Comments on: The 10 Doctors: Page 73 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/ Comics, ramblings, general geeking out Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:54:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rich http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-5169 Rich Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:08:25 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-5169 No, the story takes place in 10's current time line. So they don't exist yet. No, the story takes place in 10’s current time line. So they don’t exist yet.

]]> By: Michael http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-5147 Michael Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:43:20 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-5147 I have to ask -- are Doctors 11, 12 and 13 stuck in a time warp in the furthest corner of the universe? I have to ask — are Doctors 11, 12 and 13 stuck in a time warp in the furthest corner of the universe?

]]> By: Julia http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-4588 Julia Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:32:05 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-4588 That's an especially good rendition of 3 you've got in this strip. And, hee hee! Poor Master. He's stuck with all 10 of them. But wait! How does he know that? That’s an especially good rendition of 3 you’ve got in this strip. And, hee hee! Poor Master. He’s stuck with all 10 of them. But wait! How does he know that?

]]> By: Mreen http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-4509 Mreen Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:48:23 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-4509 All the TimeLords renegades consist of the Master, Rani, and the Doctor! Wow - they really are the most boring race in the universe! lol All the TimeLords renegades consist of the Master, Rani, and the Doctor!

Wow - they really are the most boring race in the universe! lol

]]> By: Solar http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3945 Solar Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:00:40 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3945 There's no easy way to fit Morbius in. The only way we MIGHT be able to make him work is if we extend the War Chief idea, and assume Solon and the War Lord are the same person (both played by Philip Madoc, both working with evil renegades). :) There’s no easy way to fit Morbius in. The only way we MIGHT be able to make him work is if we extend the War Chief idea, and assume Solon and the War Lord are the same person (both played by Philip Madoc, both working with evil renegades). :)

]]> By: Rich http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3922 Rich Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:01:34 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3922 Salyevin/Chronotis? Wow... you're really trimming down the renegade faction, aren't you? What about Morbius? Salyevin/Chronotis? Wow… you’re really trimming down the renegade faction, aren’t you? What about Morbius?

]]> By: Solar http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3890 Solar Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:13:13 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3890 Many years ago, I once tried to create a Master chronology that included not only the TV series, but also the novels, the FASA Monk theory, and the theory that he was also the War Chief, which was popular in fandom at the time. I based it on the idea that in his earliest stories, the Master Master would be bungling and incompetent, but that he would slowly get smarter and smarter as he got more experienced. it went something like this. 1. Koschei from the MA "The Dark Path". (This was supposed to be the first incarnation.) 2--11. Unknown incarnations. (He probably got through them quickly because at this stage he's so hopeless.) 12. The Meddling Monk, as per FASA. 13. The first incarnation to call himself the Master. This can be Pryce in CoFD -- if you want to include that. (He's an especially incompetent Master, unable to operate his own scanner properly, so it belongs here in his early career.) 13a. (Gordon Tipple either does a Hurndall, playing the same incarnation as Pryce, or plays his own "first incarnation to call himself the Master", depending on whether you incluide CoFD as canon. Daleks exterminate the Master/Monk for betraying them in Masterplan and/or CoFD.) 13b. The snake thing. 14. Bruce in TVM 15. The Eye of harmony dumps him back on Tersurus, where he becomes the corpse in Deadly Assassin and Keeper of Traken. 16. Ainley. (The Master can still be a bit incompetent at times, but is steadily getting better. After all, he manages to survive for a long time in this body.) 16a. (The post-TV Ainley Master in novels and BFAs) 17. The NAs. (The Master gets a new cycle of regenerations in one of the novels. The first new incarnation looks like Basil Rathbone.) 18--??. Unknown incarnations. (But with all this experience the Master is finally getting successful. Or just less useless.) ??. Delgado. (At long last we have a Master who's gained enough skills and knowledge to actually be a serious threat to the Doctor. YAAYYY!!!! This way the Master can go out on a high, instead of as an eternal loser.) (OTOH he's not that great because he still manages to end this incarnation being killed by Tara King, despite having the Rani around to help him! **grin**) ??+1. The War Chief might work as a post-Delgado Master, since he was more organised than any earlier incarnation. ???? Jacobi. ????+1 Simm. (He actually manages to conquer Earth for a whole year. That's something no previous Master had ever managed.) ?????? Salyavin/Chronotis. (He was supposedly the only Time Lord to escape from Shada and had an allegedly unique telepathic/hypnotic power. But the Master escaped at the start of "Terror of the Autons" and had a similar but less developed hypnotic power. Clearly,they have to be the same person, and by now, the Master has realised that he will never conquer the Universe, and has decided to retire instead.) Yeah, that makes sense. But I'm not suggesting that it's really the case. For a start, all the royalty backpayments to the creators of the various characters in each others' stories would be a nightmare. It'd tie up all the DW accountants forever to sort it out! Many years ago, I once tried to create a Master chronology that included not only the TV series, but also the novels, the FASA Monk theory, and the theory that he was also the War Chief, which was popular in fandom at the time.

