a bit of foreign DNA gets mixed in at right wrong moment

[zebaroth]

a bit of foreign DNA gets mixed in at right wrong moment.
the time lord is at the fresh hold his hand has started to glow. One of his companions is cat kind Or my custom race dog kind brushes against his hand, a pace of dander gets on his hand then wahmo an explosion
of regenerative energy the time lord is now a Cat kind/Dog kind but still a time lord
the regeneration fused the foreign DNA in to him and made him in to said race it was from
it could be any race

what do you all think this idea

[Catsmate]

I like it!

Especially a cat-person/Time Lord chimera (or maybe just Felis domestica). Have a curious kitten 'bond' with the Time Lord during the regeneration.
Maybe not *that* feline but a little bit of cat in the personality; periodic laziness, stalking, cat-napping, sensitivity to nepetalactone (or something similar) and a taste for raw meat.

And a few feline physical characteristics such as claws, mobile, pointed ears, enhanced agility, improved senses with commensurate problems. Can a mostly colour blind Time Lord operate a TARDIS without problems? Is s/he sensitive to theobromine poisoning? Angua (from the Discworld) might be a good model for this; as a werewolf she retains lupine characteristics in human form.

It'd appeal to the Japanese catgirl obsession too.

Then there's the other half of the pairing; what happens to a cat that becomes part Gallifreyan? Can it now regenerate (nine lives for real!)? Is it sensitive to temporal oddness? more intelligent and able to communicate with humans; are it's paws up to operating a keyboard or touchscreen?

[zebaroth]

Aug 28, 2015 10:18:23 GMT Catsmate said:

I like it!

Especially a cat-person/Time Lord chimera (or maybe just Felis domestica). Have a curious kitten 'bond' with the Time Lord during the regeneration.
Maybe not *that* feline but a little bit of cat in the personality; periodic laziness, stalking, cat-napping, sensitivity to nepetalactone (or something similar) and a taste for raw meat.

And a few feline physical characteristics such as claws, mobile, pointed ears, enhanced agility, improved senses with commensurate problems. Can a mostly colour blind Time Lord operate a TARDIS without problems? Is s/he sensitive to theobromine poisoning? Angua (from the Discworld) might be a good model for this; as a werewolf she retains lupine characteristics in human form.

It'd appeal to the Japanese catgirl obsession too.

Then there's the other half of the pairing; what happens to a cat that becomes part Gallifreyan? Can it now regenerate (nine lives for real!)? Is it sensitive to temporal oddness? more intelligent and able to communicate with humans; are it's paws up to operating a keyboard or touchscreen?

it would not work both ways the donor but it could i was thinking haveing this happing in a game i am writing i posted the idea it was the one based on the s anderw swann book

[Catsmate]

Aug 28, 2015 19:15:54 GMT zebaroth said:

Aug 28, 2015 10:18:23 GMT Catsmate said:

I like it!

Especially a cat-person/Time Lord chimera (or maybe just Felis domestica). Have a curious kitten 'bond' with the Time Lord during the regeneration.
Maybe not *that* feline but a little bit of cat in the personality; periodic laziness, stalking, cat-napping, sensitivity to nepetalactone (or something similar) and a taste for raw meat.

And a few feline physical characteristics such as claws, mobile, pointed ears, enhanced agility, improved senses with commensurate problems. Can a mostly colour blind Time Lord operate a TARDIS without problems? Is s/he sensitive to theobromine poisoning? Angua (from the Discworld) might be a good model for this; as a werewolf she retains lupine characteristics in human form.

It'd appeal to the Japanese catgirl obsession too.

