lord have a car, a pretty assistant and a lab, to keep him quiet, he'll never be satisfied. Next thing he'll be asking you for a dinosaur. You'd have been better off sacking him before it got that far.
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Post by lostspook on Jan 17, 2010 19:58:59 GMT
You can't rewrite history, not one line!
Time Lords are such liars.
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Post by jjpor on Jan 17, 2010 20:32:44 GMT
Things I learned from the Five Doctors:
5. The Eye of Orion looks a lot like the Death Zone on Gallifrey
4. They both look a lot like Wales
3. Cybermen take their promises very seriously...unless they're promises they made to aliens...
2. It's actually possible to fall to your doom on a near-horizontal surface
1. _Always_ listen to K9...
And if someone asks you if you're a god, you say "yes"!
Oh wait, sorry, that last one is actually something I learned from Ghostbusters... ;D
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Post by Maggadin on Jan 17, 2010 20:40:24 GMT
When encountering a friend in drag, don't comment on their lifestyle choices. Simply take it in your stride and compliment them on their handbag. Aww, that just reminds of how much I liked Yatesy in that story, and how disappointed I was with what happened to him in the next one.  |
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