The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of not
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a few
weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used every
time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random factor
but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's preferences.
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
The Doctor and Romana are enjoying another holiday. Romana does
something mindbogglingly stupid -- she tells K-9 to "fetch" and
then throws the ball into the ocean. K-9 trundles into the ocean
without mentioning that this will kill him, which seems unlike
him. Romana blames the Doctor for this, since apparently he was
supposed to give K-9 seawater defenses, but she did not know that
earlier. She was alarmed when K-9 headed for the sea and
unsurprised when it damaged him.
Romana wants a vacation from their vacation. She suggests
Argolis. They discuss the Black Guardian. Neither is concerned
about K-9, so I guess he's easily repairable.
Someone's watching. Is it the Black Guardian?
I changed my mind and won't recap. I'll just make some
observations.
The hairstyles in this one certainly are distinctive.
Brock is obviously a villain. I can tell by the way he rolls his
Rs. "They make my skin crrrawl."
It's nice when the creatures who look monstrous turn out not to
be the bad guys. It's not about appearances.
John Leeson's return is welcome. The subs were fine, but the
original's the best.
"Arrest the scarf, then."
Pangol gets a second chance. It's an interesting fate for a
villain.
What does everyone think of Pangol pushing into the chamber? It's
an interesting way of escaping accountability. He is innocent
again, and can presumably grow into a good person if someone
rears him right.
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of not
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a few
weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used every
time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random factor
but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's preferences.
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
On 17/10/2026 8:46 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
<Snip>
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of notSo how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not always capable of determining where the team are going??
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a few
weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used every
time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random factor
but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's preferences.
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
On 17/10/2026 8:46 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
<Snip>
[quoted text muted]
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
So how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not always capable of determining where the team are going??
On 17/10/2026 11:49, Daniel70 wrote:
On 17/10/2026 8:46 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
<Snip>
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of notSo how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not always
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a
few weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used
every time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random
factor but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's
preferences. That would make it something like a modern media
feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
capable of determining where the team are going??
He either can't follow a map or follow the road signs. Or maybe he
took the wrong turning at a hyperspatial roundabout?
Then again he never contacts space-traffic control to file a flight
plan, get a bearing, or obtain authorisation for takeoff or landing.
The Doctor and Romana are enjoying another holiday. Romana does
something mindbogglingly stupid -- she tells K-9 to "fetch" and
then throws the ball into the ocean. K-9 trundles into the ocean
without mentioning that this will kill him, which seems unlike
him. Romana blames the Doctor for this, since apparently he was
supposed to give K-9 seawater defenses, but she did not know that
earlier. She was alarmed when K-9 headed for the sea and
unsurprised when it damaged him.
Romana wants a vacation from their vacation. She suggests
Argolis. They discuss the Black Guardian. Neither is concerned
about K-9, so I guess he's easily repairable.
Someone's watching. Is it the Black Guardian?
I changed my mind and won't recap. I'll just make some
observations.
The hairstyles in this one certainly are distinctive.
Brock is obviously a villain. I can tell by the way he rolls his
Rs. "They make my skin crrrawl."
It's nice when the creatures who look monstrous turn out not to
be the bad guys. It's not about appearances.
John Leeson's return is welcome. The subs were fine, but the
original's the best.
"Arrest the scarf, then."
Pangol gets a second chance. It's an interesting fate for a
villain.
What does everyone think of Pangol pushing into the chamber? It's
an interesting way of escaping accountability. He is innocent
again, and can presumably grow into a good person if someone
rears him right.
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of not
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a few
weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used every
time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random factor
but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's preferences.
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
On 17/10/2026 8:46 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
<Snip>
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of notSo how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not always capable of >determining where the team are going??
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a few
weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used every
time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random factor
but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's preferences.
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
----
Daniel70
On 17/10/2026 10:46, The True Melissa wrote:
The Doctor and Romana are enjoying another holiday. Romana does
something mindbogglingly stupid -- she tells K-9 to "fetch" and
then throws the ball into the ocean. K-9 trundles into the ocean
without mentioning that this will kill him, which seems unlike
him. Romana blames the Doctor for this, since apparently he was
supposed to give K-9 seawater defenses, but she did not know that
earlier. She was alarmed when K-9 headed for the sea and
unsurprised when it damaged him.
