Questions tagged [doctor-who]
For questions about the long-running British science fiction television programme, "Doctor Who", 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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When was the Doctor first compared to the Daleks?
The Dalek's know* the doctor as the On Coming Storm, or the Predator etc. But at some point the Doctor started being compared to the Daleks for the wake of destruction he left behind him.
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How did the chameleon circuit break?
There is already a question asking: Has the TARDIS's chameleon circuit always been broken?
The consensus seems to be 'Yes'. The question I'd like know, is how did it break?
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Why did The Doctor start to regenerate at Lake Silencio?
When The Doctor is shot by the astronaut at Lake Silencio, he begins to regenerate, before being shot again and killed. But, at that point, he was
So why does his body start to generate as normal, ...
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Who thought up the name Yana?
Is there any in-universe explanation of where the name Yana came from?
Did the old professor take this name because of what the Face Of Boe had said to the Doctor
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How did the Silence know about Melody?
Some way along the way in season 5 Amy Pond becomes pregnant...
How long had they been planning that? How did they know Amy would give birth to a
Had they been planning this all along or was it ...
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Why are these gravestones undated and so clean?
Warning, end of Doctor Who: Season 6(?) spoilers ahead.
I'm struggling to figure out why the gravestones ...
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Why convert Oswin?
In Parliament of the Daleks, we find out that the nano-dalek-bots have
Now this is on a planet with the full dalek shielding up. Why do that, when you can't utilise her? It doesn't really make sense ...
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What episodes do Chameleon Circuit reference in their first two albums?
Chameleon Circuit is a british band who sing songs about Doctor Who. I've recently bought their first two albums but I'm struggling to pull apart the lyrics and figure out which if any episodes and ...
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Do Daleks have their own language?
I've only ever watched the new Doctor Who (2005) and have been wondering: if the Daleks are from another planet then:
Do they have their own language?
Is it just the TARDIS translating their speech ...
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Why was Amy Pond able to speak to a past version of herself?
In Father's Day, it seemed to be established that if a person sees or interacts with a version of themselves from the past/future, reapers appear and devour everything that doesn't belong in the ...
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Which Doctor Who episodes were written by Steve Cole?
I read on his personal website that Steve Cole wrote some Doctor Who episodes. Which episode(s) did he write?
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Was Harold Saxon the next Prime Minister after Harriet Jones?
So did the Doctor start the events leading to his capture by the Master, and the events of The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords, when he caused Harriet Jones's resignation?
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What happened to the silent who was injured by Canton?
At the beginning of season 6, Canton shoots a silent and takes it to an "inescapable" prison where he recorded it saying "You should kill us all on sight" and then leaves it alone.
Is it ever ...
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In the Three Doctors, wouldn't the doctor know what to do?
In the Three Doctors, wouldn't the doctor know what to do since he has the memories of the others because they are his past.
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When were fixed points in time first introduced?
The 11th doctor seems to address the idea of fixed points (creating them, changing them, etc) far more then previous Doctors. Is this a recent thing, or has fixed points always been a "thing" in ...
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How did the first angel get to Manhattan?
How did the first Weeping Angel get into Manhattan? Clearly it wasn't destroyed by the paradox, so it seems at least one survived. If there is no way to know exactly how, what methods does it have ...
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On the nature of paradoxes in the Whoniverse?
Loosely: How do Paradoxes work in Doctor Who?
We see in previous episodes,
To allow a paradox to occur.
We also have the the weeping angels, that feed off of time loops. They are however supposedly,...
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Saving Amy and Rory in episode The Angels Take Manhattan [duplicate]
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Can't the Doctor just land the TARDIS outside New York during 1938?
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But since the Doctor is still in the present and with his TARDIS (unlike in a previous ...
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Where was the TARDIS made?
In the Angels Takes Manhattan before the Doctor meets up with River he looks into something that looks like a mirror to fix his hair and then it comes into focus:
Does that mean the TARDIS was made ...
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Can't the Doctor just land the TARDIS outside New York during 1938?
From this answer: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/24022/1660, I'd like to quote this:
The paradox energy essentially creates a shielded fixed point in time. That particular region of 1938 New ...
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Does the Doctor have a black list of times and places?
In one of the latest episodes of Doctor Who (The Angels Take Manhattan)
Is this the only such place, or does the Doctor keep a list of places that he can't go?
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Regeneration Energy Used for Healing
In The Angels Take Mahattan (S07E05)
Has regeneration energy ever been used to heal another Timelord (or anyone else for that matter)?
Excluding the time
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Is Rory still an auton in "The Angels Take Manhattan"? [duplicate]
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Is Rory still plastic (and follow up questions)?
In the previous series, we learn that Rory is in fact an Auton, the Doctor reveals he doesn't know how long Rory will survive ...
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Back to The Future style Time Updates in Doctor Who
Is "The Angels Take Manhattan" the first time in Doctor Who we see time changing in the present because of an action in the past?
The best comparison I can think of is at the end of Back to the ...
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Why are the rules different for The Doctor?
After the events of "The Angels Take Manhattan" how is
but The Doctor cannot
We know that he cannot go to that particular time / place (New York, 1938) but the
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Where does "The Angels Take Manhattan" fit in timeline?
Whereabouts in her personal timeline does
appearance in "The Angels Take Manhattan" (Series 7, Episode 5) fit?
It seems that both her and the Doctor's personal timelines both move forward, rather ...
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Could the TARDIS stop a Weeping Angel?