Then there's the other half of the pairing; what happens to a cat that becomes part Gallifreyan? Can it now regenerate (nine lives for real!)? Is it sensitive to temporal oddness? more intelligent and able to communicate with humans; are it's paws up to operating a keyboard or touchscreen?

it would not work both ways the donor but it could <snip>

I like the idea of a cat imbued with some Time Lord qualities. A seemingly harmless pet that's more than it appears. But who's also a cat, somewhat lazy and distractable.
Time to watch The Cat From Outer Space again.
I wonder could a human and Gallifreyan mix also? Imbue the human with some Time Lord traits

Aug 28, 2015 19:15:54 GMT zebaroth said:

i was thinking haveing this happing in a game i am writing i posted the idea it was the one based on the s anderw swann book

It's definitely an interesting idea, a way to create a rather different style of Time Lord. I haven't read the Moreau series but I do have a few uplifted animals (from GURPS Transhuman Space mainly) in a game.

[Catsmate]

The audioplay Nevermore features a (presumably) Gallifreyan cat that's extremely intelligent and able to programme the TARDIS. So having a cats absorb some Time LOrd 'essence' during a regeneration might lead to something similar.

[cigarman]

Nah. I'm a Time lord purist. The act of regeneration purges the Time lord of any damage (injuries, deadly radiation, etc.) and foreign bodies (bacteria, viruses, and foreign DNA). Otherwise, what's the point of regeneration?

I never bought in to the whole half human nonsense with the 8th Doctor. That was the doing of American "Hollywood" writers trying to make the Doctor "more relatable" to an American audience, just like Mr. Spock.

It's the major reason I wrote to Fox and begged them NOT to make a series out of that horrible 2 hour pilot movie. Fox would have ruined the franchise.

I don't care if it's canon or not. In my book, it's crap that I happily ignore in my campaign. Same with the whole Missy/Master BS. Missy is lying. She's actually The Rani.

[zebaroth]

Sept 2, 2015 23:05:41 GMT cigarman said:

Nah. I'm a Time lord purist. The act of regeneration purges the Time lord of any damage (injuries, deadly radiation, etc.) and foreign bodies (bacteria, viruses, and foreign DNA). Otherwise, what's the point of regeneration?

I never bought in to the whole half human nonsense with the 8th Doctor. That was the doing of American "Hollywood" writers trying to make the Doctor "more relatable" to an American audience, just like Mr. Spock.

It's the major reason I wrote to Fox and begged them NOT to make a series out of that horrible 2 hour pilot movie. Fox would have ruined the franchise.

I don't care if it's canon or not. In my book, it's crap that I happily ignore in my campaign. Same with the whole Missy/Master BS. Missy is lying. She's actually The Rani.

i respect that out look on the idea but i have never understood the purists of any fandom i know
some one in rl i have played with said i wanted to add mass effect races in to star wars
he looked and said NO you cant do that. this is waht GOO put in all there books
i tend to go by it as my creed to rpg games

GoO's RPG Manifesto
These rules are written on paper, not etched in stone tablets.
Rules are suggested guidelines, not required edicts.
If the rules don't say you can't do something, you can.
There are no official answers, only official opinions.
When dice conflict with the story, the story always wins.
Min/Maxing and munchkinism aren't problems with the game; they're problems with the player.
The Game Master has full discretionary power over the game.
The Game Master always works with, not against, the players.
A game that is not fun is no longer a game -- it's a chore.
This book contains the answers to all things.
When the above does not apply, make it up.

i like to go beyond the games rules take the game to the next level make it my own after it is a game

PS but yes the half human crap was pure Bullshit i don't go for that

[cigarman]

Well, I can't say I'm a complete purist GM. I kept the canon I like and dumped what I don't.

Such as no sex changing Master, no 8th Doctor half human nonsense, and other Timelords that survived the Time War, such as The War Chief.

Other than that, I've got 50 years worth of canon material to work with, so I don't feel the need to import concepts from other franchises.

But that's my campaign. Every GM has the freedom to do whatever they like in their own campaign. That's what makes GMing fun.

[Catsmate]

I agree I've dumped a fair bit of "canon" Who (such as the Time War). But it's basically impossible to create a cohesive, single, Who canon anyway even if only the TV stories are included.
Personally I constructed my own and took bits from wherever I found them; books, TV, audios, my own ideas, other SF sources.