Romana wants a vacation from their vacation. She suggests
Argolis. They discuss the Black Guardian. Neither is concerned
about K-9, so I guess he's easily repairable.
Someone's watching. Is it the Black Guardian?
I changed my mind and won't recap. I'll just make some
observations.
The hairstyles in this one certainly are distinctive.
Brock is obviously a villain. I can tell by the way he rolls his
Rs. "They make my skin crrrawl."
It's nice when the creatures who look monstrous turn out not to
be the bad guys. It's not about appearances.
John Leeson's return is welcome. The subs were fine, but the
original's the best.
"Arrest the scarf, then."
Pangol gets a second chance. It's an interesting fate for a
villain.
And then RTD pinches the idea and uses it at the end of Boom Town.
What does everyone think of Pangol pushing into the chamber? It's
an interesting way of escaping accountability. He is innocent
again, and can presumably grow into a good person if someone
rears him right.
He's being brought up by exactly the same person who brought him up >previously. But then again it may have been his father who is now
deceased that was the bad influence.
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of not
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a few
He had a better use for it in the Tachyon Recreation Generator and left >without it. Not a good idea to leave Time Lord technology in the hands
of aliens. Look what happened with the Minyans.
--weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used every
time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random factor
but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's preferences.
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
Romana said that the Doctor kept bypassing it whenever he felt like it.
That still doesn't explain how he ended up on Skaro.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
Popping up wherever you want with no passport or ID will get you
arrested and deported. Maybe the Doctor and Romana should have claimed >political asylum and seen how Pangol and the Argolin version of ICE
dealt with them?
--
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 17/10/2026 11:49, Daniel70 wrote:
On 17/10/2026 8:46 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
<Snip>
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of notSo how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not always capable of
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a few
weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used every
time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random factor
but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's preferences.
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
determining where the team are going??
He either can't follow a map or follow the road signs. Or maybe he took
the wrong turning at a hyperspatial roundabout? Then again he never
contacts space-traffic control to file a flight plan, get a bearing, or >obtain authorisation for takeoff or landing.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
Daniel70 wrote in article <11avjs4$466h$1@dont-email.me>:
On 17/10/2026 8:46 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
<Snip>
[quoted text muted]So how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not always capable of
That would make it something like a modern media feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
determining where the team are going??
Dunno. Maybe the latest incarnation is a nitwit who can't fly the
thing, or maybe it's breaking down again... or maybe Romana was
the only one who could steer it reliably, so it was automatically
back to semi-randomness as soon as she left.
----
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
On 17/10/2026 10:29 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 17/10/2026 11:49, Daniel70 wrote:
On 17/10/2026 8:46 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
<Snip>
The Doctor ditches the randomizer because he's tired of notSo how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not always
knowing where he's going. This means, as per our discussion a
few weeks ago, that the randomizer was allegedly being used
every time and not just occasionally. Perhaps it had a random
factor but was also heavily weighted toward the Doctor's
preferences. That would make it something like a modern media
feed.
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel for the
authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
capable of determining where the team are going??
He either can't follow a map or follow the road signs. Or maybe he
took the wrong turning at a hyperspatial roundabout?
"a hyperspatial roundabout"!! Now that sounds like a term a Hitchhiker
might use. ;-P
Then again he never contacts space-traffic control to file a flightWell, The Doctor is a old Coot (2) ... and with age comes experience!!
plan, get a bearing, or obtain authorisation for takeoff or landing.
----
Daniel70
The True Melissa wrote:
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel
for the authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
So how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not
always capable of determining where the team are going??
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of the randomiser
is just wasting their time.
It's random when it needs to be, for
the story. That's it. When Romana needed to save the Doctor in
Shada she could pilot the TARDIS to the exact street in
Cambridge at exactly the right time.
Daniel70 wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
So how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel
for the authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
always capable of determining where the team are going??
It's a plot device!
The Doctor can control the TARDIS when he needs to, he can't
control it when the story requires it to arrive in a random
location. Simples.
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of the randomiser
is just wasting their time. It's random when it needs to be, for
the story. That's it. When Romana needed to save the Doctor in
Shada she could pilot the TARDIS to the exact street in
Cambridge at exactly the right time. Similar to the Doctor
arriving on Skaro when the Daleks just happened to be looking
for Davros.
Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pw6eb01ksudm000@post.eweka.nl>:
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of the randomiser
is just wasting their time.