A Weeping Angel freezes if it is observed, due to quantum shenanigans. The TARDIS is alive, and is I think, aware of the inhabitants of... herself.
If an Angel entered the TARDIS, is it resonable to ...
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What would happen if you portalled the TARDIS inside itself? [closed]
The TARDIS is one of the few fictional objects that could contain themselves. Firstly, because "it's bigger on the inside" but secondly because the TARDIS has some means of sustaining paradoxes (which ...
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Which regeneration was the longest according to the Doctors timeline [duplicate]
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How old were each of the Doctor's incarnations?
It is obvious that time passes for the Doctor that we do not see. When the 10th doctor regenerates he is identified as 906, ...
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"A Town Called Mercy" - who created the ring, and who were the narrator and the little girl?
In "A Town Called Mercy", who created the ring around the town, and were the
anyone that has been seen before in either new or classic Who?
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What is the meaning of Rose's cameo in the Midnight episode?
In the tenth episode of the fourth series ("Midnight"), after the shuttle is shaken, we see a very brief cameo of Rose Tyler on a screen (about 16:30 into the episode). Although the feed appears to be ...
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Why is the Silence Falling a bad thing?
The big theme of the 5th and 6th season of Doctor Who, is that the Silence will fall when the question is asked. However, the Silence is a religious organization/empire, and generally speaking, when ...
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In Doctor Who S6, who are The Silence, really?
===== minor Season Six Spoilers =====
So in the beginning of Season Six of Doctor Who, we meet a species that's been controlling earth's development for centuries... the funny creatures with the big ...
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Does the front door of the TARDIS always open up to the control room?
In all of the episodes of Doctor Who that I've seen the TARDIS' front door opens up to the control room. However, it would seem that given the TARDIS' capabilities it would be possible for the door to ...
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What happens to the people inside when the TARDIS is tilted?
If the TARDIS is turned upside down or is laid horizontally, what happens to the contents - including people?
Does the TARDIS up / down orientation change? Or does it have an artificial gravity so ...
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Did the Doctor ever meet Brian Williams before the Dinosaurs?
In Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, the Doctor does not seem to recognize Brian Williams (Rory's dad).
How is that possible?
Wasn't the Doctor at the Ponds' wedding?
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Does the time vortex no longer indicate the Tardis' motion in time?
The intro for Dr Who shows the tardis flying through the time vortex that takes one of two shades, sometimes transitioning between the two:
The Vortex generally had two different colours, red and ...
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Why doesn't Oswin's voice sound like a Dalek?
In the Asylum of the Daleks (Dr. Who - Series 7), Oswin guides the Doctor and Rory through the Asylum planet maze through the voice speakers (megaphone). It is eventually revealed in the end that she ...
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In Doctor Who, has India become a super power by the year 2367?
In the last episode of Doctor Who (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship) we see the ISA launching missiles at a spaceship on a collision course with the Earth. It's the year 2367.
At first I thought that ISA ...
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Under what circumstances has The Doctor justified himself in killing unnecessarily?
In Doctor Who Episode 2 of Series 7, Dinosaurs in a Spaceship, the Doctor chooses to leave Solomon on the spaceship which is about to be destroyed, allowing him to die.
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Gallifrey and Krikket, a connection?
Is the time bubble around Gallifrey meant to resemble the envelope of Slo-Time around Krikket? I know Douglas Adams made Slartibartfast after the Doctor, and although the episodes with the time bubble ...
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Did the pure Daleks survive?
In 'Victory of the Daleks' we see the pure Daleks being created:
However in 'Asylum of the Daleks' we see their parliament:
They're very different. Did the 'pure' ones not survive? Did they change ...
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Why do the Daleks have a parliament?
In Asylum of the Daleks, the daleks have assembled in a parliment, showing some form of governance other than totalitarian rule by the Dalek Emperor.
Why do they have a 'Parliament'? Is this a ...
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Isn't Skaro stuck in the Time War?
I watched the prequel to Asylum of the Daleks, and in it the Doctor is told to go to Skaro.
Isn't Skaro stuck in the time bubble that the Doctor created to isolate the Time War from the rest of ...
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Why does the Doctor always assume the people he encounters abide by the law?
In several instances he throws some "Shadow Proclamation" paragraph at his adversaries implying they are violating this intergalactic law (for instance, killing all humans doesn't seem to be a good ...
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Does The Doctor hear everyone speaking in Gallifreyan?
I just spotted this on reddit today :
I've only watched the newer episodes (from 2005-Present) and I don't believe this question was ever answered, but I just thought of this -- The Doctor mentions ...
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What is the inspiration for 11th Doctor clothing style?
Where did Doctor Who creators got their inspiration, when they created clothing style of the 11th Doctor, played by Matt Smith? 11th Doctor is known for wearing a tucked shirt, suspenders, a bow-tie, ...
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Why is River Song's timeline backwards?
When River Song first met the Doctor, it was at the end of her life. Since then, on each occasion, she meets the Doctor a earlier in her own life.
Why is this? Is there an in-universe explanation?
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How did the Doctor meet Vastra, the Silurian?
Vastra is a Victorian Silurian, one of a race of reptilian humanoids buried in caverns in the earth.
She is first seen in the television series in 'A Good Man Goes to War', wherein the Doctor calls ...
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How did the Silurians lose their third eye?
In the original series of Doctor Who the Doctor meets the Silurians (Eocenes, Homo Reptilia, Earth Reptile or Indigenous Terrans) which have three eyes, and look like so:
On of their most striking ...
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