Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme that depicts the adventures of a mysterious and eccentric Time Lord known as the Doctor who travels through time and space in his time machine, the TARDIS.
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What happened to Donna if the incident of the daleks moving the earth never happened?
I understand that the 10th doctor had to wipe Donnas mind or else she would burn from having a timelord consciousness. But in the 5th season with the weeping angels the doctor notes tht daleks ...
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Fifth Season Finale- How can the Universe still exist?
This means that he was never there to save the earth. For example, he never stopped the reality bomb (4th season) and he never stopped the time lords from destroying the time vortex during the time ...
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In the 5th season finale of doctor who what exactly caused the tardis to explode? [duplicate]
At the very end the doctor said "something caused the tardis to come on this particular day. Also when river was in the tardis something said "silence will fall."
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Is John Hurt actually going to be the next Doctor? [closed]
John Hurt is over 70 years old. Even the first Doctor in the original series who looked like he was 200 was about 60 yrs old at the time. To me it just wouldn't seem good for Clara who is about 30 ...
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How is the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor sane?
In Journey's End, the Doctor tells Donna that the human brain can't contain a Time Lord mind. How is it possible with the cloned Doctor, if he has a human body? Wouldn't he shortly start to experience ...
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Why don't the Doctor, Amy, Rory, or River kill the Silents on sight?
In the Series 6 episode "Day of the Moon", the Doctor turns the Silents' own ability against them by splicing the moon landing broadcast with a clip of a Silent saying "you should kill us all on ...
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Why didn't the Doctor just snap his fingers? (spoilers)
Sorry if this has already been asked, but I couldn't find it.
In "The Name of the Doctor," the initial climax of the show is when
We have seen before that the Doctor could snap his fingers in ...
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Why does the Tardis Hate Clara ?
As far as we know, the Tardis has never had problem's with any other companion of the Doctor. So why does she hate Clara so much ?
*Note : I'm using the feminine form for the Tardis, because in my ...
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How did the Doctor join the others outside the TARDIS without opening its door?
The Name of the Doctor spoilers
This is hard to explain.
The only way to enter or exit the TARDIS is through the door. Right?
When the Doctor and Clara take the catacombs' path (supposedly, it is a ...
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Haven't the Silence tried to kill the Great Intelligence instead?
Spoilers for The Name of the Doctor
As far as I get it, the Silence want to stop the Doctor from opening his own tomb, because if the Great Intelligence corrupts his time stream, the universe is ...
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Is John Hurt the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor? [duplicate]
Although I've been leaning towards the theory that John Hurt is an incarnation between the 8th and the 9th Doctor, being condemned for his part in the Time War and possible collateral damage, I've ...
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Comparing Doctor Who footage before/after 2005 by total airtime
In terms of minutes of total airtime, is there now more Doctor Who since the 2005 revival, compared to episodes (and films) made before 2005?
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Have the Silence always worn suits?
In Doctor Who, the Silence are always portrayed as wearing suits with a white collared shirt and a tie. Is it explained whether they have always worn this?
Humans do not perceive them so there is ...
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Are there true references of Clara in the classic episodes?
Please keep in mind I have only seen few of the classic episodes, so this may be very obvious for anyone that did see them.
The Name of the Doctor spoilers:
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Lady in The End Of Time
We see that The Doctor looks at one lady who was alongside Rassilon very peculiarly. Why? Who was she? What was her role? Did the Doctor know her? If yes, how?
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How intelligent are the Weeping Angels?
In Dr. Who, we see the Weeping Angels as nothing more than predators (albeit interesting and sometimes terrifying ones), but just how smart are they? Do they communicate among themselves? Do they do ...
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Is there a minimum level of rational thought required to be affected by the Silence?
In current Dr. Who canon (a phrase I never thought I'd use) we see that humans forget the Silence after looking away from them. The internet recently presented me with a question- "if Silent looks ...
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Why was the Tardis in a museum?
According to wikipedia, the Doctor took the Tardis from a museum.
The Doctor's TARDIS was for most of the series' history said to have been stolen from the Time Lords' home planet, Gallifrey, ...
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What Silence fell?
When Doctor gets to Trenzalore, "Silence" was supposed to fall.
In the Name of the Doctor I can name a few things that fell:
The TARDIS
Clara
The Doctor
and maybe a few more that I do not remember.
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How do Amy and Rory know who River is in The Wedding of River Song?
So in the Doctor Who episode The Wedding of River Song, the entire episode is an alternate version of the season opener, which means the Amy and Rory in the alternate universe haven't been through the ...
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How was Clara supposed to save the Doctor if she actually lost her memory?
Spoilers for The Name of the Doctor
It is unclear to me what are the exact effects for someone who enters the Doctor's time stream.
Clara goes in to save the Doctor. But given the two scenarios we ...
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Who is the man at the end of “The Name of the Doctor”?
At the end of the episode, The Name of the Doctor, Clara sees an unknown man, and mentions she has never seen him before.
The Doctor says he did something terrible, so cannot be called the Doctor. ...
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Did the Silence want to stop the events of “The Name of the Doctor?”
At the end of "The wedding of River song", Dorium says that at the end, a question will be asked, and it must not be answered. Silence must fall. He then says, "Doctor Who??", hinting that the ...
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Can the Doctor's daughter regenerate?
In the episode The Doctor's Daughter, Jenny was named as The Doctor's "daughter". She was the progenation of The Doctor, a direct descendent. Is it possible then for Jenny to be able to regenerate? ...
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Is there no long life milk in the Doctor Who Universe?
In Asylum of the Daleks, The Doctor knows Clara is not alive,
Here is my problem. In the future (I assume it is far into the future), there is technology to convert any specie into a Dalek, ...