In a sense, the whole show is a waste of time. Some of us enjoy
this fanwankery!
It's random when it needs to be, for
the story. That's it. When Romana needed to save the Doctor in
Shada she could pilot the TARDIS to the exact street in
Cambridge at exactly the right time.
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Daniel70 wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
So how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel
for the authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
always capable of determining where the team are going??
It's a plot device!
The Doctor can control the TARDIS when he needs to, he can't
control it when the story requires it to arrive in a random
location. Simples.
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of the randomiser
is just wasting their time. It's random when it needs to be, for
the story. That's it. When Romana needed to save the Doctor in
Shada she could pilot the TARDIS to the exact street in
Cambridge at exactly the right time. Similar to the Doctor
arriving on Skaro when the Daleks just happened to be looking
for Davros.
In article <MPG.453f209c5ed1632c98a603@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
She read the manual.
Blueshirt wrote:
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of
the randomiser is just wasting their time.
In a sense, the whole show is a waste of time. Some of
us enjoy this fanwankery!
It's random when it needs to be, for the story. That's it.
When Romana needed to save the Doctor in Shada she could
pilot the TARDIS to the exact street in Cambridge at exactly
the right time.
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
Blueshirt wrote:
It's a plot device!
The Doctor can control the TARDIS when he needs to, he can't
control it when the story requires it to arrive in a random
location. Simples.
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of the
randomiser is just wasting their time. It's random when it
needs to be, for the story. That's it. When Romana needed to
save the Doctor in Shada she could pilot the TARDIS to the
exact street in Cambridge at exactly the right time. Similar
to the Doctor arriving on Skaro when the Daleks just
happened to be looking for Davros.
Maybe, just Maybe, there is ONLY one thing 'going wrong in the
whole Universe' at that time.
At other times, when The TARDIS takes The Doctor some random
place, maybe there are several things going wrong in The
Universe at that particular time .... and The TARDIS takes The
Doctor to the most serious occasion.
Yeah, that works!!
The True Melissa wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
She read the manual.
The Doctor wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the
TARDIS reliably, but the Doctor could not.
She read the manual.
She was first in her class at the Academy. Maybe she took an
elective on classic TARDISes.
The True Melissa wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
That might work... but what about the randomiser? If she turned
it off, why didn't the Black Guardian trace them to Cambridge?
And that still doesn't explain the TARDIS making a very random
appearance on Skaro at the precise moment the Daleks were there
and back in action...
It was random to stop the Black Guardian from catching up with
them. As a very powerful Time Lord surely the Black Guardian
would be aware of events in the Universe that were going wrong?
I mean, the Daleks digging on Skaro surely didn't go unnoticed
to him or the Time Lords... you are either powerful lords of
time, or you're not?!
The True Melissa wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
She read the manual.
She was first in her class at the Academy. Maybe she took an
elective on classic TARDISes.
No, Dave means we actually see Romana reading the manual to the
Doctor's TARDIS in The Pirate Planet.
She has it open on the console and the Doctor asks her what
she's reading...
On 19/10/2026 8:30 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:Maybe, just Maybe, there is ONLY one thing 'going wrong in the whole >Universe' at that time.
The True Melissa wrote:
So how come, supposedly, TODAY The Doctor is still not
In other words, the Doctor ditched curated time travel
for the authentic experience. It's a lesson for today.
always capable of determining where the team are going??
It's a plot device!
The Doctor can control the TARDIS when he needs to, he can't
control it when the story requires it to arrive in a random
location. Simples.
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of the randomiser
is just wasting their time. It's random when it needs to be, for
the story. That's it. When Romana needed to save the Doctor in
Shada she could pilot the TARDIS to the exact street in
Cambridge at exactly the right time. Similar to the Doctor
arriving on Skaro when the Daleks just happened to be looking
for Davros.
At other times, when The TARDIS takes The Doctor some random place,
maybe there are several things going wrong in The Universe at that >particular time .... and The TARDIS takes The Doctor to the most serious >occasion.
Yeah, that works!!
----
Daniel70
The Doctor wrote in article <11b3u1g$eqt$4@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
In article <MPG.453f209c5ed1632c98a603@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
She read the manual.
She was first in her class at the Academy. Maybe she took an
elective on classic TARDISes.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
The True Melissa wrote:
Blueshirt wrote:
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of
the randomiser is just wasting their time.