[zebaroth]

Sept 4, 2015 9:29:10 GMT Catsmate said:

I agree I've dumped a fair bit of "canon" Who (such as the Time War). But it's basically impossible to create a cohesive, single, Who canon anyway even if only the TV stories are included.
Personally I constructed my own and took bits from wherever I found them; books, TV, audios, my own ideas, other SF sources.

yes i do the same the time war did not happen in my sitting ether

the best source book for any game is the one in our heads

over the years i have seen a doctor who Alien crossover game that some one posted on a now dead websight
wish i had that one still

[boredeternal]

What about this, working on the feline idea. How about an accident with the chameleon arch causes the Time Lord/Lady to shift into a Tharil?

[Catsmate]

Sept 27, 2015 16:55:55 GMT boredeternal said:

What about this, working on the feline idea. How about an accident with the chameleon arch causes the Time Lord/Lady to shift into a Tharil?

Maybe that's where the Tharils came from? A Time Lord from the early days of Gallifrey got stranded in E-space (while following the Great Vampire?) and suffered a problematic regeneration.
The Tharils were arrogant imperialists with a connection to Time after all; reminiscent of the Time Lords.

[boredeternal]

Sept 27, 2015 19:36:57 GMT Catsmate said:

Sept 27, 2015 16:55:55 GMT boredeternal said:

What about this, working on the feline idea. How about an accident with the chameleon arch causes the Time Lord/Lady to shift into a Tharil?

Maybe that's where the Tharils came from? A Time Lord from the early days of Gallifrey got stranded in E-space (while following the Great Vampire?) and suffered a problematic regeneration.
The Tharils were arrogant imperialists with a connection to Time after all; reminiscent of the Time Lords.

Continuing with this idea of Tharils as early Time Lords, their Castle could be an early damaged TARDIS stuck in-between dimensions. Could explain a lot. 

[Catsmate]

Sept 29, 2015 15:37:01 GMT boredeternal said:

Sept 27, 2015 19:36:57 GMT Catsmate said:

Maybe that's where the Tharils came from? A Time Lord from the early days of Gallifrey got stranded in E-space (while following the Great Vampire?) and suffered a problematic regeneration.
The Tharils were arrogant imperialists with a connection to Time after all; reminiscent of the Time Lords.

Continuing with this idea of Tharils as early Time Lords, their Castle could be an early damaged TARDIS stuck in-between dimensions. Could explain a lot. 

Indeed it would. Damaged from the passage through the CVE the TARDIS crashed into a planet (or was it a planet that they found in the null space?). Did it somehow invert itself to form the castle? (some of the speculative designs of the actual shape of a TARDIS are castle-like) or is the castle/gateway the exterior of the TARDIS (perhaps something like an atrium circuit). How much functionality does it retain? It would explain it's importance to the Tharils too, both historical/cultural and practical.

[boredeternal]

Sept 30, 2015 10:19:15 GMT Catsmate said:

Sept 29, 2015 15:37:01 GMT boredeternal said:

Continuing with this idea of Tharils as early Time Lords, their Castle could be an early damaged TARDIS stuck in-between dimensions. Could explain a lot. 

Indeed it would. Damaged from the passage through the CVE the TARDIS crashed into a planet (or was it a planet that they found in the null space?). Did it somehow invert itself to form the castle? (some of the speculative designs of the actual shape of a TARDIS are castle-like) or is the castle/gateway the exterior of the TARDIS (perhaps something like an atrium circuit). How much functionality does it retain? It would explain it's importance to the Tharils too, both historical/cultural and practical.

This could also explain Romana's Time sensitivity and  ability to navigate the Pirate's Dwarf Star ship.   

[Marnal]

I had the Tharils turn out to be the cat people who used to rule Gallifrey in the unproduced Dr Who TV script [sometimes known as "Killer Cats of Gensing"].

So the Cat people created the Gallifreyans.