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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:36:51 +1000
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The True Doctor wrote on 26/4/24 7:45 am:
> On 25/04/2024 15:01, Blueshirt wrote:
>> The Last Doctor wrote:
>>> The True Doctor wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Terrance Dicks wrote the original script and wrote the 
>>>> novelization.
>>> 
>>> Terrance Dicks disowned the script - the story was saw was a 
>>> compete rewrite by Robert Holmes.
>> 
>> The thing is, we can discuss the "Brain of Morbius" all day long,
>> (all week long even) but the simple fact is, whether Agamemnon
>> likes it or not, is that Chris Chibnall (wherever he got the idea
>> from) liked the idea of pre-Hartnell incarnations
> 
> He got the idea from DC Comics in order to turn the Doctor into
> Doomsday.
> 
>> of the Doctor. And as Executive Producer of Doctor Who he decided
>> to incorporate that idea in to his vision of the show in 2020. So
>> whilst it's fun to debate the ins and outs of 1976, it doesn't
>> change the lore of Doctor Who that we have now in 2024.
> 
> Doctor Who ended in 2017.

I thought, basically, Canon *IS* whatever appears on T.V.!
Books/Comic/Whatever can ADD to Canon BUT can *NEVER* contradict Canon!!

>> Doctor Who history features a pre-First Doctor incarnation now, and
>> right or wrong - or until it's rewritten by another Doctor Who
>> showrunner at some stage in the future - that is the way it is.
> 
> There are no incarnations of the Doctor before Hartnell.
> 
>> Doctor Ruth/The Fugitive Doctor exists in episodes of Doctor Who as
>> broadcast on BBC1 and has her own range of Big Finish audio 
>> adventures coming next year, licensed and approved by the BBC.
> 
> Big Finish is not canon and neither is Doctor Ruth, unless you mean
> the psychologist.
> 
>> All of which is as official as you can get! So anyone trying to
> 
> Officially non-canon.

I thought, basically, Canon *IS* whatever appears on T.V.!
Books/Comic/Whatever can ADD to Canon BUT can *NEVER* contradict Canon!!
> 
>> claim that there are no pre-Hartnell incarnations are basically 
>> just wasting their time and/or smoking hopium.
> 
> The ones claiming incarnations before Hartnell are hallucinating and
> smoking opium.

I thought, basically, Canon *IS* whatever appears on T.V.!
Books/Comic/Whatever can ADD to Canon BUT can *NEVER* contradict Canon!!

> No one in their right mind could be stupid enough to believe a
> totally insane conspiracy theory that completely erases the character
> of the Doctor and replaces him with a monster based on Doomsday.

I thought, basically, Canon *IS* whatever appears on T.V.!
Books/Comic/Whatever can ADD to Canon BUT can *NEVER* contradict Canon!!

> And now with the bigeneration bullshit attached to it it's become
> even more incredulous, unbelievable, and unacceptable.

Classic WHO had The Watcher (??) who merged with DoctorTom to regenerate 
into DoctorPeter.

Why couldn't such a thing have happened before, so keeping the numbers 
of 'Time Lords' to a reasonable number??

> Doctor Who ended in 2017.

So WHAT have you, Aggy, been watching since then??
-- 
Daniel