In a sense, the whole show is a waste of time. Some of
us enjoy this fanwankery!
We all enjoy it. But there's no real hidden depths! The
randomiser is a nice idea when it's needed, but it can be
dropped when it's not.
We could find plenty more cases in the show where the required
narrative suites a situation better than consistency with
something from previous episodes.
It's random when it needs to be, for the story. That's it.
When Romana needed to save the Doctor in Shada she could
pilot the TARDIS to the exact street in Cambridge at exactly
the right time.
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
That might work... but what about the randomiser? If she turned
it off, why didn't the Black Guardian trace them to Cambridge?
And that still doesn't explain the TARDIS making a very random
appearance on Skaro at the precise moment the Daleks were there
and back in action...
The Doctor wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
She read the manual.
Yes Dave, we know. Being able to actually control the TARDIS
is irrelevant though. The whole idea of the randomiser is that
it's random!
Or supposedly random, as the case may be... ;-)--
Daniel70 wrote:
Blueshirt wrote:
Maybe, just Maybe, there is ONLY one thing 'going wrong in the
It's a plot device!
The Doctor can control the TARDIS when he needs to, he can't
control it when the story requires it to arrive in a random
location. Simples.
Anyone trying to justify the inconsistent use of the
randomiser is just wasting their time. It's random when it
needs to be, for the story. That's it. When Romana needed to
save the Doctor in Shada she could pilot the TARDIS to the
exact street in Cambridge at exactly the right time. Similar
to the Doctor arriving on Skaro when the Daleks just
happened to be looking for Davros.
whole Universe' at that time.
Er... okay...
<scratches head>
At other times, when The TARDIS takes The Doctor some random
place, maybe there are several things going wrong in The
Universe at that particular time .... and The TARDIS takes The
Doctor to the most serious occasion.
Yeah, that works!!
It was random to stop the Black Guardian from catching up with
them. As a very powerful Time Lord surely the Black Guardian
would be aware of events in the Universe that were going wrong?
I mean, the Daleks digging on Skaro surely didn't go unnoticed
to him or the Time Lords... you are either powerful lords of
time, or you're not?!
So it's a plot device, wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey and all
that... move on.
The True Melissa wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the
TARDIS reliably, but the Doctor could not.
She read the manual.
She was first in her class at the Academy. Maybe she took an
elective on classic TARDISes.
No, Dave means we actually see Romana reading the manual to the
Doctor's TARDIS in The Pirate Planet.
She has it open on the console and the Doctor asks her what
she's reading...
Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pw7atq2bufkg002@post.eweka.nl>:
The True Melissa wrote:
One of my theories was that Romana could pilot the TARDIS
reliably, but the Doctor could not.
That might work... but what about the randomiser? If she turned
it off, why didn't the Black Guardian trace them to Cambridge?
And that still doesn't explain the TARDIS making a very random
appearance on Skaro at the precise moment the Daleks were there
and back in action...
The TARDIS is semi-sentient (or fully sentient, if we consider
"The Doctor's Wife" (*shudder*)). Perhaps the TARDIS itself chose
to go there, so the Doctor could foil the daleks. The randomizer
inputs random coordinates as the allegedly desired destination,
but the TARDIS always has final control over its own movements.
----
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pw7bo02cx3x0005@post.eweka.nl>:
It was random to stop the Black Guardian from catching up with
them. As a very powerful Time Lord surely the Black Guardian
would be aware of events in the Universe that were going wrong?
I mean, the Daleks digging on Skaro surely didn't go unnoticed
to him or the Time Lords... you are either powerful lords of
time, or you're not?!
The Time Lords had never heard of daleks until the Doctor first
encountered them. I don't think they pay much attention to the
rest of the cosmos.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pw7bwq2d9oa6006@post.eweka.nl>:
The True Melissa wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
She read the manual.
She was first in her class at the Academy. Maybe she took an
elective on classic TARDISes.
No, Dave means we actually see Romana reading the manual to the
Doctor's TARDIS in The Pirate Planet.
She has it open on the console and the Doctor asks her what
she's reading...
Oh, right.
Do you think the Doctor ever got around to reading it? He does
seem to have done some repairs. It works much better in the
Fourth Doctor's era than it did in the Second Doctor's.
----
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Still were they hidden from Gallifrey?