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Why did these characters [spoiler] not die in the Dr Who “The Crimson Horror” episode?
In the episode The Crimson Horror
The Doctor, Clara, and 3 others were all inside the
Why did they not
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How did this [spoiler] interaction occur in Dr Who “Journey to the Centre” episode?
In the episode Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
This character
Goes through the rift to warn
How can this even possible without destroying the fabric of space time? Or creating a paradox, or ...
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Why didn't the Aplans come back to life?
In the Doctor Who two-parter Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, a race called Aplans is mentioned. The Aplans were said to have been wiped by the Weeping Angels in the maze. When the Doctor threw them ...
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When did the original Melody Pond regenerate into her Mels identity and what caused the regeneration?
In the episode A Good Man Goes To War the Silence take Melody Pond as a baby, and in Let's Kill Hitler she is tan and in the form of Mels before she regenerates into her current form.
What caused her ...
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How do I prepare for the end, the Fields of Trenzalore and the fall of the eleventh?
I know that the final episode of the 7th season of Doctor Who, "The Name of The Doctor", which is supposed to answer many questions and address many hints dropped in the last 2 seasons, has been ...
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Does the Doctor choose where the TARDIS goes or does the TARDIS?
It seems like the Doctor ends up in places that need him most. Does the Doctor choose where the TARDIS goes or does the TARDIS itself? He can "see" the timeline (not sure of the details on that) but ...
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Why were the “monsters” in “Journey to the centre of the Tardis” hostile?
In Journey to the centre of the Tardis, we discover that the monsters roaming the Tardis are the characters who will later burn in the Eye of Harmony's chamber and leak back to the past.
The effects ...
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What makes wood resistant to various fictional items?
In this question, the reason the Doctor's Sonic Screw Driver 'doesn't do wood' is covered. It's weakness is described below:
As such, throwing in an arbitrary weakness, like being unable to do ...
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What is the point of Sweetville?
In the Doctor Who episode The Crimson Horror, "only the brightest and the best" are invited to live in Sweetville.
Why? Was it ever mentioned what they were doing there?
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Is being a Time Lord a dominant trait?
Is there anything referenced in Dr. Who and any other related species that shows that being a Time Lord is a dominant trait? I remember watching an episode where Dr. Who started out as a John Smith, ...
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Does Rose appear in future episodes of Doctor Who or Torchwood?
At the end of season 2 during the stint of he 10th Doctor played by David Tennent, Rose (Billie Piper) is left behind in a parallel universe, ending her character's arc on the series. She suggests at ...
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Papal Mainframe: Who or What?
In the episode S06E07 A Good man Goes To War, there is a mention of The Papal Mainframe?
What or who is this?
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Maximum Number of People in the TARDIS at once?
What is the maximum number of people that have been inside the TARDIS at once?
Is it in the David Tennant series 4 episodes "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End", when all "The Children of Time" have ...
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In the Dr. Who episode “The God Complex”, could the projection of the weeping angels affect anyone?
Some background on this question:
In S05E04, "The Time of Angels", a looped recording of an angel locks eyes with Amy and enters her mind in such a way that she thinks she is turning into stone. ...
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How can the Tardis speak to Clara in “Hide”?
In "Hide", a hologram of Clara appears as the Tardis speaks to her - but at the end of "The Doctor's Wife", Idris (essentially possessed by the Tardis at this point) says that she (the Tardis) would ...
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Are there continuity problems with River Song and her PhD?
If I remember correctly River had just graduated the day she was put in the astronaut suit and forced to kill the Doctor. So...she was a Professor. In Flesh and Stone, the Doctor and River talk on ...
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The blonde doll in the Doctor's pocket
In the episode "Cold War", one of the things taken from the Doctor when he is searched, is a blonde doll ("Barbie" type). Was that a passing joke, (referencing Rose maybe?) or was it significant in ...
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In Hide, why was there a cold spot?
In the episode "Hide" from the seventh series of Doctor Who, they are tracking the lady of the well.
However
However in the music room they found a cold spot, and the Doctor marks it with chalk. ...
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The Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver's Working [duplicate]
My question is simple:
Why doesn't the Doctor's screwdriver work on wood?
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In the Dr. Who episode “The God Complex”, the creepy clown was whose worst fear?
In S06E11, Rita and Amy run into a room with a sad and rather creepy-looking clown:
Both Rita and Amy had stated it was neither of their worst fears. Was it Rory's? Since his was never revealed and ...
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Is the sun supposed to be able to steal away your memories in Rings of Akhenaten? [duplicate]
Spoilers! Maybe.
Just seen the episode The Rings Of Akhenaten - didn't pay much attention, but it seemed to me that it is greatly implied that this God thing can consume your memories.
Given that ...
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Is Doctor Who becoming less sci-fi and more fantasy? [closed]
I just finished watching series 5, where:
Is it me or is the 'power of the mind' becoming stronger than the rules of the universe in the later TV series or was it always like that?
I know that ...
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Was the first Doctor known to have traveled to the market at Akhaten with Susan Foreman?
In the recent Doctor Who episode The Rings of Akhaten, as they were wandering the marketplace, Clara asked if he had been there before.
The Doctor responded that he had (I believe he had said "many ...
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Doctor Who: Clara Oswin Oswald Paradox
How does Clara Oswin Oswald die twice?
We know that in all of time a person can die only once, and we see Clara die in 2 episodes of Season 7 (Assylum of the Daleks and The Snowmen)?
My question is ...
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In The Rings of Akhaten why was the Doctor unaffected by the reading of his memories?
In the new episode we see that the "memory eating parasite" feeds off The Doctor.
Now my question is that if he feeds of the memories of The Doctor, are those memories erased from his mind? ( like the ...