I based it on the idea that in his earliest stories, the Master Master would be bungling and incompetent, but that he would slowly get smarter and smarter as he got more experienced.

it went something like this.

1. Koschei from the MA “The Dark Path”. (This was supposed to be the first incarnation.)

2–11. Unknown incarnations. (He probably got through them quickly because at this stage he’s so hopeless.)

12. The Meddling Monk, as per FASA.

13. The first incarnation to call himself the Master. This can be Pryce in CoFD — if you want to include that. (He’s an especially incompetent Master, unable to operate his own scanner properly, so it belongs here in his early career.)

13a. (Gordon Tipple either does a Hurndall, playing the same incarnation as Pryce, or plays his own “first incarnation to call himself the Master”, depending on whether you incluide CoFD as canon. Daleks exterminate the Master/Monk for betraying them in Masterplan and/or CoFD.)

13b. The snake thing.

14. Bruce in TVM

15. The Eye of harmony dumps him back on Tersurus, where he becomes the corpse in Deadly Assassin and Keeper of Traken.

16. Ainley. (The Master can still be a bit incompetent at times, but is steadily getting better. After all, he manages to survive for a long time in this body.)

16a. (The post-TV Ainley Master in novels and BFAs)

17. The NAs. (The Master gets a new cycle of regenerations in one of the novels. The first new incarnation looks like Basil Rathbone.)

18–??. Unknown incarnations. (But with all this experience the Master is finally getting successful. Or just less useless.)

??. Delgado. (At long last we have a Master who’s gained enough skills and knowledge to actually be a serious threat to the Doctor. YAAYYY!!!! This way the Master can go out on a high, instead of as an eternal loser.) (OTOH he’s not that great because he still manages to end this incarnation being killed by Tara King, despite having the Rani around to help him! **grin**)

??+1. The War Chief might work as a post-Delgado Master, since he was more organised than any earlier incarnation.

???? Jacobi.

????+1 Simm. (He actually manages to conquer Earth for a whole year. That’s something no previous Master had ever managed.)

?????? Salyavin/Chronotis. (He was supposedly the only Time Lord to escape from Shada and had an allegedly unique telepathic/hypnotic power. But the Master escaped at the start of “Terror of the Autons” and had a similar but less developed hypnotic power. Clearly,they have to be the same person, and by now, the Master has realised that he will never conquer the Universe, and has decided to retire instead.)

Yeah, that makes sense. But I’m not suggesting that it’s really the case. For a start, all the royalty backpayments to the creators of the various characters in each others’ stories would be a nightmare. It’d tie up all the DW accountants forever to sort it out!

]]> By: joe england http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3729 joe england Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:27:04 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3729 Dial-up? Heavens no. Dial-up? Heavens no.

]]> By: Megalomaniac http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3691 Megalomaniac Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:28:28 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3691 Joe: It might take ages for mine to load as well, (dial-up too?) but I quite like the faces. :P Joe: It might take ages for mine to load as well, (dial-up too?) but I quite like the faces. :P

]]> By: Chris http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3689 Chris Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:30:02 +0000 http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/12/07/the-10-doctors-page-73/#comment-3689 A complete Hartnell series 1 box set would be worth whatever you paid for it! Many of those epidodes are missing, presumed destroyed, and fans have been searching for decades for traces of the lost shows. A series 4 box set would be even more valuable. A complete Hartnell series 1 box set would be worth whatever you paid for it! Many of those epidodes are missing, presumed destroyed, and fans have been searching for decades for traces of the lost shows. A series 4 box set would be even more valuable.

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