In article <MPG.453fc9acff512a4398a607@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
The Time Lords had never heard of daleks until the Doctor first >encountered them. I don't think they pay much attention to the
rest of the cosmos.
Not really.
Check Episoeds 5 to 11.
The Doctor wrote in article <11b4vkr$rur$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
Still were they hidden from Gallifrey?
The Time Lords didn't seem to know anything about them. The
Doctor thought they were a new discovery, at least.
Of course, since the Doctor didn't pay attention in school, it's
possible that he was taught about daleks and just didn't store
the information.
If you were teaching a Time Lord Academy class on the greatest
dangers of time/space travel, what would you include?
The Doctor wrote in article <11b4vkr$rur$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
Still were they hidden from Gallifrey?
The Time Lords didn't seem to know anything about them. The
Doctor thought they were a new discovery, at least.
Of course, since the Doctor didn't pay attention in school, it's
possible that he was taught about daleks and just didn't store
the information.
If you were teaching a Time Lord Academy class on the greatest
dangers of time/space travel, what would you include?
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
The Doctor wrote in article <11b5000$rur$11@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
In article <MPG.453fc9acff512a4398a607@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote:
The Time Lords had never heard of daleks until the Doctor first
encountered them. I don't think they pay much attention to the
rest of the cosmos.
Not really.
Check Episoeds 5 to 11.
Of what season?
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> wrote in >news:MPG.453feaac5d2a25d198a609@news.eternal-september.org:
The Doctor wrote in article <11b4vkr$rur$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>:
Still were they hidden from Gallifrey?
The Time Lords didn't seem to know anything about them. The
Doctor thought they were a new discovery, at least.
Of course, since the Doctor didn't pay attention in school, it's
possible that he was taught about daleks and just didn't store
the information.
If you were teaching a Time Lord Academy class on the greatest
dangers of time/space travel, what would you include?
Bad writing and cheap sets. That'd be my #1 concern.
<ducks>
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"I've known for over a year that this guy is the assassin of the Usenet >poetry community. When I first arrived, I thought he was keeping the
lights on in a dead group by reposting from archives. I soon realized
that he was just endlessly reposting his own stuff, that he had killed
the group by flooding it, and that most of the people he called
"trolls" were actually the members of the group.
I've joined the crowd. I'm done trying to work with him and speak reason
to him. It's exhausting and pointless." - Little Willie Douchebag gets >another asskicking from The One True Melissa
Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pw7bwq2d9oa6006@post.eweka.nl>:
The True Melissa wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
She read the manual.
She was first in her class at the Academy. Maybe she took an
elective on classic TARDISes.
No, Dave means we actually see Romana reading the manual to the
Doctor's TARDIS in The Pirate Planet.
She has it open on the console and the Doctor asks her what
she's reading...
Oh, right.
Do you think the Doctor ever got around to reading it? He does
seem to have done some repairs. It works much better in the
Fourth Doctor's era than it did in the Second Doctor's.
How did The Doctor manage to pinch The TARDIS if he didn't know how to
fly it??
Might "How to fly a Type 40 TARDIS" have been a Subject he took at
School?? Maybe Romana was just refreshing her knowledge.
On 19/10/2026 10:34 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pw7bwq2d9oa6006@post.eweka.nl>:How did The Doctor manage to pinch The TARDIS if he didn't know how to
The True Melissa wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
She read the manual.
She was first in her class at the Academy. Maybe she took an
elective on classic TARDISes.
No, Dave means we actually see Romana reading the manual to the
Doctor's TARDIS in The Pirate Planet.
She has it open on the console and the Doctor asks her what
she's reading...
Oh, right.
Do you think the Doctor ever got around to reading it? He does
seem to have done some repairs. It works much better in the
Fourth Doctor's era than it did in the Second Doctor's.
fly it??
Might "How to fly a Type 40 TARDIS" have been a Subject he took at
School?? Maybe Romana was just refreshing her knowledge.
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Daniel70
Daniel70 wrote in article <11b7ele$2t6un$1@dont-email.me>:
How did The Doctor manage to pinch The TARDIS if he didn't know how to
fly it??
Might "How to fly a Type 40 TARDIS" have been a Subject he took at
School?? Maybe Romana was just refreshing her knowledge.
Perhaps basic operation is similar across TARDISes, as it is
across cars. If you want to do advanced operations or repairs,
you'll want the manual.
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