Comments on: Casting Call: The Rani

By: Earlofthercs

Earlofthercs — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:16:56 +0000

Hey, RE the 7th doctor’s schemes… havent they mentioned something in Torchwood about a strange little man in another office somewhere? Good that little man be seven?

By: Neilalien

Neilalien — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:45:36 +0000

I read “Carol Channing is the Rani” and my first thought is, “That ought to make Gallifrey more Sodom and Gomorrable…”

Damn you Dorian and your 5-Year Anniversary CD! ;)

By: Dave Lartigue

Dave Lartigue — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:20:04 +0000

“I like the Doctor as “an out and out asshole”. Some of the best Doctors were assholes.”

Yes, because fandom certainly NEEDS more protagonists who are assholes.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:42:28 +0000

Although, as well as racist freaking out over Martha, there was also rather more justified anti-racist freaking out from fans once the season ended. For various reasons, most of which boil down to the extreme stupidity and obnoxiousness of making the first black primary companion also the first one to be consciously written as “the one the Doctor didn’t like as much as the previous one”.

O’Neil: write it as fanfic, because that’s the type of impenetrable continuity-hammering thing that helped get the show cancelled in the 80s.

By: Richard T

Richard T — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:36:13 +0000

What about a new career move for the Governor of Alsaka? She’s a fantasy character who can shoot, dominate (why do the Republicans idolise her otherwise?) and can act a part pretty well.

By: Brian S

Brian S — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:49:57 +0000

O’Neil: The general idea of the Seventh Doctor making an appearance in NewWho does inspire glee in me, as does your specific idea about his return (I’m fantasizing seeing your idea play out in an online fancomic, a sort of darker alternative to Rich’s 10 Doctors). But a return to the Cartmel master plan, or rather the origins the plan assigns the Doctor, is less ‘geeky’ and more ‘wrong.’

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:49:51 +0000

non-white The Rani after The Doctor notices her non-whiteness: Honestly, Doctor, I never understood you aversion to melanin. P.S. Martha was the best companion. P.P.S. I like the Doctor as "an out and out asshole". Some of the best Doctors were assholes.

By: David Thiel

David Thiel — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:10:19 +0000

Dorian, you forgot the other horrible thing about the Colin Baker era: that damned costume. First time I saw it was a publicity photo in Starlog. Colin was sitting outside under his equally garish umbrella, and my immediate reaction was, “What’s with the fucking clown?” I think that they might’ve gotten away with the coat, but the complete ensemble was too, too far.

I was perfectly fine with Freema (who was perfectly fine as well, if you know what I mean), but Martha was overall a disappointment. All they ever seemed to want to do with her was make her Not Rose. I was grateful when Donna showed up, as it was a nice change of pace to have a companion who *wasn’t* hot for the Doctor. I still get a little sad when I think about how Donna was written out. To be honest, she’s probably my second all-time favorite companion (Sarah Jane will always be #1).

Has it been explicitly stated that the Time Lock has been broken? I was under the impression that was exclusive to Dalek Caan. Not that it would bother me overly much; I was never sure why it was important to the new series that the Doctor be the sole remaining Time Lord. Besides, the idea of both the Daleks and Time Lords being wholly removed from Time never made a lick of sense to me.

By: Siskoid

Siskoid — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:31:09 +0000

Dorian on Drax: I don’t think there is one. He appears in a You-Are-the-Hero type book and briefly as a youth in the awful awful Divided Loyalties, but that’s it as far as I can make out.

Tim on your idea: (Minus the 7th Doctor’s role) that’s what I thought was going to happen in Last of the Time Lords. The Toclafane would have broken the Doctor’s heart by being the remains of the Time Lords (there’s a paradox machine in the room after all), and the Doctor would have had to destroy them all over again to save humanity. Alas…

And Martha is da bomb! (By the freak-out, I thought you meant if any Time Lord ever REGENERATED into a non-caucasian… or heck, another gender… fandom would freak out… it almost happened!)

By: William George

William George — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:08:32 +0000

“anti-Martha rants ”

That’s insane. Martha was awesome… except for the wangst over the Doctor’s blonde fetish. But other than that, he best of the new companions.