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Post by Rassilon on May 19, 2013 12:41:26 GMT
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Post by Pertwee on May 20, 2013 15:18:22 GMT
[shakefist] MOFFAAAAAAAAAT!!! [/shakefist]
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Post by Rassilon on May 20, 2013 17:17:42 GMT
What is irking you Mr Pertwee?
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Post by infinitydoctor on May 20, 2013 17:28:26 GMT
[shakefist] MOFFAAAAAAAAAT!!! [/shakefist] Lol, it could have been a LOT worse...I don't remember seeing anything that specifically contradicted the Time Traveller' s Companion, but you might be needing to add a few things like persuading the TARDIS to cross your timeline and the results of dimensional instability from a dying TTC...not to mention leaving a gaping wound in Time and Space when you're an expired complex space-time event....  |
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Post by Pertwee on May 20, 2013 19:55:32 GMT
What is irking you Mr Pertwee? I mentioned a base TARDIS looking like a nondescript box somewhere in the book, based on the ones seen in the Gallifreyan TARDIS bay from The Wargames, if I remember correctly. Ah well. [shakefist] MOFFAAAAAAAAAT!!! [/shakefist] Lol, it could have been a LOT worse...I don't remember seeing anything that specifically contradicted the Time Traveller' s Companion, but you might be needing to add a few things like persuading the TARDIS to cross your timeline and the results of dimensional instability from a dying TTC...not to mention leaving a gaping wound in Time and Space when you're an expired complex space-time event.... When I set out to write the book, I knew it would be incomplete by the time it was printed. That's the nature of the beast, I'm afraid, and there are even a few systems and functions I knew about beforehand that I left out simply for space reasons and because I knew that all that really specific stuff could be covered individually in the Doctor Sourcebooks. The episode itself was the best of the season (which has honestly been a bit lackluster) and had some nice touches. I though the bluescreen on the various Doctors was pretty godawful for this day and age, I still dislike the Victorian Trio (especially Strax the Neutered Sontaran) as I dislike all Mary Sue characters, and the Great Intelligence was sorely wasted this series, but the timeline thing fits in well with what we know of Time Lords, especially what I wrote about the Rassilon Imprimatur imprinting them on time itself and I am just as intrigued by John Hurt's role in the Doctor's past as anyone else. I even liked the explanation for Clara, despite my desire for the Doctor to have a companion who is normal again. It's a really cool idea. Hopefully, the 11th Doctor sourcebook will cover some more of those little TARDIS facts when it comes around. It definitely will if I write it... |
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Post by Rassilon on May 20, 2013 21:15:30 GMT
I mentioned a base TARDIS looking like a nondescript box somewhere in the book, based on the ones seen in the Gallifreyan TARDIS bay from The Wargames, if I remember correctly. Ah well. Given that the Doc absconds in one, those pictured in the bay must be type 40s. Therefore, according to Occam's Razor, it's logical to assume different models also have a different base appearance. Your work remains valid. ..and there you have it. They would certainly not be out-of-date Type 40s, would they? |
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Post by Rel Fexive on May 20, 2013 21:42:39 GMT
...I though the bluescreen on the various Doctors was pretty godawful for this day and age... I do wonder how much of that is a limitation of the quality of the source video (literally, originally video tape) rather than the technical ability of the compositors and CGI wizards, though. There only so much you can do with crappy quality source material. I even liked the explanation for Clara, despite my desire for the Doctor to have a companion who is normal again. It's a really cool idea. It's worth considering that once Clara is removed from the timeline, she should be a mundane person again, right? It's only while scattered that she is more than she normally is, but once she returns to normal time she should revert to human. Unless some later plot requires a re-emergence.... |
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Post by Stormcrow on May 21, 2013 13:59:58 GMT
We don't know that they HAVE a base appearance. They may simply have a starting appearance created by whoever built/tended/grew them. Tom the Prydonian makes 'em as cylinders, but Bob the Cerulean makes 'em tetrahedrons. But their starting appearance isn't their SUBSTANCE any more than the Doctor's TARDIS is an actual police box.
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Post by Corone on May 21, 2013 15:41:09 GMT
I too would venture to suggest they don't have a base appearance!  The real world interface is only really a three dimensional doorway for a multi-dimensional construct. I'd offer that everything you see in a TARDIS is only a convenient way for your mind to process the complexity of it. This is why when the Doctor does repairs, to us it looks like primitive circuit boards and wires. If you are not looking at it, it may not conventionally even exist, and when you are looking at it, then it appears to be something that fits in. The repair bays are full of tubes so it looks like a tube. |
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Post by nathanbrazil on May 25, 2013 3:20:41 GMT
...I though the bluescreen on the various Doctors was pretty godawful for this day and age... I do wonder how much of that is a limitation of the quality of the source video (literally, originally video tape) rather than the technical ability of the compositors and CGI wizards, though. There only so much you can do with crappy quality source material. From a qualitative standard can it be fixed better? Yes, perhaps. Should it? Don't know. One thing to point out though. I found the sequence with the original Type 40 and Clara good. Rather than clean up the old footage, they made the Clara footage look grainy. That was artistic genius. Sometimes making something modern actually messes things up. The super sharp clarity of Enhanced Effects Star Trek TOS even with film quality recording of the actors is sometimes jarring. To me anyways |
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Post by Pertwee on May 26, 2013 2:24:02 GMT
I too would venture to suggest they don't have a base appearance! The real world interface is only really a three dimensional doorway for a multi-dimensional construct. I'd offer that everything you see in a TARDIS is only a convenient way for your mind to process the complexity of it. This is why when the Doctor does repairs, to us it looks like primitive circuit boards and wires. If you are not looking at it, it may not conventionally even exist, and when you are looking at it, then it appears to be something that fits in. The repair bays are full of tubes so it looks like a tube. Well, if it'd been a snake, it woulda bit me. That is obviously the answer. Well answered, Mr. Peregrine! Sometimes you can't see the TARDIS for the trees/police boxes/marble columns/etc... |
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