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Jun 23, 2017 8:07 AM
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littlefreak3
Which makes no sense because all the time lords call it a TARDIS.
circlebreaker
What is this, a Dr. Who meme for ants?!
nommon
But how come all of the people on Gallifrey know what a TARDIS is, then?
therealVexed
according to cannon you are now a filthy liar susan. not your fault though they didn't plan this
ClockworkRepairDroid
DaleDobek
Film called " An Adventure in Space and Time" about the origins of DW is worth watching.
Ireallycantthinkofanythingbetterrightnow
Mkonemo
this
Momentaryclarity
itrymybesttooffendsomeone
Who the fuck is susan
SpiciestMayMays
OldSwedishGrandma
I hope that one day I will be able to afford new reading glasses, so I can read the text on that image. 8-)
DuckThatBarks
There's text???
trumpypumpyinyourrumpy
Wastyvez
It always annoyed me that they never saw it fit to bring back Susan or even mention her from time to time. The Doctor has a living relative.
pantstastrophy
Rule 1: the Susan lies
RobertZimmermanWasRight
TheSublimelyMagnificentJechtUsernameMarkIII
Well that's retardis
AddictiveTendancies
Oh Susan...
Wazkal
Wow! 3 whole pixels, good job @op
brknsoul
Not OPs fault. This is a show from the 60s, where pixels were in short supply.
GoddamnitMisterNoodle
No, OP just used a tiny version:
brknsoul
Maybe OP was in short supply of pixels.
JKrlvgn
.......this is a very good point.
wheresmymoneydenny
jkeveren
The "in" Shouldn't be used making it TARDS.
JorgenVonStranglesThrobbingErection
And then every single timelord kinda accepted it.
0ih469qy
Squossifrage
I don't know if it's a soft filter or compression artifacts or just the low resolution, but that child looks almost unearthly.
Ravenselm
I nominate you for the most obscure reference in the comments.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Never forget the Daleks need radiation to survive and can't move unless powered by static electricity through the floor
therealVexed
in other words thisis now bs
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Or that there's probably another explanation. You see in the first appearance of the Daleks, they weren't technically Daleks 1/?
TheAngryMarineBiologist
They were actually Mutos, Mutos that found the prototypes of Davros' Dalek casing and inhabited them after the Daleks proper abandoned Skaro
JewishMonk
I think the MST3K Mantra is appropriate in this situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ugebzq3juE
TheAngryMarineBiologist
MST3K Mantra works, but y'know, I enjoy trying to make sense of a show where the writers obviously didn't care about doing so
Fistouille
CosmeChZ
You are a hard man to please
SuavessentSlim
I mean the footage is over 50 years old
blameitonmyjuice
The captioning isn't.
radioFREEmadras
Yes, but this image is clearly older.
nextgenpants
That doesn't explain why it's the size of a postage stamp.
LupusIgnis
Or digitally compressed through Hell.
IAlwaysUpvoteRickAndMorty
It does though
GoddamnitMisterNoodle
Except OP used a tiny version for ants:
SuavessentSlim
Didn't notice that on my phone. OP also posted from a phone. So I conclude that it has something to do with phones.
TheChosenofKhorne
Anyone interested should check out Big Finish's Doctor Who audio drama range. She reprised her role along with many others (part 1)
TheChosenofKhorne
Has Doctors 4 to 8, the War Doctor and 10 the original actors and many of their companions and new ones! https://www.bigfinish.com
somestrangeryoudontknow
Susan spent wayyyy too much time with her grandfather
sweetspot42
There's another kid that spend too much time with his grandfather, but it's more dimension hopping than time hopping.
BeetleDaddy
O-oh geez.
mugman1
'bit like Morty.
afriendinneedsafriendindeedafriendwithmemesisbetter
"20% accurate as usual, Morty."
AlkeneThiol
The First Doctor was so fucking unlikable. Also he was portrayed as wrong all the time. Don't get how the show was popular at all then
MexicanViking
It was the 50s
irespondwithsimpsonsquotes
60s
MexicanViking
63, you're right. I keep forgetting the 90s we're almost 20 years ago
AlkeneThiol
Almost *30* years ago
ohdeepthought
Wouldn't he have to be a little bit wrong or he wouldn't have destroyed his whole planet.
AlkeneThiol
That didn't happen until the 9th Doctor. The First Doctor was always corrected by his human companions on every trivial detail.
ohdeepthought
Thanks, I haven't caught up yet to go back yet :/
blackbenetavo
Meh. I'm a huge Doctor Who fan, but I have zero desire to watch any of the old classic episodes.
JewishMonk
The show didn't really get started until Troughton showed up anyway.
TotalBungle
Actress who played her is still alive and should def be back on the show. This needs to happen.
fartinacolander
That is a very young Valeri Singleton, she presented and hosted many tv programmes over the years.
Squossifrage
No... Carole Ann Ford as Susan and Jacqueline Hill as Barbara.
fartinacolander
Forgive me, she looks very similar
KuaLeifArne
She claims Doctor Who ruined her career, so I doubd she wants to
TheManTheMythTheMildDissapointment
Howd doctor who ruin her career?
dangerousDoc
The doctors curse. It typecasted her in a way where she could never find any other work again. Think Adam West during the 70s & 80s
shhep
TV series and soap operas often do that to you. You become too iconic. In the effect, you lose tv and cinema as well as theatre prospects.
