New & Classic Who

Various Doctor Who-related posts from all eras. Formerly hipsterclassicwho. Si tu veux, je peux répondre en français ou allemand. Wenn du willst, kann ich auf Deutsch oder Französisch antworten.

[newandclassicwho]

Imagine being a Doctor Who fan in 1966 though.

“Oh dear, what’s happening? Is the Doctor dying?

Wait.

What. The. Shit.”

[newandclassicwho]

well then...

[writing-relatedactivities]

Can't believe there are people out there who dislike Paradise Towers. It has everything. Violent girl gangs. Old lady cannibals. A himbo. Stephen Wyatt inventing "unalive" 35 years early. What more do you want.

[newandclassicwho]

TV Doctors by first 10-year anniversary special

1973 - Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee

1983 - Davison

1993 - Baker, Baker, McCoy

2003 - McGann, Jayston, Grant

2013 - Hurt, Tennant, Smith, Capaldi, Baker (Curator)

2023 - Eccleston, Tennant (14), Gatwa

None(?) - Whittaker, Martin

Rules:

Only Doctors who have appeared in live-action or animated visual media (e.g. no Unbound Doctors), but the special itself can be audio

Only newly recorded material by the original actor (no archive footage or Destiny of the Doctor)

Only the 15 numbered Doctors plus War, Fugitive, Shalka, the Valeyard and the Curator

Only distinct incarnations (e.g. no Dream Lord)

Only speaking parts (e.g. no Morbius Doctors or Timeless Children)

The Valeyard was in Unbound and Eccleston will be in Once and Future, before you ask

[swordlet]

Non-Whovians Only: Which of these isn't a real character name in the hit sci-fi franchise, Doctor Who? Whovians reblog to get a bigger data pool!

Romanadvoratrelundar

Alpha Centuri

Jocrassa Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen

Kamelion

Dorium Maldovar

Morbius

Yondolf-Sklair L'Kolsen

T'zim-Sha

Bannakaffalatta

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Voting ended onMar 5, 2023

[little-alien-duck]

what a movie night with the various doctors who would be like:

one: does not like the movie anyone else picks (except for Susan’s choices, those are fine) 

two: doesn’t matter what you’re watching, two is scared. anything that is remotely similar to a jumpscare is too much. he is clutching Jamie’s arm for dear life

three: is actually pleasant to watch a movie with so long as it has sufficient cultural cache (or it’s got a lot of car chases) 

four: one of those insufferable bastards who figures out the plot twist in the first five minutes and then gloats 

five: falls asleep (claims he was just resting his eyes) 

six: points out any and all inaccuracies in the movie 

seven: figures out the plot twist, does not gloat, tries to nudge his viewing companions into figuring it out themselves 

eight: will not shut the fuck up. has a running commentary on everything that happens and reacts with passion even if he’s already seen the movie before. then someone else talks and it’s all “you’re ruining the best part charley!” 

nine: claims he’s not actually watching but instead is just keeping who is watching company while he tinkers or whatever (he is watching) 

ten: likes to watch musicals and sing along to all the songs loudly 

eleven: can’t sit still long enough to watch a movie 

twelve: had never watched a movie in his life until he and missy start doing semi frequent movie nights in the vault. he claims this is just give her some variety and he does not enjoy it and that “it’s not a date bill!” 

thirteen: diligently pays attention to the entire movie. notices incredibly minor things happening in the background. somehow misses the main plot entirely

[nicav2]

how much of Doctor Who have you watched?

parts of it, only Classic Who

parts of it, Classic and NuWho

parts of it, only NuWho

all of Classic, no NuWho

all of NuWho, no Classic

all of Classic, parts of NuWho

all of NuWho, parts of Classic

ALL OF IT

nothing lmao

Voting ended onFeb 15, 2023

I'm making more of these with different metrics so watch out!

[ambertea]

I did that job once.

[pepsimayo]

What are your pronouns and would you like to join my union

[newandclassicwho]

jamie mccrimmon is an ally confirmed

[newandclassicwho]

Finished my Doctor Who watchlist. Let’s see how well I do on this.

[janitorjuliann]

five easy reasons to watch the second doctor era:

sick of companions all coming from 21st century england? please enjoy this selection of companions from the 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd centuries!

since half the episodes are missing, theres a diverse range of mediums to watch it in - regular live action, animated reconstruction, or my personal favourite, PowerPoint Slideshow With Questionable Audio

base under seige is only a dull plot if you dont enjoy your blorbos getting put in Situations, which i dont believe anyone on tumblr has ever been accused of

patrick troughton was a stout 5' 7". frazer hines, his tallest companion, was 5' 6.5" - most were noticeably shorter. every other character looks very tall around them, and the monsters of the week look positively, frighteningly huge

i cannot stress enough. that about 70% of the show is just this

[seveneyesoup]

one of my favorite bits in doctor who is when someone is like your time machine doesn’t work very well does it and the doctor is like Excuse You, This Is A Type 40 TARDIS That Can Go Anywhere In Time And Space. that’s like if i drove to a place where they don’t have cars but know about them and took someone for a drive and they saw cooling that only works on one setting and heat that barely works and a broken cd player despite the functioning tape deck and shaky brakes and they went mate your cars a bit shit isn’t it and you were like fuck you, this is a 2002 toyota camry, it can drive on roads

[newandclassicwho]

David Fourteennant

[newandclassicwho]

Wait, they already came up with the idea of the Doctor regenerating into a former self to revive the show back in 1986?

[nobleriver]

The Noble Family is BACK!

[the-nuclear-chaos]

This little guy has committed so many war crimes!

[newandclassicwho]

“Kazran Sardick” is an anagram of “Caarrs Dikkanz”

[newandclassicwho]

Your nominations, please, for Horniest Classic Who Dialogue