KuaLeifArne
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/9975948/Doctor-Who-It-destroyed-my-acting-career.html
KuaLeifArne
From what I can tell from this article, after Doctor Who, she kept being cast in roles similar to Susan
TotalBungle
She appeared for a major Doctor Who promo in 2013 so I think she'd be on board as long as they treat her with the respect she deserves.
KuaLeifArne
Maybe
TotalBungle
Maybe is good enough. Sarah Jane Smith got her own spinoff and reappeared on the show almost 25 years later. Not long after, she was gone.
Afamouspersonmaybe
Is that still canon?
Krypt0nitE15
Are YOU still canon!? I didn't think so! Class dismissed!
aMotleyFool
In its 52 year run, the show has never once claimed to have an official canon. It contradicts itself constantly with wild abandon.
gewalt
they are time lords. they dont need to retcon the story, they literally go back in time and change the story itself.
aMotleyFool
Precisely
ThySausagePrince
Wibbly wobbly timey wimey.
copingcabana
No, this is TARDIS.
QuiteADapperAsshole
Until it's not.
TheChosenofKhorne
Most Time Lords referred to them as Time Capsules but TARDIS eventually caught on to be the norm
TheAngryMarineBiologist
The official rule for Doctor Who is the show is all meant to be canon, but the expanded universe is up to your interpretation
HeavenOrHellLetsRock
Yep, the original series is still canon. And still hinted towards from time to time.
boevis
Basically any time they're getting close to changing the actor, they do an arc involving his past.
jnoahj
12 (Capaldi) has a picture of her on his desk in the newest season.
HeavenOrHellLetsRock
Didn't see it, ill look tomorrow when the next episode is out ;).
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED
How's this latest season?
TheBasementNerd
I'm a little annoyed. Especially cause Bill apparently "figured out" the translation thing on her own, but she's been incredibly (1/2)
TheBasementNerd
clueless the entire season before now, and she figured it by literally quoting the way the doctor says it. A lot of stuff is too forced(2/2)
copiouswaistcoats
I think Bill working out the translation was reasonable, given the circumstance. I've really liked this series, feel like capaldi is 1/2
ForestWilds
Ehhh, realizing it's telepathic isn't too crazy
HeavenOrHellLetsRock
Its alright. Not great by Doctor Who standards IMO. But I do like Capaldi.
TheHorseShesElbowDeepIn
Why can't Susan simply be the timelord who named them?
brknsoul
If Susan is the Doctor's granddaughter, then isn't she a Time Lady?
Yousirkname
Not really, Time Lord is the name of the species, since they can regenerate themselves as a male or female one time lord could live as both
PeterTurboIronCage
Not all Gallifreyans are Time Lords. Time Lords are a particular kind of Gallifreyan, changed by interactions with the TARDIS technology.
Yousirkname
Never said it was all Galifreyans, but a cool piece of information for sure!
dontmagpie
not in the slightest. the timelords were calling them TARDIS when the Doctor stole one, so were lowly repair techs
Thatusernamehasalreadybeen
The TARDIS is translating from Galifreyan so maybe that's it. Or Susan came up with the name in the same way they did coincidentally.
AdmJota
So?
dontmagpie
episode was written, they didnt even know yet that they were gonna have them be aliens or regenerations or any of that shit. it doesnt2/
dontmagpie
make any sense now that we know how huge the species is and how long theyve been time travelers and how many TARDISes there are 3/3
dontmagpie
so a little nondescript gallifreyan girl didnt name a whole type of spaceship that were in existence before she was born. when this 1/
AdmJota
Why not?
dontmagpie
why on earth would you think a nobody little girl of a spacefaring species, invented the name of their ultimate achievement? /3
dontmagpie
can time travel or use a TARDIS. she was just a schoolgirl, granddaugther of one of thousands of time lords. shes a nobody. 2/
dontmagpie
shes not a timelady. shes a gallifreyan. time lord/lady is a rank you attain through the academy, not everyone of that species of billions1/
TotalBungle
When convenient, yes.
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
When Moffat wants to still pretend it's rules and lore exists, yes. Really glad he's leaving.
TotalBungle
People like to dump so much on Moffat... I can agree that he plays it fast and loose with the rules, but he's also done some good things.
SaltyInternetPirate
He's made the show much better than Davies could, despite being hit with a budget cut when the recession came.
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
That's pretty unfair to assume given the reason Davies left...
causality
When you have a show running this long you either bring the story to a close or you have to play it fast and loose.
OldSwedishGrandma
Moffat gave us the Weeping Angels, who are the scariest things ever in any sci fi-series or film. At least to me.
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
I think he's one of the shows greatest writers to date, I just don't like him as the show runner.
TotalBungle
Totally agree there.
MobileUserGundam
You say that like Davies didn't do that just as much, if not more. Playing fast and loose with the canon is what made the reboot a success.
Katalliaan
RTD at least could write a good arc. Moffat, not so much.
wormfood
Every good story from the old series came from Moffat. He's a much better writer than show-runner.
Goddamnitmisterrnoodle
Going through and rewatching the RTD stuff recently and I like the feel of the show so much more than the present version.